Fukumoto Fuku
FUKUMOTO Fuku
1999 M.F.A. Kyoto City University of Arts
1997 B.F.A. Kyoto City University of Arts
1973 Born in Kyoto City
Awards and Competitions :
2012 The Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize - Incentive Prize
2008 Kyoto City Artistic New Comer Award
2003 Award the Shinjin Prize (Most Promising Young Talent) in Fine Art Division of the
Gotoh Commemorative Culture Award
International Ceramics Competition Mino, Gifu
2001 Grand Prize, Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Osaka, Tokyo
Kyoto Prefecture Art and Craft Invitational Competition ('02 Grand Prize)
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2014 Vessel and Air, Takashimaya Kyoto / Tokyo / Yokohama / Shinjuku
Joan B. Mirviss Ltd, New York
2012 Gion Konishi Gallery, Kyoto (’03)
2011 Sfera, Kyoto
Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels
2010 Gallery Tazawa, Kyoto
2009 Gallery Utsuwakan, Kyoto
2007 INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo
2003 INAX Tile Museum, Aichi
2002 Art Gallery, The Hankyu Department, Osaka
2000 Art and Craft Salon, The Takashimaya Store, Kyoto
Selected Group exhibitions :
2016 "Oriented", Maison des Musée du Monde, Paris
2014 "TRADITION ON FIRE", Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Contemporary Ceramics"Phenomena", Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
"Into the Fold", Earn Museum of Art, Florida
"Materyaller ile Diyalog", Ahmet Adnan Saygun Arts Center, Izmir
2013 "The Eight Winds", Joan B. Mirviss Ltd, New York
2012 “BINOYOKAN 2012 New Generation”,
The Takashimaya Store : Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Yokohama, Shinjyuku
“Feel Ceramics”, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art
2011 “Asian Artist Exchange”, touring exhibition: @KCUA, Kyoto, Kyungsung University,
Busan (South Korea), Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (India - 2012)
2010 “About the Tea Ceremony — A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kôgei (Studio Crafts)”,
Crafts gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition”, Paramita Museum, Mie
“Kyoto KOGEI BIENNALE” guest exhibitor, The Museum of Kyoto
“Ao”, Joan B. Mirviss Ltd, New York
2009 “Variations of White”, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Belgium
“Women ceramic artists who bear the 21st century”, Paramita Museum, Mie
“Breaking from Tradition - Japanese Ceramics Today”, Harvey / Meadows Gallery, Aspen (USA)
2007 “Breaking the Mold / Kata O Yaburu”, Joan B. Mirviss Ltd, New York
“Soaring Voices - Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists”,
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga - (traveling exhibition to Japan, France and the USA)
Selected Public Collections :
The Harn Museum of Art, Florida
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
INAX Tile Museum, Aichi
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas
The Museum of Kyoto