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Updates - Archive - Yuko Shimizu - page 39

Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimizu

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


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YUKO IS OFFICIALLY BLOGGING

It’s like 3 years too late… but I now officially have a blog, on DRAWGER, an illustrator blog site. I just started and not much is there yet, but I am planning on posting sketches and finals, random thoughts about my work and illustration in general, so please stay tuned.

BUY GUM AND SUPPORT NEXT GENERATION OF CREATIVE MINDS

Sticky, a creative agency in Chicago and Retail Advertising & Marketing Association came up with a very creative idea to raise scholarship fund for students at Columbus College of Art and Designin Ohio.Four artists, including myself was invited to design gum packages based on the stories Sticky has created. 12 packs of gum in a carton is sold for $25, which will fund Randy Curtis Memorial Award.My image is based on a trippy story about a third nipple escaping the body, travels across the continent and go surfing. (Yes, you read it right.)
Because the story was so out there, and the package features a surfer on the wave of thousand nipples, the gum got rejected from production at the last minutes.But of course, it is the bunch of creative minds who are working on this project, they ended up managing to produce this gum, as a “banned and limited edition”.So, you can buy this gum, chew on this, all for a good cause!

See more photos of the gum here.

Exhibit At Akademie Der Kunste And Posters In City of Berlin

I am back from the opening at Akedemie Der Kunste in Berlin, Germany.Embedded Artis a huge show that is getting a huge turn out and great reviews. Although, poster part of the show is a rather small side of the whole show, I am honored and excited to be a part of it.At the show opening point, not many of my posters are up yet, but they should start popping up in different areas of Berlin for the course of the exhibit, so if you happened to be in town, please keep your eyes open for random street postings. Fun!

I took some photos of the posters during my stay. Please check them out.


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Interview At Lost At E Minor

Friends at Lost At E Minor posted a mini-interview on PS 96 Mural project. Thank you Zolton for always being so supportive.

To read more about this project, please check out SPECIAL PROJECTS section.

Hello Students At PS96 In The Bronx. Welcome To The New Library!

This afternoon I took #2 train up to Pelham Parkway in the Bronx (NY) to attend the opening reception of the new library at Public School #96. As you can see in the photo, my contribution to this project was creating a set of 11 murals. The library was donated to PS96 by non-profit organization Robin Hood Foundation, including the architecture, construction, design, furniture and computers, along with 7000 new books for the students and teachers to use for years and years to come.I am extremely excited to be a part of this project, thanks to designer Stefan Sagmeisterwho decided that elementary school murals should be illustrated and somehow picked me to collaborate with him. We worked on and off for 2 and half years.I love creating images for magazines, newspapers and on the covers of books and CDs. But I had never imagined a day would come when I could contribute to the little future hopes of New York and encourage them to learn. What a rewarding feeling.

And thank you everyone who was involved in the project to make this happen.

Please see more photos here.


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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

With struggling economy, it may not be the right time to use the word “happy”, but it is still a new year, so, happy new year to everyone. Let’s hope 2009 will be a start of a new era. Here are my “new year’s resolutions”…

Editorial, Editorial

Last year, I wasn’t able to do a lot of editorial illustrations, but I am feeling good finally getting back into it, creating many new pieces for many new (and some familiar) clients now.2008 ended with a fun portrait for TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year issue illustrating the one and only: Zhang Yimou, so honored to be able to draw him. To kick off 2009, two illustrations appeared on the cover of Boston Globe Ideas Section yesterday. (Yes, that means, I worked on January 1st!)


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Shows / Lectures and School Visits In Works

I will keep squeezing in travels in my schedule to come meet you! So join me when I am there.

In January 23, I will be in Germany for Embedded Art exhibit opening at Akademie der Künste in Berlin. (Hope it is won’t be as cold as it is now!)

In February, I will be coming to Washington University in St. Louis, thanks to the invite of my former studio-mate and super talented John Hendrix.

In March, I am scheduled to be in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico thanks to the kind invitation from Amarillo Centro de Diseno. A show and lecture are scheduled. aspiring illustrators and students in Mexico, come come! Looking forward to meeting you there.

Also in March, I will be judging a children’s book illustration competition organized by Teatrio in Chioggia, Italy. They are still accepting applications. So, please apply your awesome works!

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