Okanoue Toshiko
Born in 1928 in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. OKANOUE made collages based on old magazines left behind by the Allied Forces in the 1950s.Rediscovered by photography critic KANEKO, Ryuichi, she had exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Art, Kochi in 2018 and the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum in 2019. Her works are in the collections of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Art, Kochi, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and M+ Museum Hong Kong.
WORKS
The Miracle of Silence195232.1×25.2cmCollage
Invitation195517.3×25.7cmCollage
Two Women1955Gelatin silver print
The Call195323.6×20.4cmCollage
Outline
| 1928 | Born in Kochi Prefecture |
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| 1945 | Graduates from Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin |
| 1948 | Graduates from Keisen High School |
| 1949 | Graduates from Ogawa Fashion Insititute |
| 1952 | Graduates from Design Department of Bunka Gakuin College |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 | The Call. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan A New Season. Isetan Salone Art Wall, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2019 | Toshiko Okanoue, Photo Collage: The Miracle of Silence. Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Okanoue Toshiko, Photo Collages-A Long Journey. Books f3, Niigata, Japan Okanoue Toshiko. Keibunsha Ichijoji, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2018 | Okanoue Toshiko Retrospective Exhibition-A Long Journey. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan |
| 2015 | A Long Journey. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan A Long Journey. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | A Long Journey. Kitahama gallery Maru R, Takamatsu, Japan A Long Journey. Rokujigen, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | Visit in Night. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan Toshiko Okanoue: Drop of Dreams. Charles A.Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR |
| 2008 | Metamorphoses. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2002 | Droplets of Dreams. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan Okanoue Toshiko: Collages. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2000 | Okanoue Toshiko Photo-Collage: Droplets of Dreams curated by Ryuichi Kaneko. The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance, Co. South Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1956 | Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition. Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1953 | Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition. Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2024 | I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now.Rencontres-Arles, Arles |
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| 2022 | MOMAT Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Fujino Kazutomo and Okanoue Toshiko. Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2021 | Surrealism Beyond Borders. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; traveled to Tate Modern, London, England The New Woman Behind The Camera. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; traveled to The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. YAMAZAWA Eiko,OKANOUE Toshiko, ISHIUCHI Miyako 2021. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan; traveled to Capsule, Tokyo, Japan MOMAT Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2019 | 9-year Exhibition Librairie 6. Librairie 6, Tokyo, Japan A Pleasure of Collecting Art. Art House Oyabe, Oyabe, Japan Surrealist Painting-Influence and lterations in Japan. Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan |
| 2018 | A Beautiful Moment. Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherland |
| 2017 | Japanese Surrealist Photography. Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Nihombashi Art Photo Exhibition 2017-The world of Fine Art Photography. Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2015 | Exhibition from permanent collection of the Museum of Art, Kochi Part Ⅰ. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan 70th Anniversary of the End of WWII: Alternative Stories in 1940’s Art-From the Tragic War to Reconstruction and Rebirth What did Japanese Artists’ Works During that Priod Represent ?. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan |
| 2013 | Jeux Surréalisme. The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan; traveled to Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Alison Goldfrapp: Performer as Curator. The Lowry, Manchester, England Art of Kochi-A La Carte-Six Themes. The Museum of Art, Kochi |
| 2012 | Utopia/ Dystopia : Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage. The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Houston, TX Creating with Light-The Manipulated Photograph. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan Amateurisum. Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany Tokyo 1955-1970:A New Avant-Garde. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
| 2011 | Femmes Surréalistes. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan Surrealism and Collages from the collection. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan |
| 2010 | Pictures by Women/ A History of Modern Photography. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Collage-Creation by Severance and Reconstruction. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2008 | Surrealism and Photography- BEAUTY CONVULSED. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2006 | Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Curator's Choice. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan Collage and Photomontage. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | Drifting Objects of Dreams: The Collection of Shuzo Takiguchi. Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama, Japan Shuzo Takiguchi and Gallery Takemiya organized by Satani Gallery. Ochanomizu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2004 | Collection. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan |
| 2003 | The History of Japanese Photography. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2001 | Japanese Women Artists before and after World WarⅡ 1930s-1950s. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan |
| 1996 | Shedding Light on Art in Japan 1953. Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1953 | Abstraction and Surrealism: How to Understand Them?. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
Art Fair
| 2017 | Art in Park Hotel Tokyo 2017. Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2016 | Art Osaka 2016. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan Art in Park Hotel Tokyo 2016. Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2015 | Art Osaka 2015. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan taguchi fine art + The Third Gallery Aya in Nakanoshima hosted by Kumi Okumura. Nakanoshima Banks de sign de, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | Art Fair Tokyo 2014. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan Art Osaka 2014. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan Hillside Terrace Photo Fair. Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | Art Fair Tokyo 2013. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan Art Osaka 2013. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| 2012 | Art Fair Tokyo 2012. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan Art Osaka 2012. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan Paris Photo 2012. Grand Palais, Paris, France |
| 2011 | Art Fair Tokyo 2011. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | Art Fair Tokyo 2010. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2009 | Art Fair Tokyo 2009. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2008 | Art Fair Tokyo 2008. Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan Paris Photo. Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris, France |
| 2007 | Photo Miami. Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL |
Publication
| 2022 | The World of Okanoue Toshiko and Fujino Kazutomo. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha |
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| 2020 | A Long Journey New Edition. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha |
| 2019 | The Miracle of Silence. Kyoto: Seigensha A Beautiful Moment. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha |
| 2018 | Okanoue Toshiko Complete works</em. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha Okanoue Toshiko Special Edition. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha |
| 2015 | A Long Journey. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha |
| 2007 | The Miracle of Silence. Paso Robles: Nazraeli Press |
| 2002 | Drop Of Dreams. Paso Robles: Nazraeli Press |
Public Collections
| The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, NY M+, Hong Kong Freer Gallery of Art Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |