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Jason Jun Teraoka (born 1964) is a figurative painter who was born in Kapaʻa, Hawaiʻi. He is a fourth-generation Japanese-American who lives and works in Honolulu, and is largely self-taught.〔Oishi, 2006〕 In 2000, he received the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Arts Acquisition Award, and in 2001 he received the Reuben Tam Award for Painting from the Honolulu Museum of Art. The artist is known for his toy-like sculptures and narrative portraits.〔Carvalho, Marie, "Tokyo museum to show island artist's portraits: 'Neighbors' has elusive quality" in ''Honolulu Advertiser'', October 29, 2006〕 Teraoka's Neighbors series comprises 6-by-8-inch portraits, painted in acrylic and glue on paper; the entire 88-painting series was acquired by Tokyo's Hara Museum of Contemporary Art for its permanent collection.〔Carvalho, Marie, "Tokyo museum to show Island artist's portraits: 'Neighbors' has elusive quality" in ''Honolulu Advertiser'', October 29, 2006〕 Jason Teraoka has exhibited at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (now the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House), Hawaii Pacific University (Kaneʻohe, Hawaiʻi), the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Boston), University of Hawaiʻi (Honolulu), and the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).〔(The artist’s website )〕 The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo, Japan), the Hawaii State Art Museum, and the Honolulu Museum of Art are among the public collections holding his paintings.〔(James Harris Gallery )〕 ==References== * Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, ''Biennial IX'', The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2010, pp. 17–21 * Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, ''Jason Teraoka: Neighbors'', Tokyo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006 * Massachusetts College of Art and Design, ''Figuratively Seeing'', Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2009 * Morse, Marcia and Allison Wong, ''10 Years: The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center'', The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2006, ISBN 1888254076, p. 113 * Oishi, Lena, Interview with Jason Teraoka, ''Tokyo Art Beat'', Nov. 18, 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jason Teraoka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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