Born in Nishiwaki, Hyogo Prefecture

Begins working at Kobe Shimbun newspaper (until 1959)

Wins grand prize for prints at 6th Paris Youth Biennale

Holds solo exhibition at Museum of Modern Art in New York

Wins gold prize at 5th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw

Invited to show in 13th Paris Biennale and 18th Sao Paulo Biennale

Participates in Japanese Avant-Garde 1910-1970 exhibition at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris

Participates in special exhibition at 45th Venice Biennale

Participates in Japanese Art After 1945 exhibition at Yokohama Museum of Art and Guggenheim Museum Soho in New York

Holds solo exhibition at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura

Elected to ADC (Art Directors’ Club) Hall of Fame in New York

Holds solo exhibitions at Museum of Modern Art, Toyama and Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo

Holds solo exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

Holds solo exhibition at National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Holds solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto

Holds solo exhibition at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain

Holds solo exhibition at Setagaya Art Museum and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Awarded 36th Izumi Kyoka Prize for his novel Blueland (originally serialized in Bungakukai magazine)　

Holds solo exhibition at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Holds solo exhibition at National Museum of Art, Osaka

Holds solo exhibition at Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art and Museum of Art, Kochi Awarded Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by Japanese government Awarded Asahi Prize

Participates in Double Vision: Contemporary Art from Japan at Moscow Museum of Modern Art in Russia and Haifa Museum of Art in Israel

Receives the Kobe Shimbun Peace Prize
Awarded the title of the first honorary citizen of Nishiwaki City
Teshima Yokoo House opened

Receives the Yamana Award
Holds solo exhibition at Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima

Receives the 27th Praemium Imperiale Awards In Honor of Prince Takamatsu

Holds solo exhibition at Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima
Holds solo exhibition at State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

Holds solo exhibition at Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
Holds solo exhibition at Towada Art Center

Holds solo exhibition at Nishiwaki Okanoyama Museum of Art

Awarded the title of Tokyo Honorary Citizen

Holds solo exhibition at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo and Oita Prefectural Art Museum

Selected as a member of the Japan Art Academy
Holds solo exhibition at Tokyo National Museum
Selected as a Person of Cultural Merit award, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology