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Teruko Yokoi is a Japanese artist who was born in 1924. She is best known for her abstract paintings, which often feature bold colors and geometric shapes. She has exhibited her work in numerous galleries and museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Yokoi began her career as a painter in the 1950s, and her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She has also been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Japan Art Association's Grand Prize in 1965. Yokoi is 96 years old and her net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. She has earned her wealth through her successful career as an artist. She has also received numerous awards and grants for her work. Yokoi is currently living in Tokyo, Japan. She is married and has two children. She is an active member of the Japanese art community and continues to create new works of art.

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Occupation Visual artist
Age 96 years old
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Born 1924
Birthday 1924
Birthplace Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Date of death October 28, 2020
Died Place Bern, Switzerland
Nationality Japan

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2020

Teruko Yokoi (横井 照子, Yokoi Teruko, (1924 – 28 October 2020) was a Japanese artist, most known for her abstract paintings.

2014

In 2014, at 90, Yokoi created works for a benefit exhibition, with the proceeds from the paintings going to UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch."

2010

As of 2010, Yokoi has held almost 80 solo exhibitions since 1954. She has held exhibitions at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, the Seibu Art Forum, and the Galerie Kornfeld in Bern, among others. She has won prizes at the Philadelphia Annual Exhibition in 1957, the Washington Biennale, and the San Francisco annual art exhibition. In November 2004, the Teruko Yokoi Hinagashi Museum was founded in Ena, Gifu, and in 2008, the Yokoi Teruko Fuji Museum of Art was founded in Fuji, Shizuoka.

1924

Yokoi was born in 1924 in Nagoya, Aichi, and soon after moved to Tsushima, Japan. In 1947, she painted portraits of several U.S. Army officers' wives, including Jean Barnett Alexander, the wife of Lt. John A. Alexander. In the late 40s she studied with the Impressionist painter Takanori Kinoshita in Tokyo. After winning prizes in the Issuikai and Nitten Exhibitions between 1949 and 1951, she moved to the United States in 1953, and studied at the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute). In New York she studied with Hans Hofmann, and with Julian Levi at the Art Students League. In New York her style shifted away from objective Impressionism, becoming increasingly abstract.