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Kenzo Okada Biography
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1902 |
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Born: in Yokohama, Japan
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1936 |
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Received prize from Nikakai Group
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1937 |
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Became a member of the Nikakai Group
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1940 - 1942 |
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Taught at the School of Fine Arts, Nippon University, Tokyo, Japan
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1947 - 1950 |
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Taught at the Musashino Art Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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1949 - 1950 |
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Taught at the Tama Fine Arts College, Tokyo, Japan
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1950 |
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Moved to the United States
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1954 |
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Awarded the Annual Prize from The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1955 |
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Received the International Prize at the Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
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1957 |
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Received First Prize at the South Carolina Biennial, Columbia, SC
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1958 |
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Awarded the Astorre Meyer Prize
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1960 |
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Became a citizen of the United States
Awarded a Ford Foundation Grant
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1982 |
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Died: in Tokyo, Japan
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1982
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Retrospective, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1979
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Three Pioneers of Abstract Painting in 20th–Century Japan, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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1965
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Retrospective, Albright–Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY (solo)
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1958
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Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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1956
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Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1955
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Sáo Paulo Bienal, Sáo Paulo, Brazil
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1953
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Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
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1936
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Nichido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1928
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Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, Tokyo
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1927
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Nichido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy
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