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Masami Teraoka

About

Social cultural issue in current and historical context is the core of my work. I have created many series such as McDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan, 31 Flavors Invading Japan, Pollution and Non-Smoking Series in the 70's. AIDS Series in the 80's. In early 90's I began to investigate human sexuality issue in relation to Catholic priests sex abuse. The thematic series has evolved into extensive personal quest. Confessional Series and Cloisters Series are inspired by the extensive research that I had done in the 90's. Most current series is called The Last Supper Series which addresses the ancient institution's sexual ethics/celibacy v civil rights in the context of contemporary social climate and secularism.

Website: http://masamiteraoka.com
http://www.premiocelste.it/masamiteraoka
http://celesteprize.com/masamite

Work

Selected Solo Shows: Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, New York 1980; Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery/The National Museums of Asian Art at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 1996 and Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 1997.
Collections: The Tate Modern, London, UK, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA and Queensland Art Gallery/GOMA, Brisbane, Australia and Singapore Art Museum, Singapore.

Publication:
Ascending Chaos The Art of Masami Teraoka 1966 - 2006. Published by the Chronicle Books in San Francisco, 2007.

Masami Teraoka: Cloning Eve and Geisha by Lynda Hess. DVD 2004.
Diary of Masami Teraoka by Bettina Langeland and Sylvia Stiglic. DVD 2008. … Read More

Education

BA degree in Aesthetics from Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan 1959. BFA and MFA degrees from Otis Art Institute, Los Angels, CA. USA.

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Art

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The Last Supper/Pope's Mega Squid Thrust

The Cloisters/Pilgrim by Masami Teraoka. 2010 oil on panel in gorld-leaf frame.

The Last Supper/The Inversion of The Sacred

Masami Teraoka: New Works and Drawings at Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2012

The Last Supper/Pope's Mega Squid Thrust, 2010 oil on panel in gold leaf frame.

The Cloisters/Holy Sea Pregnancy Test, 2007, Oil on panel, gold leaf frame 119-1/8 x 112-1/2 x 2-3/4 in

The Cloisters/Venus and Pope's Bullfight, 2006 - 07, Oil on canvas, gold leaf frame, 101 x 300-1/2 in. Private Colletion, Europe

The Last Supper/The Inversion of The Sacred in progress 2009 - 10

The Cloisters/Birth of Venus, 2002 - 05, oil on canvas in gold leaf frame, 90 x 94 in. Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

"Semana Santa/Venus' Security Check," 2004

The Last Supper Triptych Series in Progress 2010

The Last Super/The Inversion of The Sacred part one (triptych top)

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Movement in itself by Elena & vitaly Vasilevy

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90 Minutes by Mini Norrgen

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Death of Venus

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Events & Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Upcoming solo & group shows:
Hey Art Show in Paris, France, January - June, 2013.
Masami Teraoka at Honolulu Museum of Arts, 2013 (date unconfirmed). 900 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI
Masami Teraoka at Koa Art Gallery/Kapiolani Community College, 2013. 4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI

Current Show:
Sylvia While Gallery, Ventura, CA, September 24 - October 27, 2012

Recent Solo Shows:
Masami Teraoka: The Cloisters Last Supper at Samuel Freeman September 8 - October 13, 2012 S. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USA. (310) 449-1479. www.samuelfreeman.com, gallery@samuelfreeman.com
Masami Teraoka: Cloisters Inquisition at Art Amalgamated,Chelsea, New York, NY., September 13 - October 23, 2012.

Masami Teraoka at New Albion Gallery, Sydney, Australia, May 2012.

Masami Teraoka: The Last Supper/The Inversion of The Sacred, Catharine Clark Gallery, October 2 - November 13, 2010. 150 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA 94501, USA. www.cclarkgallery.com, email: cc@cclarkgallery.com … Read More