Masami Teraoka

Social cultural issue in current and historical context is the core of my work. I have created many series such as McDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan, 31 Flavors Invading Japan, Pollution and Non-Smoking Series in the 70's. AIDS Series in the 80's. In early 90's I began to investigate human sexuality issue in relation to Catholic priests sex abuse. The thematic series has evolved into extensive personal quest. Confessional Series and Cloisters Series are inspired by the extensive research that I had done in the 90's. Most current series is called The Last Supper Series which addresses the ancient institution's sexual ethics/celibacy v civil rights in the context of contemporary social climate and secularism.

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BA degree in Aesthetics from Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan 1959. BFA and MFA degrees from Otis Art Institute, Los Angels, CA. USA.

Current and upcoming solo shows:
Masami Teraoka: Inversion of the Sacred/The Cloisters Last Supper Triptych Series at The MAC/McKinney Avenu Contemporary, Dallas, TX, March 23 - May 3, 2014

Upcoming Solo Shows:
Masami Teraoka at the Honolulu Museum of Arts, Spring 2015, 900 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI
Masami Teraoka at Koa Art Gallery/Kapiolani Community College, 2015 tentative. 4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI
Masami Teraoka: The Cloisters Last Supper at Samuel Freeman September 8 - October 13, 2012 S. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USA. (310) 449-1479. www.samuelfreeman.com, gallery@samuelfreeman.com
Masami Teraoka: Cloisters Inquisition at Art Amalgamated,Chelsea, New York, NY., September 13 - October 23, 2012.

Masami Teraoka at New Albion Gallery, Sydney, Australia, May 2012.

Masami Teraoka: The Last Supper/The Inversion of The Sacred, Catharine Clark Gallery, October 2 - November 13, 2010. 150 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA 94501, USA. www.cclarkgallery.com, email: cc@cclarkgallery.com