Futamura Yoshimi フタムラ ヨシミ b. 1959

Born Nagoya, Japan

First a student with Nagae Shigekazu at Seto Ceramic Research under Kawahara Yasutaka (b. 1936), a pupil of Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963), FUTAMURA YOSHIMI is a Nagoya-born resident of Paris. She creates vibrant and evocative sculptural forms. Over the past decade, she has produced several series such as Racines (roots), Rhizomes, and Vagues de terre (Earthen Waves). To form her geologic or botanically inspired sculptures, she uses a blend of stoneware clays and either pre-fired granulated porcelain or porcelain slip. These large forms are sometimes further encrusted with feldspar and enhanced with cobalt and iron oxide glazes on the interior.

Selected Collections:

Ariana Museum, Switzerland
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Foundation of Ateliers d'Art de France, France
Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Institut Bruno Lussato et Marina Fédier, Brussels, Belgium
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Musée de Céramique d'Andenne, Belgium
Musée Français de Céramique de Fuping, China
Musée National des Arts asiatiques (Musée Guimet), Paris, France
Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, France
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Sasama City Museum, Japan
Shimoda City Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, MA
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Gwangju, South Korea
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT