Fumie Kihara
Japan
category: Sculpture
technique: Metal
Style: Abstract
Statement:
Creating my own art is the best way to connect with myself. When I work on my art, I face myself honestly, I discover something new about me, I know myself better, I confirm myself objectively, and I embrace myself even if what I find in/about me was something hard to accept. Through creating my art, I experience this process over and over again. It's not easy for me. In fact, it's a tough struggle. But I have come to realize that this struggle leads me to my OWN art and makes my spirit stronger and deeper. And I can be confident in myself. I make my own art to live, to keep on developing as a person and to feel alive. If my passion or my thoughts like this can be understood by someone through my art and if my art encourages or inspires someone, it would be so fantastic.
Bio / Resumee / Statement:
-Born in Japan
-Was educated metal craft design at an art university and a graduate school in Tokyo
-Worked as a designer of ironworks in Tokyo after graduation
-Moved to Seattle in 2004 to study art and design
-Have worked as a designer of ironworks in Seattle, US
Metal, especially iron, is basic material of my art. Making art with metal has made me feel free from sense of volume and mass and has allowed the form of my art to spread into space freely. Also, I have become spatially aware and sensitive to space in my art work. When I think about form of my work, I also consider the space around it. That's why I like to walk around my art because they have many different appearances from every angle. I divide and enclose space with lines and surfaces or put them to cross by focusing on the positional relations between elements, so that viewers can be aware of space itself and they can feel invisible extra expanse into empty space around my work. I describe this as to open up or to create new space. This is what I want to do with my art.
-Love to travel abroad
-Love music....Jazz, Classical, New age, Boss-a-Nova.....
Resumee
Education
2004-2005 International Business Professions Program, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
Course work included: Two-Dimensional Design, Hand & Power Tools,
Three-Dimensional Design, Modern Furniture & Design
1993-1995 MA degree in Metal Craft Design, Graduate School of Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
1989-1993 BA degree in Metal Craft Design, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
1988-1989 Major in Art and Design, Osaka Educational University, Osaka, Japan
Honors and Awards
2010 Finalist of Sculpture Section, The 4th International Arte Lagna Art Prize, Venice, Italy
2005 Membership of Phi Theta Kappa
1995 Prize Winning Work, Art of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
1993 Prize Winning Work, Shinobazu Object Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Activities:
Exhibitions
2010 Artcompe X10, The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Projekt30 August Juried Exhibition, Online
2010 International Contemporary Masters Exhibition 2010 Volume 3, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, US
2010 The 4th International Arte Laguna Art Prize Exhibition, Venice Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2009 "The Brain Unravelled", UCL, London, UK
2009 The CVG(Collective Visions Gallery) Show, Bremerton, WA, US
2008 South Seattle Community College Community Art Exhibit, Seattle, US
1998&'99 International Furniture Fair in Tokyo, Group Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan
1995 Art of Hiroshima Exhibition, Hiroshima Modern Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
1995 Best Graduate Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1994 "Marquette Metal Works", Group Exhibit, Otto Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Shinobazu Object Festival, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Best Graduate Exhibition, Design Center Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1992 "Meeting Forged Works", Group Exhibit, Ebisu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Publications
2010 Fumie Kihara, International Contemporary Masters Volume 3
2009 Fumie Kihara, Direct Art Volume 16, pp. 70
Representation
2011 Represented by Agora Gallery, NY, USA
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