Futamura, who resides in Paris, invariably draws her inspiration from nature. She has created several series of work over the past decade with titles such as Racines (roots), Rhizomes, and Vagues de terre (Earthen Waves). Her sculptural forms are intended to be reflections of nature and are infused with a vibrant living essence. She uses a blend of stoneware clays and a mixture of fired and raw granulated porcelain to create her collapsed rounded forms that appear both vegetal and geological in origin. These forms are sometimes encrusted with feldspar, and enhanced with cobalt and iron oxide glazes on the interior that are sometimes iridescent.

1959 Born in Nagoya, Japan
1979 Received degree in design from the Seto Ceramic Research Center
1981 Graduated Seto Yogyo Vocational High School with a concentration in ceramics 1984-85 Taught ceramics at the Handi-craft Ceramic Center Waragoda, Sri Lanka
1986 Moved to Paris
1994 Completed degree at Centre Artisanal de Ceramique de l’Ecole Duperre
1996 Founded her atelier in Lilas, France
2004 Artist residence in Oi-cho, Fukui
2006 Lectured at the Musée Guimet, Paris
2007 Artist in residence, Fu-ping, China
2010 Established her new atelier in Paris
2019 Artist in residence, Shigaraki Ceramic Culturel Park, Japan 2019 Lecture, Living Clay, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN, USA

Awards :
1996 Scholarship, Sasagawa Foundation
1998 Grant, National Bank of Denmark
2004 First Prize, Andenne international ceramic art biennial exhibition, Belgium Solo Exhibitions:
1990 Galerie Kaze, Paris, France
1991 Galerie Kouki, Paris, France (also in ‘95)
1996 Galerie Capazza, France
1997 Galerie ADAC atelier, Paris, France (also in ‘99, ‘02)
2003 Galerie 15, Lille
2005 Galerie Helene Porée, Paris, France (also in ‘07)
2006 Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium (also in ’10, ‘14)
Galerie Rutebeuf, Clichy la Garenne, France
Galerie Empreintes, Aydat, France
2009 Matière et Surface, galerie Collection, Paris
2010 Plus contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Yoshimi Futamura – Arnold Annen, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Geneviève Godar, Lille, France
2012 Galerie Paris-Moskva, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 Galerie Silbereis, Paris, France
2014 Yoshimi Futamura, Institut Bruno Lussato et Marina Fédier, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Collapse/Rebirth, Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
2017 Galerie Cipango, Paris, France

Group Exhibitions :
1993 International Exhibition, Helsinki, Finland Terre et Lumière, Galerie Kouki, Paris, France
1995 International Competition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy
1996 Terres des Feux, FFJS, Paris, France
Musée du Ranquet, Clermont Ferrand
1997 Galerie Capazza, Nançy
Guest exhibitor, Salon Franco-Japonais, Vincennes, France
1998 Galerie Nørby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Le Métier et l’Esprit, OCJL, Clerment Ferrand
2000 Racines, Art dans la ville, Saint Etienne
45th Salon contemporary art in Montrouge, France
Lappenlanta K2000 pot competition, Finland
2002 Sarreguemines international ceramic art competition, France
2003 Salon des arts plastiques de Romainville
Pots grands format, Musée Regional de al Poterie Ger, La Manche
Ame, Corps, Esprite des feux RAKU, Musée de Sarreguemines
2004 Grand Prize, Ceramic Biennale Andenne, Belgium
Galerie Fusion, Toulouse, France
Terres d’Asie, Dammarie les Lys, France
Terres et Ombres, Viaduc des Arts, Paris, France
Galerie Genevieve Godar, Lille, France
Andenne international ceramic art biennial exhibition, Belgium
2005 Céramique Contemporaines, Troyes, France Voyage d’Argile, Aubagne, France
Regards croisés sur la céramiques, Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée, Paris, France La Boîte, SEMA, Paris
7th international ceramic competition MINO (also in ’08)
2nd international de ceramica, Ciudad de Talavera, Spain
2006 Le Lavoir, Clamart, France
Art de la céramique contemporaine, La Fontaine, Brie-Comte-Robert, France TôJI: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Musée national de céramique Sèvres, France
Galerie Kunsthuis Ingrith Desmet, Belgium
Les activités pour les individuels, Musée Guimet, Paris, France
Kerajek, Vichte, Belgium
Biennale de Ceramique contemporaine de la ville d’Eu, France
2007 Summer Exhibition, Gallery Besson, London, United Kingdom Rufford Craft Center, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Breaking the Mold / Kata o Yaburu: Leading Japanese Women Ceramists,
Joan B. Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
2008 Soaring Voices – Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists, Museum of
Contemporary Ceramic Art, Musée National Céramique à Sèvres, Sèvres, France;
2008 Retour de Fuping, Galerie Collection, Paris
Isis Expo, Paris
Meister der Moderne 2008, Handwerkskammes, München, Germany
2009 Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists, Smith College
Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Résonances, Musée National de Céamique à Sèvres, Paris, France
Ombres & Lumières, Galerie la Ferme de la Chapelle, Grand Lancy, Switzerland Céramiques d’Aristes Contemporaines, Charenton-le-Pont, France
Le Westerwaldpreis 2009, Germany
5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 South Korea, International Competition, Icheon, South Korea
2010 Le Bols, Le Lavoir, Clamart, France
1001 Bols, Musée d’Histoire de Céramique , Biote, France
Terres et Mouvement, Issis Expo, Paris
Exposition Trio de cultures céramique: Cheung, Futamura, Fabre, Galerie Sinitude,
Paris, France
2010-11 One Thousand and One Cups/ Contemporary Ceramics/ Trip Around the World from India to Switzerland; Traveling exhibition featuring the work of international clay artists with numerous destinations including Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland; Musée de l’art et de l’industrie, Roubaix, France, other museums in India, China and Korea.
2012 Japanese Ceramics from the William Bayer Collection, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery at Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Art Lab, The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
The French Connection, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
Perturbations: Parcours Céramique et Verre Contemporain, Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France
2013 Breaking the Mold, The Salon: Art and Design Fair with Joan B. Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
2014 Japan in Black and White: Ink and Clay, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
Yoshimi Futamura et Thérèse LeBrun, Puls Contemporary Ceramics,
Brussels, Belgium
Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum, Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY
Into the Fold: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida (until 2016), Gainsville, FL
Biennale International de la Céramique, Saint-Cergue, Switzerland
IAC members exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
Création Contemporaine et mécénant, une alliance durable, Musée Ariana, Switerland
2015 Keramik – geformt und gebaut (Ceramics – shaped and built), Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
Ancient to Modern – Japanese Contemporary Ceramics and their Sources, San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
Festival de Sculpture Ceramique Contemporaine, Paris, France
3 Artistes Japonais à Montigny-lès-Metz, Château de Courcelles, Montigny-lès-Metz, France
CERAMIX Bonnefantenmuseum-Maastricht
Un vent venu de l’est, Galerie du Don, le don du Fel Corresponances, Isis Expo, Paris, France
International Ceramic Art Festival in Sasama, Shizuoka, Japan
2016 CERAMIX Cité de la Céramique-Sèvres-Maison Rouge-Paris, France Gallery Dutko, London, U.K
Galerie Lavoir, Clamart, France
2017 Collect, Saatchi Gallery Londres, U.K. Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris, France
Thimeless Elegance in Japanese Art, Joan Mirviss LTD, NY
De Briques… : Non Lieu, Roubaix, France
Les Jardains de Bomarzo, Espace19 rue Paul Fort, Paris, France A l’origine, Galerie Terra Viva, St-Quentin-la-Poterie, France
De Briques, WCC-BF, Mons, Belgium,
2018 De Briques, Arkéos Musée-Parc Archéologique, Ecole d’Art de Douai
New Forms, New Voices:Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana
De Briques, Le centre de céramique de la Borne
About Clay, European Ceramic Art in Fiskars, Finland
Hands & Earth, Six Perspectives on Japanese Contemporary Ceramics, Lowe art Museum, FL, USA
Galerie Le Don du Fel, France
France Japon, Galerie Dutko, Paris, France 05/Sep-13/Oct
Japan Now: Female Masters, Gardiner Museum,Toronto, Canada Beirut Art Fair, Gallery Pik’d, Lebanon
Asia Now, Galerie Valérie Bach, Paris
2019 GOGYÔ, The Five Elements, Joan Mirviss LTD, NY DE BRIQUES bis, Abbeye Saint-Martin, Laon, France
07/Sep-13/Jan
VESSEL EXPLORED VESSEL TRANSFORMED, Joan Mirviss LTD, NY JAPONISEMES, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris
Living Clay: Artists Respond to Nature, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, USA Passage, Musée Munincipal de la maison Claude Debussy, Sanit Germain en Laye Asia Now, Galerie Valérie Bach, Paris
Public Collections:
Ariana Museum (Swiss museum of ceramics and glass), Geneva, Switzerland Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Foundation of Ateliers d’Art de France
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Musée National des Arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, France Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, France
Musée de la Piscine de Roubaix, France
Musée de Céramique d’Andenne, Belgium
Musée Français de Céramique de Fuping, China
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Hollande
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Office of Public Works, Dublin, Ireland
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea
Shimoda City Museum,Shizuoka, Japan
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.

Cet artiste a participé rue Paul Fort à :

> L’exposition autour du Japon VIII du 25 novembre au 15 décembre 2019