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