Stoneware and porcelain
11 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Inv# 8002
$ 2,500
Artist Bio
1959 Born in Nagoya, Japan
1979 Completes degree in Design at the Seto School of Ceramics
1981 Graduates Seto Yogyô Vocational High School with a concentration on ceramics
1984-85 Teaches ceramics at the Hand Craft Ceramic Center Waragoda, Sri Lanka
1986 Moved to Paris
1994 Completes degree at Centre Artisanal de Ceramique de l’Ecole Duperre
1996 Founds atelier in Lilas, France
2004 Artist residence in Fukui, Japan
2007 Artist in residence, Fu-ping, China
Futamura, who resides just outside of Paris, invariably draws her inspiration from nature. She has created several series of work over the past decade with titles such as “Racines (roots),” “Rhizomes,” and “Vagues de Terre (Earthen Waves).” Her sculptural forms are intended to be reflections of nature and are infused with a vibrant living essence. She uses a blend of stoneware and a mixture of fired and raw granulated porcelain to create her collapsed rounded forms that appear both vegetal and geological in origin. These forms are encrusted with feldspar, and enhanced with cobalt and iron oxide glazes that are sometimes iridescent. While her work is well known throughout northern Europe, "Breaking the Mold" at Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. will mark the first United States exhibition of her work.
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Solo Exhibitions:
1990 Galerie Kaze, Paris
1991 Galerie Kouki, Paris
1995 Galerie Kouki, Paris
1996 Galerie Capazza, Nancy
1997 Galerie ADAC atelier, Paris (also in 1999, 2002)
2003 Galerie 15, Lille
2005 Galerie Helene Porée, Paris (also in 2007)
2006 Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels
Galerie Rutebeuf, Clichy la Garenne
Galerie mpreintes, Aydat
2011 Musée Ariana, Geneva Switzerland
Group Exhibitions:
1993 International exhibition at Helsinki, Finland
Terre et Lumière, Galerie Kouki, Paris
1995 International Competition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
1996 Terres des Feux, FFJS, Paris
Musée du Ranquet, Clermont Ferrand
1997 Galerie Capazza, Nançay
Guest exhibitor at Salon Franco-Japonais, Vincennes, France
1998 Galerie Nørby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Le Métier et l’Esprit, OCJL, Clerment Ferrand
2000 Racines, Art dans la ville, Saint Etienne
2003 Salon des arts plastiques de Romainville
Pots grands format, Musée Regional de al Poterie Ger, La Manche
Ame, Corps, Esprite des feux RAKU, Musée de Sarreguemines
2004 Grand prize at Ceramic Biennale Andenne, Belgium
Galerie Fusion, Toulouse, France
Terres d’Asie, Dammarie les Lys
Terres et Ombres, Viaduc des Arts, Paris
Galerie Genevieve Godar, Lille
2005 Le Lavoir, Clamart
Céramique Contemporaines, Troyes
Voyage d’Argile, Aubagne
Regards croisés sur la céramiques, Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée, Paris
Three European Ceramicsts, Yûfuku Gallery
2006 Art de la Céramique contemporaine, La Fontaine, Brie-Comte-Robert
TÔJI: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Musée National de céramique Sèvres
Galerie Kunsthuis Ingrith Desmet, Belgium
2007 Summer Exhibition, Gallery Besson, London
Rufford Craft Center, Nottinghamshire, England
2009 Soaring Voices - Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists,
Musée National de céramique, Sèvres, Paris
Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
2010 Exposition Trio de cultures céramique: Cheung, Futamura, Fabre, Galerie Sinitude, Paris
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]
Selected Collections
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Musée national de céramique, Sèvres
New Orleans Museum of Art
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Yale University Art Gallery
References:
Samuel Morse and Todate Kazuko, Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists,
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 2009, pp. 28-31.
Christine Shimizu, Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Editions de la rèunion des musèes nationaux, Paris, 2006
Exhibition catalogue, Yoshimi Futamura, Galerie municipale du Rutebeuf, Clichy-la-Garenne, 2006
Carole Andreani, “Yoshimi Futamura, les Cerles de la memoire,” La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, Paris, 2010
Umstatter, Gabriel, et. al. One thousand and one cups, contemporary ceramics, trip around the world from India to Switzerland. (Geneva: La revue de la céramique et du verre, 2010), pp. 134-35 and 289.
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Gallery Exhibitions
Summer 2010
Opening Reception on Wednesday, June 9th 6 - 8 pm Viewing hours: Monday - Friday 11 - 5pm and by appointment
at Smith College Museum of Art
October 9, 2009 - February 28, 2010 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace Northampton, MA 01063 http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/index.htm
Joan B Mirviss LTD
39 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075
Viewing hours: Monday through Friday, 11 AM to 6 PM
For more information: Tel 212-799-4021