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Tetsuo Fujimoto, who trained and worked initially as a weaver, describes his work as ‘machine drawings’ which are created by densely layering stitch mark on top of stitch mark, covering the base cloth and building up an extraordinary surface which ultimately becomes three dimensional. It is important that the work does not lie flat against the wall; the shadow created by the fold is of paramount importance. Fujimoto talks about his work as encompassing the macro and the micro. From a distance the work appears as a dynamic surface, from two metres we experience it as an engulfing space and from 15cm we see the intense layering of thread and stitch.
Studied
- 1997 Kyoto City University of Arts (BA)
- 1979 Kyoto City University of Art (Postgraduate)
Current teaching status
- Professor of Art & Design
University Awards
- 1980 Akane Prize, 32nd Kyoten
- Acquisition Prize, 4th Kyoto Exhibition of Crafts
- 1984 Mayor’s Prize,36th Kyoten
- 1986 Akane Prize, 38th Kyoten
- 1990 K.B.S. Kyoto Prize, 42nd Kyoten
- 1992 Fulbright Artist/Scholar in Residence
- 92-93 1994 Special Superior Prize, Kyoto Art Crafts Biennale
- 1999 Grand Prix, 6th International Textile Competition
- Kyoten Prize
Recent Exhibitions include:
Solo
- 1996 Gallery Gallery, Kyoto
- 1997 Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
- Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto
- SPACE, Tokyo
- 1999 Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
- galerie 16, Kyoto
Group
- 1995, 96, 97, 98, 99 Fiber As Art, Gallery SPACE 21 Tokyo
- 1999 ITF International Textile Competition, Kyoto
- 1996 Kyoto Art Craft Biennale, the Museum of Kyoto
- 1997 The Contemporary Stitch: Japan Style, Montclair University, Ill. & touring USA
- 1998 8th Seiryuten Dye works exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
- Meguro Museum of Art Tokyo
- ‘Folding’ Japanese Miniatures Canberra Museum Australia
- ‘Imaginations ‘98’ Gastuiskapel, Poperingse, Belgium
- 1999 The Contemporary View; Cloth & Clay, Moriyama Civic Hall
- Kyoto Textile Exhibition, Nakotomi Contemporary Craft Museum
- 2000 10th Seiryuten Dye works exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art/Meguro Museum of Art Tokyo
- Also 1987, 92 Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Public Collections
- Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Kyoto Prefectural Sogo Shiryokan, Japan, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland, The Museum of Kyoto, Japan, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, Otso City, Shiga, Wakayama Prefectural Medical College, Wakayama, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan Silk Village, Gunma
Commissions
- Canon Seminar House, Kanagawa, Japan
- Pentel New Office, Tokyo, Japan
- Osaka NCB Hotel, Japan
- Ichinomiya Village, Kumamoto, Japan
- Kyoto Garden Palace, Japan
- Seiryukai (Daimatsu Inc.) Kyoto, Japan
Category of work
- Wall hung embroideries
Materials Used
- Hemp cloth, polyester thread, Pellon backing cloth, natural plant dyes
