1913

Born in Dairen, Manchuria

1914

Moves to Tokyo

1919-35

Studies traditional calligraphy and Waka poetry

1935

Begins teaching calligraphy

1940

First one-woman exhibit of calligraphy at Kyukyodo Gallery, Tokyo

1947

Begins producing abstract work

1954

Works displayed at exhibit of Japanese calligraphy, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Calligraphic mural commissioned by the Japanese government pavilion for the 400^th anniversary of Sao Paulo

One-woman show at Matsuzakaya Department Store, Tokyo

1955

Works displayed at Abstract Art Exhibition – Japan and U.S.A., Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Works displayed at Contemporary Japanese Calligraphy – Art in Sumi, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (This exhibit tours Amsterdam, Paris, Hamburg and Rome)

1956

One-woman show, Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo

Departure for United States; settles in New York

One-woman show, Swetzoff Gallery, Boston

1957

One-woman show, Art Institute of Chicago

One-woman show, La Hune Galerie, Paris

1958

One-woman show, Jefferson Place, Washington, D.C.

Returns to Japan

1959

One-woman show, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels

Group exhibition at Rijksmuseum Krloller-Muller, Otterlo

Group exhibition of Japanese paintings touring Central and South America until 1961

1960

Begins to produce lithographs

1961

Works displayed at Pittsburgh International Exhibit of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Carnegie Art Institute

Group exhibit of Japanese paintings at Akademie der Kunst, Berlin

1962

Designs theater curtain and ceramic relief for the foyer of the Nichinan Cultural Center, Miyazaki

Works displayed at the International Exhibit in Vancouver

Works displayed in group exhibit touring the U.S.

1963

Produces relief in stainless steel etching for Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., Tokyo

Designs theater curtain for Meijiza Theater, Tokyo

1964

Produces mural for Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

1965

One-woman show, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York

Designs relief mural for Kyoto International Conference Hall, Kyoto

1966

One-woman show, Rezirksamt von Berlin

Participates in First Japan Art Festival, which tours New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, and other U.S. cities until 1967

Designs mural for Japanese Pavilion at Montreal Expo

One-woman show, Fran-Nell Gallery, Tokyo

1967

Works displayed at ROSC-67, 50 artists, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin

1968

One-woman show, Betty Parson Gallery, New York

1970

Produces folding screen and lithographs for the Keio Plaza Intercontinental Hotel, Tokyo

1971

Works displayed at ROSC-71, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, one of ten artists including Dubuffet, Hartung, de Kooning, Millares, Miro, Picasso, Shinoda, Soulages, Tapies, Zao Wou-ki

1972

One-woman show, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo

1973

Works displayed at Development of Postwar Japanese Art Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

1974

Commissioned to make a 28-meter-long mural for the Zojoji Temple, Tokyo, as well as several sliding screen paintings for the monks’ exercise hall

1976

First one-woman show at The Tolman Collection, Tokyo

One-woman show, Galerie Mukai, Tokyo

1977

One-woman show, Better Parsons Gallery, New York

Produces mural for official residence of Japanese ambassador, Washington, D.C.

1978

One-woman show, Takashimaya Department Store, Gifu, Japan

Produces mural for lobby of Hotel Vitosha, Sofia, Bulgaria

1979

Awarded 27^th Japan Essayists’ Club Prize for Sumi-iro, The Colors of Sumi

Commission by The Tolman Collection for a portfolio entitled Development of Japanese Prints at the End of the 70’s

Major exhibition touring the U.S. entitled Okada, Shinoda, Tsutaka – Three Pioneers of Abstract Painting in the 20^th Century Japan, first shown at the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

1980

One-woman show, Creation-Tradition-New Prints and Paintings by Toko Shinoda, at the Zojoji Temple, Tokyo

1982

One-woman show, Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo

1983

One-woman exhibition traveling to the galleries of Seibu Department Store outlets in Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Otsu and Yao, Japan

1984

Joint exhibition, Ancient Visions through Modern Eyes, paintings and prints by Toko Shinoda, sculpture by Elizabeth de Cuevas, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut

1986

Produces set of original lithographs, Homage au Nobel, for the Nobel Prize

One-woman show, Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo

1989

One-woman show, Seibu Yurakucho Art Forum, Tokyo

Participated in group exhibit at Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Japan

1990

Participated in group exhibition of contemporary Japanese prints at Retretti Art Center, Finland

Major retrospective of prints, paintings and drawings at The Tolman Collection, Tokyo

One-woman show at Art Forum, Singapore

One-woman show at Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong

One-woman show at the Honolulu Art Gallery, Hawaii

1991

One-woman show, Takashimaya Department Store, Gifu, Japan

1992

Toko Shinoda Retrospective, Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan

1993

Toko Shinoda: A New Appreciation, retrospective show at Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo

One-woman exhibit of calligraphy, Maruzen Nihonbashi, Tokyo

Commissioned to make a painting for the new Imperial Palace Residence, Tokyo

1994

Group show, Scream Against the Sky, Japanese Art after 1945, Yokohama Museum of Art, traveling to the Guggenheim Museum, New York

Mural commissioned by Osaka International Center

Painting commissioned by Gifu Prefectural Cultural Center, Mirai Hall

Painting commissioned by Kawasaki Municipal Center for International Exchange

One-woman show, Cincinnati Art Museum

Toko Shinoda – New Paintings, Sogetsu Kaikan, Tokyo

1995

Group show, Tracks of Japanese Postwar Art, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Fukuoka

1996

Commissioned to make a mural for Fukuoka RKB Building

One-woman show, The visual Poetry of Toko Shinoda, Singapore Art Museum

1999

Group show Japanese Prints by Ten Artists, produced by The Tolman Collection for the Canberra National Multicultural Festival at the Canberra Museum and Gallery, Australia