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Shihoko Fukumoto originally studied painting, eventually deciding that the painting materials were not suited to her ideas and ways of working. Her major concerns are with space and for her indigo is the colour of space. Many of the techniques and tools used by Shihoko Fukumoto are her own invention allowing her to respond intuitively to the possibilities inherent in the dyeing process. The work ‘Milky Way’ is Fukumoto’s own variation on the traditional method of shibori, a form of tie-dyeing using folding, pleating and sewing. ‘Opening Moon, Closing Moon’ depicts the phase of the moon at the opening of the exhibition in April 2001 and at the closing at the first venue in June 2001.
Studied
- BFA Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Arts 1968
- MA, Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Arts 1969
Awards
- 1978,79,83 32nd, 33rd, 37th Kyoto Crafts Exhibition - Grand Prix
- 1979 New Japanese Crafts Exhibition - Grand Prix
- 1982 36th Kyoto Crafts Exhibition
- New Japanese Crafts
- Tomorrow's Crafts - Sankei Shimbun Excellence Award
- 1984 Asahi Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
- 1992 Kansai Grand Art Prize - Silver prize
- 1994 Contemporary Textile Design Dyeing - Kyoto Akebono Prize
- 1996 Tenri Biennale - 1st Prize
Recent Exhibitions Include
Solo
- 1997 Senbikiya Gallery, Tokyo
- 1998 Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka
- 1995, 98 Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, USA
- 1996 The Tatsuno Museum of Art, Tatsuno
- Gallery Chikashige, Okayama
- 1998 Sakura Art Museum, Osaka
- Imura Gallery, Kyoto
- 1999 Today's Artist 32, Osaka Contemporary Art Centre
- Takishimaya Kyoto & Tokyo
- 2000 Aoyamo Green Gallery, Tokyo
- Gallery Tazawa D'acôté, Kyoto
Group
- 1994, 95, 97, 98, Dye Exhibition, Kyoto Museum of Art
- 99, 2000
- 1995 '95 Kanazaswa Art Crafts Grand Prix, Kanazawa
- International Triennial Competition of Sculpture, Osaka
- '95 Miniartextil, Como, Italy
- 1996 Tenri Biennale, Tenri
- 1st Biennale du Lin, Rouen, France
- 1997 Tracing Purpose, Kansas City, USA
- 1998 Asian Avant Garde, Christies, London, UK
- 1999 4th Festival International de la Tapisserie, Beauvais, France
- The Invitation Exhibition of Chongjiu International Craft Biennale Chongjiu, Korea
- Also 1987, 90, 92 Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Public Collections
- The National Museum of Art, Osaka
- Rohsska Konstslojdmuseet, Sweden
- Kyoto Prefectural Library, Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, California
- The Modern Dye-Work Museum, Kyoto
- Meijo Univeristym Nagoya
- Kyoto Municipal Women's Centre
- Smith Kline Beecham Seiyaki KK, Tokyo
- The Shoko chukin Bank, Tokyo
- Tokyo Lawyer's Hall
- Juraku Textile Museum, Kyoto
- The Kyoto Hotel
- The Kanazawa ANA Hotel, Kanazawa
- The Huis Ten Bosch JR, Tokyo (arch. Cesar Pelli)
- The ARSOR OSHO inc, Kobuchizawa (arch. Mario Bellini)
- The Wakayama Prefectural Medical University
- The Kojimachi Hall, Tokyo.
Category of work
- Wall hung and installation Indigo dyed cloth
Materials
- Linen and Turfan cotton
