Takeshi Nakayoshi - Artist Info

About Takeshi Nakayoshi

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    Takeshi Nakayoshi

    Born: 1952 Osaka, Japan
    Education: San Francisco Art Institute, BFA 1977, MFA 1982
    Home: San Francisco, California

    Takeshi is an artist's artist. He works full time on his paintings in his studio in the lower level of his home in the Sunset district of San Francisco. He originally studied art at the University of Oregon and the San Francisco Art Institute where he obtained his BFA and MFA degrees. That is where he developed his uncompromising spirit and commitment towards art and his life's work as an artist.

    He has been a disciple of Matisse and California's own Diebenkorn for many years, and most recently has delved deeply into the thinking and works of the abstract exp...

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