Toshiko OKANOUE
岡上淑子
Born in 1928 in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. OKANOUE made collages based on old magazines left behind by the Allied Forces in the 1950s.Rediscovered by photography critic KANEKO, Ryuichi, she had exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Art, Kochi in 2018 and the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum in 2019. Her works are in the collections of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Art, Kochi, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and M+ Museum Hong Kong.
Chronology
1928 - Born in Kochi Prefecture
1945 - Graduates from Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin
1948 - Graduates from Keisen High School
1949 - Graduates from Ogawa Fashion Insititute
1952 - Graduates from Design Department of Bunka Gakuin College
1945 - Graduates from Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin
1948 - Graduates from Keisen High School
1949 - Graduates from Ogawa Fashion Insititute
1952 - Graduates from Design Department of Bunka Gakuin College
Publications
2022 - The World of Okanoue Toshiko and Fujino Kazutomo. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2020 - A Long Journey New Edition. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2019 - The Miracle of Silence. Kyoto: Seigensha
2019 - A Beautiful Moment. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2018 - Okanoue Toshiko Complete works 2018 - Okanoue Toshiko Special Edition. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2015 - A Long Journey. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2007 - The Miracle of Silence. Paso Robles: Nazraeli Press
2002 - Drop Of Dreams. Paso Robles: Nazraeli Press
2020 - A Long Journey New Edition. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2019 - The Miracle of Silence. Kyoto: Seigensha
2019 - A Beautiful Moment. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2018 - Okanoue Toshiko Complete works 2018 - Okanoue Toshiko Special Edition. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2015 - A Long Journey. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
2007 - The Miracle of Silence. Paso Robles: Nazraeli Press
2002 - Drop Of Dreams. Paso Robles: Nazraeli Press
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 - The Call. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2021 - A New Season. Isetan Salone Art Wall, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Toshiko Okanoue, Photo Collage: The Miracle of Silence. Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Okanoue Toshiko, Photo Collages-A Long Journey. Books f3, Niigata, Japan
2019 - Okanoue Toshiko. Keibunsha Ichijoji, Kyoto, Japan
2018 - Okanoue Toshiko Retrospective Exhibition-A Long Journey. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
2015 - A Long Journey. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - A Long Journey. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2014 - A Long Journey. Kitahama gallery Maru R, Takamatsu, Japan
2014 - A Long Journey. Rokujigen, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - Visit in Night. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - Toshiko Okanoue: Drop of Dreams. Charles A.Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
2008 - Metamorphoses. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2002 - Droplets of Dreams. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2002 - Okanoue Toshiko: Collages. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2000 - Okanoue Toshiko Photo-Collage: Droplets of Dreams curated by Ryuichi Kaneko. The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance, Co. South Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1956 - Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition. Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo, Japan
1953 - Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition. Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo, Japan
2021 - A New Season. Isetan Salone Art Wall, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Toshiko Okanoue, Photo Collage: The Miracle of Silence. Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Okanoue Toshiko, Photo Collages-A Long Journey. Books f3, Niigata, Japan
2019 - Okanoue Toshiko. Keibunsha Ichijoji, Kyoto, Japan
2018 - Okanoue Toshiko Retrospective Exhibition-A Long Journey. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
2015 - A Long Journey. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - A Long Journey. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2014 - A Long Journey. Kitahama gallery Maru R, Takamatsu, Japan
2014 - A Long Journey. Rokujigen, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - Visit in Night. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - Toshiko Okanoue: Drop of Dreams. Charles A.Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
2008 - Metamorphoses. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2002 - Droplets of Dreams. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2002 - Okanoue Toshiko: Collages. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2000 - Okanoue Toshiko Photo-Collage: Droplets of Dreams curated by Ryuichi Kaneko. The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance, Co. South Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1956 - Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition. Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo, Japan
1953 - Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition. Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now.Rencontres-Arles, Arles
2022 -
MOMAT Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Fujino Kazutomo and Okanoue Toshiko. Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2021 -
Surrealism Beyond Borders. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; traveled to Tate Modern, London, England
The New Woman Behind The Camera. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; traveled to The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
YAMAZAWA Eiko,OKANOUE Toshiko, ISHIUCHI Miyako 2021. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan; traveled to Capsule, Tokyo, Japan
MOMAT Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2019 -
9-year Exhibition Librairie 6. Librairie 6, Tokyo, Japan
A Pleasure of Collecting Art. Art House Oyabe, Oyabe, Japan
Surrealist Painting-Influence and lterations in Japan. Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan
2018 - A Beautiful Moment. Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherland
2017 -
Japanese Surrealist Photography. Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Nihombashi Art Photo Exhibition 2017-The world of Fine Art Photography. Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2015 -
Exhibition from permanent collection of the Museum of Art, Kochi Part Ⅰ. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
70th Anniversary of the End of WWII: Alternative Stories in 1940’s Art-From the Tragic War to Reconstruction and Rebirth What did Japanese Artists’ Works During that Priod Represent ?. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
2013 -
Jeux Surréalisme. The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan; traveled to Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Alison Goldfrapp: Performer as Curator. The Lowry, Manchester, England
Art of Kochi-A La Carte-Six Themes. The Museum of Art, Kochi
2012 -
Utopia/ Dystopia : Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage. The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Houston, TX
Creating with Light-The Manipulated Photograph. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
Amateurisum. Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Tokyo 1955-1970:A New Avant-Garde. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2011 -
Femmes Surréalistes. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan
Surrealism and Collages from the collection. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
2010 - Pictures by Women/ A History of Modern Photography. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2009 - Collage-Creation by Severance and Reconstruction. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - Surrealism and Photography- BEAUTY CONVULSED. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2006 -
Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Curator's Choice. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
Collage and Photomontage. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2005 - Drifting Objects of Dreams: The Collection of Shuzo Takiguchi. Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Shuzo Takiguchi and Gallery Takemiya organized by Satani Gallery. Ochanomizu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - Collection. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
2003 - The History of Japanese Photography. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2001 - Japanese Women Artists before and after World WarⅡ 1930s-1950s. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
1996 - Shedding Light on Art in Japan 1953. Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1953 - Abstraction and Surrealism: How to Understand Them?. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2022 -
MOMAT Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Fujino Kazutomo and Okanoue Toshiko. Fukuoka City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2021 -
Surrealism Beyond Borders. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; traveled to Tate Modern, London, England
The New Woman Behind The Camera. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; traveled to The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
YAMAZAWA Eiko,OKANOUE Toshiko, ISHIUCHI Miyako 2021. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan; traveled to Capsule, Tokyo, Japan
MOMAT Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2019 -
9-year Exhibition Librairie 6. Librairie 6, Tokyo, Japan
A Pleasure of Collecting Art. Art House Oyabe, Oyabe, Japan
Surrealist Painting-Influence and lterations in Japan. Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan
2018 - A Beautiful Moment. Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherland
2017 -
Japanese Surrealist Photography. Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Nihombashi Art Photo Exhibition 2017-The world of Fine Art Photography. Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
2015 -
Exhibition from permanent collection of the Museum of Art, Kochi Part Ⅰ. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
70th Anniversary of the End of WWII: Alternative Stories in 1940’s Art-From the Tragic War to Reconstruction and Rebirth What did Japanese Artists’ Works During that Priod Represent ?. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
2013 -
Jeux Surréalisme. The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan; traveled to Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Alison Goldfrapp: Performer as Curator. The Lowry, Manchester, England
Art of Kochi-A La Carte-Six Themes. The Museum of Art, Kochi
2012 -
Utopia/ Dystopia : Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage. The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Houston, TX
Creating with Light-The Manipulated Photograph. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
Amateurisum. Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Tokyo 1955-1970:A New Avant-Garde. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2011 -
Femmes Surréalistes. Librairie6, Tokyo, Japan
Surrealism and Collages from the collection. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
2010 - Pictures by Women/ A History of Modern Photography. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2009 - Collage-Creation by Severance and Reconstruction. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - Surrealism and Photography- BEAUTY CONVULSED. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2006 -
Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Curator's Choice. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
Collage and Photomontage. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
2005 - Drifting Objects of Dreams: The Collection of Shuzo Takiguchi. Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Shuzo Takiguchi and Gallery Takemiya organized by Satani Gallery. Ochanomizu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - Collection. The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
2003 - The History of Japanese Photography. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2001 - Japanese Women Artists before and after World WarⅡ 1930s-1950s. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
1996 - Shedding Light on Art in Japan 1953. Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1953 - Abstraction and Surrealism: How to Understand Them?. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, NY
M+, Hong Kong
Freer Gallery of Art Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
The Museum of Art, Kochi, Kochi, Japan
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, NY
M+, Hong Kong
Freer Gallery of Art Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
