Stoneware with grayish-white matte glaze
15 x 22 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Inv# 7731
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Artist Bio
1950 Born in Kyoto
1971 Graduated in Fashion Design from Fujikawa Design School, Kyoto
1986 Graduated from Ceramic Course of Tetsukayama Junior College,
Kyoto
Fujino began her career as a fashion designer and fabric dyer after graduating from design school in Kyoto. Soon thereafter, she developed an interest in ceramics after taking a pottery class, which led her to enroll in Tetsukayama Junior College to study under the gifted and pioneering woman artist, Asuka Tsuboi (b. 1929). Fujino’s work often includes subtle textured application of color to the surface of her clay sculptures. She uses a special airbrush device that sprays slip or color glaze, enabling her to control the color density of her surfaces. Through clay, she explores the full range of human emotions, and creates non-functional sculptures that are simultaneously sensuous, biomorphic, and powerful.
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Solo Exhibitions:
1990 Gallery Fuga, Osaka (also in 1995)
1992 Gallery Hourai, Nagoya (also in 1996)
1994 Gallery Somarie, Osaka
1994 Shima Museum, Mie
1994 Gallery Circus Circus, Kobe (also in 1999)
1995 Gotenyama Art Hall, Osaka (also in 1996)
1995 Hankyû Art Salon, Osaka (also in 1997, 1999)
1997 Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Tokyo
1999 Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
2003 Gallery Uji, Kyoto
2003 Art Space Kan, Kyoto
2003 Hanshin Art Salon, Osaka (also in 2005)
2005 Chiba Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Chiba
Kintetsu Art Gallery, Wakayama
Group Exhibitions:
1987 Women Ceramicists, Kyoto City Museum of Art, Awarded Grand
Prize
1989 Mino International Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tajimi Cultural Center
Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition, Tokyo (also in 1991, 1995)
Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition (also in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Kyoto Craft Beinnale, Nagoya (also in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,
1995)
1990 Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, (also in 1991, 1992)
Kyoto Arts and Crafts Biennale, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts
and Culture (also Awarded in 1994)
1992 Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts
and Culture
Japan Contemporary Ceramic and Sculpture Exhibition, Ceratopia,
Toki City, Gifu
1994 Fletcher Challenge Exhibition, Auckland Museum, New Zealand
1997 Kyoto Arts and Crafts Selected Exhibition, Kyoto Cultural Museum
1998 Esprit for the 21st Century Exhibition, Gallery San, Kyoto
2000 Williamsburg Bridges Japan, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center,
New York
2001 Faenza International Ceramics Competition, Italy
The 1st Republic of Korea World Ceramic Biennial Exhibition, Korea,
Awarded Special Prize
2005 E. Inamori and Fujino Sachiko, Uji Gallery, Kyoto
Ceramics and Trees, Gallery Undeux, Nara
Sôkôkai Show, Kyoto Museum
2007 Coffee cups, Tea cups, Hoshikaya Gallery, Wakayama
Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga. Exhibition travels to New Otani Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; le musée National Céramique à Sèvres, Sèvres, France; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; The Katzen Arts Center at American University, Washington, DC; The Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dalla, TX; Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, FL; The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Collections:
Aprica Research Center
Faenza International Museum of Ceramic Art, Italy
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Korea
Kyoto City Cultural Museum, Kyoto
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville Florida
Sumitomo Electronic Industries Company, Tokyo
Tajimi City, Gifu
Toki City, Gifu
Yale University Art Gallery
Reference In English:
Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists; The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, 2007, pp. 34-35
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