A native of Japan, Michiko Fujii Fowler has lived and painted in the United States since 2008—in San Francisco through 2022 and in Takoma Park, Maryland starting in 2023. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Polk Museum of Art (Florida, USA) and the Saku Museum of Modern Art (Nagano, Japan). In the latter, her Painting on a Wall, Painting on a Wall appeared in the museum’s 30th Anniversary Collection Masterpieces show. She was an artist-in-residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and received the Sokei and the Takazawa Awards from the Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design in Tokyo.
Public Collections
Polk Museum of Art (Florida, USA): Gaming the Frame
Saku Museum of Modern Art (Nagano, Japan): Painting on a Wall, Painting on a Wall
Awards & Honors
2014—work selected for the Saku Museum of Modern Art’s 1989–2013 Masterpieces Exhibition, alongside the work of noted artists Yayoi Kusama, Ushio Shinohara, and more
2007—Residence at Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2003—37th L’Espoir Selected Artist
2000—Takazawa Award
1999—Sokei Award
Solo Exhibitions
2015—Matter Makes Space, Polk Museum of Art, Florida
2007—Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2006—Gotham Cafe, Setagayaku, Tokyo
2006—Michiko Fujii Exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo
2003—37th L’Espoir Exhibition, Surugadai Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
2000—Takazawa Award Exhibition, Galleria Punto, Tokyo
1999—Exhibition of Small Works, Sumitomo Bank, Tokorozawa
Group Exhibitions
2019—Art Explosion Open Studios, San Francisco
2014—1989–2013 Masterpieces Exhibition: Saku Museum of Modern Art 30th Anniversary, Nagano, Japan
2009, 2010, and 2011—Art Explosion Open Studios, San Francisco
2007—Ensemble(s) II – Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2004—Salon de Blanc: Contemporary Art Japan/France, Ohmori Bellport,Tokyo
1999—Collaboration – Geijutsu Sho Hall, Kunitachi , Tokyo
1998—”X” – Amyu Civic Center, Tachikawa, Tokyo
Lectures and Interviews
Matter Makes Space Lecture, Polk Museum of Art, Jan. 8, 2016
Matter Makes Space: Michiko Fujii Fowler Interview with Adam Justice, Jan. 2016
“Conversation with the Artist: Michiko Fujii Fowler,” The Ledger, by Clifford Parody, Dec. 15, 2015