Shinoda moved to New York in 1956.
At the time, the USA was in a period of change, with many new ideas and trends emerging.
It was a time of change in all aspects, with traditional forms of expression in music, literature, film, photography and other fields being revolutionized.

Art was no exception, with Abstract Expressionism at its height, and this new style of painting, also known as the ‘New York School’, shifted the center of the world’s art from Paris to New York.
Jackson Pollock, a leading Abstract Expressionist, died in a car accident in February of that year, but this style remained the mainstream of painting, while young artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg began to produce new paintings that would be of importance to the next generation.

Visiting New York then, the center of the new culture, Shinoda met various people and constructed a new world of her own.