Born 1932, Osaka, Japan

Education:

           The Art Institute of Osaka Municipal Museum of Art; Kyoto Municipal College of Art in the Department of Western Painting. Tanaka became a member of the Gutai in 1955 as one of the few female artists in the group. Kindling the group’s spirit and experimental avant-gardism, Tanaka defied notions of art that were held previously, trying-out new materials and techniques in a bid to address and partake in the culture of the post-war art world. Bringing together the visual language of modernism with elements of Japanese traditional arts, Tanaka worked on abstract paintings as well as performance art.

Selected Exhibitions:

2002    Atsuko Tanaka: Works From the Gutai Period, Galerie im Taxixpalais, Innsbruck, Austria
2001    Atsuko Tanaka: Search for an Unknown Aesthetic, 1954-2000, Ashiya City
            Museum of Art and History, Ashiya, Japan
1994    Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky, Yokohama Museum of Art,
            Yokohama, Japan/ Guggenheim SoHo, New York
1994    Atsuko Tanaka, LADS Gallery, Osaka, Japan