He has a particular affinity for using stone ground minerals such as gold platinum malachite azurite and cinnabar.
Artist makoto fujimura.
From tokyo national university of fine arts and music with a japanese governmental scholarship in 1989.
About makoto fujimura.
Educated bi culturally between the u s.
1960 boston is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven refractive slow art has been described by david brooks of new york times as a small rebellion against the quickening of time.
Robert kushner in the mid 90 s written on fujimura s art in art in america this way.
The idea of forging a new kind of art about hope healing redemption refuge while maintaining visual sophistication and intellectual integrity is a growing movement one.
Inspired by artist makoto fujimura culture care is a ministry that explores our longings fears and doubts with grace hope and splendor through the arts creativity and design.
From bucknell university then studied in a traditional japanese painting doctorate program for several years at tokyo national university of fine arts and music with several notable artists such as takashi murakami and hiroshi senju.
Fujimura believes that the minerals particularly gold allow for a fuller exploration of the interstice between the essential flatness of abstraction and the interior space of representation.
He graduated with a b a.
An exploration of faith beauty imagination.
Makoto fujimura fuses traditional nihonga painting with the techniques of western abstraction.
Fujimura s art has been featured widely in galleries and museums around the.
And japan fujimura graduated from bucknell university in 1983 and received an m f a.
Makoto fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven refractive slow art has been described by david brooks of new york times as a small rebellion against the quickening of time.
Makoto fujimura is an artist a speaker and the author of refractions a journey of faith art and culture.
Makoto fujimura born 1960 is a 21st century artist.
Represented by artrue international and partnering with waterfall mansions in new york city next exhibit homage to silence from may 12 july 2017 makoto fujimura s art has been exhibited in many galleries and museums around the world.
Fujimura s art has been featured widely in galleries and museums around the world and is collected by notable collections including.
Makoto fujimura was born in 1960 in boston massachusetts.
Makoto fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose process driven refractive slow art has been described by david brooks of new york times as a small rebellion against the quickening of time.
