Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimizu

Award winning Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts.

Yuko Is On A Business Trip

I am visiting Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and spending some time with students there. I will be back to my NY studio on Monday. Have a good weekend everyone.

Open To Public Event In Cleveland Institute Of Art

If you are in the area, I will be participating in a panel discussion at Aiken Auditorium at Cleveland Institute of Art on Friday, February 11 from noon to 2PM. This event is open to public and welcomes your visit.

Now Showing….

The latest news is that the annual Society of Illustrators show is currently up and I have 8 projects accepted into it this year. Currently up is Book/Editorial category, and I have three pieces in this one. When you have a chance, please go visit. It will be up till February 17th. Below are the images that got accepted. Two of the Unwritten covers and a double page spread I recently finished for Playboy Magazine.I will post more soon. Well, now I have a help, she will start helping me update the site, more often. So, please stay tuned…

So, What’s Yuko Been Up To??

Hello everyone. OK, so, I am in a big trouble. I have not updated this website since September!!!

I think it needs a bit of explanation, or more like, apologies, or maybe excuse… you name it. But honestly, I am terribly embarrassed! Because I go visit schools and lecture the importance of updated websites!!

Since the last show (see the post below from September), my schedule has been crazy busy.. I have visited and lectured in Detroit (College for Creative Studies), Birmingham UK (British International Comics Show), Philadelphia (University of the Arts), then I just came back from Kansas (University of Kansas) and on the way to Ohio (Cleveland Institute of Art) next week.

On the illustration world, some of the projects I have been working on are: the very first children’s book, a NY City subway poster which should come out to stations near you sometime this year, iPhone cover designs, a tequila bottle design, a few new book covers, a really fun movie poster and also just about to start working on a Japanese theater poster.

It’s been fun, and I shouldn’t complain, but it is true I had zero time to update my site, and my blog has not been updated much either.

I finally gave up trying to have ‘one person office’ and found someone to come help me once a week. It’s still new, but it has given enough time for me to rest, sleep, cook and clean my apartment.

New Interview In Canada And Chile (And UK And Japan…)

There are a few new press coming out during this event. Those who read English, here is interview with Assembly Line Collective of Canada, and those who reads Spanish, Chilean Anormal Mag has a interview in Spanish (well, translated from an interview conducted in English. Unfortunately, my Spanish is pretty bad…) Thank you both for kindly featuring my work on your sites!

Press coming up in Varoom! Magazine of the UK, and Illustration Magazine of Japan soon. I will post here once they are out.

Back To School!

Fall semester officially started at SVA, and I am already enjoying working with my Sophomores and Seniors in Illustration Department. It means school visit season has started too. My first trip of the semester is to Detroit’s College for Creative Studies next week. See you soon, students.

Blow Up Show Updates

We have started hanging the show this week. Upstairs’ main gallery is pretty much done, but we cannot show any photos, because that’s a surprise till the show opens. We worked some on downstairs today. Here are some snapshots. More photos on my Facebook page.

I Have Been Working Hard…

We are hanging the show on Monday. Last few weeks I was basically being a hermit getting new works done for the show. I posted some progress photos on my Facebook page, but for those who are not on Facebook, here are some of them.Come see the result at The Society of Illustrators starting September 1. Opening reception on September 10.

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