Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimizu

Award winning Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts.

DAHESH MUSEUM LECTURE IS DONE

Also, finished a lecture and tour at Dahesh Museum of Art last Saturday. It was a bit tough to prepare for a lecture and a tour of their latest show “Stories to Tell” while I was sick and dealing with tight deadlines, but thanks to super nice and friendly audience (including dear Marcos Chin and Mihoko Hakata) and Liz Gaudino of Education Department at Dahesh who helped me prepare, for making my experience smooth, easy and memorable. This wonderful show of history of American Illustration is open till May and there will be lecture and tour by illustrators every week, including my dear professor Thomas Woodruff.

By the way, those of you who have been looking for a good place to have English high tea in mid-town Manhattan, Cafe Opaline is the place to be!

SOME RECENT ILLUSTRATIONS

Oprah (March), GQ, Texas Monthly, The Warlus, Domino (April), Outside (May) Paste (April/May), Absolute Magazine (Spring), etc…

NEW SHOW IN LA

Because of my work/teaching schedule and being sick for a while, I could not attend the opening of Illustration West 44 Show. It will be open till April 7 if you are in LA area. I have three pieces in this show.The Billy Shire Fine Art Gallery, 5790 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232

THIS MUST BE MY LUCKY YEAR!

I won yet another award. SPECTRUM Fantastic Art is giving me a Silver Award for this image (right)!!! This is the fourth medal I am receiving this year. I am happy but I am scared thinking I am using up all my luck…You can read about the details, winners and judges here.

I wish I can go back in time and tell 12-year-old-scifi-fantasy-geek-me what is going to be happening this year.

And thank you everyone for coming to The Society Of Illustrators last week. Show will be up till April 1.

AND, MORE JUDGING…

Editorial illustrators, Society of Publication Designers’ SPOTS competition call for entries is out now. Download the form here. I know it is the last minutes notice, but we would love to judge your great spot illustrations, so please apply!

Also, The Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition’s first round is now done. Winners will be notified to each school, and awards will be decided by judging the actual winning pieces at the end of the month. Congratulations to the winners and good luck!

I want to thank all the 25 jury members, especially to those whom I invited who accepted to participate. Some of them came all the way from West Coast. Illustrators: Shawn Barber, Harry Campbell, Joshua Gorchov, Lizzy Rockwell, Chris Sickels a.k.a. Red Nose Studio, Autumn Whitehurst and Bruce Waldman. Also nice meeting you, Adam Rex. Art directors: SooJin Buzelli of PLANSPONSOR and Henry Yung of Fast Company. Thank you so much everyone!

NEW BOOK, A LECTURE, AND FIRST YUKO PRODUCTS!

First, I am giving a lecture and tour at Dahesh Museum of Arton March 25 (Sat) at 1PM.It is a part of programs to accompany their current exhibition “Stories To Tell: Masterworks from The Kelly Collection of American Illustration”, and free with regular museum admission. Please come by!

Second, a new book is coming out soon from Gingko Press. Andrea Lugli has edited a book of artwork that is “handmade”, and it is called, well “Handmade”. When I got invited, I turned it down because my work is half computer generated. Andrea said my work can still belong to this book for my all-hand-done-look. Check out Gingko Press web site to read more about it and see the amazing lineup.

Third, my first products will get released soon from NookArt of Australia. There will be a tri-fold wallet, a journal, and a greeting card. I will post more in details soon.

February 21, 2006

The Society of IllustratorsEditorial and Book show will open on March 3 (Fri) . Opening party is between 5:30 and 8PM at Museum of American Illustration at 128 East 63rd Street. I will have four pieces in this show including this image I did for PLAYBOY that had received Gold Medal. The show will be up for about a month.My e-mail server was down between Feb. 19 and 20. I have lost most of the incoming messages during those two days. If you were expecting to hear back from me and not receiving reply, I may not have gotten it. Please send me your message again. Thank you!

Some new press…Thank you Computer Arts China (right) for doing a nice 6 page feature on my work in their December 2005 issue. Thank you Sue!

Another thanks goes to The Spy Magazine of Cadiz, Spain(far right) for their nice 5 page feature article on my work in their January-February 2006 issue. Thank you Arantxa!

There is also an interview article in Cultura Creativa 1492 (November 2005), an advertising magazine in Argentine, regarding “Target and New York” advertising campaign of past summer.

When I have a bit more time to rework on my web site, I am planning on making a “press page” to put all these articles and interviews in one place. I have been receiving so many e-mails from new illustrators and art students asking questions. A lot of them are on same topics. As my work gets busier and busier, it gets harder and harder to write back. Hope I can build a page to help answer a lot of their questions.

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