Yoshio Sekine was born in Wakayama-Ken, Japan in 1922. He used to live and work in Tokyo. Since his participation in the 15th Yomiuri Exhibition in 1963, "Abacus" has become an important theme of Sekine’s artistic creation . After abstracting and purifying the functional essence of "abacus", Sekine uses "abacus" as a pop symbol to present an abstract geometric body of a painting. By this way, Sekine tries to document the electronization of business activities and the conscious behavior of the Japanese in this particular era of high economic growth.
Yoshio’s works have been held in domestic and international famous art galleries, such as Tokyo national modern art museum, hyogo prefecture museum, (MOMA) in New York's museum of modern art and modern art museum in Munich.
Previous exhibitions include: “Yoshio Sekine” (Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China,2020); “The First Exhibition on Modern Japanese Prints" (Matsuya Department Store, Tokyo, 1977); Solo exhibition of Yoshio Sekine, Steampfli Gallery, New York, 1975; The 11th International Art Exhibition in Japan (Tokyo, 1974); The first return to Japan Art Festive, (New York, 1970); "Ganguenmeo Solo Exhibition", (Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, 1966/1975); "Trends in modern art: An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", national Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 1965, etc.