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Shosei Fujitsuka
(
Japanese
,
born
1949
)
Biography
Timeline
1949
Born in Hokkaido, Japan
1972
Studied under Shodo Baba, Bamboo Artist
2004
Part time instructor, Tokyo University of the Arts
2012
Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Exhibitions
2019–2020
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
2017–2018
Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
2017
Japan Art Craft Association Award, Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
2017
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, The 16th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
2014
The 19th MOA Okada Mokichi Award Exhibition, MOA Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
2007–2014
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
2013
Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics and Bamboo Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
2013
From Crafts to Kogei in Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Governor of Tokyo Award, The 58th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
2009
MOA Museum of Art Award, The 49th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
2008
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, USA
2006
Beyond Basketry, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
1994
Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs Award, The 6th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
1993
Governor of Tokyo Award, The 40th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
1992
Encouragement Award, The 15th Japan Traditional Craft Arts, New Work Exhibition
1973
Kanagawa Prefecture Art Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan
Public Collections
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
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