- 2006
- Fumiko Kametaka Award: Sekisyousya Prize, Hyogo, Japan
- 1996
- Hyogo Art Encouragement Prize, Hyogo, Japan
- 1992
- Art & Culture Award, Kobe, Japan
- 1988
- The 8th Imadate Contemporary Paper Art Award, Echizen, Japan
- 1984
- The 13th Blue Mail Award, Kobe, Japan
SHIHO FUJIWARA
SHIHO FUJIWARA
Shiho Fujiwara was born in Nishinomiya-city, Hyogo, Japan, and developed a deep fascination for sumi ink painting(-sumi-e) from an early age. Driven by passion, she enrolled in a specialized school to master the fundamentals of sumi-e. Consequently, her creative attempt in the first stages resolved around portraying the motifs of trees and woods. However, her artistic tendency underwent decisive shift after her solitary journeys to the Amami Island in Kagoshima and to the Konsen Plateau in Hokkaido in the 1970s. The awe-inspiring sceneries like massive roots and the ominous sight of dark clouds on the horizon left a deep impression on her, which shifted her expressive idioms towards ‘Abstract Expressionism using sumi ink and washi paper’. These unforgettable experiences became the driving force and prompted her to find new styles and forms of expression.
Currently based in Sasayama-city, Hyogo, Fujiwara continues her research and experiments in search of the essence of sumi ink and washi paper. Her creation covers a
wide range of mediums, from monochrome abstractions to sculptures, and installations.
ARTWORKS
ARTICLES
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
BIOGRAPHY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
- 2022
- Suiboku, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2021
- Time and Suiboku, Gallery 301, Kobe, Japan
- 2020
- Origami, Gallery Fukuzumi, Osaka, Japan
- 2018
- The Wind of Peace, Fuji Paper Art Museum, Fuji, Japan
- 2017
- Sumi and Washi, Shiritsu Horiko Museum, Miki, Japan
- 2016
- Traces of Time, Gallery 301, Kobe, Japan
- 2015
- Line: Prologue to the Ten Bulls, Peace, Gallery 301, Kobe, Japan
- 2014
- Fusion of Sumi and Washi, Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2013
- Pay for Peace, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, U.S.
- 2012
- The Fusion of Time, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, U.S.
- 2011
- Vast, Oknoyama Museum of Art, Nishiwaki, Japan
Forests, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan - 2010
- Empty, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 2009
- Empty, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
Wind of Seine-et-Marne, Seine-et-Marne Prefectural Office Hall, France
Wind of Nord, Nord Prefectural Office Hall, France - 2001
- Emerging Vision from Sumi & Washi, Prefectural Government
- 1995
- Plus Minus Gallery, Tokyo Electric Power, Japan
- 1987
- Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
- 2022
- Silence, Whitestone Gallery,Taipei, Taiwan
- 2021
- Feasts on Paper, Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China
- 2019
- Back to Originality and Simplicity: Japanese contemporary Ink exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2017
- Crisscrossing East and West: the Remarking of Ink Art in Contemporary East Art, Museum Of Contemporary Art of Yinchuan, China
- 2015
- The Universe of Origami, Oknoyama Museum of Art, Nishiwaki, Japan
Kobe City Biennale , BB Plaza Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan - 2009
- City Art Festival, Tamba-Sasayama, Japan
- 2007
- Fictitious Communication: Chaotic Strings, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 2005
- Impact Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
Paper Now 2005, Museum of Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan - 2002
- Made In Japan: Contemporary Art Work on Paper, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK
- 2001
- Japan 2001, Bankside Gallery, Brunel University, London, UK
- 1994
- Contemporary Art: Internet & Message, Art Hall Imadate, Echizen, Japan
Material Territory, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Japan - 1993
- IPC Female: Contemporary Paper Art Modelling in Japan, Japan Montreal, Canada
- 1992
- The International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA): the 7th International Paper Art Modelling Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
- 1989
- The Language of Ino, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Japan
- 1988
- The Artists of Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 1987
- Salon d' Automne, Paris, France
- 1985
- Art Now 1985, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 1984
- Contemporary Art in Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 1983
- Salon de Mai, Paris, France
- 1982
- Japanese International Fine Arts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan / Paper Museum, Tokyo, Japan / Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Japan / Horimitsu Art Museum, Miki, Japan / Fuji Paper Art Museum, Fuji, Japan / European Representative Office of Hyogo Prefectural Government, Paris / Seine-et-Marne Prefectural Office Hall, France / Nord Prefectural Office Hall, France