Ikuyo Fujita
{{Short description|Japanese artist}}
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{{nihongo|Ikuyo Fujita|藤田育代|Fujita Ikuyo}} is a Japanese artist who works primarily in needle felt painting and mogol (pipe cleaner) art. She is known for rabbit and cat art. Her kawaii style needle felt paintings are popular among rabbit lovers in Japan.{{Cite book|title=Fujita Ikuyo Interview|last=Living with House Rabbits Magazine / うさぎと暮らす No. 42|publisher=Magazine Land Publishing|date=October 2011|location=Japan|pages=78–81}}
Life and career
Fujita was born in Tokyo, Japan. She started needle felt painting in 2004. Her early works were portraits of her pet, a Netherland Dwarf Rabbit named Chibi-chan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikuyofujita.com/gallery.html|title=ikuyo fujita|website=www.ikuyofujita.com|access-date=2018-01-08}} Chibi-chan died in 2010 but Fujita continued to paint representations of her Netherland Dwarf.
Fujita's is a largely self-taught artist although her mother, an avid amateur handicrafts maker, showed her basics of the craftings. As a child, Fujita played with her mother's art materials and later began creating her own works as she grew older.{{Cite news|title=NHK Tokyo "Kon-nichiwa Itto-rokken" (NHK東京, こんにちは いっと6けん) Jan. 12, 2011|work=NHK Archives Library, Kawaguchi, Saitams-ken, Japan}}
File:ともだちになりたいな_be_may_friend_(2007).jpg
In 2010, she published her artworks online.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikuyofujita.com/gallery.html|title=ikuyo fujita|website=www.ikuyofujita.com|access-date=2018-06-06}} She had a solo exhibition in New York.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/078F|title=NY ArtBeat event archive}}
In 2012, Active Corporation in Japan published her rabbit art calendar and postcard, the calendar and the postcard were sold in major department stores in Japan.{{Cite journal|last=Active Corporation, 2013 Calendar catalog|date=May 2012|title=Ikuyo Fujita calendar|journal=Active Corporation Co., LTD.|pages=8}}{{Cite journal|last=Active Corporation, 2012 Everyday catalog|date=June 2012|title=Felt art rabbit postcard|journal=Active Corporation Co., LTD.|volume= 30|pages=2}} In the same year, her art instruction book was published by Magazine Land publishing in Japan. She started teaching art workshops in Japan Handicraft Association and Mitsukoshi cultural center.{{Cite web|url=http://shugei.or.jp/kyoshitsu/felt_9.html|title=Art Workshop Listings|last=Ikuyo Fujita - Needle Felt Paintings Workshop 藤田育代 羊毛フェルト画「うさぎのバレリーナ」|date=October 2013|website=Japan Handicraft Association /（社）日本手芸協会}}{{Cite web|url=http://shugei.or.jp/kyoshitsu/felt_7.html|title=Art Workshop Listings|last=Ikuyo Fujita - Needle Felt Painting Workshop 藤田育代 羊毛フェルト画「草原の茶色いうさぎ」|date=September 2014|website=Japan Handicraft Association /（社）日本手芸協会}}
In 2014, her art instruction book was translated and published in Taiwan, Hongkong, and Macau.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heliopolis.com.tw/ez/category/山岳文化/玩樂生活|title=Heliopolis culture group / 日月文化出版股份有限公司}} Her artwork, lucky clover, was awarded new artist of the year at Kokusai Shiyoga Taisiyouten (Tokyo International Painting and Calligraphy Grand Prix Exhibition) in Japan.{{Cite book|title=9th annual international art awards artworks catalog (第九回・国際書画大賞展作品集)|year=2014|location=Japan International Art Institution (NPO法人日本國際藝術研究院 )|pages=17, 91}}
In 2017, Active Corporation published her cat art postcards.{{Cite journal|last=Active Corporation, 2017 Everyday catalog|date=December 2016|title=Felt Art Cat postcard|journal=Active Corporation Co., LTD.|volume= 55|pages=1}}
She is currently living in Tokyo.
She is also an art instructor and author of an art instruction book. Her book is available in Chinese.
Exhibitions
= Selected solo exhibitions =
- 2013 Ikuyo Fujita's ~ A Rabbit's Needleworks II~ (藤田育代展 ～うさぎの針仕事II～) at Musashino Gallery in Koganei, Tokyo Japan
- 2012 Cute and puffy rabbits art exhibition (ふわっとかわいい うさぎ展) at AMULET in Oshiage, Tokyo, Japan.
- 2010 Love Cats and Rabbits at Ouchi Gallery in Brooklyn, New York USA
- 2009 Ikuyo Fujita's ~A Rabbit's Needleworks~ (藤田育代展 ～うさぎの針仕事) at AMULET in Kanda, Tokyo Japan
- 2019 12-artworks from Fujita's picture book, 'Yasashi-Mori' (やさしい森 - Kind Neighbors in a Forest) at Le Tiroir Galerie et Studio, Tokyo Japan
- 2023 Solo Exhibition - Artworks from Fujita's picture book, 'Yasashi-Mori' -Kind Neighbors in a Forest- Oyasumi Books Store, Saitama, Japan
- 2023 BUNNY'S TOY FACTORY THE STORE POP UP in Hyacinth - Hyacinth Antique Shop, Saitama, Japan
= Selected group exhibitions =
- 2024 IAG AWARDS 2024 - Gallery Michikusa Prize & Audience Award (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre: 5th Floor Gallery, Tokyo)
- 2017 UMEDA ZOO at Osaka Hankyu Umeda, Osaka Japan
- 2015 Novelties of Artist at Shibuya SEIBU 100IDEES, Tokyo Japan
- 2014 Tokyo International Painting and Calligraphy, Grand Prix Exhibition at TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM, Tokyo Japan
- 2014 Artexpo New York 2014, New York USA
- 2013 CONTEMPORARY ART BELEM 2013 at Lisbon Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon Portugal
- 2013 NEKO RANMAN EXHIBITION at MeguroGAJYOEN, Tokyo Japan
- 2013 Fountain Art Fair at the Armory, New York USA
- 2013 The Unit State of International Artists, at Olga Santos Gallery, Porto Portogal
- 2012 Ren-ais-sance at Strange Loop Gallery, New York USA
- 2012 Fountain Art Fair at the Armory, New York USA
- 2011 Art Now Fair Miami, Florida USA
- 2011 Montreux Art Gallery, Montreux Switzerland
Publications
- How to Make Cute and Puffy Rabbit Needle Felt Arts / Magazine Land publishing (ふわっとかわいい羊毛フェルトのうさぎ刺しゅう&雑貨 -マガジンランド) 2012 {{ISBN|4905054648}}
- Make Easy Wool Felt Art ~18 Japanese Rabbits / Shānyuè wénhuà publication, Taiwan (羊毛氈easy戳！18款日式質感兔子刺繍&雜貨 - 山岳文化) 2014 {{ISBN|978-986-248-386-2}}
- How to make rabbits with color mogol (カラーモールで作るキュートラビット) / Life with Rabbits Magazine (うさぎと暮らす Usagi to kurasu）No. 68 / Magazine Land publishing P38~39 May 2018 ASIN: B07CF6WDYS
- Bonus postcards (strawberry jam I, strawberry jam II) / Life with Rabbit Magazine (うさぎと暮らす Usagi to kurasu）No. 66 / Magazine Land publishing November 2017 ASIN: B000YESVI0
- Bonus postcards (winter vacation) / Life with Rabbit Magazine (うさぎと暮らす Usagi to kurasu）No. 58 / Magazine Land publishing November 2015 ASIN: B005D24TO8
- Featured artist (artworks: "fleecy clouds", "needlework of the rabbit", "marshmallow babies") / Time of Rabbits Magazine (うさぎの時間) No. 15 / Seibundou Sin-cousya publishing (誠文堂新光社刊) P15 April 2015 {{ISBN|978-4-416-61567-6}}
- Ikuyo Fujita Interview / Life with Rabbit Magazine (うさぎと暮らす Usagi to kurasu）No. 42/ Magazine Land publishing November 2011 ASIN: B0062O0LOI
- Handicraft techniques / Cute Handicrafts 100 (かわいい手づくり雑貨 100のつくり方) Futami Publishing (二見書房) November 2011 P58,60 {{ISBN|978-4-576-10172-9}}
- Featured artist (artworks: "nap", "first impression", "grooming") / Moe Magazine (MOE) Hakusen Publishing (白泉社) January 2009 P62
- Featured artist (artworks: "relaxing", "nighty nighty" tapestry, "my little flower garden", "the garden with an arch", "I'm not angry", "be my friend", "the profile of the thinking rabbit") / Cute Handicrafts 1000 (かわいい手づくり雑貨 1000の手芸) Futami publishing (二見書房) October 2008 P134,135 {{ISBN|978-4-576-08168-7}}
- Handicraft techniques / Kuri Kuri's Basic Handicrafting (別冊くりくり 手づくりのきほん) Futami publishing (二見書房) 2006 July P59～66 {{ISBN|4-576-06055-4}}
- Featured artist (artworks: "the profile of the thinking rabbit", "welcome to my garden", "nighty nighty", "relaxing") / Kuri Kuri Magazine (くりくり No. 3) Toui publication (糖衣社) No. 3 October 2004 P3～5 {{ISBN|4-576-04213-0}}
Media appearance
- Kon-nichiwa Itto-rokken (Hello Kanto in Japanese) 「こんにちは いっと6けん」, 2011 NHK Tokyo, Japan
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.ikuyofujita.coｍ/}}
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