- 2006
- Fumiko Kametaka Award: Sekisyousya Prize, Hyogo, Japan
- 1996
- Hyogo Art Encouragement Prize, Hyogo, Japan
- 1992
- Art & Culture Award, Kobe, Japan
- 1988
- The 8th Imadate Contemporary Paper Art Award, Echizen, Japan
- 1984
- The 13th Blue Mail Award, Kobe, Japan
SHIHO FUJIWARA
SHIHO FUJIWARA
Shiho Fujiwara was born in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo, Japan, and developed a deep fascination with sumi ink painting (sumi-e) from an early age. Driven by this passion, she enrolled in a specialized school to master the fundamentals of sumi-e.
Consequently, her early creative efforts focused on portraying motifs of trees and forests. However, her artistic direction underwent a decisive shift after her solitary journeys to Amami Island in Kagoshima and the Konsen Plateau in Hokkaido in the 1970s. The awe-inspiring scenery—such as massive tree roots and the ominous sight of dark clouds on the horizon—left a deep impression on her and gradually shifted her expressive language toward abstract expressionism using sumi ink and washi paper. These unforgettable experiences became a driving force, prompting her to explore new styles and forms of expression.
Currently based in Sasayama City, Hyogo, Fujiwara continues her research and experimentation in search of the essence of sumi ink and washi paper. Her work spans a wide range of media, from monochrome abstractions to sculptures and installations.
ARTWORKS
ARTICLES
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
BIOGRAPHY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2026
- Living Through Paper — The Trajectory of Shiho Fujiwara’s "Line", Whitestone Ginza New Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2025
- Gallery Fukuzumi, Osaka, Japan
- 2022
- Suiboku, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Suiboku, Gallery Fukuzumi, Osaka, Japan - 2020
- Origami, Gallery Fukuzumi, Osaka, Japan
- 2019
- Whitestone Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2018
- The Wind of Peace, Fuji Paper Art Museum, Fuji, Japan
- 2017
- Sumi and Washi, Shiritsu Horiko Museum, Miki, Japan
- 2014
- Fusion of Sumi and Washi, Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2013
- Prayers for Peace, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, U.S.
- 2012
- The Fusion of Time, Caelum Gallery, New York
Gallery 301, Kobe, Japan (2013-2016, 2021, 2024) - 2011
- Forests, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
Prayers, Gallery Shimada, Kobe, Japan - 2010
- Living, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 2009
- Empty, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
Wind of Seine-et-Marne, Seine-et-Marne Prefectural Office Hall, France
Wind of Nord, Nord Prefectural Office Hall, France - 2004
- Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan (annually until 2008)
- 2002
- Emerging Vision from Sumi & Washi, Hyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre, Perth, Australia
Fujiwara Shiho solo exhibition, Salon Du Hyogo, Paris, France - 1995
- Plus Minus Gallery, Tokyo Electric Power, Japan
- 1987
- Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Japan
- 1986
- Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (annually until 1990)
- 1982
- Art Gallery Sayegusa, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
- Asian Cultural Cities: Invitational Sculpture Exhibition of China, Japan, and Korea, Qingdao, Weifang, Shandong, China
Iraka: Craft and Art in Tsumairi Merchant Houses, Tamba-Sasayama, Japan - 2021
- Exhibition of Works by Past Recipients of the Fumiko Kametaka Memorial Sekisōsha Prize, Hyogo, Japan
Feasts on Paper, Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China - 2020
- Passion 20, National Crafts Museum, Tokyo
- 2019
- Back to Originality and Simplicity: Japanese contemporary Ink exhibition, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2017
- Crisscrossing East and West: the Remarking of Ink Art in Contemporary East Art, Museum Of Contemporary Art of Yinchuan, China
- 2015
- The Universe of Origami, Oknoyama Museum of Art, Nishiwaki, Japan
Kobe City Biennale, BB Plaza Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan - 2005
- Impact Art Festival, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
- 2003
- Hang, Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2002
- Made In Japan: Contemporary Art Work on Paper, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK
- 2001
- Japan 2001, Bankside Gallery, Brunel University, London, UK
- 1994
- Contemporary Art: Internet & Message, Art Hall Imadate, Echizen, Japan
- 1993
- Material Territory, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Japan
IPC Female: Contemporary Paper Art Modelling in Japan, Japan Montreal, Canada - 1992
- The International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA): the 7th International Paper Art Modelling Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
- 1989
- The Language of Paper, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Japan
- 1988
- The Artists of Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 1987
- Salon d' Automne, Paris, France
- 1985
- Art Now 1985, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 1984
- Contemporary Art in Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
- 1983
- Salon de Mai, Paris, France
- 1982
- Japanese International Fine Arts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
- 1981
- The 2nd Tent Museum Exhibition: Imaginary Correspondence, Shukugawa Park, Hyogo, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan / Paper Museum, Tokyo, Japan / Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Japan / Horimitsu Art Museum, Miki, Japan / Fuji Paper Art Museum, Fuji, Japan / European Representative Office of Hyogo Prefectural Government, Paris / Seine-et-Marne Prefectural Office Hall, France / Nord Prefectural Office Hall, France