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.