Fumie SASAI
Biography
Fumie SASAI was born in 1973 in Osaka. She works and lives in Japan.
She currently works as a professor at the Kyoto city University of Arts, Japan.
Awards
2008 The 30th Memorial Award, The Kyoto Art and Craft Artists Association Exhibition
2004 UNION Foundation for Ergo Design Culture, Overseas Training Program
2003 POLA Art Foundation, Overseas Training Program
2001 Special Award, Saga Art Competition ’01
Exhibitions
2013 Wakaranai No Susume, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan
2012 New Vibrance in International Woman’s Urushi Art, Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukushima, Japan
2011 Flawless, Contemporary Japanese Lacquer, Cavin Morris Gallery, NY
2011 Japanese Modern Arts and Artists in Ibaraki, The museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki Contemporary, Japan
2011 Kogei Art Fair, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Kyoto Crafts Biennale, Invited Artist Section, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2009 Contemporary Japanese Lacquer, KEIKO Gallery, MA, USA
2009 SOFA New York, NY, USA
2009 SASAI Fumie and TASHIMA Etsuko in the Flower Garden, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
2008 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier Festival Hall, Chicago, USA
2008 My Favorite Flowers, Takashimaya Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
2006 The Child, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2003 Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2002 Tea Ceremony Room, Doujien, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2002 Selected New Artists Exhibition of Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2001 The 7th International Contemporary Art Festival 2001, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
2001 The 4th OKAMOTO Taro Memorial Award for Contemporary Art, OKAMOTO Taro Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
Collections
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, USA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan