Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimazu Yuko Shimizu

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

April 7, 2005

Society of Illustrators 47th Annual Awards Institutional/Advertising/Uncommissioned Show opens tomorrow at Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration at 128 E 63rd St. in New York City.The show will be up till May 7. I will have two pieces in this show.
Thank you so much everyone for coming to Psionic Distortion opening last Friday. Also, thank you everyone at Plum Blossoms, especially the curator Tim Evans, for making this awesome show happen!If you are in NY area, don’t miss it! It is a must see! The show will be up till April 30.Some new illustrations are: Rolling Stone April 21 issue, VIBE and Premiere (both May issue), Financial Times Magazine (UK) #100 (4/9) and #101 (4/16), Plan Sponsor and The Progressive (both April), Menswear (Spring). New York Walker #18 will be out next Thursday.

March 22, 2005

Interview for Polish Magazine exklusiv is now up. READ INTERVIEW

Some illos out now are: “The New Yorker” this week, “Financial Times Magazine” (UK) March 26 issue

March 17, 2005

“Art twin” Paul Pope and I are working on some projects together.1) We will both be in a group show in April in New York.
“Psionic Distortion” Curated by Tim Evans April 2-30, 2005
Opening April 1, 2005, 6-9 pm
Plum Blossoms New York 555 West 25th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10001

2) Paul’s “100%” collection just came out from DC Comics, I colored his beautiful cover illustration.

March 11, 2005

Like any other illustrator, I have a long list of dream clients I want to work for. About a year ago, Matthew Ball let me cross one off all the way from the top of the list.  Now, he is back home in Scotland running his own design consulting company. Congratulations Matthew!Make sure you visit his site to see amazing designs he has worked on. (On the left is a piece Matthew and I worked on)

March 10, 2005

Happened to be in Australia or New Zealand? Semi-Permanent Design Conference is happening this weekend.  Once again I am participating for Yen Magazine’s Curvy events and the bookas part of this conference. Sales from the gallery show will be used as grant for talented Australian female art students.  I am happy to be a part of this event again!New illustrations: when you fly American Airline, check out full page illo in “American Way” April 1 issue. “Outside” April, “New York Walker” #16, “CMO” March, all out now.

March 4, 2005

Three illustrations have been accepted into Society of Illustrators 47th Annual Awardes. Editorial show opens today (my piece at left) at Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration at 128E 63rd St. in New York City.  The show will be up till April 2.Two more pieces in Institutional show, coming up in April.

Some of the new illustrations out now are: “The New Yorker” next Monday, “Men’s Health” April issue. For Japanese readers, Walker #15 is also out now.

February 24, 2005

IdN (International Design Network)is a beautiful design magazine from Hong Kong distributed throughout the world.Their 2005 issue #1 just came out with feature called “Blueprint” in which 6 commercial artists from different countries talk about how they create their blueprints and how they turn them into actual final designs.
I was featured as one of them, and talked about how my ideas turn into final illustrations. Other artists in the feature include British fashion designer Paul Smith. Thank you Alva!

February 21, 2005

Two talented artists came in to my SVA classes as guest lecturers last week. Maximilian Bode just got out of Pratt and already is a full time freelance illustrator. He is someone my senior students can look up to and learn from. June Kim is a successful illustrator (well known for her Jet album cover) but she keeps working on her passion, comics at the same time. She is working on her first book to be published from Tokyo Pop. Thank you guys!!

February 14, 2005

Happy Valentine’s Day! Finally up-dated a few images for illustrations page. There were a couple of Valentine related illustrations I did which I hadn’t had chance to post, so I had to up-date today!

February 11, 2005

I know, I know… I haven’t up-dated my illustration pages in the longest time… I have been so busy since the beginning of the year, I knew it was coming…. yes, i got SICK!  Now I am battling with fever and working at the same time.

Just to let you know that I have been working, here are some of the new illustrations out now or soon. “SPIN” and “Men’s Health” both March issues, Financial Times Magazine (UK) 2/12 issue.  For Japanese readers “New York Walker” just came out yesterday.  In the trade magazine land, Plan Sponsor Feb. issue is also out.

I also recently finished coloring Paul Pope’s new “100%” book cover (DC Comics). Let’s talk about this some other time, but for now, let me go home and get some sleep.. good night!

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