“Yokoi Teruko: East and West in Resonance”

Yokoi Teruko was born in Japan and, shortly after the war, traveled alone to the United States. She later settled in Switzerland, where she continued her artistic practice. Her works naturally blend the delicate sensibility and awareness of ma—the Japanese concept of space and interval rooted in traditional painting—with the expansive use of color and form she encountered in the West.

This exhibition, “Yokoi Teruko: East and West in Resonance,” presents a selection of works ranging from her early paintings created in Japan to mature pieces shaped by her life abroad and the many encounters she experienced there. By viewing these works through the lens of Eastern and Western cultures, the exhibition traces the evolution of her artistic expression. In her early landscapes and portraits, one can sense a warm, gentle gaze directed toward her subjects, along with a quiet yet vivid presence of life. As she engaged with different cultures and aesthetic traditions, her use of color, form, and space gradually expanded, and her expression grew increasingly free.

Through the resonance between Eastern sensibilities and Western approaches to color and form, Yokoi Teruko’s distinctive pictorial world took shape. We hope that this exhibition will allow visitors to experience the beauty that emerges where East and West overlap, as well as the gentle, harmonious echoes conveyed through her works.