Toru Fukuda began developing his unique sculpting technique while still in high school, blending traditional Japanese inlay with natural wood elements and his imagination to create life-sized, free-standing sculptures of insects and plants. Meticulously blending craft and art, Fukuda takes advantage of the wood’s natural hues and textures, solely utilizing unpainted wood from naturally growing trees to create his pieces. This intensely laborious process, which Fukuda refers to as 3D wood inlay, captures the details and spirit of its subjects, creating an effective illusion that the insects are actually alive and have simply alighted on their elegantly carved bases for a movement before preparing to take flight once more.
Profile
| Born in Hokkaido in 1994 Lives and works in Hokkaido, Japan |
|
| 2015 | Graduated from Traditional Arts Super College Of Kyoto, Wood crafts course |
| 2013 | Graduated from Hokkaido Otoineppu Art & Craft Highschool |
| Selected Solo-Exhibitions | |
| 2019 | Toru Fukuda (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2020 | Three persons exhibition “Rinshimoku” (Atelier cypris, Osaka) LOOK CLOSER（Micheko Galerie, Germany) PURE POETRY（SEIZAN gallery、New York） |
| 2019 | Kino Monodukuri Tanpou: 20-nin no Shigoto (Living design center Ozone, Tokyo) Mushitsukai-ten (f.e.i art gallery, Kanagawa) INSECTS (Gallery Art Morimoto, Tokyo) KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2019: KUMU KANAZAWA: THE SHARE HOTELS (Yuusha Gallery Sapporo, Hokkaido) |
| 2018 | Where It Echoes: The Art of Wood Sculptures (Yuusha Gallery, Aichi) |
| 2017 | The New Look of Contemporary Japanese Artisans (Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery Roppongi, Tokyo) Spring Ephemeral (Atelier cypris, Osaka) Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued until 2019) |
| 2016 | Two persons Exhibition “Kazuma Abe × Toru Fukuda” (CUBE SPACE GALLERY, Tokyo) Takumi-ten (Gallery Garan Nishiogi, Tokyo) |
Exhibitions
Something Precious Exhibition – Strawberry –
08/12/2017(fri) - 22/12/2017(fri)
Ruiji Aiba, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Yasushi Ikejiri, Haruomi Izumi, Sayaka Imai, Eri Iwasaki, Shinji Ohya, Akifumi Okumura, Satoko Ogura, Ami Onogi, Yuichi Kashima, Emi Katsuta, Takashi Kanazawa, Kaya, Yasushi Kanzaki, Yoji Kumagai, Noriyuki Kobayashi, Yuki Koyano, Sanami Shimada, Ken Shiozaki, Kou Shimizu, Chiaki Suzuki, Shiki Taira, Hiroko Takeda, Shin Tanaka, Koki Tsujimoto, Kenki Tsujimoto, Junya Tsubota, Ai Naka, Masakubi Nakamura, Shino Nakamura, Makoto Nitahara, Yukiko Hata, Toru Fukuda, Hikojiro Fujisawa, Akihiro Fujimoto, Fuyuki Maehara, Yuko Mawatari, Yoshiko Murakoshi, Eri Muranaka, Yohei Yashima, Shigeme Yasuhara, Ami Yamashiro, Kaz Watabe
Something Precious: Heisei
07/12/2018(fri) - 22/12/2018(sat)
Hiroyuki Aoyama, Yasushi Ikejiri, Yo Ishihara, Haruomi Izumi, Sayaka Imai, Yoshiro Iwaisako, Eri Iwasaki Akifumi Okumura, Satoko Ogura, Yuichi Kashima, Emi Katsuta, Sanami Shimada, Shiki Taira Kengo Takahashi, Mami Takyu, Taro Tasaki, Toru Tanno, Kouki Tsujimoto, Junya Tsujimoto, Maria Noto Yukiko Hata, Naho Hanawa, Toru Fukuda, Haruka Miyano, Eri Muranaka, Yohei Yashima, Raizo Yamasaki, Ami Yamashiro, Yasushi Yokoiyama, Miharu Yokota, Kaz Watabe
Toru Fukuda
06/03/2019(wed) - 19/03/2019(tue)