Updates - Archive - Yuko Shimizu

September 22, 2008

NOW SHOWING Is Now Showing In Barcelona

Opening event of group show NOW SHOWING (see last post for details) in Barcelona had a huge turnout last Thursday. Thank you for everyone who went. I wasn’t able to leave New York this time, but my Spanish friends sent me this fun photo collage. Big thank you to my dearest: Muntsa Vicente and Marcos Martin, Alvaro Lopez, Kano, Raul Allen and Raquel Aparicio. The show is up till October 18th.I usually don’t sell prints of my work, but Midnight Cowboy poster is officially for sale. It is to fund this awesome show to travel to different counties. if you are interested, check it out here, and you can also see some more photos from the opening.

September 22, 2008

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September 22, 2008

Happy first day of Autumn! I caught a mild cold already, can you believe it? I am going to Virginia Commonwealth University for a lecture and workshop this Thursday, so I better get well soon.

September 15, 2008

NEW ILLUSTRATIONS

4 new images are up on the NEW ILLUSTRATION SECTION.

September 15, 2008

MIDNIGHT COWBOY REDESIGNED

A friend and talented designer Harri Kuhn of Mischen Berlin and I collaborated on a poster for cult favorite Midnight Cowboy (right). This was a project for Now Showing, a group show of graphic design in Barcelona, Spain. Opening is this week! On September 18th. For details, please check SHOWS & EVENTS SECTION.

September 6, 2008

PARALYMPICS HAS BEGUN

Paralympic Games has started in Beijing without much of a buzz like its’ world famous ‘sister’. I changed the main page illo with a new ad for Apotheke (German pharmacy) who is an official sponsor for the event. It is an illustrated version of a really cool short commercial film of Heinrich Popow, a German amputee athlete. agency: Zum goldenen Hirschen Berlin GmbH, and my friend and calligrapher Ai Tatebayashi created a beautiful Chinese writing on the ad. Thank you Ai!There is a news in German media about this campaign for those who are interested and read German…

September 6, 2008

NIKE WOMEN

Also, you can see an Olympic related mini-comic on NIKE Women’s Asian site. Singapore site is in English. Click on Color Your Athlete section to watch.

August 30, 2008

SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA AND SPAIN

Two group shows I am in will be traveling to Melbourne, Australia and Barcelona, Spain in September. Unfortunately I don’t think I can come to the receptions this time, but if you happened to be in either one of the cities, I hope you come stop by.

To read the details of the shows, please go to SHOWS & EVENTS section.

August 30, 2008

VENICE ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP FOLLOW UP

Ah, I think I left my heart in Venice. It was so much fun I keep thinking about it….I just posted some photos to share with you our good memories.i am not sure if it will happen again next year, but if it does, I will let you know as soon as I get the schedule.

Also, I am going back to Venice in March 2009 to judge an international illustration competition organized by the same Teatrio. They will announce the details soon. I will post here once it becomes official. Please stay tuned.

August 26, 2008

YUKO IS BACK TO THE STUDIO

I finished teaching a week-long workshop in Venice, Italy, and just got back to New York City.

It was such a nice experience with all the motivated illustrators from all over Italy, Spain, and some even from Canada and Korea. Big thank you to everyone who participated, and to the organizer Teatrio. Hope to do it again in future.

I will post some photos from the workshop soon.

August 26, 2008

SEE MY STUDIO ON LOST AT E MINOR

Friends over at Lost At E Minor posted photos of my studio today. If you are interested, please take a look. It is not a big studio, but cozy with lots of sun from big windows and really nice people; Katie, Marcos and Sara.

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