Name
横尾 忠則 よこお ただのり YOKOO Tadanori
Job Title
Artist
Birth
June 27, 1936
Area
Tokyo
Profile
Born in Hyogo Prefecture, he graduated from Nishiwaki High School. Recent activities include exhibitions at the Nantenshi Gallery in 1982, 1984 and 1991, the 1985 Paris Biennial, the San Paulo Biennial, "Tokyo Form and Spirit" in 1986 (Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art and a U.S. tour), "Japanese Avant-Garde Art 1910-1970" (Paris, Pompidou Center), the Saison Art Museum in 1987, the Fuji TV Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburg, the 1988 Modern Poster Exhibition (New York Museum of Modern Art), the 1989 Bangladesh Asian Art Biennial, the 1990 Toyama Shimin Plaza, Seed Hall in Shibuya, the 1991 Kirin Plaza Osaka, Sagacho Exhibit Space, and "Beyond JAPAN: A Photo Theatre" (the Barbican Art Gallery, London）.
Source: "ginza graphic gallery 1991"
Born in Hyogo Prefecture. Holds a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) in 1972. Subsequent participation in the biennales of Paris, Venice, Sao Paulo, and Bangladesh place Yokoo on the world stage. His many foreign exhibitions, such as solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) and the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (Paris), bring Yokoo international acclaim. The Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art is established in Kobe in 2012. The Teshima Yokoo House is established on Teshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture in 2013. Awarded the 27th Praemium Imperiale in 2015. Yokoo’s works are in the collections of major art museums in Japan and abroad, and solo exhibitions are scheduled in coming years at art museums around the world.
Source: ggg HP Exhibition Archive "Tadanori Yokoo Exhibition" (2018)
Activities at ddd
Approximately 78 years old (2014)
Participated in DNP Graphic Design Archives Collection Ⅵ THE NIPPON POSTERS as Featured Designer.
Approximately 75 years old (2011)
Participated in 100 gggBooks 100 Graphic Designers as Featured Designer.
Approximately 73 years old (2009)
Participated in Brilliant Rivalry: Works by Outstanding Designers in the DNP Archives of Graphic Design as Featured Designer.
Approximately 72 years old (2008)
Participated in WELCOME TO MAGAZINE POOL: Ten Creators Crossing Boundaries for Magazine Design as Featured Designer.
Approximately 71 years old (2007)
Participated in EXHIBITIONS: Graphic Messages from ggg & ddd 1986-2006 as Featured Designer.
Approximately 60 years old (1996)
Participated in 50 Years of Japanese Illustrations Exhibition as Featured Designer.
Approximately 57 years old (1993)
Participated in Imagination of Letters as Featured Designer.
Approximately 56 years old (1992)
Participated in TRANS-ART Exhibition as Featured Designer.
