Fujino Sachiko 藤野 さち子 b. 1950

Born Kyoto, Japan

FUJINO SACHIKO began her studies in the fashion design department at the Fujikawa Design School in Kyoto after which she embarked on a career as a fashion designer and fabric dyer. A pottery class first introduced her to the ceramic world and resulted in her enrollment at the Tetsukayama Junior College, where she became the pupil of the pioneering female ceramic artist Asuka Tsuboi (b. 1932). Fujino's Japanese ceramics reflect her background in textiles in the crimping, folding, and tucking of her gently textured stoneware. She enhances this effect through the use of an airbrush device that sprays slip and occasionally colored glaze, adding depth to the otherwise unadorned surface. Her work is owned by many museums in this country. 

Selected Public Collections:

Aprica Central Research Center, Japan
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Musée national des arts asiatiques (Musée Guimet), Paris, France
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy
Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
Kyoto City Cultural Museum, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Kyoto, Japan
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, FL
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Sumitomo Electronic Industries Company, Japan
Tajimi City Collection, Japan
Toki City Collection, Japan
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT