フカミエリ|Eri Fukami

Profile
Born in Osaka.
Currently enrolled in Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Department, Oil Painting Program (2024)
Major Exhibition History
【Solo Exhibitions】
2023
“Farce of Fifths” Ginza Tsutaya Books, Tokyo
2022
“fictional reality.” biscuit gallery, Tokyo
“You know who I am” MEDEL GALLERY SHU, Tokyo
【Group Exhibitions】
2024
-“grid3” biscuit gallery, Tokyo
-“ART ARTKOBE-Art Sticker SELECTION-” Daimaru Kobe Store 9th Floor, Hyogo
-“Curator × Contemporary Art” ASTER Curator Museum, Ishikawa2023
-“Hello, there” Arts Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo
-“Calendula” GALLERY ROOM A
-“CHAINGTING GALLERY PRIZE 2023” Chohtei Gallery, Tokyo
-“SHIBUYA STYLE vol.17” Seibu Shibuya B Building 8th Floor Art Gallery, Tokyo
2022
-“Eri Fukami Special Exhibition” Gallery A8T, Sendai
-biscuit gallery first anniversary exhibition “grid” biscuit gallery, Tokyo
-“You know who I am” MEDEL GALLERY SHU, Tokyo
-“fictional reality.” biscuit gallery, Tokyo
-“One FACE 2022” Lloyd Works Gallery, Tokyo
-“CHAINGTING GALLERY PRIZE 2022” Chohtei Gallery, Tokyo
-“Blue Period Exhibition ~Is Art Talent?~” Terada Warehouse G1 Building, Tokyo
-“Post Image” ASTER gallery, Ishikawa
-“2D School Exhibition” Daikanyama Hills Forum, Tokyo
-“SHIBUYA STYLE vol.16” Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery Alternative Space, Tokyo
-“Chohtei GALLERY Exhibition 2022” Chohtei GALLERY, Tokyo
2021
-“Ambiguous Undulation” Meets Gallery, Tokyo
-“YOUNG ARTISTS SHOW 2021” Gallery A8T, Sendai
2018
-“Tribe” Shinjuku Eye Clinic Gallery, Tokyo
2017
-“Like Fossilized Saliva from 1000 Years Ago” “meee” Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo
-“Understandable/Incomprehensible Painting” Shinjuku Eye Clinic Gallery, Tokyo
-“I Don’t Want to Paint” The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo
2016
“xxxx you!” Shinjuku Eye Clinic Gallery, Tokyo
Awards
2024
Tokyo University of the Arts Oil Painting Graduation Work In-School Screening Exhibition – Toride City Mayor’s Prize
Arts Maebashi Museum – Artwork Acquisition
2023
“anonymous collection” – Grand Prize
2022
“Chohtei GALLERY Exhibition 2022” – Popularity Prize
2021
“Chohtei GALLERY Exhibition 2021” – Encouragement Prize
“WATOWA ART AWARD” – Shigeru Aoi Prize and Ieiri Prize
“Shell Art Award 2021” – Finalist
“Miss iD 2021” (um!chi-ya) – Art Prize
2020
“FACE 2021” – Selected
2019
“Art Olympia 2019”
2016
“Tokyo Wonder Wall” – Selected
Concept
I create works with the theme of “the place of the heart” in relation to myself and the world.
What creates human consciousness? In certain moments, we feel déjà vu. We see scenes repeated in dreams. We encounter “something” and are moved. Without conscious awareness, the heart, emotions, and memories teach us more accurately about “the place of the world” than we do ourselves.
Overviews
Eri Fukami explores and practices painting, and painting that is possible for herself as a person living in contemporary times, taking into account not only the genealogy of art but also her own era, society, and culture.
Many of her works feature figures with simple faces that evoke a sense of naive art, and the artist states that they depict personal worlds such as events in her daily life, relationships with family and others, romance, and dreams she has seen.
Fukami’s approach of capturing ambiguous and subtle inner movements that we encounter in daily life, such as doubts and insights, and presenting them as painting infused with a sense of fantasy, may evoke expressionist painters such as Kirchner and Munch.
However, rather than positioning herself on the side that tells the genealogy of art, she takes the stance of a person living in daily life, much like Hellenistic literature that sings praises to romance and the laws of nature, and makes it her motto to present the reality that exists there as painting.
This is precisely why Fukami’s works resonate with contemporary sensibilities and have the power to become an opportunity for us to observe daily life anew.
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