Asian American Art: A History 1850-1970
2008edited by Gordon H. Chang, Mark Johnson, and Paul Karlstrom (Stanford University Press)
576 pages (color)
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1931 Seattle, Washington - 2000. Known for: Abstract minimal expression.
A prolific painter of abstract colorfields, he wanted his paintings to be physically and spiritually "reflective". Okada was a second-generation Japanese who lived most of his life in the Pacific... Read full biography
A prolific painter of abstract colorfields, he wanted his paintings to be physically and spiritually "reflective". Okada was a second-generation Japanese who lived most of his life in the Pacific Northwest. Born in Seattle in 1931, he received a BFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, and... Read full biography
A prolific painter of abstract colorfields, he wanted his paintings to be physically and spiritually "reflective". Okada was a second-generation Japanese who lived most of his life in the Pacific Northwest. Born in Seattle in 1931, he received a BFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, and then earned a Whitney Fellowship in 1957, a Fulbright Fellowship in 1959, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967. He was Professor of Art at the University of Oregon from 1969 to 1997. Okada died on... Read full biography
A prolific painter of abstract colorfields, he wanted his paintings to be physically and spiritually "reflective". Okada was a second-generation Japanese who lived most of his life in the Pacific Northwest. Born in Seattle in 1931, he received a BFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, and then earned a Whitney Fellowship in 1957, a Fulbright Fellowship in 1959, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967. He was Professor of Art at the University of Oregon from 1969 to 1997. Okada died on October 30, 2000. Sources:. Cebulski, Frank, "Frank Okada: Breaking the Silence," Artweek 31/3 March 2000. Obituary, Artweek 31/112, December 2000. Submitted by Connie Okada.
A prolific painter of abstract colorfields, he wanted his paintings to be physically and spiritually "reflective". Okada was a second-generation Japanese who lived most of his life in the Pacific Northwest. Born in Seattle in 1931, he received a BFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, and then earned a Whitney Fellowship in 1957, a Fulbright Fellowship in 1959, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967. He was Professor of Art at the University of Oregon from 1969 to 1997. Okada died on October 30, 2000. Sources:. Cebulski, Frank, "Frank Okada: Breaking the Silence," Artweek 31/3 March 2000. Obituary, Artweek 31/112, December 2000. Submitted by Connie Okada.
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Encyclopedia of Asian American artists Series: Artists of the American mosaic
2007Kara Kelley Hallmark281 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesFrank Okada: The Shape of Elegance (with an introduction by Lawrence Fong)
2005
(Exhibition catalog)Nakane, Kazuko80 pages (color)Asian Traditions, Modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction, 1945-1970
1997Wechsler, Jeffrey (Ed.)224 pages (color)Jet Dreams: Art of the Fifties in the Northwest
1995Johns, Barbara (Editor)119 pages (color)Fifty Northwest Artists (photos of artists by Marsha Burns)
1983Guenther, Bruce118 pages (color)Pacific Northwest Artists and Japan
1982Osaka National Museum of Art0 pages (color)Northwest Art Today Adventures in Art
1962
(Exhibition catalog)Rogers, Millard106 pages