About the artist:

1936Born in Hyogo Prefecture 1956Nominated as member of Nissenbi(JAAC)Japan Advertising Artists Club 1960Enters Nippon Design Center (NDC) 1964Forms Studio "Ilfil" 1965Participates in "Persona" exhibition (Matsuya Ginza) Receives Mainichi Industrial Design Award 1966Solo Exhibition (Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo) 1968Participates in "Word and Image" exhibition (MoMA, New York) 1969Solo Exhibition (Tokyo Gallery) Participates in "A Prospect of Modern Design in Japan" exhibition (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) Awarded the Grand Prize for Prints at 6th Paris Youth Biennale Participates in "18 Artists of Contemporary Prints" exhibition (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) 1970Participates in Exhibition "Human Documents '70" (Tokyo Gallery) Solo Exhibition (Matsuya Ginza, Kyoto, Kobe, Sapporo,Nagoya etc.) Art-directs the Fiber Pavilion of Osaka Exposition 1971"Chronicle of Art after World War II" Exhibition (Kanagawa Museum of Modern Art) "The 10th Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibition" (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) "100 Artists in Art Today" (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art) 1972Solo Exhibition (MoMA, New York) Receives the UNESCO Award of the 4th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw Wins the Special prize in the 5th International Graphic design Biennale in Brno Participates in "Print Art" Exhibition (Philadelphia Museum of Art) 1973"Contemporary Art of Japan: A Panorama of Contemporary Japan Art in 20 years"(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) "Graphic Image '73" (Tokyo Central Museum / The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) Solo Exhibition (Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg) Participates in Tour Exhibition in America "Contemporary Japan Prints" (Museum of Fine Arts Boston/New York Culture Center) Receives the Judge's Committee Prize of "Contemporary Japan Prints" (London ICA) Wins the Grand Prize of Tokyo ADC 1974Solo Exhibition (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam) "The 11th Japan International Art Exhibition"(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) "Graphic design Image '74" (Tokyo Central Museum/The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) Receives the prize of Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art in the 9th International Print Art Biennale in Tokyo Participates at the exhibition "Japan: Tradition and Contemporary" (Stadtmuseum, D us seldorf) "Japanese Contemporary Prints" (Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico) Wins the Gold Prize of the 5th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw Wins the Silver Prize of the 6th International Graphic Design Biennale in Brno 1975Awarded the 20th Mainichi Design Award "The 11th Contemporary Art in Japan Exhibition"(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) "Japanese Print Arts in 1975" Exhibition (Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts) "A Panorama of Contemporary Art in Japan" (Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo) "5 Japanese Graphic designers" (Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne/The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo) 1976Participates in Exhibition of "5 International Graphic Designers" at Venice Biennial 1977"Contemporary Japanese Poster Exhibition" (Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo) "The Past 10 years' Japanese Poster" (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam) 1978Wins the Merit Prize of The 7th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw Awarded Kodansha Publishing Cultural Award for Binding 1979Participates in '79 Art Festival in Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) "Japanese Poster Exhibition" (Musee de la Publicite, Paris) Wins 2000 Fmk Prize of the 3rd International Poster Biennial in Lahti 1980Solo Exhibition (Okayama Art Museum) Exhibits "Japan Style" (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) "Japan-Poster" Exhibition (Museum of Modern Art, Vienna) 1981Converted from a graphic designer to a painter "World Contemporary Print in the 25 years"(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art/Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum) "A turning Point of Contemporary Art in 60's Japan"(The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo/The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) 1982Solo Exhibition (Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg) Solo Exhibition (Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo) 1983Solo Exhibition ( Otani Memorial Art Museum,Nishinomiya city) Solo Exhibition (Musee de la Publicite, Paris) Participates in "A Tendency of Contemporary Art in Japan part 2: Departure to Diversity"(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) 1984Art-directs the stage decoration for Ballet "DIONYSOS", Belgique 20thCentury Ballet, produced by Maurice Bejart and Scara Theatre, MilanoSolo Exhibition (Otis Persons Gallery, Los Angeles) "The 20th Century Posters: Avant-garde" at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis) "The 2nd Toyama International Contemporary Art Exhibition" (The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama) "A Panorama of Contemporary Art in Japan ﾑ Graphic Art & Design" (The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama) 1985Invited works at The 13th Paris Biennale Participates in The 18th Sao Paulo International Biennale Solo Exhibition (Pallazzo Bianco, Genova) Solo Exhibition (Farcone Theatre, Genova) Solo Exhibition (Kunstlerhause Bethanien, Berlin) "The 1st representational painting Biennale" (The Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa) "Contemporary Self-portrait" (The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama) "Contemporary Art in 40 years" (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) "1985: Japanese Prints" (Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts) 1986Enters in "The 9th British International Print Biennale" "Tokyo: Form and Spirit" (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis/The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles/IBM Gallery, New York/The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) "Japanese Avant-Garde 1910-1970" Exhibition (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris) "A Current of Contemporary Art in Japan: painting Part 1" (The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama) Solo Exhibition (Roberta English Gallery, San Francisco) Solo Exhibition (Israel Museum, Jerusalem) Solo Exhibition (Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles) Exhibits "Art and Simplicity" (Setagaya Art Museum / Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art) 1987Solo Exhibition (The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo) Solo Exhibition (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh) "Selection of the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection of Art"(Pennsylvania, and several places in USA) "Icons in Contemporary Art" (The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama) Receives Hyogo Prefecture Cultural Award 1988Solo Exhibition (Galerie Silvia Menzel, Berlin) "The Modern Posters" (MoMA, New York) Participates in "Art Kite" tour Japan, the U.S., and Europe in a traveling exhibition (The Miyagi Museum of Art) "Human Image in Modern Art" (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) 1989Receives Honorary Prize of The 4th ASIA Art Biennale, Bangladesh "The 19th Contemporary Japan-Art" Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Kyoto City Art Museum etc.) "ARTIS '89 An international image for human and citizens' rights"(Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris) "Contemporary Japanese Poster" Exhibition (MoMA, New York) 1990Designs the plans of pavilion and garden for the Central American nation of Belize at Expo '90 The International Garden and Greenery Exposition held in Osaka Participates in "Excellent Works in Modern Japanese Art: Zidai-wo-tsuranuku-bi" (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art) "Fantasy and Power: From Japanese Modern and Contemporary Art" (The Miyagi Museum of Art) 1991Solo Exhibition (Sagacho Exhibit Space) Exhibits in "Maniera-no-Kosaten: Contemporary Prints and Image Expression" (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts) "Beyond Japan: A Photo Theatre" (Barbican Art Gallery, London) "Contemporary Japanese Graphic Design" (Design Museum, London) 1992Exhibits in "Japan's Pop art 1960s" (Fukui Fine Arts Museum) "Adam and Eve: 10th Anniversary Exhibition" (The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama) "3 Japanese Poster Artists" (Tel Aviv Museum of Art) 1993Participates in "45th Venice Biennale Trans-Actions" Venice, Italy "International Poster Exhibition" (Tel Aviv Museum of Art) 1994"Avant-garde Art in the Post War Japan"(Yokohama Museum of Art/ Guggenheim Museum SOHO, New York) "Japanese Design" (Philadelphia Museum of Art) "Art Today 1994" (Sezon Museum of Modern Art) "The Pop Image Prints and Multiples" (Marlborough Gallery, New York) Solo Exhibition (Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans) 1995Receives the Mainichi Fine Art Award Participates in "Sengo Bunka no Kiseki 1945-1995" (Japanese Culture:The Fifty Post-war Years) (Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art / Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art) The 1st Performance Poster International Triennial, Sophia (Bulgaria National Museum of Art) Solo Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography) "Today's Art" (Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark) 1996Solo Exhibition (Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo) "1960's Avant-garde Art in the Post War Japan" (Kurashiki City Art Museum) 1997Solo Exhibition (Kirin Plaza, Osaka) Solo Exhibition (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art/ The Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa) Wins the Gold Prize of New York ADC Award Publication. "The thing which cannot watch the thing which I see". A Chikuma library Publication. "Return - Tadanori Yokoo Museum 1966-1997 to me." Hyogo Prefctural museum of art / Kanagawa prefectural Museum of Modern Art Publication. "Asahi Museum - Tadanori Yokoo." Asahi Shimbun Publication. "28 world graphic design - Tadanori Yokoo." King the graphic gallery Publication. "Art of masterpiece response." I am pleased with a present of God. Kobunsha library Publication. "I and intuition and an alien"(in the sky and the ground, similar figure - changes a title). Bunshun library Publication. "Tokyo farewell look requiem." Asahi Shimbun Publication. "A Yokoo's kissho-shofuku poster exhibition." （A fortune）Okanoyama Museum of art Nishiwaki 1998Publication. "Tadanori Yokoo." In the days of a thing of red. （A fortune）Okanoyama Museum of art Nishiwaki Publication. "A Yokoo's kissho-shofuku postcard book." Heibonsha Publishers Ltd. Publication. "A collection of secret - Tadanori Yokoo talks to live now." Kobunsha library Publication. "I lived in a flash in a friend". （Art is a love - change of the title）. Kobunsha library Publication. To "disturbance ! ". （Tadanori Yokoo autobiography - change of the title）. Sentence spring library 1999 Exhibits in "Hyojo-han-hyojo: Prints in Japan 1945-1999" (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts) Solo Exhibition (Communications Museum, Tokyo) "Ground Zero Japan" (Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito) 2000Solo Exhibition (Museum "Eki" Kyoto) Elected to the Hall of the Hall of Fame, New York ADC 2001Exhibits in "MoMA Highlights" (MoMA, New York) "Century City ﾑ Fine Arts and Culture of Contemporary City" (Tate Modern, London) Solo Exhibition (The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama) Solo Exhibition (Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo) Purple Ribbon Medal 2002Professor for Postgraduate course of Tama Art University (March 2004) Participates in "Pop! Pop!! Pop!!!" (The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki) Solo Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art) Awarded the ICOGRADA Special Prize of the 20th International Graphic Design Biennale in Brno 2003Solo Exhibition (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) Awarded the Slovakia Design Center Prize of the 5th 2003 Trnava Poster Exhibition (Slovakia) Solo Exhibition (Fukuoka Art Museum) Solo Exhibition (Entwistle Gallery, London) 2004Directs the theatrical Arts and costume of public performance "King and Dragon : author Takeshi Umehara" in France Wins the Silver prize of New York ADC Exhibition "TAKARAZUKA: the Land of Dreams" (Suntory Museum, Tenpozan / Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery) "Remaking modernism in Japan 1900-2000"(Museum of Contemporary Art,Tokyo / The University Art Museum-Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music) Solo Exhibition (Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum) Solo Exhibition (SCAI the Bathhouse,Tokyo) "Marcel Duchamp and the 20th Century Art" (The National Museum of Art,Osaka) Received the Dark-blue Ribbon Medal from the Japanese Government Directed the theatrical Art of "Takarazuka Dream Kingdam" by Takarazuka girls' operetta company Produced the Rapping design for Electric Trains of JR Kakogawa-line Received the International Jury Prize of The 3rd International Poster Biennial,Ningbo 2004 (China) 2005Solo Exhibition (Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto) Solo Exhibition (Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art) Solo Exhibition (Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo) Wins the Grand Prize of the 15th International Poster Biennial in Lahti ISSEY MIYAKE PARIS COLLECTIONS 1977-1999: Invitations by Tadanori "Yokoo" (The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama) The Last Exhibition of Parallelism in Art (Espace OHARA) 2006Solo Exhibition （Fondation Cartier pour I' art contemporain ,Paris ） New Acquisition Contemporary Art and The Humor(Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art) "Dream, Rousseau whom Rousseau watched dream to watch" (Setagaya art museum) Winning Japanese culture design grand prix 2007"art / nonart / nonart 1950-1970" exhibition（J.Paulgetty Museum, Los Angeles） War and an art exhibition(Kyoto formative arts University gallery Aube) Art / nonart / nonart： Experiment in the public area in postwar Japan, 1950-1970（J.Paulgetty Museum, Los Angeles) SEPTEMBER SHOW 2007（A Nishimura art gallery） Imagery Play（PKM gallery Beijing） MOT collection pop way 1960s - 2000s（Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art） Hyogo, person who has rendered distinguished services commendation. Setagaya-ku, special culture service commendation. 20088 Solo exhibitions（Scai the bathhouse） Solo exhibition（Nishimura Gallery） War and art. Fear and a vision of the beauty（Kyoto formative arts University gallery Aube） An image of a human being exhibition of the 20th century. A Tokushima prefectural Museum of Modern Art possession perfect gem exhibition（Gunma prefectural Tatebayashi art museum） Japanese art： It is collected Hyogo from modern times to the present age（Oscar Niemmyer Museum） The masked portrait（Marianne Boesky Gallery, N.Y.） Asia and a European portrait exhibition（The National Museum of Art) "Wonderland." A Japanese contemporary art exhibition（Opera gallery Hong-Kong） An image to rebel against. The print media after the nonart and art. 1960 '-70'（Urawa Museum） Novel "BURULAND" carried by literary arts magazine "Bungeishunju Ltd.". Solo exhibition（Setagaya art museum） Solo exhibition（Hyogo Tatsumi art building） Solo exhibition（FRIEDMAN BENDA GALLERY） Winning Kyoka Izumi literary 2009Solo exhibition（21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa） Solo exhibition（Nishimura Gallery） 2010Solo exhibition（The National Museum of Art, Osaka） Self Portrait(TAKAHASHI COLLECTION HIBIYA) The News Papers（KANDA NISSHO MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF ART） 2011Solo exhibition（The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art） Solo exhibition（The Museum of Art, Kochi） YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE　2011 Solo exhibition（Okanoyama Museum of Art NISHIWAKI） Award：Order of the Rising Sun Solo exhibition（THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, TOYAMA） Publication. "TWITTER , a trash can of worldly thoughts" Publication. "Tadanori Yokoo 109-Painter" Group exhibition : The world of Junzo Ishiko／Departure from art,Comics way,Kitschy line （Fuchu Art MUSEUM) Group exhibition : 　"Postmodernism:Style and Subversion:1970-1990." 　　　　 Victoria and Albert Museum/England Group exhibition : Mathematics: A Beautiful Elsewhere 　　　　　/The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain 2012Group exhibition : Collecting India/FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM Group exhibition : The prospects of the modern painting/Tokyo station gallery Solo exhibition（Okanoyama Museum of Art NISHIWAKI） The 54th　"Tadanori Yokoo. Original view, eyes of the consciousness" Group exhibition : Double Vision: Contemporary Art from Japan/Moscow museum of modern art Group exhibition : The Art of Film Posters in Japan 　　/The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Film Center Solo exhibition :Tadanori Yokoo Kora-ju/FRIEDMAN BENDA Solo exhibition : Tadanori Yokoo Exhibition "Sokan to Teshima"/ SCAI THE BATHHOUSE Solo exhibition : Tadanori Yokoo Book Design Exhibition/Ginza Graphic Gallery Solo exhibition : Hanhanpukupukuhanpuku / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art 2013Solo exhibition : Poster Exhibition /IWATE MUSEUM OF ART Solo exhibition : The word in art / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Solo exhibition : Poster Exhibition / Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art Solo exhibition : YOKOO'S YOKOO ZOO / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Group exhibition : Takahashi Collection MINDFULNESS! /KIRISHIMA OPEN-AIR MUSEUM、Sapporo Art Museum Solo exhibition : Tadanori YOKOO Japanese writers 222 / nantenshi gallery Group exhibition : Woodcut of Tadanori Yokoo / Himeji City Museum of Art Solo exhibition : Tadanori YOKOO EXHIBITION / AOMORI MUSEUM OF ART Group exhibition : Charm of ceramic art / The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo Group exhibition : Takahashi Collection MINDFULNESS! / Sapporo Art Museum Solo exhibition :Kobe Biennale 2013 Yokoo Tadanori REFLECTION OF LANDSCAPE / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Solo exhibition : Tadanori Yokoo HUMAN ICONS / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art 2014Group exhibition : "Making Links 25years" / SCAI THE BATH HOUSE Solo exhibition : Tadanori Yokoo : Showa Nippon -Repetition, Propagation, Metastasis / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Group exhibition : "MOTcollection　Chronicle 1966- | Expanded Vision" 　　 /　Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Collection Gallery Solo exhibition : Literature special exhibition "Jakucho Kien-Mandala Exhibition" / Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Literature calligraphy Solo exhibition : LOST IN YOKOO JUNGLE / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Group exhibition : "The Spiritual World Collection Exhibition 2014" 　　 /　The Spiritual World Collection Exhibition 2014 Group exhibition : "Phase 1 exhibition　New Collectionn" /Kariya City Art Museum Group exhibition : Nostalgia and Fantasy /The National Museum of Art, Osaka Group exhibition : MT×G8 MT /CREATION GALLERY G8 Solo exhibition : HUMAN ICONS / KAWASAKI CITY MUSEUM Solo exhibition : YOKOO TADANORI : BEYOND GRAPHIC WORK / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Group exhibition : A Turning Point in Postwar Japanese Art / The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma Group exhibition : DOMMUNE University of the Arts.Tokyo Arts Circuration. / 3331 Arts Chiyoda 1F MAIN GALLERY Group exhibition : Persona 1965 / Ginza Graphic Gallery ggg Solo exhibition : JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE ART / KIRISHIMA OPEN-AIR MUSEUM Solo exhibition : YOKOO BY KISHIN / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Group exhibition : Contacts / MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO Group exhibition : 「THE NIPPON POSTERS」 / dddGALLERY 2015Solo exhibition : YOKOO TADANORI : GREAT NIRVANA / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Group exhibition : Japan Architects 1945-2010 / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Group exhibition : EXPO'70　Design project / The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Group exhibition : COLLECTION BECOMING / MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO Group exhibition : TAKAHASHI COLLECTION　"Mirror neuron" /Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery Solo exhibition : YOKOO TADANORI CUT&PASTE / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art Solo exhibition : "Swimming Girls" / nantenshi gallery Group exhibition : The Museum of Art, Kochi　COLLECTIONS / The Museum of Art, Kochi Group exhibition : International Pop / Walker Art Center Awarded The 27th PREMIUM IMPERIALE IN HONOR OF PRINCE TAKAMATSU Solo exhibition : YOKOO TADANORI : Y-JUNCTION CONTINUED / Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art