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1934-2016. Born in Yokosuka, Japan.
Takehiko Okamoto was born in Yokosuka,Kanagawa prefecture in 1934. While a student at Yokosuka High School, he aspired to be a painter and studied painting at Tama Art University.
In 1963, he moved to New York, the center of world art, where he became familiar with the latest movements and explored the expressive possibilities of shaped canvases.
After returning to Japan in 1968, he lived and worked in Fukushima and Tokyo, making colored reliefs on acrylic sheets. In 1992, he established a studio and residence in Yoshii-machi (presently part of the city of Takasaki) in Tano-gun,Gunma prefecture. He has continued to experiment energetically With semi-three-dimensional paintings made of plywood and metal, dismantling and reassembling them.
Education
- 1957
- Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Tama Art University of Fine Arts
- 1963
- Study in the New school for Social Research, Art Department (experiment classroom)
- 1966
- Registered at Art School attached to the Brooklyn Museum
Solo Exhibitions
- 2020
- "1964-2005" rin art association , Gunma
- 2018
- "14 Circles" rin art association, Gunma
- 2016
- "Takehiko Okamoto" Sogo Yokohama Gallery, Kanagawa
- 2012
- "TAKE OKAMOTO" GATEAU FESTA HARADA GALLERY, Gunma
- 2011
- "Takehiko Okamoto: Yokosuka, New York, Takasaki" Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma
"Takehiko Okamoto: Drawing exhibition—Fujin Raijin and Tokyo Sky Tree" Ichiryusya Gallery, Tokyo - 2008
- "Takehiko Okamoto: Neworks " Akutsu Gallery, Gunma
- 2003
- "Takehiko Okamoto" Citizen Gallery at Yokosuka Cultural Center, Kanagawa
- 2002
- "Takehiko Okamoto" Color Museum, Tokyo
"Takehiko Okamoto: New Works" Akutsu Gallery, Gunma - 1999
- "Takehiko Okamoto: Patrol exhibition" Prague ,Plzenec, Reichenberg / Takasaki City Gallery, Gunma
- 1998
- "Three Places of Domestic Private Exhibitions in Czech Republic" Prague, Plzenec, Reichenberg
- 1996
- "Takehiko Okamoto" Akutsu Gallery, Gunma
- 1995
- "TAKE OKAMOTO: Review exhibition" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
- 1992
- "Takehiko Okamoto: Drawing" Kudan Gallery, Tokyo
- 1987
- "Takehiko Okamoto: NEW REFLECTIONS" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
- 1986
- "Vision of Takehiko Okamoto" Art Salon, Pac city Yamada, Fukushima
- 1985
- "Takehiko Okamoto, Shaped Plastic Work" Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
- 1984
- "Takehiko Okamoto" TAISEI GALLERY, Tokyo
- 1983
- "Vision of Takehiko Okamoto" DAI-ICHI INN Ikebukuro, Tokyo
- 1969
- "Tension Reaction" WALKER GALLERY, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
- 2021-2022
- "Traces of Life"ART MAEBASHI ,Gunma
- 2018
- "Thunder and Art" Gunma Museum of Art, Gunma
- 2017
- ”Gallery Collection” rin art association, Gunma
- 2015
- "Gallery Collection vol.1" GATEAU FESTA HARADA GALLERY, Gunma
- 2013
- "Guntama Exhibition" Takasaki City Gallery, Gunma
- 2010
- "Wonder Senior 30" Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa
"Five Rooms Pus" Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma - 2008
- "In America" Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma
- 2006
- "Takasaki Art Festa" Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma
- 2004
- "Resounding Spirit: Japanese Contemporary Art of the 1960s" Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, New York
- 1996
- "Gunma Excellent Works of Art Exhibition" Takasaki City Gallery, Gunma
- 1994
- "Invitation to Contemporary Art: Takehiko Okamoto＋Nobuya Yamada" Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma
- 1984
- "The 15th Japan's International Art Exhibition" (Tokyo Biennale), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Kyoto - 1969
- "Eight Art Seminars on Contemporary Art" Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
"New York highlight "Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.Ridgfield,Connecticut - 1967
- "Eight Art Seminars on Contemporary Art" Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
"New York highlight "Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.Ridgfield,Connecticut - 1965
- "New Forms" Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
- 1955
- "EPOQUE ART Exhibition" Matsuya, Ginza, Tokyo ('56 / '57)
Others
- 1988
- Okamoto's concrete relief work installed on the wall of Reizan Junior High School, Fukushima
- 1989
- Okamoto's copper sheet monument installed on the wall of the front lobby, Center Building of Mitsubishi Shinko Wakamatsu Mill, Aizu-wakamatsu, Fukushima
Selected Collection
- Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
- Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam, NewYork
- Kameya Museum of Art, Ise
- Yokosuka Museum of Art, Yokosuka
- Takasaki Museum of Art, Takasaki
- Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Takasaki
- GATEAU FESTA HARADA, Takasaki