1945 born in Osaka 1968 B.F.A., Kyoto City University of Arts
Selection of the Exhibitions: 2013
2013 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Main Exhibition 2, Function and Expression in Dyeing and Weaving: Japan and Poland, Cheongju Cultural Industry Complex, Cheongju. 2012
The 18th MOA OKADA Mokichi Award, MOA Museum of Art, Atami. 2011
Sugimoto Bunraku: Sonezaki Shinju, Special display, Kanagawa Arts Theatre Hall, Yokohama. 2010
Indigo is the Color of My Dream, Garden Pavillion gallery, Portland Japanese Garden, Portland. 2009
FUKUMOTO Shihoko, Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo.
2008
BLUE, Textile Museum, Washington. 2007
Indigo: A Blue To Dye For, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. 2006
Japanese Crafts, Galrie Besson, London.
2005
Expressies in Indigo,textilekunst van FUKUMOTO Shihoko, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Rotterdam.
2005, '01, '98, '95
Solo Exhibition, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe.
2004
2004 From Lausanne to Beijing – 3rd International Fiber Art Biennale (Shanghai), Shanghai Library Conference and Exhibition Center, Shanghai. 〈Gold Prize〉 2003
2003 SHIBORI Fabric Transformed, KUNSTBANKEN: Hedmark Kunstsenter, Hamar.
2002
Muromachi Museum of Art, Kyoto
2001 Crafts in Kyoto 1945-2000, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. 1999 Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka 1997
〈Takashimaya Art prize〉
1996 The Tatsuno Museum of Art, Tatsuno 1994 Contemporary Textile Design-Dyeing, The National Museum 1993 SHIHOKO FUKUMOTO shades of indigo blue, The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, Tokyo, Kyoto.of Art, Osaka. 1990 SHIHOKO FUKUMOTO Exhibition, Rosska Arts and Crafts Museum, Gothenberg.
Contemporary KOGEI Styles in Japan, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach.
19th Seiryuten Somé Exhibition, Musée de Somé Seiryu, Kyoto. [’09, ’07, ’05-’92]
〈The 25th Kyoto Fine Arts Cultural Award.〉
SOFA New York 2012, 〈LongHouse Award〉, Park Avenue Armory, New York.
The Elegance of Memory: Craft Arts in Modern Japan, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze.
FUKUMOTO Shihoko: YU-SOKU, Sembikiya Gallery, Tokyo.
Beyond a thread - Hands working the fabric of life, Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukuoka.
ARTS MACHIYA Exhibition ’12, Sujiyacho Machiya, Kyoto.
FUKUMOTO Shihoko, GINZA MOTOJI, Tokyo. [’08, ’06]
GENDAI no SOME, Tamba City Ueno Memorial Art Museum, Tamba.
MINIATURE TEXTILES FROM JAPAN AND THE UK, Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London.
FUKUMOTO Shihoko Exhibition, Musée de Somé Seiryu, Kyoto.
COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, london, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. 〈Art Fund Collect Award〉
KEN MIHARA & SHIHOKO FUKUMOTO, Galerie Besson, London.
The History of Modern Dyeing, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Tsukuba.
About the Tea Ceremony - A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
COLLECT, Victoria & Albert Museum, London. (’07, ’06)
The Craft Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition 2, The Power of Craft; Outlook for the 21st Century, The National Museum of Modem Art, Tokyo.
From Materials & Artistry to Forms, Tsukuba Museum of Art, Tsukuba.
FUKUMOTO Shihoko—Tearoom of Firmament—, Hagi Uragami Museum, Hagi.
Contemporary Textile, Weaving and Dyeing: Ways of Formative Thinking, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Public Collections:
The National Museum of Art, Osaka.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
Takashimaya Historical Museum, Osaka.
Museum of Arts & Design, New York.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Portland Arts Museum, Portland.
Rosska Arts and Crafts Museum, Gothenberg.
Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, etc.