Biography

Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
-
1986
44th International Competition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
-
1987
Galerie Maghi Bettini, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Maya Behn, Zürich, Switzerland
Musée des Arts Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
-
1993
Modern Japanese Ceramics in American Collections, Japan Society, New York / New Orleans Museum of Art / Honolulu Academy of Art, USA
-
1995
Japanese Studio Craft: Tradition and Avant-garde, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
-
2002
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, USA
-
2003
Japan – Ceramics and Photography: Tradition and Today, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art at The Clark Center, Hanford, USA
-
2005
Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy
-
2006
Contemporary Clay: Japanese Ceramics for the New Century, Japan Society Gallery, New York, USA
Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Musèe national de cèramique Sèvres, France
-
2008
The Dauer Collection, California State University, University Library Gallery, USA
-
2011
Purity of Form, The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, USA
Modern Celadon: Ambient Green Flow – the Emergence and Rise of East Asian Celadon, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan
-
2012
Vallauris Ceramics Biennale, France
- 2013
-
2014
Fukami Sueharu Porcelain Sculptures, Eric Thomsen Japanese Art, New York, USA
Art Stage Singapore, Singapore (’15, ’16, ’17)
Art Miami, USA (’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19)
Celadon Now: Techniques and Beauty Handed Down From Southern Song to Today, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan (’15)
- 2016
-
2017
The Greatest Story Ever Told – The collection curated by Ryan Gander, National Museum of Art, Osaka
-
2019
West Bund Art and Design, Shanghai, China (’20, ’21)
Silhouettes of Tomorrow, Yufuku Gallery, London, UK
Kichizaemon X | Fukami Sueharu x Kichizaemon XV – Raku Jikinyu, Sagawa Art Museum, Sagawa, Japan
-
2020
Reopening Celebration I ART in LIFE, LIFE and BEAUTY, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
-
2021
The Secret Show, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
All our stories are incomplete / colours of the imagination, Collection exhibition curated by Ryan Gander, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
RE:OPENING CEREMONY, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
The Armory Show, New York, USA
-
2022
Pure Form: Japanese Sculptural Ceramics, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Awards
1968 Commendable Award, Western Japan Art Exhibition
Japan Contemporary Art & Crafts Exhibition
1969 Prize, Kansai Art Exhibition
1971 Third Prize, Western Japan Art Exhibition
1972 Prize, Kansai Art Exhibition
Yomiuri Newspaper Award, Western Japan Art Exhibition
1974 Grand Prize, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Second Prize, Western Japan Art Exhibition (thereafter invitational)
1975 Commendable Award, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1976 Award in Japan Traditional Arts & Crafts Exhibition
1977 Mayor’s Award, Kyoten Exhibition (also in ’79)
1978 Grand Prize, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Kyoto Newspaper Award, Kyoten Exhibition
1979 Prize, the 1st Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1980 New Artist Award, the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1981 Kyoto-city New Artist Award
1982 Grand Prize at the Chunichi International Ceramics Exhibition
(also Governor’s Award in ’83, Second Prize in ’84, and Grand Prize in ’85)
1984 Special Award, the 16th Nitten Exhibition
1985 Grand Prize, the Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition
Grand Prize, Chunichi International Ceramic Exhibition
Award of Excellence, Sankei Newspaper Prize, Japan New Crafts Exhibition for Tomorrow
Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
1986 Bronze Award, the 1st International Ceramic Exhibition in Mino ’86
1987 Titograd Prize, 2nd World Triennale of Small Ceramics, Zagreb, Croatia
1992 Grand Prize, MOA Okada Mokichi Award
Japan Ceramic Society Award
1995 The Kyoto Art and Culture Award
1996 The 38th Mainichi Art Award
1997 The Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize, Prize for Artistic Merit
2008 Kyoto City Person of Cultural Merit
2012 Gold Prize, Japan Ceramic Society
Public Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA
Argentina Museum of Modern Art, Japanese House, Argentina
Musée Ariana, Switzerland
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Switzerland
The British Museum, UK
Brooklyn Museum of Art, USA
The Everson Museum of Art, USA
MIC Faenza International Museum of Ceramics, Italy
French Culture Foundation, France
Hetjens Museum, Germany
International Permanent Collection of Modern Art, Yugoslavia
Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Switzerland
Musée National de céramique, Sèvres, France
The RISD Museum, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia
New Orleans Museum of Art, USA
North Carolina Museum of Art, USA
Portland Art Museum, USA
Saint Louis Art Museum, USA
Spencer Museum of Art, USA
The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
The National Museum of History, Taiwan
The Yale University Art Gallery, USA
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Japan
Chazen Museum of Art, USA
Kameoka City, Japan
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Japan
Suntory Museum, Japan
The Japan Foundation, Japan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Tokoname City Education Bureau, Japan
Tsurui Museum of Art, Japan
Minneapolis Institute of Art, USA
Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand
National Gallery of Australia, Australia
Ackland Art Museum, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Harvard Art Museum, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Serbia
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
MOA Museum of Art, Japan
Rakusui-tei Museum of Art, Japan
French Culture Foundation, France
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Kyoto State Guest House, Japan
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan
Musée Tomo, Japan
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shiga, Japan
Museum of Kyoto, Japan
The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
Okada Museum of Art, Japan
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan
Hoki Museum, Japan
Museum Richo Cafe & Gallery, Japan
Sekiguchi Museum, Japan
Yanagisawa Collection, Japan
National Museum of Scotland, UK
Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza, Italy
Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France
Lotte Reimers-Foundation, Germany
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Smithsonian Museum, The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, USA
Peabody Essex Museum, USA
Burke Collection, NY, USA
Newark Museum, USA
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, USA
Birmingham Museum of Art, UK
深見陶治
Sueharu
Fukami
Sueharu
Fukami

Fukami
- 1947 Born in Kyoto
- 1963 Graduated from the Kyoto Ceramics Training School
- 1965 Graduated from the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Training Center
- 1981 Invited to teach ceramics at Alberta University, Canada
- 1984 Jury of Kyoto Art Exhibition (also in ’90)
- 1991 Jury at the 41st Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition, Italy
- 2002 Jury for the 6th International Ceramic Exhibition, Mino
- 2005 Jury of Concorso International Competition for Contemporary
- Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
-
01 Exhibitions More
-
02 Awards More
-
03 Public Collections More
About
the ArtistAbout
the Artist

circularity of life and the continuity of space itself.



WorksWorks
-
Chō (Purity) (2022)
-
Kyu (Sky) (2022)
-
Visions of Clarity V (2021)
-
Kanata He (Far Beyond)(2021)
-
Heaven
(2021) -
Ao (Blue)(2020)
-
View of the Wind(2020)
-
Ko (Solemn)(2019)
-
Kitsu (Soaring)(2019)
-
Esprit (Standing in the Wind)(2018)
-
Scene over the Horizon(2018)
-
Time of Serenity(2016)
-
Kanata He II (Far Beyond II)(2014)
-
Kei II (View II)(2013)
-
Heaven (Soar)(2013)
-
Kanata He I(Far Beyond I)(2013)
-
Kei II (View II)(2012)