FUJI Hiroshi

Teaching Staff (Arts & Roots)

Title	Professor
Research Fields	Art projects / Regional planning / Spatial composition
Education	1985 Master’s (Fine Arts), Kyoto City University of Arts 1983 Bachelor’s (Craft [Textiles]), Kyoto City University of Arts
Selected Professional Experience	2021-Present Director, Akita City Cultural Creation Centre 2018-Present Chairman, NPO Corporation ‘Arts Center Akita’ 2017-Present President, Fuji Studio Co., Ltd., Fukuoka 2017-2019 Vice President, Akita University of Art 2014-Present Professor, Akita University of Art 2014-2016 Director, Towada Art Center, Aomori 2006-Present Vice Chairman, Plus Arts NPO, Kobe / Tokyo
Recent Activities	<Artwork submissions> 2021 Messenger. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Yokohama Center, Kanagawa kaekko Expo. Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021. 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo Jura-ki kara uketsugareru [Inherited from the Jurassic]. The Museum of Kyoto Annex Umikaeru no hiraki [The opening of ‘Umikaeru’]. Itoshima Arts Farm 2021: Human Scale. Umikaeru and Umi Terrace, Itoshima, Fukuoka Nuigurumi-zu no chanoma [Stuffed animal living room]. Kakegawa Chaennale. Takenomaru, Kakegawa, Shizuoka Charenji rabo [Challenge lab]. Chikugo Art Farm Project 2021 Art Works in Progress. Kyushu Geibunkan, Fukuoka 2020-2021 Chuta Report. Arts & Routes: A Journey to Trace the Boundaries. Akita Museum of Modern Art; Omachi Classic, Akita 2018 Nuigurumax. Hajimari Art Center, Fukushima Jurassic Plastic. Sydney Festival. Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, Australia 2014 Pori puranetto kanpani [Poly planet company]. Kenpoku Art. Ibaraki   <Solo exhibitions> 2015 Kirishima cho-geijutsu gakko: Ashita kaeru tsumori [Kirishima Super Art School: I’m Going Home Tomorrow]. Kirishima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima 2014 Toizaurusu no hikyo [The Hidden World of ToysSaurus]. Hara Museum ARC, Gunma   <Art projects> 2017 Wakeari Zatsugami-bu [Imperfect Paper Trash]. Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai City Environment Bureau, Miyagi Ogunibijuku: Konna kaishaku ari nanda! [Ogunibijuku: You Can Look at It This Way Too!]. Sakamoto Zenzo Museum of Art, Kumamoto   <Other> 2021 ‘Project commons’ (research project), Cultivating Successive Wisdoms. Akita City Cultural Creation Center 2020-2021 Disukabaryu: Ryu o saguru [Discove’ryu’: Search for dragons] (art project and workshop). 35th National Cultural Festival: Miyazaki 2020. Miyakonojo City Museum of Art; Miyakonojo City Library, Miyazaki 2019 Contributor, Shosetsu: Shima Takeshi [The Novel ‘Shima Takeshi’]. Towada Art Center, Aomori 2017 Stage design, Kisetsu no nai machi [A City Without Seasons]. Unno Yamada Dance Company, Osaka / Tokyo / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2016-2017 Supervisor, Ezuko Hall 20th anniversary project, Ezuko Seijin Expo. Miyagi 2013 Choyaku: Bijutsu no gakko [Super Liberal Art School] (special exhibition). Towada Art Center, Aomori
Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Seminar (Arts & Roots) Sculpture Introduction to Arts and Roots Arts and Roots Seminar Art Project Project Planning and Presentation Graduation Project　(Arts & Roots) (Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts) Transdisciplinary Arts Theory Applied Transdisciplinary Arts Theory A Transdisciplinary Arts Seminar Transdisciplinary Arts Practicum A Guided Research I, II (Master’s Program) Transdisciplinary Arts Research: Expression I, II Guided Research I, II, III (Doctoral Program)

 

Example Works
Sayonara kaeru-tachi [So long frogs!]	Sentoki o hiku yase-inu [Skinny dogs]	Happy Paradies? (2016)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: FUJI Hiroshi (Japanese page)