1928
Born in Kochi Prefecture

1945
Graduates from Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin

1948
Graduates from Keisen High School

1949
Graduates from Ogawa Fashion Insititute

1952
Graduates from Design Department of Bunka Gakuin College

1953
"Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition," Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo
"Abstraction and Surrealism: How to Understand Them?", The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

1956
"Okanoue Toshiko Collage Exhibition," Gallery Takemiya, Tokyo

1996
"Shedding Light on Art in Japan 1953," Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo

2000
"Toshiko Okanoue Photo Collages: Droplets of Dreams curated by Ryuichi Kaneko," Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance, Co. South Gallery, Tokyo

2001
"Japanese Women Artists Before and After World War 1930s-1950s," Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi

2002
"Droplets of Dreams," The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka
"Okanoue Toshiko: Collages," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2003
"The History of Japanese Photography," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2004
"The 2004 New Acquisitions Exhibition," The Museum of Art, Kochi

2005
"Drifting Objects of Dreams: The Collection of Shuzo Takiguchi," Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
"Shuzo Takiguchi and Gallery Takemiya organized by Satani Gallery," Ochanomizu Gallery, Tokyo

2006
"Contemporary Prints Applying Photography" The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
"Collage and Photomontage," Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography;
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts; The Museum of Art, Kochi; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston