Fujitsuka Shosei

Fujitsuka Shosei

BIO/CV

b. 1949, Hokkaido, Japan

Education
  • 1972

    Apprenticed to Baba Shodo


Exhibitions  & Accolades
  • 1973

    Admitted to Kanagawa Prefecture Art Exhibition

  • 1974

    Moved to Oiso, Kanagawa and became independent

  • 1978

    Admitted to The Modern Craft Arts Exhibition

  • 1984

    Admitted to The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division

  • 1985

    Admitted to The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
    Appeared on the TVK Television show, Visiting Artists

  • 1990

    Appeared on the CNN Television show, Japan This Week

  • 1991

    Admitted to The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition

  • 1992

    Winner, The Encouragement Award, The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
    Solo exhibition, Hiratsuka Gallery, Hiratsuka

  • 1993

    Received the Superior Prize at The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
    Appeared on the NHK Television show, Sunday Art Gallery
    Became a full member of The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Association
    Solo exhibition, Hiratsuka Gallery, Hiratsuka

  • 1994

    Received The Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award
    Solo exhibition, Shishiza Gallery

  • 1995

    Received The Kanagawa Newspaper Award at The Kanagawa Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
    Solo exhibition, Hiratsuka Gallery, Hiratsuka

  • 1996

    Group exhibition, Ginza Wako, Tokyo
    The Contemporary Japanese Craft Arts Traveling Exhibition
    Solo exhibition, Umeya

  • 1998

    Group exhibition, Ginza Wako, Tokyo
    Group exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
    Group exhibition, Bamboo Craft Arts, 13th Asia Memorial Convention

  • 1999

    Solo exhibition, Ginza Wako, Tokyo
    100 Meilleures Objects d’art Contemporains au Japon, Mitsukoshi Etoile, Paris
    Group exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo

  • 2000

    Bamboo Fantasies, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    The Next Generation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

  • 2003

    The Classic Japanese Basket, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Group exhibition, The Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA

  • 2004

    Two-person exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Weavers of Wonder, Naples Museum of Art, FL
    Invitational Show, Tanabata Ten, Hiratsuka City Museum, Kanagawa

  • 2006

    Power & Delicacy: Master Works of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Grinnell College, IA and Chicago Cultural Center, IL
    Invitational Show, Take no Zo, Nakatomi Museum of Contemporary Craft, Fukui

  • 2007

    Group exhibition, Beyond Basketry: Japanese Bamboo Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA

  • 2008

    Three-person exhibition, A Sensei and His Students, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
    Group Exhibition, New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, NY

  • 2009

    Received Encouragement Award from the Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
    Group Exhibition, Many Shapes of Bamboo III, Oita Prefectural Art Museum

  • 2011

    Tokyo Governor’s Prize, 58th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition

  • 2012

    Awarded the “Purple Ribbon” by the Japanese Congress for lifetime achievement in the arts, presented by the Emperor of Japan

  • 2013

    Group Exhibition, Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA

  • 2014

    Solo Exhibition, Cosmos, TAI Modern, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2017

    Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Modern at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
    Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

  • 2019

    Winner, Asahi Newspaper Prize at 59th Eastern Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition

  • 2020

    Masterpieces of Bamboo Art: Katsushiro Soho and Fujinuma Noboru, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan

  • 2021

    Ten Thousand Flowers, TAI Modern, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2023

    Named Living National Treasure of Japan


Museum Collections
  • Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
    Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
    Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
    Japan Foundation, New York, NY
    Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN