Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimizu

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

Conference / Lecture
March 7, 2020

speaking at TOCA ME design conference in Munich, Germany

  • Where:

    Munich, Germany
  • When:

    March 7, 2020
  • Etc:

    I am happy to announce my participation at TOCA ME Design Conference, a one day event in Munich, Germany.
    Tickets are now available.

    “TOCA ME is Spanish and means ‘touch me’. From getting in touch with people, to touch someone on an emo­tion­al level as well as in the lit­eral sense. Touching as the ultimate form of communication.In 2003, after several years in the ad­ver­tis­ing and design industry, Nina Steenackers, Thorsten and Ron Iberl teamed up and founded the TOCA ME design studio in Munich.”

     

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free event / Lecture / School Visits
June 6, 2019

lecture in Nuremberg, Germany

  • Where:

    Fakultät Design der Technischen Hochschule Nürnberg: Wassertorstr. 10, Hörsaal WE 012
  • When:

    Thursday, June 6, 2019 7:00PM ~
  • Etc:

    “YUKO SHIMIZU AN DER FAKULTÄT DESIGN
    EINLADUNG ZUM GASTVORTRAG

    Die in New York lebende japanische Illustratorin Yuko Shimizu wird im Rahmen der Projektwoche der Fakultät Design einen Vortrag über ihre illustrative Arbeit halten.”

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Class / private event / School Visits / Workshop
June 2 – 7, 2019

workshop in Nuremberg, Germany

Exhibition / free event / Group Show
May 18 – June 30, 2017

exhibit for the love of handball in Stuttgart, Germany

free event / Lecture / School Visits
May 18, 2017

Lecture in Mainz, Germany, open to the public

  • Where:

    Aula Hochschule Mainz, Holzstrasse 36, 55116, Mainz, Germany
  • When:

    Thursday, May 18, 2017 6:00PM
  • Etc:

    As a part of school visit to Hochschule Mainz in Germany (I will be teaching a three day workshop to its students), there will be an evening of lecture and Q&A session. This event is free and open to the general public. If you are in Mainz, Frankfurt area, please come stop by.

Conference / Lecture
May 15 – 17, 2017

speaking at Beyond Tellerrand, Dusseldorf

  • Where:

    Dusseldorf, Germany
  • When:

    May 15 – 17, 2017
  • Etc:

    UPDATE: This event is sold out.
    I will be speaking at Beyond Tellerrand design/tech conference in Dusseldorf, Germany. Event info as follows.

    “Mark the dates 15 to 17 of May for 2017. We’ll be in Düsseldorf for the seventh time already. We promise to bring you two inspiring days with talks in a single track and one day with workshops again. Design, technology and inspiration – again – is written in bold letters. And as usual we give you plenty of time for chatting to and networking with new and old friends as this is equally important for us as high quality talks.”

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Workshop
May 14, 2017

one day drawing workshop in Dusseldorf, Germany

  • Where:

    Dusseldorf, Germany
  • When:

    Sunday, May 14, 2017
  • Etc:

    UPDATE: The workshop is now sold out. Thank you and see you in May.
    I will be coming to Dusseldorf, Germany to speak at Beyond Tellerrand conferene. As a part of the event, I will be teaching one day illustration workshop the day before the event starts.
    It will be one full day of fun “drawing boot camp”. We will draw a lot, and we will probably laugh a lot too.
    Tickets are available here, first come, first served.
    The workshop is EUR 349, however we have super-special discounts for students EUR 99.

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Group Show
Jan 24, 2009 - Mar 22, 2009

Embedded Art – Art in the Name of Security

  • Where:

    Akademie der Künste Pariser, Platz 4, 10117, Berlin-Mitte, Germany
  • When:

    Jan 24, 2009 - Mar 22, 2009
  • Etc:

    I have participated in this group show about homeland security and what we sacrifice in return. Artists from around the world were invited to create site specific installations.

    My contribution is a poster design to be seen around Berlin. Six graphic designers and illustrators were invited for this part of the exhibition.

    Read more in details here at Embedded Art website. See images and photos of the poster installations here.