Masami teraoka biography graphic organizer
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Masami Teraoka, watercolour “Banana Girls” dated around 1970.
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Masami Teraoka, born 1936, watercolour on paper "Banana Girls" dated around 1970. Measurements art work without framing; 36.8 X 24.0cm. Signed at the bottom. Masami Teraoka (born 1936) is an American contemporary artist. His work includes Ukiyo-e-influenced woodcut prints and paintings in watercolor and oil. He is known for work that merges traditional Edo-style aesthetics with icons of American culture. Masami Teraoka brings a contemporary twist to traditional Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, infusing them with ribald imagery and a Pop art sensibility. He developed this signature graphic style after moving to the United States in 1961, where he received his BFA and MFA from Otis College of Art and Design. His highly regarded series “McDonald’s Hamburgers Invading Japan” and “31 Flavors Invading Japan” playfully fuse cross-cultural iconography to critique the widespread influence of Americ
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Masami Teraoka Signed Limited Edition Exhibition Lithograph Zen Monk on Whale
A wonderful, brightly colored, large exhibition lithograph print bygd famed Japanese American artist Masami Teraoka titled "Thanatopsis/Contemplations On Death. (Zen Monk and Ascending Whale)" This work features a serene crimson robed Buddhist monk calmly riding on the back of a whale and fryst vatten from his 1978 "New Views of Mount Fuji" exhibition at Space galleri in Santa Monica, California. The lithograph is grabb pencil signed by Teraoka within the image and also features his red and black seals. The piece fryst vatten printed on matte paper (produced in Japan) and is nicely framed and ready to display. Masami Teraoka has had over 70 solo exhibitions and he has twice been honored bygd the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. He has also received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His works can be funnen in collections and museums around the world including: The Fine Arts Museums of San