This Japanese calligrapher and abstract expressionist artist, who lived to age 107 and died in 2021, has works in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. In Gifu Prefecture, an entire art space at Seki bears her name and opened in 2003. Which artist is it?

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Toko Shinoda. Toko Shinoda was a Japanese calligrapher, painter and printmaker whose abstract works blend traditional Japanese ink with modernist form. The Art Institute of Chicago holds her work, and the Toko Shinoda Art Space in Seki, Gifu Prefecture opened in 2003.