Teraoka masami biography of donald
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Masami Teraoka was born in 1936 in Onomichi, Japan and attended Kwensei Gakuin University in Kobe, Japan before emigrating to the United States in 1961 and receiving his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. His first major series of works out of college reflected the influence of both Japan and the United States in his life: The works resembled traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking but also incorporated American pop-cultural images, such as hamburgers and ice-cream. Since then, Teraoka’s work has taken on more controversial political topics, such as the AIDs crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, while continuing to incorporate stylistic elements from eastern and western art history.
More recently, Teraoka’s The Cloisters are a series of works that adopt the triptych altarpiece format popular in Medieval and Renaissance Europe and the artistic style of Northern Renaissance masters such as Pieter Bruegel. With this anachronistic art
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... to the AIDS epidemic and the increasingly invasive role of technology in modern life
Sometimes amusing, sometimes distressing, always provocative, Masami Teraoka's paintings and prints combine elements drawn from traditional Japanese ukiyo-e, American Pop Art, and, more recently, late Gothic and Renaissance religious paintings
The Allen Memorial Art Museum has brought to campus a rich collection of the work of one of the most original and exciting artists active in America during the last quarter century. Masami Teraoka continues to challenge the world with his unique artistic vision. Numerous attempts have been made over the last 25 years to pigeon-hole him--as a Japanese artist, as an American artist, and as an Asian-American artist. Yet while he is all of these, his highly individual combination of wit, imagination, and skill defies simplistic categorization. Teraoka's images transcend the boundaries of time, space, and culture, and must be interpreted by each vi
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Masami Teraoka papper, 1966-2017
Collection Information
Size: 6.3 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of painter Masami Teraoka measure 6.3 linear feet and date from 1966 to 2017. The collection includes biographical ämne, correspondence, writings, personal business records, planerat arbete and exhibition files, printed material, and photographic ämne. Much of the collection documents Teraoka's association with Catherine Clark Gallery.
Biographical/Historical Note
Masami Teraoka (1936- ) is a Japanese American, Hawaii-based painter known for his paintings created in the style of traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. Teraoka studied aesthetics from 1954 to 1959 at Kwansei Gakuin University in Kobe, Japan. In 1961 he moved to the United States where he attended Otis Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) in Los Angeles from 1964 to 1968, earning both a Bachelors of Fine Art and a Masters of Fine Art. He has exhibited widely, including at the Oakland Museum, the Indian