Fukami Sueharu

Awards:

1968 Commendable Award, Western Japan Art Exhibition
Japan Contemporary Art & Crafts Exhibition
1969 Prize, Kansai Art Exhibition
1971 Third Prize, Western Japan Art Exhibition
1972 Prize, Kansai Art Exhibition
Yomiuri Newspaper Award, Western Japan Art Exhibition
1974 Grand Prize, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Second Prize, Western Japan Art Exhibition (thereafter invitational)
1975 Commendable Award, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1976 Award in Japan Traditional Arts & Crafts Exhibition
1977 Mayor’s Award, Kyôten Exhibition (also in '79)
1978 Grand Prize, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Kyoto Newspaper Award, Kyôten Exhibition
1979 Prize, the 1st Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1980 New Artist Award, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1981 Kyoto-city New Artist Award
1982 Grand Prize at the Chûnichi International Ceramics Exhibition (also Governor’s Award in ’83, Second Prize in ’84, and Grand Prize in ‘85)
1984 Special Award, the 16th Nitten Exhibition
1985 Grand Prize, the Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition
Grand Prize, Chûnichi International Ceramic Exhibition
Award of Excellence, Sankei Newspaper Prize, Japan New Crafts Exhibition for Tomorrow
Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
1986 Bronze Award, the 1st International Ceramic Exhibition in Mino ‘86
1987 Titograd Prize, 2nd World Triennale of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia
1992 Grand Award, MOA Okada Mokichi Award
Japan Ceramic Society Award
1995 The Kyoto Art and Culture Award
1996 The 38th Mainichi Art Award
1997 Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award
2008 Kyoto City Person of Cultural Merit



Solo exhibitions:

1977 Odakyû Art Gallery, Tokyo
1978 Gallery Third Floor, Kyoto
1979 Hankyû Art Gallery, Osaka
1980 Asahi Gallery, Kyoto
1982 Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto
1986 44th International Competition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
1987 Galerie Maghi Bettini, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum voor Sierkunst en Industrile Vormgring, Gent, Belgium
Galerie Maya Behn, Zürich, Switzerland
Masée des Arts Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Aoyama Green Gallery, Tokyo (also in ’91 and ‘95)
1988 Seibu Takanawakai, Tokyo
1991 Takanawa Art Salon, Tokyo (also in ’98)
1992 Gallery Yuri, Fukuoka
1993 Kochûkyo Gallery, Tokyo (also in ’97)
1996 Tenmaya, Hiroshima
1998 Seibu Art Gallery, Takanawadai
Kandori, Tokyo
2000 Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Tokyo
2001 Gallery Dojima, Osaka
2002 Garth Clark Gallery, New York
2003 Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultures, Hanford, USA
2005 Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy
2010 Tokyo Art Fair at Nakacho Konishi gallery booth
2011 Fukami Sueharu- Purity of Form at the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture, Hanford, CA


Group exhibitions:

1967 First entry to Nitten exhibition, purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (thereafter annually)
1971 The 1st Japan Ceramic Exhibition (also in '73)
1985 Invited to Chateauroux Ceramic Exhibition, France
1986 Clay, Image & Form 1981-1985, Seibu Art Gallery, Shiga and Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, travel exhibition to the United States and Eastern Europe
The Palazzo della Exposizioni, Faenza, traveled to Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland
1987 The World Triennale Ceramic Exhibition, Yugoslavia
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, travel exhibition to the U.S. and Eastern Europe, organized by Japan Foundation
1988 Three Ceramic Artists, Limoge, France
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Portland Museum of Art, Portland
1989 Europalia-Japan ’89 Ceramic Art in the Showa Era, Mons City Museum, Belgium
International Porcelain Trienniale, Nion, Switzerland.
1990 Kyoto Ceramics Today, Takashimaya Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto (also in '92)
1992 Vier Elemente Drei Länder, Museum für Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main, Ausstellung, Germany
50 Maîtres: Les arts appliqués dans le Japon contemporain, Mitsukoshi Étoile, Paris


1993 East-West Ceramic Sculpture, Germany
Exchange Exhibition between the Japanese and Korean Artists, Osaka Contemporary Art Center
Contemporary Ceramic Works; Utsuwa, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections, Japan Society, New York, New Orleans Museum of Art, Honolulu Academy of Art
1994 In Touch-International Crafts, Maihaugen, The Lillehammer Olympic, Norway
Kyoto 1200th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Current Trends in Ceramics; Vessel and Objects, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi
Clay Works, International Museum, Osaka
IAC Members Exhibition, Praque, Czech Republic
1995 Today Arts and Crafts in Kyoto, The Museum of Kyoto
Art in Kyoto: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Sueharu Fukami and Atsuo Sakazume, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Wind from Faenza, Ceratopia Toki, Gifu
’95 Kanazawa Arts and Crafts Competition
Contemporary Japanese Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamberg, Germany
Japanese Studio Craft: Tradition and Avant-garde, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1996 The Kyoto Art and Culture Awards Exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto
Quiet Clarity 'Rin': Beauty in Contemporary Ceramics, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga
New Expression of Porcelain, Developments in the 90’s, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo
I.A.C. Members Exhibition, Saga Prefectural Art Museum
The Suntory Prize ’96 Exhibition, Suntory Museum, Tokyo
1997 Invited artist to Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, The Contemporary Teapot, Denmark
1998 A Joint Exhibition, The 11th Mokichi Okada Award
A decade history of Award Recipients, and their works, MOA Museum, Tokyo
1999 Vessels for Sake, the first Tôbi Art Fair, Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo
50 maîtres: Les arts appliqués dans le Japon contemporain, Mitsukoshi Étoile, Paris
Ceramic Hunt 2000, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store Gallery, Tokyo
Contemporary Ceramic Artists, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki
Crafts in Kyoto 1945- 2000, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Artisti dal Mondo, Faenza International Ceramic Museum, Faenza, Italy
2000 Small Ceramic Sculpture, Kvnstforvm, Kirchberg, Swiss
2001 Leaders of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Crafts in Kyoto 1945-2000, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
2002 Handicrafts Today, Six Kyoto Artists: Tradition in Innovation-Innovation in Tradition, Mie Prefectural Art Museum
Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
Contemporary Japanese Crafts Exhibition, Indochina and Malaysia, sponsored by Japan Foundation
2003 Now & Now: World Contemporary Ceramics, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Korea
Japan- Ceramics and Photography: Tradition and Today, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Japanese Ceramics Today, Tomo Museum, Tokyo
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo
2004 Japanese Contemporary Ceramics, Museum of Modern Art, Gifu
Exhibited in Japanese Art Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (until present)
2005 Fascination of Ceramics, Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Pottery from the Gisela Freudenberg
Collection, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, Germany
Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006 The Musee Tomo Prize: Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony—Free Creativity and Atypical Usage. Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society Gallery, New York
Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Musèe national de cèramique Sèvres, France
2008-2009 The Dauer Collection, California State University, Sacramento, University Library Gallery
2010 The 10th the 21st Century Exhibition of Japanese Art, Tokyo Bijutsu Club (traveled to Kyoto, Kanazawa, Toyama and Osaka)
Third Musée Tomo Prize, Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony- Free Creativity, Musée Tomo, Tokyo
Collect Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
2010-11 One thousand and one cups/ contemporary ceramics/ trip around the world from India to Switzerland:, Traveling exhibition the work of international clay artists with numerous destinations including Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland; Musée de l’art et de l’industrie, Roubaix, France., and other museums in India, China and Korea. [represented by ten cups]
2011 Pioneers of Contemporary Ceramics-- from Tomimoto Kenichi to Yagi Kazuo, Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo



Selected Public Collections:

Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
Argentina Museum of Modern Art, Japanese House, Argentina
Ariana Museum, Switzerland
Art and History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
British Museum, London, UK
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture, Hanford, CA
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy
French Culture Foundation, France
Hatjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
International Permanent Collection of Modern Art, Yugoslavia
Japan Foundation
Kameoka City
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Kyoto Prefectural Sogo-Shiryoukan
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée National de la Céramique, Sevres, France
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of History, Taiwan
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
New Castle Museum, Australia
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Suntory Museum
Tokoname City Education Bureau
Tsurui Museum of Art, Niigata
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT


Selected references:

Andreas Marks, Fukami Suegaru, Purity of Form (Clark Center for Japanese art & Culture, 2011).

Christine Shimizu, Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Editions de la rèunion des musèes nationaux, Paris, 2006

Toh: Fukami Sueharu, vol.81 (Kyoto: Kyoto shoin, 1993)

Sasayama Hiroshi, ed. Towards a 20th Century Renaissance in Ceramics, vol.2, (Tokyo: Dohosha, 1997), pp. 97-124

“Our Ceramic Artists II: Fukami Sueharu [40th Anniversary Commemorative feature 4],” in Honoho Geijutsu, no. 41 (Abe shuppan, 1995), pp. 26- 29, pp. 48- 49

Exhibition Catalogue: Quiet Clarity “RIN”: Beatuty in Contemporary Ceramics (Shiga: The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, 1996): pp. 72-75

“Fukami Sueharu: Form in Celadon,” Toh 21: Toward a 21st Century Renaissance in Ceramics, vol.2, (Tokyo / Kyoto: Dôhôsha, 1997), pp. 97- 123

50 Maîtres: Les arts appliqués dans le Japon contemporain, exh. cat., (NHK/ NHK Promotion/ Mitsukoshi, 1999), plates no.15,16

Robert Yellin, “Ceramic Gorizons: Sueharu Fukami,” WNDS (June 1999): pp. 27-29

“The Future of Ceramics, The Potential of Receptacles: Fukami Sueharu,” in Honoho Geijutsu, no. 61 (Abe shuppan, 2000), pp. 18- 21

“Artists Talk; Fukami Sueharu vs Kiyomizu Kyûbei: The Current Form of Ceramics in Kyoto,” in Honoho Geijutsu, no. 68 (Abe shuppan, 2001), pp. 11- 21

Handicrafts Today, Six Kyoto Artists: Tradition in Innovation/ Innovation in Tradition, (Mie Prefectural Art Museum, 2002), pp. 54- 65, 89

Selected Works from Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, exh. cat. (Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, 2002), pp. 44 and 100

J. Bentini and F. Bertoni. Fukami Sueharu,Museo Internazionale della Ceramiche in Faenza, 2005.

Joe Earle, Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005), pp. 88-91

Exhibition catalogue: Fascination of Ceramics, Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Pottery from the Gisela Freudenberg Collection (Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, 2005) pp. 196-199

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