Gallery Artist
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1960 Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Lives and works in New York, New York
Education
1992 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Post MFA Doctorate Level Program in Nihonga, National Cultural Affairs Scholar, first non-Japanese citizen to be accepted into the program
1989 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, M.F.A., Tokyo, National Cultural Affairs Scholar, top thesis prize
1983 Bucknell University, B.A., Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, cum laude, Creative Arts Award
Museum Exhibitions
2006 "Makoto Fujimura: Water Flames and Zero Summer," Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington DC 2004 "Flowers in Contemporary Nihonga,” Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
2003 Considering Peace, Sato Museum, Tokyo, Japan Contemporary Nihonga Artists - the Pioneers, Okazaki Museum, Japan, NICAF Artfair, Tokyo, Japan
2001 "Like a Prayer,” Tryon Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
2000 "One Hundred Years of Nihonga,” Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Museum, Tokyo
1999 Tokyo Station Invitational, Tokyo
1998 10th Anniversary of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Matsuzakaya Museum, Tokyo
Contemporary Nihonga Exhibit, Contemporary Museum of Tokyo, Tokyo
Collections Exhibit, Nerima Museum, Tokyo
"Nature in Art,” Sato Museum, Tokyo
Mitsukoshi Museum Invitational, Tokyo
1997 "A City of God: Makoto Fujimura Retrospective,” Sato Museum, Tokyo
"Contemporary Nihonga,” Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
1996 "Saturnine/ Mercurial: The Many Moods of Watercolor,” Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
"Fragments of a Journey,” Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Mitsukoshi International Exhibition, Tokyo
"VOCA Invitational,” The Ueno Royal Museum of Art, Tokyo
1995 "Contemporary Nihonga,” Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama
1994 O Museum, Tokyo
"Beyond the Nihonga- An Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Painting,” Tokyo
Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1985 "New Voices: Contemporary Japanese Paintings,” North Dakota Museum of Art, Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University,
Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorehead University and Southwest State University Gallery, a traveling exhibition.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 “Water Flames,” Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2004 The Splendor of the Medium, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary, New York
The Still Point, Takashimaya Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
2003 The Still Point, Takashimaya Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
Golden Pines, Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York
Four Quartets, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary, New York
2002 "Columbines" Gallery at Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
"Gravity and Grace" Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, NM
"Makoto Fujimura" (with sound installation by Mamoru) Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka
2001 "Makoto Fujimura,” Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York
"Makoto Fujimura,” Daidan Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
"The Burning Bush,” Engstrom Galleria, Taylor University, Indiana "Quince,” Narthex and Stairwell Gallery, St. Peter's Church, New York
"New York Works,” Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Massachusetts
2000 "Altarpeice,” St. James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, New York
"St. John Project,” Dillion Gallery, New York
"Makoto Fujimura Retrospective II,” Sen Gallery, Tokyo
"Millennium Exhibition,” Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York
1999 "Makoto Fujimura Retrospective I,” Sen Gallery, Tokyo
1998 "Hours,” Dillon Gallery, New York
Last "Hisho" Exhibit, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
"Makoto Fujimura,” Gallery You, Kyoto
"Makoto Fujimura (traveling exhibition),” Kawarahara Gallery, Kyoto
1997 "Images of Grace,” Dillon Gallery, New York
"Makoto Fujimura,” Gallery You, Kyoto
1996 "New York Works,” Dillon Gallery, New York
1994 "New Works from New York,” Takashimaya Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo
1993 "Unconditional Love,” Yamagawa Art, Aoyama
1992 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1991 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1990 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1989 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1988 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1987 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1996 "Topos, Ethos,” IBM Gallery, Kawasaki
Selected Group Exhibition
2003 The WRONG Exhibit, Birmingham, U.K.
2002 "The Return of Beauty," Kristen Frederickson Gallery, New York
"WATERwalks" Ise Cultural Foundation, New York
2001 TriBeCa Temporary Exhibits, New York
"Art as Prayer,” Cooper Union Gallery, New York
1999 "Nihonga,” Dillon Gallery, New York
Fifth Annual Invitational, Dillon Gallery, New York
1998 "Summer Group Exhibition,” Dillon Gallery, New York
1997 "Black or White,” Dillon Gallery, New York
"Neo-Rimpa,” Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka (including Robert Kushner,
Hiroshi Senju and Betty Woodward)
1996 "Past-Past,” Dillon Gallery, New York
"Drawings,” Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
"VOCA Invitational,” The Ueno Royal Museum of Art, Tokyo
1995 "Follow the Sublime,” Dillon Gallery, New York
Yamatane Invitational, Tokyo
"Hiro Yokose and Makoto Fujimura,” Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1994 "People, Places and Things of God,” American Bible Society, New York
"10 x 10,” Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York
"VOCA Invitational,” The Ueno Royal Museum of Art, Tokyo
"The New Nihonga,” Koriyama City Museum, Koriyama
1993 "Beyond the Nihonga- An Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Painting,” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
"Wall to Wall,” Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York
1992 "Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
1991 "The 27th 'Artists Today' Exhibition- The Present as History,” Yokohama
"Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
1990 "Sacred Arts,” Billy Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
"Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
1989 "Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
Collections
en-do Museum, Yamagata, Japan.
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, Japan
Contemporary Museum of Tokyo, Japan
Nerima Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Oxford House, Taikoo Place, Hong Kong, HK
Sato Museum, Tokyo Japan
St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri
Tamaya Corporation, Japan
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
Yamaguchi Prefecture Museum, Japan
Selected Bibliography
Christine Cavallomagno, “Sublime Mystery,” NY Arts Magazine, Vol 11 ½, 2006.
Mindy Belz, “Art Aflame,” World Magazine, Dec. 17, 2005.
Terry Teachout, “About Last Night: The TT-ogic Top Five,” ArtsJounal.com, Oct. 8, 2005.
"Off the Walls,"Worldwide Challenge Magazine, 2001.
"That Final Dance-Essay on Form and Content,” It Was Good-Making Art to the Glory of God, Square Halo Books, 2000.
"St. John's Project,” Dillon Gallery Press, 2000.
"Hours,” Dillon Gallery Press, 1998.
"On the Cover,” International Art Now Gallery Guide, November, 1998.
Margaret Moorman, "New York Reviews,” Art News, November, 1998.
"Image of Grace,” Dillon Gallery Press, 1997.
"New York Works,” Dillon Gallery Press, 1996.
Jim Heintz, "Japanese Painters Look to the Past,” Associated Press, May, 1995.
George Melrod, "Openings: Future History,” Art and Antiques, May, 1995.
Gerard Haggerty, "Reviews,” ArtNews, November, 1995.
Robert Kushner, "Reviews,” Art in America, December, 1995.
2006 "Makoto Fujimura: Water Flames and Zero Summer," Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington DC 2004 "Flowers in Contemporary Nihonga,” Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
2003 Considering Peace, Sato Museum, Tokyo, Japan Contemporary Nihonga Artists - the Pioneers, Okazaki Museum, Japan, NICAF Artfair, Tokyo, Japan
2001 "Like a Prayer,” Tryon Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
2000 "One Hundred Years of Nihonga,” Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Museum, Tokyo
1999 Tokyo Station Invitational, Tokyo
1998 10th Anniversary of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Matsuzakaya Museum, Tokyo
Contemporary Nihonga Exhibit, Contemporary Museum of Tokyo, Tokyo
Collections Exhibit, Nerima Museum, Tokyo
"Nature in Art,” Sato Museum, Tokyo
Mitsukoshi Museum Invitational, Tokyo
1997 "A City of God: Makoto Fujimura Retrospective,” Sato Museum, Tokyo
"Contemporary Nihonga,” Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
1996 "Saturnine/ Mercurial: The Many Moods of Watercolor,” Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
"Fragments of a Journey,” Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Mitsukoshi International Exhibition, Tokyo
"VOCA Invitational,” The Ueno Royal Museum of Art, Tokyo
1995 "Contemporary Nihonga,” Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama
1994 O Museum, Tokyo
"Beyond the Nihonga- An Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Painting,” Tokyo
Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1985 "New Voices: Contemporary Japanese Paintings,” North Dakota Museum of Art, Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University,
Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorehead University and Southwest State University Gallery, a traveling exhibition.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 “Water Flames,” Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2004 The Splendor of the Medium, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary, New York
The Still Point, Takashimaya Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
2003 The Still Point, Takashimaya Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
Golden Pines, Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York
Four Quartets, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary, New York
2002 "Columbines" Gallery at Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
"Gravity and Grace" Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, NM
"Makoto Fujimura" (with sound installation by Mamoru) Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka
2001 "Makoto Fujimura,” Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York
"Makoto Fujimura,” Daidan Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
"The Burning Bush,” Engstrom Galleria, Taylor University, Indiana "Quince,” Narthex and Stairwell Gallery, St. Peter's Church, New York
"New York Works,” Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Massachusetts
2000 "Altarpeice,” St. James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, New York
"St. John Project,” Dillion Gallery, New York
"Makoto Fujimura Retrospective II,” Sen Gallery, Tokyo
"Millennium Exhibition,” Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York
1999 "Makoto Fujimura Retrospective I,” Sen Gallery, Tokyo
1998 "Hours,” Dillon Gallery, New York
Last "Hisho" Exhibit, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
"Makoto Fujimura,” Gallery You, Kyoto
"Makoto Fujimura (traveling exhibition),” Kawarahara Gallery, Kyoto
1997 "Images of Grace,” Dillon Gallery, New York
"Makoto Fujimura,” Gallery You, Kyoto
1996 "New York Works,” Dillon Gallery, New York
1994 "New Works from New York,” Takashimaya Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo
1993 "Unconditional Love,” Yamagawa Art, Aoyama
1992 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1991 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1990 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1989 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1988 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1987 Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1996 "Topos, Ethos,” IBM Gallery, Kawasaki
Selected Group Exhibition
2003 The WRONG Exhibit, Birmingham, U.K.
2002 "The Return of Beauty," Kristen Frederickson Gallery, New York
"WATERwalks" Ise Cultural Foundation, New York
2001 TriBeCa Temporary Exhibits, New York
"Art as Prayer,” Cooper Union Gallery, New York
1999 "Nihonga,” Dillon Gallery, New York
Fifth Annual Invitational, Dillon Gallery, New York
1998 "Summer Group Exhibition,” Dillon Gallery, New York
1997 "Black or White,” Dillon Gallery, New York
"Neo-Rimpa,” Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka (including Robert Kushner,
Hiroshi Senju and Betty Woodward)
1996 "Past-Past,” Dillon Gallery, New York
"Drawings,” Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
"VOCA Invitational,” The Ueno Royal Museum of Art, Tokyo
1995 "Follow the Sublime,” Dillon Gallery, New York
Yamatane Invitational, Tokyo
"Hiro Yokose and Makoto Fujimura,” Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1994 "People, Places and Things of God,” American Bible Society, New York
"10 x 10,” Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York
"VOCA Invitational,” The Ueno Royal Museum of Art, Tokyo
"The New Nihonga,” Koriyama City Museum, Koriyama
1993 "Beyond the Nihonga- An Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Painting,” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
"Wall to Wall,” Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York
1992 "Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
1991 "The 27th 'Artists Today' Exhibition- The Present as History,” Yokohama
"Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
1990 "Sacred Arts,” Billy Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
"Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
1989 "Hisho,” Tamaya Gallery, Ginza
Collections
en-do Museum, Yamagata, Japan.
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, Japan
Contemporary Museum of Tokyo, Japan
Nerima Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Oxford House, Taikoo Place, Hong Kong, HK
Sato Museum, Tokyo Japan
St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri
Tamaya Corporation, Japan
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
Yamaguchi Prefecture Museum, Japan
Selected Bibliography
Christine Cavallomagno, “Sublime Mystery,” NY Arts Magazine, Vol 11 ½, 2006.
Mindy Belz, “Art Aflame,” World Magazine, Dec. 17, 2005.
Terry Teachout, “About Last Night: The TT-ogic Top Five,” ArtsJounal.com, Oct. 8, 2005.
"Off the Walls,"Worldwide Challenge Magazine, 2001.
"That Final Dance-Essay on Form and Content,” It Was Good-Making Art to the Glory of God, Square Halo Books, 2000.
"St. John's Project,” Dillon Gallery Press, 2000.
"Hours,” Dillon Gallery Press, 1998.
"On the Cover,” International Art Now Gallery Guide, November, 1998.
Margaret Moorman, "New York Reviews,” Art News, November, 1998.
"Image of Grace,” Dillon Gallery Press, 1997.
"New York Works,” Dillon Gallery Press, 1996.
Jim Heintz, "Japanese Painters Look to the Past,” Associated Press, May, 1995.
George Melrod, "Openings: Future History,” Art and Antiques, May, 1995.
Gerard Haggerty, "Reviews,” ArtNews, November, 1995.
Robert Kushner, "Reviews,” Art in America, December, 1995.