ABOUT | Fumiyo Maeda

前田史代　Fumiyo Maeda

1986

Graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design, Faculty of Design
Joined the department of design at Hanae Mori Corporation
Worked for 16 years as a designer

1992

Joined the Ohara School of Ikebana
Qualified as the First Degree Master Instructor of Ohara School of Ikebana

2001

Started studying Japanese painting
Studied with a Japanese painter Yoshiaki Uragami from the Nihon Bijutsuin

2002

Awards and exhibitions:

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Tokyo worker’s exhibition	Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Award
Tokyo worker’s exhibition	Chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Award
Tokyo worker’s exhibition	Incentive Award
The Ueno Royal Museum Exhibition of Japanese nature	Award for excellence
National Kimono Design Competition	Beautiful Kimono Award
National Kimono Design Competition	Chairman of Japan Silk Association Award
National Kimono Design Competition	Gold prize
And more.

Held a group exhibition at the Palace of the Electorate of Trier (Germany)

2013

Solo Exhibition on Japanese paintings at Gallery Okabe (Ginza, Tokyo)

2014

Solo Exhibition on Japanese paintings at Gallery Okabe (Ginza, Tokyo)

2015

Solo Exhibition on Japanese paintings at Gallery Okabe (Ginza, Tokyo)

2016

Started studying sometsuke (Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue) with a ceramist Tetsuya Ueda from Japan Kogei Association

2017

Solo Exhibition on Japanese paintings and sometsuke at Gallery Okabe (Ginza, Tokyo)

※Worked on various interior artworks and design of restaurants

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Concept

Flowers and trees have been very precious to me since I was little. I learned about plants in detail as I played with flowers in the paradise that my mother created in the garden, and as I further studied ikebana. I draw the energy of life that transmigrates from a bud to a blossom, and eventually into the ground.