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Rikizo Fukao
Rikizo Fukao (b.1946) was raised in Tokyo but moved to Europe in 1971. A self-taught
artist, he began painting while employed at the International Labour Organization in
Geneva, Switzerland. In 1975, the year he began exhibiting his work, his paintings were
shown in five exhibitions, yet he resisted becoming a full-time artist until 1981. After
working for many years in his studio in Paris, Fukao felt the need to return to his Japanese
roots. He is currently based between Paris and Kyoto.
Rikizo’s practice is strongly grounded in the Japanese tradition. His paintings resemble
distorted versions of kanji, or Japanese calligraphy. He works in a tightly restricted colour
palette: his works are painted exclusively in unmodulated tones of black, red, blue, and
green. The flat surface of the paintings are often broken by geometric shapes in materials
such as rope and string. Throughout, a sense of profound opposites is realised through the
tensions that are created between colours and materials, light and dark, movement and
stillness, shiny and matte.
Rikizo’s works have been exhibited widely in Europe since 1975, with his first Japanese
exhibition taking place in 1999. His paintings have hung in the British Museum and in the
historic Kodaji Temple in Kyoto. A selected list of his exhibitions since 1990 is available
below.
Recent Exhibitions:
2012 Palais Benedictine, Fecamp, France
2011 Jouan-Gondouin Gallery, St Germain en Laye, France
2010 Simoncini Gallery (with sculptor Osamu Nakajima), Luxembourg
2009 Kodaiji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
2009 Sanjyo-Gion Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2008 Nielsen Gallery, Kolding, Denmark
2007 Tamenaga Gallery, Paris, France
2007 Château Royal de Blois, Blois, France
2006 Tenmaya, Fukuyama, Japan
2005 Tamenaga Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2005 Tenmaya, Okayama, Japan
2004 Tamenaga Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Kajima-KI Building, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Music Festival Auvers-sur-Oise, Château d’Auvers, France
2002 Le Trait d’Union, Neufchâteau, France
2001 Miyabi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2000 Simoncini Gallery Luxembourg
1999 ABC Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1998 Dialogue Gallery, Paris, France
1992 SCAG Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 Petersen Gallery, Thonon, France
1991 Ynguanzo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1991 Espace Swiss Air, Geneva, Switzerland
1990 J de V Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden
1990 Boulv’Art Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
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10 Lees Place
Mayfair
London W1K 6LL
+44 (0)20 7499 6019
info@galleryelenashchukina.com
galleryelenashchukina.com