Toko Shinoda

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Toko Shinoda Wood Spirit
Wood Spirit
Lithograph
26 x 20 in
$3,000
Toko Shinoda Ancient Poem
Ancient Writings , 2001
Lithograph
11 x 15 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda An Ode D
An Ode D
Lithograph
15 x 11 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda An Ode K
An Ode K
Lithograph
15 x 11 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Arrived Wind
Arrived Wind
Lithograph
26.75 x 21.25 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Blossom
Blossom , 2002
Lithograph
15 x 11 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Breath of Wood
Breath of Wood , 1986
Lithograph
29 x 22.5 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Breeze
Breeze
Lithograph
13.5 x 10.5 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Calm
Calm
Lithograph
25 x 18 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Crystalline
Crystalline
Lithograph
26 x 20 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Dimension
Dimension
Lithograph
13 x 10.5 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Drama
Drama , 1999
Lithograph
21.5 x 28 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Dream
Dream
Lithograph
17 x 12 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Encounter
Encounter , 1980
Lithograph
21 x 16 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Epical
Epical , c.1990
Lithograph
28 x 21 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Etude
Etude
Lithograph
25 x 18 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Evolution
Evolution , 1985
Lithograph
36 x 25 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Fable
Fable , 1996
Lithograph
15 x 11 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Feelings
Feelings , 2001
Lithograph
11 x 15 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Flame
Flame , 1980
Lithograph
13.5 x 10.5 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda For Thee 1
For Thee 1 , 1986
Painting
15 x 11 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda For Thee a
For Thee a
Lithograph
11 x 15 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda Fresh
Fresh , c.1960
Lithograph
15 x 11 in
SOLD
Toko Shinoda From Now
From Now
Lithograph
17 x 12 in
SOLD
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Toko Shinoda

Toko Shinoda

Toko Shinoda Biography

Biography of Toko Shinoda

 

Toko Shinoda is a Japanese 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 have 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 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. She turned 100 in March 2013.

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 or two of sumi color by hand to each print.

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