Shinoda Toko

Shinoda Toko

Shinoda Toko 篠田桃紅 (born March 28, 1913- ) is a world-renowned Japanese female artist working with sumi [ink] paintings and prints. Her art merges traditional calligraphy with modern abstract expression. A 1983 interview in Time magazine noted that “her trail-blazing accomplishments are analogous to Picasso’s”. Shinoda’s works had been exhibited in the Hague National Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, Cincinnati Art Museum and other leading museums in the world.

Shinoda was born in Manchuria where her father managed a tobacco factory. Two years later, her family returned to Japan. Influenced by her father’s love of sumi [ink] painting, calligraphy and Chinese poetry, Shinoda practiced calligraphy since she was six.

Shinoda traveled to the United States from 1956 to 1958. During this time her works were bought by Charles Laughton and John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Shinoda also became involved in the abstract expressionist movement of the time.

tyle and technique

The artist prefers her paintings and original drawings, because sumi [ink] presents unlimited color spectrum. In printmaking, Shinoda uses lithograph as her medium. Unlike woodcut that requires chisel, or etching that requires acid, lithograph allows Shinoda to work directly and spontaneously on the plate with her fluid brushstroke. Shinoda’s strokes are meant to suggest images and vitality of nature. She says, “Certain forms float up in my mind’s eye. Aromas, a blowing breeze, a rain-drenched gust of wind…the air in motion, my heart in motion. I try to capture these vague, evanescent images of the instant and put them into vivid form.” Shinoda’s print editions are small, usually ranging from twelve to fifty-five, and after each edition has been pulled, she often adds a stroke of sumi color by hand.

Further reading

*Takashina, Shuji. "Okada, Shinoda, and Tsukata: Three Pioneers of Abstract Painting in 20th Century Japan". Washington: Phillips Collection, c1979.

External links

* [http://www.city.seki.gifu.jp/seki-toko/index_3.htm Shinoda Toko Gallery 篠田桃紅美術空間]
* [http://kgs-tokyo.jp/human/2001/010510.html Shinoda Toko Recent Works]


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