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