Resume

Rieko Fujinami

(Visit www.riekofujinami.com for artwork prior to 2009.)

 Education:  Undergraduate – Zoukei Art University, Tokyo, Japan (1984)
Master Course – Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan (1986)

Media: drawing on clear film, fresco secco, painting on glass, digital imaging,
etching, copper tempera

Selected Solo Exhibitions since 2000

2013
Shinobazu Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Nagai Gallery, Tokyo Japan

2011    
Ferrara Gallery
, New Orleans, LA

2009  
Forum Gallery
, New York, NY
Shinobazu Gallery
, Tokyo, Japan
Yamaguch Gallery,
Chiba, Japan
Oto Gallery, Osaka, Japan

 2008  
Shinobazu Gallery
, Tokyo, Japan
Milieu Gallery (collab), Tokyo, Japan

2007   
Yamaguch Gallery
, Chiba, Japan
Gallery Yukata, Kanazawa, Japan

2006   
Shinobazu Gallery,
Tokyo, Japan
Oto Gallery,
Osaka, Japan

 2005  
LoRiver Gallery,
Beacon, NY

 2004  
LoRiver Gallery
, Beacon, NY                
Shinobazu Gallery
, Tokyo, Japan

2003  
Gallery Yukata
, Kanazawa, Japan
Messieurs Gallery
, Hiroshima

2002  
Ulla Surland Gallery 11
, Fairfield CT
Gallery Kiki
, Nagoya, Japan

2001
Gallery Kaeda, Niigata, Japan
Gallery Milieu, Tokyo, Japan
Tobu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Now
, Toyama, Japan

2000 
Gallery Milieu
, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Yukata, Kanazawa, Japan
Gallery Shene, Tokyo, Japan

Recent Group Exhibitions

2013
ART NAGOYA 2013 Nagoya Japan
ART OSAKA 2013 Osaka Japan
Head”Show BOSI Gallery NYC
Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition,  National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
“F”Show Shinobazu Gallery, Tokyo Japan

 2011 
Charlatan Ink Art Prize The Finalist Exhibition NYC
Eccentric Portraits BYRDCLIFFE Kleinert/J ames Center for Arts,
Woodstock, NY              Saunders Farm project 2011 Garrison NY
Tokyo ART Fair, 2011

2010 
The horizon of 12 Artists
Japan Railway Company Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
No Dead Artists 2010, Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Book of Souls, North Park University Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003-2009   
NiCAF (Nihon Contemporary Art Festival,)
[Name changed to Tokyo ART Fair in 2005]

2009
Artists Without Borders, Brill Gallery, North Adams, MA
Contemporary Expressions, Pen & Brush Gallery, NYC

2007 
No East, No West,
Carl Van Burnt Gallery, Beacon, NY
The Lineal Zone, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT

2006  KAMOKU, Lab Gallery, NYC (also curated)

Prizes

2012
Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013 Finalist

2011
2011 CHARLATAN INK ART PRIZE Finalist

2007    
New York Foundation of Art
, NYFA Fellowship Award

1998   
Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
, Best Art of the Year Selection

1995   
International UMORISMO ARTE Biennial
, Italy. Prize Citta di Tolentio

1990
Kanagawa Modern Art Museum
, Purchase Prize

1988
Japan Contemporary Representational Print Art Exhibition, Grand Prize

1987  
Miyako Print Art Grand Prix, Grand Prize
KANAGAWA Affairs Agency
, Cash Grant

Public Collections
Japan Railway Company Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
, Haifa, Israel
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
, Kamakura, Japan
Japan National Modern Art Museum
, Tokyo, Japan

Published Work
Best of World Wide Artists: Mixed media
Article Magazine
MADO Art Magazine
Monthly Art
Nikkei Art
Hanga Geijutsu
Weekly Sincho

Book Illustrations
Tohan Company
Kinnohoshi Company
Koudan Co-Mephisto Magazine

Book Covers
Shincho Company
Kadokawa Company
Bungei Shiyunju Company
Koudanshiya Company

CD covers
Victor
Pioneer
Warners
Ewe Works
Excelfon

Installations
Washi no Sato Festival, Tokyo
Izumi Hall, Tokyo
Metal Art Museum, Chiba

Published Articles
NY ARTS Magazine, USA (in English)
d-ART Magazine, CANADA (in English)
Poetry and Mythology, JAPAN
Monthly Art, JAPAN
MADO Art Magazine, JAPAN

 

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