HIROKAZU FUKAWA
EDUCATION
1988-1990 Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, U.S.A. MFA in Sculpture
1980-1982 Junior College of Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan. Graphic Design
1973-1978 Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. BA in Social Science
APPOINTMENTS
1996-Present University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, Associate Professor
1993-1996 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, Assistant Professor
1992/1993 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Visiting Assistant Professor
1990-1992 University of California at Santa Barbara, Visiting Lecturer, Full time
1986/1988 Freelance. Graphic Designer/ Illustrator, Tokyo, Japan
1982-1986 Core Plan Inc, Graphic Designer, Tokyo, Japan
EXHIBITIONS
2005 Huntington House Museum, Group show, Windsor, CT
2004 University Art Gallery, Solo show, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Asian American Art Center, Group show, New York, NY
2002 New Space Gallery, Solo show, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Connecticut Commission on Arts, Group show, Hartford, CT
2001 Gallery Coco, Solo show, Kyoto, Japan
Pittsburgh Center for Arts, Group show, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Grand Arts Studio and Gallery, Group show, Kansas City, MO
The Remington Factory Artist Space/ the Music and Art Center for Humanity,
Group show, Bridgeport, CT
1999 Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Solo show, Amherst, MA
1998 University Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Solo show, Bridgeport, CT
Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Solo show, Boston, MA
1996 ARC Gallery, Raw Space, Solo show, Chicago, IL
Musée d'art et d'histoire, 249 Projets pour Uni Dufour(competition), Genéve, Switzerland
Campanella Gallery, Park College, Solo show, Parkville, MO
1995 Grand Arts Studio and Gallery, Solo show, Kansas City, MO
Sponsored by the Margaret Hall Silva Foundation
Holt-Russell Gallery, Baker University, Solo show, Baldwin City, KS
Union Gallery, Kansas State University, Solo show, Manhattan, KS
1994 Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Solo show, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 Pittsburgh Center For Arts, Group show, Pittsburgh, PA
Phipps Conservatory, Group show, Pittsburgh, PA
1992 Pittsburgh Center For Arts, National Gallery, Solo show, Pittsburgh, PA
1991 The University Art Museum, U.C.S.B., Group show, Santa Barbara, CA
Coastal Project/Collaborative installation, Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara, CA
1990 Curt Marcus Gallery, Group show, New York City, N.Y.
The Museum of Art, Group show, Providence, RI
Chamber of Commerce, Group show, Providence, RI
1989 David Fraser Studio, Solo show, Providence, RI
Sol Koffler Gallery, Solo show, Providence, RI
Sol Koffler Gallery, Solo show, Providence, RI
1988 The Tokyo Museum of Art, Group show, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Gallery Alpha M, Musashino Art University, Group show, Tokyo, Japan
1987 Tokiwa Garo Gallery, Solo show, Tokyo, Japan
1986 The Gallery of Valley City State College, Group show, Valley City, ND
Collaborative performance at the installation site; The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts,
The Banff Centre, Solo show, Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Eric Haervie Theatre Gallery, Solo show, Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Walter J, Philip Gallery, Group show, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Sally Borden Building Racquetball Court, Collaborate installation with musicians
Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Ground Round Theatre, Group show, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1984 Muramatsu Garo Gallery, Solo show, Tokyo, Japan
1983 Gallery Hinoki, Solo show, Tokyo, Japan
WEB-SITE
2004 VSA arts Gallery, Solo show, Washington, D.C.
http://www.vsarts.org/x278.xml
2000 VSA arts Gallery, Solo show, Washington, D.C.
http://www.vsarts.org/gallery/exhibitis/adrift/
Lingo, Journal of the Arts, Hard Press, West Stockbridge, MA
http://www.hardpress.com/cultureport/sculpture
Grand Arts Studio and Gallery, Group show, Kansas City, MO
http://www.grandarts.com/HFukawa.htm
PERFORMANCE/ WORKSHOP/ARTIST RESIDENCE/ PUBLIC ART
2005 Competition, Selected in the New Glass Review 26by The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Public Art Competition, Invitation by Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Hartford, CT
2004 Public Art, The City Museum Washington DC, commissioned by The VSA arts,
Washington DC
Visiting Artist, The Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College, Farnham,
Surrey, UK
2001 Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, the Museum Grants and Policy Panel,
Washington DC
Visiting Artist, Seian University of Art and Design, Ohtsu, Japan
Visiting Artist, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
Visiting Artist, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
Visiting Artist, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
2000 Artist Residence, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1998 Coordinate and Interpret Lectures, Seian University of Art and Design, Ohtsu, Japan
Coordinate and Interpret Lectures, Seian Junior Collage of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
Visiting Artist, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1997 Visiting Artist,Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Visiting Artist, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Workshop, Seian University of Art and Design, Ohtsu, Japan
1995 Workshop, Seian University of Art and Design, Ohtsu, Japan
Lecture, Kansas State University; Manhattan, KS
1994 Lecture, Seian Junior Collage of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
1994 Lecture, Seian University of Art and Design, Ohtsu, Japan
1992 Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Art. Pittsburgh, PA
1988 Installation with 16 children, Iwaki Museum of Art, Iwaki, Japan
1997 Visiting Artist, The Valley City State College, Valley City, ND
1986 Artist Residence, The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Alberta, Canada
GRANTS/AWARDS
2002 Artist Fellowship Grant Program, The Connecticut Commission on the Arts, CT
2000 Vincent B. Coffin Award, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
1997 First International Installation Art Award/Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for
The Arts, New York City, NY
1995 Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship
Award, Kansas City, MO
1993 The New Form Regional Grant Program, The Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts/Interdisciplinary Arts Program, The National Endowment for the Arts/Inter-Arts
Program, The Rockefeller Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts, Inc. by The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT MY WORK
Article: Sculpture, September 2005 Vol.24 No. 7, by Roberta Lord
Article: International Glass Art, by Richard Wilfred Yelle, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. PA, 2003
Article: KALEIDOSCOPE , Summer/Fall 2003, #47, “Adrift in the Sea of Tranquility” by Roberta Lord
Article: The Creative Spirit/VSA Arts News & Information, Fall 2000
Brochure: Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, September 1999,
by Sherry Buckberrough
Article: The Scribe, September 24, 1998, by Geetha Tharmaratnam, University of Bridgeport
Article: Art New England, July 1998, by Harvey Blume
Catalogue: Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, May 1998, By Roberta Lord
Article: sticks and stones, March 1998, by Mary Brigitte McNeil and Eric Drury, The MassArt Free
Press
Review and Interview: The Boston Sunday Globe, February 1, 1998, by Christine Temin and Cate
McQuaid
Catalogue: Mid-America Arts Alliance/ National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Recipients 1994,
1995, 1996, March, 1997, Mid-America Art Alliance, Kansas City, MO
Catalogue: 249 projet pour Uni Dufour, June, 1996, Commissariat de l’exposition et realisation du
Catalogre, Musee d’art et d’histoire, Geneve, Switzerland
Review: New Times, April, 1996, by Roberta Lord
Review: New Art Examiner, October, 1995, by Roberta Lord
Review: Kansas City Star, July 21, 1995, by Alice Thorson
Catalogue: Grand Arts Gallery, June 1995, Essay by Barbara Bloemink
Review: Pittsburgh Tribune Review, August 19, 1994, by Graham Shearing
Review: In Pittsburgh, volume 9, Number 10. October 15-21, 1992, by John Bender
Review: Santa Barbara News-Press/Scene, October 4, 1991, by Joan Crowder
Essay: Ryusei, volume 340, August 1988, by Hirokazu Fukawa
Essay: Ryusei, volume 339, July 1988, by Arata Tani
Article: Atelier, volume 733 March 1988, P. 67
Catalogue: Gallery Alpha M, volume 2, March 1988, by Arata Tani and Hirokazu Fukawa