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Yuko Shimizu (illustrator)
Japanese illustrator
This article is about the contemporary New York City illustrator. For the creator of Hello Kitty, see Yuko Shimizu. For the Japanese actress, see Yuko Shimizu (actress).
Yuko Shimizu (清水裕子) is a Japanese illustrator based in New York City whose work combines Japanese heritage with contemporary reference points.[1] Works by Shimizu address a range of serious issues including sex, race, and cultural identity, but also can be light and whimsical.[2]
Early life and education
Shimizu was born 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up primarily in Kanagawa Prefecture.
At the age of eleven, her father's company moved the family to the United States[3] where they settled in Westchester County, New York, and lived there for four years before returning to Japan.[4][2] According to Shimizu, attending middle school in the US encouraged a sense of individuality in her that she would take back to