Kenichiro FUKUMOTO
Prize
Patron Project Maiko Kikuchi Prize
Born in Hiroshima, 1986.
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Oil Painting in 2011.
Completed exchange at Lasalle College of the Arts, Fine Arts (Singapore) from 2012-13.
Gradated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School, Oil Painting in 2014.
Fukumoto expresses fundamental interconnections between nature and humankind and the joy of living through painting and a variety of additional media, including drawings, sculpture and pottery.
Major solo exhibitions include: Tokyo Wonder Wall (2015), "Dear friends" (JIKKA, 2014) and more.
Major group exhibitions include: Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi (2014) and more. Has also exhibited in Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, and Beijing.
Was awarded the Yusaku Imamura Prize at Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi (2014).
Public collection: Yamanashi Gakuin University
Recently, I create my works as an integration of nature, humankind and objects while contemplating the meaning of making objects by hand. The earthquake caused me to re-evaluate the existence of human beings and our relationship with nature, leading me to study in Singapore in 2012. I had been drawing tropical plants and primeval forests while traveling Southeast Asia, at which time I had a huge realization - that the circle of life continued on within that beautiful, dream-like world. Since returning to Japan I have expanded my practice from painting to wood carving and pottery in 2014. I wish to capture the living form of organisms by making integrative works, experiencing sensations of the material on my skin - from paint to soil and trees.
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Oil Painting in 2011.
Completed exchange at Lasalle College of the Arts, Fine Arts (Singapore) from 2012-13.
Gradated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School, Oil Painting in 2014.
Fukumoto expresses fundamental interconnections between nature and humankind and the joy of living through painting and a variety of additional media, including drawings, sculpture and pottery.
Major solo exhibitions include: Tokyo Wonder Wall (2015), "Dear friends" (JIKKA, 2014) and more.
Major group exhibitions include: Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi (2014) and more. Has also exhibited in Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, and Beijing.
Was awarded the Yusaku Imamura Prize at Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi (2014).
Public collection: Yamanashi Gakuin University
Recently, I create my works as an integration of nature, humankind and objects while contemplating the meaning of making objects by hand. The earthquake caused me to re-evaluate the existence of human beings and our relationship with nature, leading me to study in Singapore in 2012. I had been drawing tropical plants and primeval forests while traveling Southeast Asia, at which time I had a huge realization - that the circle of life continued on within that beautiful, dream-like world. Since returning to Japan I have expanded my practice from painting to wood carving and pottery in 2014. I wish to capture the living form of organisms by making integrative works, experiencing sensations of the material on my skin - from paint to soil and trees.