ARTISTS
- Hideko Fukushima
- 福島秀子
- Hideko Fukushima
- 福島秀子
Hideko Fukushima
Hideko Fukushima was born in 1927 in Tokyo. After graduating from Bunka Gakuin, she co-founded the avant-garde art group Shichiyōkai in 1948 with Shōzō Kitadai, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, and others. In 1951, she joined “Jikken Kōbō,” a collective named by poet and critic Shūzō Takiguchi, and engaged in interdisciplinary expressions spanning the performing arts, film, and visual art. While working across multiple media as part of a comprehensive artistic practice, she also pursued her own approach to abstract painting.
In the mid-1950s, she developed a unique stamping (kataoshi) technique that brought circular, rectangular, and linear forms to the surface without using a brush. Through this method, she deepened her own mode of expression.
Her work was exhibited consistently in Japan and abroad from the 1950s through the 1990s. With the support of French critic Michel Tapié, she expanded her international presence, including a trip to France following her participation in the 1961 “Paris Biennale for Young Artists”. Throughout her career, she maintained a quiet and exploratory stance, incorporating different approaches in each period—such as her monochrome Arc series, paintings centred on blue, and collages using paraffin wax.
Her works are included in the collections of institutions such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; Chiba City Museum of Art; Takamatsu Art Museum; Itabashi Art Museum; and Tate Modern. Notable exhibitions include “Special Exhibition: Hideko Fukushima – Chronicle 1964–” (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2012), “Tokyo 1955– 1970: A New Avant-Garde” (The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2013), and “Jikken Kōbō: Pioneering Postwar Art” (2013–2014, toured across Japan).
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Biography
1927: Born in Tokyo, Japan.
1943: Graduated from Bunka Gakuin.
1949: Exhibited at the 3rd “Women’s Art Exhibition”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
(also participated in the 4th and 7th editions).
1951: Joined the “Jikken Kōbō” (Experimental Workshop).
1955: Solo exhibition at Muramatsu Gallery / Participated in the 18th“International Watercolor Biennial Exhibition”,
Brooklyn Museum, New York.
1957: Participated in the “World Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Bridgestone Museum of Art.
1958: Participated in “New Painting: World—Informel and Gutai”, organised by
The Sankei Shimbun and The Osaka Shimbun.
1959: Solo exhibition at Muramatsu Gallery / Participated in the 11th “Premio Lissone”, Italy
(also participated in the 12th edition).
1960: Awarded the Second Mizue Prize for “Work 81”/ Awarded Second Prize at the 4th “Shell Art Award Exhibition”.
1961: Participated in the 6th “International Art Exhibition of Japan”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
(organised by Mainichi Newspapers) / Participated in the “Paris Biennale for Young Artists” and travelled to Europe.
1963: Solo exhibition at Minami Gallery.
1965: Participated in the “Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition”, Switzerland.
1975: Solo exhibition at Nantenshi Gallery.
1976: Solo exhibition at Ao Gallery.
1979: Solo exhibition at Nantenshi Gallery.
1980: Participated in “Shell Art Award: Exhibition of Past Winners”, Tokyo Central Museum of Art.
1981: Participated in “Trends in Contemporary Art 1: Darkness and Light in the 1950s”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. 1982: Participated in the 1st “Contemporary Art Festival—Shuzo Takiguchi and Postwar Art”,
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art / Solo exhibition at Nantenshi Gallery.
1986: Participated in “Avant-Garde Arts in Japan 1910–1970”, Centre Pompidou, Paris /
Solo exhibition at Nantenshi Gallery.
1987: Solo exhibition at Gallery Bunka Gakuin / Participated in “Dialogue with Beauty ’87”,
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art.
1988: Solo exhibition at Gallery Bunka Gakuin / Participated in “Japanese Cutting-Edge Art Exhibition”,
Taiwan Provincial Museum of Art (now the National Taiwan Museum) /
Participated in “Trends in Contemporary Art—Painting PART 2”, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art.
1989: Participated in “Cross-Section of Contemporary Painting —Structures of Repetition”, Takamatsu Art Museum.
1990: Participated in “The Forest of Tokyo Avant-Garde 1946–1956”, Itabashi Art Museum.
1991: Participated in the 11th “Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi—Jikken Kōbō and Shuzo Takiguchi”, Satani Gallery.
1992: Solo exhibition “12th Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi—Hideko Fukushima: Works 1948–1988”, Satani Gallery.
1997: Passed away.
2009: Participated in “Jikken Kōbō: Japan 1951–1958”, Annely Juda Fine Art, London.
2011: Participated in “Jikken Kōbō Exhibition”, Bétonsalon, Paris.
2012: Featured in “Chronicle 1964–OFF MUSEUM”, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
2013: Participated in “Jikken Kōbō: Pioneering Postwar Art”, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
(toured nationwide) / Participated in “Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde”, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
2017: Solo exhibition at Tokyo Publishing House.
2023: Participated in “MOT Collection: Pleased to meet you”, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
2024: Participated in “Intersecting Modernities: Japanese Art in the Context of Asian Art”,
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
Public Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Takamatsu Art Museum
Ohara Museum of Art
Itabashi Art Museum
Chiba City Museum of Art
Tate Modern, London
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