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| George Suyeoka Born in 1926 in Hawai'i, George Suyeoka was raised in Hawai'i and graduated from McKinley High School. He served in the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during WWII in Japan. In 1953, he graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been a fine art and commercial artist in Chicago ever since. He was married to the late Irene Suyeoka, a weaver, has two children, and lives in Evanston, IL. Suyeoka’s exhibitions include: Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition; Folkworks Gallery of Evanston; Honolulu Academy of Fine Art Extension; Honolulu Gallery; Best of show at SAN show at Illinois Sate Center; Columbia College in Chicago; One man show at Renaissance Court in Chicago Cultural Center; Beverly Art Center; K&L Gallery in Highland Park; Best of Show, Anti-Cruelty Society. He has exhibited at: Old Orchard, Old Town, Oak Park, and 57th Street art fairs; Artists Guild of Chicago; American Federation of Art; National College of Education; Art Institute of Chicago Sales and Rental Gallery; Evanston Art Center; and the Nina Owen Sculpture Gallery. “In my fine art, my primary medium is wood and the themes usually are: politically incorrect, tongue in cheek; stylized animal forms; but I also have three bronze drinking fountains, one with Illinois animals, another topped with two elephants, and a 3rd with a pride of lions, in the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, IL.” |
![]() ink and watercolor drawing, 2006 ![]() ink and watercolor drawing, 2006 ![]() wood block prints |
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