FUMIKO NAGAI (b. 1970)

 

Fumiko is a studio potter who makes functional ware such as dishes, cups, bowls, and vases by throwing clay on a Japanese-style-non-electric kick wheel. She first trained as an apprentice to Takashi Nakazato who comes from an unbroken line of family potters dating back to the late 1300s. From 2011 till 2014, she worked as his assistant. They have traveled to many locations in over ten countries to participate in workshops and demonstrations, and to make their own ceramic pieces.

Fumiko graduated with a degree in liberal arts from International Christian University in Tokyo.

 

 

■Solo exhibitions

 

 2020 Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C., Art Gallery, Tokyo

 2019 Takashimaya Yokohama Store, Art & Craft salon, Yokohama

 2017 The Sogo Tokushima, Art Gallery, Tokushima

 2017 Kissa Collabo, Takashima, Shiga

 2016 Cafe Kitamine-machi, Ota, Tokyo

 2016 Waranaya Café, Ohmura, Nagasaki

 2015 The booth., Snowmass Village CO

 2014 Waranaya Café, Ohmura, Nagasaki

 2013 Shirakawa Gallery, Tokushima, Tokushima

 2013 Taoka Hospital Gallery, Tokushima, Tokushima

 2013 Waranaya Café, Ohmura, Nagasaki

 2010 Hopi, Shibuya, Tokyo

 

■Group exhibitions

 

 2018 The Sogo Tokushima, Royal Salon

               w/ Mitsue Sasabe, Asako Kanamura 

 2018 Takashimaya Shinjuku Store, Art Gallery

               w/ Takashi Nakazato and 3 friends

 2017 Takashimaya Shinjuku Store, Art Gallery w/ about 60 artists

 2017 Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, Colorado w/ Frank McGuirk

 2016 Takamatsu Mitsukoshi, Takamatsu, Kagawa

               w/ Takashi Nakazato and Tetsuya Takahashi

 2016 Kerako, Tallin, Estonia

 2005-2011 Nippon Togei Club Annual Charity Exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi,Chuo, Tokyo

 

■Juried exhibition

 

 2005 Kamakura Art Exhibition, Kamakura Performing Arts Center, Kamakura, Kanagawa

 

■Artist in Residencies / Visiting Artist

 

 2011-2019 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO

 2012-2014 The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Shiga

 2016          Mudtools, Bat cave NC

 2017          Tainan National University of The Arts, Taiwan

 2018          The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China

 2016, 2018 Utah State University, Logan UT

 2019          Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena MT