Shosei Fujitsuka>Ajiro plating morikago “Sea roar”
- Ajiro plating morikago “Sea roar”, 2015Sold
- Bamboo (Madake), ratten
H 10 x 37.5 x 26 cm
Shosei Fujitsuka
Biography
- 1949
- Born in Hokkaido, Japan
- 1972
- Studied under Shodo Baba, Bamboo Artist
- 1973
- Kanagawa Prefecture Art Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan
- 1992
- Encouragement Award, The 15th Japan Traditional Craft Arts, New Work Exhibition
- 1993
- Governor of Tokyo Award, The 40th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
- 1994
- Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs Award, The 6th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
- 2002
- Finalist for Cotsen Bamboo Prize 2002
- 2004
- Part time instructor, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2006
- Beyond Basketry, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Joined successor development program for Important Intangible Cultural Property (Bamboo Crafts) - 2007-14
- Contemporary Japanese Crafts, Organized by Japan Foundation. Mershikov Palace, Russia, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Sweden
The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Belarus, Brunei Museum, Brunei, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand
Museum of Decorative Arts, Cuba, National Museum, Georgia, Instituto Giapponese de Cultura, Italy, and 32 more venues - 2008
- New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, USA
- 2009
- MOA Museum of Art Award, The 49th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
- 2011
- Governor of Tokyo Award, The 58th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
- 2012
- Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
- 2013
- Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
From Crafts to Kogei in Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan - 2014
- The 19th MOA Okada Mokichi Award Exhibition, MOA Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
- 2017
- Japan Art Craft Association Award, Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, The 16th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition - 2017-18
- Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
- 2019
- Grand Prize, The 39th Traditional Culture Pola Award
- 2019-20
- Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection. Gifts to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oita prefectural Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Crafts Gallery, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan
- Public Collections
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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan
The Japan Foundation
MOA Museum of Art, Japan
The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA