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Yoshimi Futamura

1959 Born in Nagoya, Japan.

Futamura invariably draws her inspiration from nature. Her sculptural forms are intended to be reflections of nature and are infused with a vibrant living essence. She uses a blend of stoneware clays and a mixture of fired and raw granulated porcelain to create her collapsed rounded forms that appear both vegetal and geological in origin. These forms are sometimes encrusted with feldspar, and enhanced with cobalt and iron oxide glazes on the interior that are sometimes iridescent.

+ Education

  • 1979 Received degree in design from the Seto Ceramic Research Center
  • 1981 Graduated Seto Yogyō Vocational High School with a concentration in ceramics
  • 1984-85 Taught ceramics at the Handi-craft Ceramic Center Waragoda, Sri Lanka
  • 1986 Moved to Paris
  • 1994 Completed degree at Centre Artisanal de Ceramique de l’Ecole Duperre
  • 1996 Founded her atelier in Lilas, France
  • 2004 Artist residence in Oi-cho, Fukui
  • 2006 Lectured at the Musée Guimet, Paris
  • 2007 Artist in residence, Fu-ping, China
  • 2010 Established her new atelier in Paris

+ Solo Exhibitions

  • 1990 Galerie Kaze, Paris, France
  • 1991 Galerie Kouki, Paris, France (also in ‘95)
  • 1996 Galerie Capazza, France
  • 1997 Galerie ADAC atelier, Paris, France (also in ‘99, ‘02)
  • 2003 Galerie 15, Lille
  • 2005 Galerie Helene Porée, Paris, France (also in ‘07)
  • 2006 Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium (also in ’10, ‘14)
  • Galerie Rutebeuf, Clichy la Garenne, France
  • Galerie Empreintes, Aydat, France
  • 2009 Matière et Surface, galerie Collection, Paris
  • 2010 Plus contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2011 Yoshimi Futamura – Arnold Annen, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Galerie Geneviève Godar, Lille, France
  • 2012 Galerie Paris-Moskva, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2013 Galerie Silbereis, Paris, France
  • 2014 Yoshimi Futamura, Institut Bruno Lussato et Marina Fédier, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2016 Collapse/Rebirth, Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
  • 2017 Galerie Cipango, Paris, France

+ Awards

  • 1996 Scholarship, Sasagawa Foundation
  • 1998 Grant, National Bank of Denmark
  • 2004 First Prize, Andenne international ceramic art biennial exhibition, Belgium