Shinkichi George Tajiri

Place: Los Angeles

Born: 1923

Death: 2009

Biography:

Shinkichi Tajiri was born as Shinkichi George Tajiri on 7 December 1923 in Los Angeles, California. He was a Japanese-American sculptor, painter, photographer and filmmaker. Tajiri was a soldier in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and fought in Europe from 1943 onwards. He was wounded in Italy and received six months of hospital treatment. After the war, Tajiri studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1946 to 1948. He then moved to Paris to study with Ossip Zadkine and Fernand Léger. In 1951, Tajiri moved to Germany and taught at the Werkkunstschule Wuppertal. In 1956, he moved to the Netherlands, where he lived until his death on 15 March 2009 in Baarlo.