Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimizu

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

live event / Workshop
October 9 - 11, 2023
Austria

3 day advanced illustration masterclass in Vienna Austria

  • Where:

    Vienna, Austria

  • When:

    October 9 - 11, 2023

  • Etc:

    update (August 7): Thank you. This workshop is sold out. 
    I will be back to Vienna, Austria to teach 3-day illustration masterclass with Atelier Olschinsky this fall.
    This workshop is for professional and/or semi-professional advanced-level of illustrators. It costs  EUR720 (about $790 USD). It will be a small group of 10 participants, and we will work very closely together for 3 days.

    I won’t teach you how I make my illustrations. You are you, not me. so, let me help you to bring out the best of yourself in your own artwork instead. My joy is seeing you thrive in creating your own unique illustrations based on your personality, your interests, and your individual strengths and weaknesses.

    This masterclass includes a preparatory one-time, one-on-one Zoom portfolio review (15–20 minutes) prior to the actual meeting. Each of you will be given individual “homework”: to get the most out of the three-day class, you are encouraged to bring in some ideas on the first day which I will help you to create. During the masterclass, you will also be given mini assignments daily to work and learn together. There will also be a lecture about business and self-promotion. And of course, you are welcome to ask me any questions. 

    Please read more and apply through Atelier Olschinsky website.

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Conference / Lecture / live event
October 13-14, 2022
Mexico

Speaking at OFFF Mexico 2022

  • Where:

    Mexico City, Mexico

  • When:

    My talk will be at 7:30PM, October 13

  • Etc:

    I will be speaking at OFFF Mexico 2022. So excited to be back to Mexico City!

Conference / Lecture
March 7, 2020
Germany

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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Competition
January 31 – February 8, 2020
France

judging the world’s biggest short film festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France

  • Where:

    Clermont Ferrand, France

  • When:

    January 31 – February 8, 2020

  • Etc:

    UPDATES: you can now watch the selection of award winning films online, up to March 8, 2020
    I am invited as one of the jury members in this year’s Clermont_Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which is the world’s largest short film festival, held every year in this small city in central France.

    There were over 9,000 films entered into the festival. International, which is my category, has 80 films, all will be screened throughout the week. And I will be illustrating next year’s festival poster.

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Conference / Lecture
November 29 – December 1, 2019
Brazil

speaking at PIXEL SHOW in Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • Where:

    Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • When:

    November 29 – December 1, 2019

  • Etc:

    I will be speaking at PIXEL SHOW, a large scale design festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Coming to Sao Paulo for the first time ever. Also, my partner in crime, Marcos Chin, is also coming to speak at the same event.
    Very excited. See you soon!

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Conference / Lecture / Workshop
September 23 – 28, 2019
Malta

speaking at Trojan Horse was a Unicorn (THU) 2019

  • Where:

    Valletta, Malta

  • When:

    September 23 – 28, 2019

  • Etc:

    I will be a guest speaker (ahem, called a “Knight”) at a multifaceted art festival Trojan Horse was a Unicorn (THU), which will take place for five days in Valletta, in the southern island nation of Malta.
    Tickets are now available. Hope you can come join and have fun time together.  I am super excited about this, and hope you are too!

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free event / Lecture / School Visits
June 6, 2019
Germany

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
Germany

workshop in Nuremberg, Germany