 Masami Teraoka has given lectures at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Asian Art Society, the Institute of Fine Arts/NYU, and Brown University, and has received a number of grants and awards.He has also completed numerous commissioned pieces, including a painting, "Samurai Businessmen" for the cover of the March 30, 1981 TIME Magazine, and "Green Rabbit Island" for the State Foundation for the Arts and Culture, Honolulu, Hawaii.Teraoka was the featured artist at the 2018 Sailor Jerry Festival in Chinatown, Hawaii on June 16th, 2018.