Michio Fukuoka (1936-) is one of the representative Japanese sculptors based in Osaka.
Fukuoka started his career in the late 50’s. From the earliest of his career, his anti-art works to raise keen questions to the conventional art system have got great attention, including his participation in “Room in Alibi,” a signature exhibition curated by Yusuke NAKAHARA (1931‐2011,) one of the most contributing contemporary art critics in Japan.
In recent years, the artist’s invited participation in Yokohama Triennale (2014) and a huge retrospective exhibition held at National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka (2017) has activated the trend of reevaluation of his whole work.
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TitleAntiSize102 x 81 x h86 cmYear2000MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood -
TitleShould We Really Not Be Scared? (Carp)Size199.5 x 132 x h48 cmYear2000MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood -
TitleShould We Really Not Be Scared?Size183 x 122 cmYear1998MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood -
TitleShould We Really Not Be Scared? (Cherry Blossom)Size61.5ｘ61.5cmYear2000MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood -
TitleThrow a stoneSize44.5×54.7 cmYear1971MediumPhotograph -
TitleNothing to do - Dam lakeSize50.0×40.2×4.5cmYear1999MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood -
TitleBamboo Sprout CakeSize30×30×21cmYear1986Mediumbronze
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TitleAntiSize102 x 81 x h86 cmYear2000MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood
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TitleShould We Really Not Be Scared? (Carp)Size199.5 x 132 x h48 cmYear2000MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood
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TitleShould We Really Not Be Scared?Size183 x 122 cmYear1998MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood
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TitleShould We Really Not Be Scared? (Cherry Blossom)Size61.5ｘ61.5cmYear2000MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood
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TitleThrow a stoneSize44.5×54.7 cmYear1971MediumPhotograph
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TitleNothing to do - Dam lakeSize50.0×40.2×4.5cmYear1999MediumFRP (Fiber-reinforced plastic), wood
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TitleBamboo Sprout CakeSize30×30×21cmYear1986Mediumbronze
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1936
Born in Osaka. Lives his childhood in Beijing.
1955
Graduates from Sakai Municipal Technical High School, Department of Architecture.
1955
Enters Osaka Municipal Art Research Institute, Department of Architecture.
1977
Awarded 8th Teijiro Nakahara Prize, Grand Prize
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1958
'Michio Fukuoka' Hakuho Gallery, Osaka
1979
'Retrospective exhibition Michio Fukuoka’s World' Osaka Citizen’s Gallery, Osaka
2000
'Michio Fukuoka New Works: Should We Really Not be Scared?' Itami City Museum of Art,Hyogo
2001
'Michio Fukuoka Nothing to Do' INAX Gallery, Tokyo
2005
'Rotten Balls', Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka
2005
'Laughing Warm, Angry Warm', Art Space Niji, Kyoto
2008
'Michio Fukuoka: Expression of Water' The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
2008
'Kizashi -Michio Fukuoka From 1970's-1980's', Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka
2013
'My Face', Gallery Hosokawa, Osaka
2016
‘Words and Characters’, Gallery Hosokawa, Osaka
2017
'A Sculptor Who No Longer Sculpts’, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
2018
'Michio FUKUOKA Exhibition "From the Scene of Black Color"', Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Kobe
2022
'Michio FUKUOKA Exhibition "Let's Smile"', Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Kobe
2024
'Michio FUKUOKA The Quiet Avant-Garde"', Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko, Sakai Osaka
2025
'Michio Fukuoka' Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Hyogo
Selected Group Exhibitions
1963
'Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Minami Tada, Michio Fukuoka Joint Exhibition' Shinjuku Daiichi Gallery, Tokyo
1963
'Absent Room' (curated by the art critic Yusuke Nakahara) Naika Gallery, Tokyo
1964
'Movement of Contemporary Art' The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1966
'New Generation of Contemporary Art' The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1967
'Wins the Mr. K Prize, The 2nd UBE Biennale International Sculpture Competition' Ube City Outdoor Sculpture Garden Museum, Ube
1968
'Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition' I.C.A., London
1969
'Contemporary World Art・Dialogues on East and West' The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1970
'Wins Kobe City Park Association Prize, the 2nd Biennale of Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition' Suma Rikyu Park, Kobe
1972
'Vesuvius Grand Strategy Exhibition' Minami Gallery, Tokyo / Galleria Il Centro, Naples
1972
'A Bird’s-eye View on Contemporary Art' The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1975
'The 2nd Hakone Open-Air Museum Grand Prize Exhibition' The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa
1980
'Asian Contemporary Art Exhibition' Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
1981
'The 16th San Paulo Biennale' San Paulo, Brazil
1985
'4 Sculptors Exhibition' The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
1986
'White and Black in Contemporary Art' The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1991
'A Current of Contemporary Art in Japan-Sculpture' The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
1991
'Japanese Anti-Art: Now and Then' The National Museum of Art, Osaka
1993
'Kosuke Kimura and Michio Fukuoka Exhibition' Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Kyoto
1996
'1964: A Turning Point in Japanese Art' Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
1997
'The 20th Anniversary Exhibition: From the Permanent Collection' The National Museum of Art, Osaka
2012
'The Link between Words and Art: An Homage to Nakahara Yusuke', Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Kobe
2013
‘Tamamono’, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
2014
'Yokohama Triennale 2014', Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama
2019
'Art Basel Hong Kong', Gallery Yamaki Fine Art booth, Hong Kong
2022
'Back to 1972' Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo, Japan
2022
ＡＣＫ（Art Collaboration Kyoto) Gallery Yamaki Fine Art booth, Kyoto
2022
‘Collection 2: Our Life’, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
2022
‘Rewinding the MOT Collection Collection 2nd’ , Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
2023
"Concept – Object – Environment" Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Hyogo
2023
Taipei Dangdai Art &Ideas', Gallery Yamaki Fine Art booth, Taiwan
2024
“Relief to Three Dimensional" Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Hyogo
