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Dancing as a Pupa (Homage to the Dancer)
2001
Kampferholz farbig, Marmor, Stahl
97 x 84 x 80 cm
Preis auf Anfrage | price on request
Ohne Titel (DR 01 01)
2001
Bleistift auf Papier | pencil on paper
Zeichnung zur Skulptur | Drawing for the sculpture
107 x 89,5 cm/ 113,5 x 96 cm
Drawing No. 1111
2011
Öl und Bleistift auf Papier | oil and pencil on paper
54,6 x 39,6 cm/ 75 x 60 cm
Drawing No. 1105
2011
Bleistift und Wachskreide auf Papier | pencil and wax crayons on paper
89,6 x 91 cm/ 110 x 110,5 cm
After mirror reflecting fingers
1990, Ex. 1/35
Radierung | Etching
60 x 83 cm
Dancer-moon
1990, Ex. 1/30
Radierung | Etching
68 x 50,2 cm/105 x 80,5 cm
Qiet summer
1990, Ex. 1/30
Radierung | Etching
68 x 50,2 cm/105 x 80,5 cm
Carrying words
1993, Ex. 30/30
Radierung | Etching
44 x 37 cm
The guest of winter
1993, Ex. TPC
Farbradierung | Color etching
67 x 58 cm
Portrait of Mr. A
1993, Ex. 10/10
Lithografie | Litograph
93 x 75 cm
The mirrors in the distance
1993, Ex. 48/50
Lithografie | Litograph
93 x 75 cm
The frozen throat
1993, Ex. 45/50
Lithografie | Lithograph
76 x 56 cm
To the town of sleep
1993, Ex. 27/50
Lithografie | Lithograph
76 x 56 cm
Uncertain mirror
1994, Ex. 16/30
Lithografie | Lithograph
34,7 x 73,2 cm/ 64 x 91 cm
The words of winter
1997, Ex. 40/50
Holzschnitt | Woodcut
69,9 x 51,8 cm/ 80 x 60 cm
Dr 0619
2006
Kohle, Bleistift, Conté auf Papier | Charcoal, pencil, conté on paper
39,6 x 27 cm
Drawing 9916
1999
Bleistift auf Papier | pencil on paper
98 x 90 cm
DR 0424
1998
Kohle und Pastell auf Papier | Charcoal and pastels on paper
24,5 x 19,2 cm/ 49 x 43 cm
Biography
geboren in Morioka City, Iwate, Japan
Abschluss an der Tokyo Zokei Universität im Studiengang Bildhauerei
Abschluss des Meisterkurses an der Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music im Studiengang Bildhauerei
Auszeichnung mit dem Oyama Prize for Excellence
Gastdozent an der Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Aufenthalt in London / Stipendium der Agentur für kulturelle Angelegenheiten
Teilnahme an der 43. Biennale von Venedig
Gastdozent an der Universität Tokio Zokei
Gastdozent an der Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Auszeichnung mit dem Ersten Takashimaya-Kunstpreis der Takashimaya
Kulturstiftung
Teilnahme an der documenta IX in Kassel
Verleihung des 26. Nakahara Teijiro Preises für herausragende Leistungen
Verleihung des 18. Hirakushi Denchu Preises
Verleihung des 33. Nakahara Teijiro Preises
ausgezeichnet mit dem 50. Mainichi Art Award
ausgezeichnet mit dem 59. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Award
ausgezeichnet mit der Medal with Purple Ribbon
ausgezeichnet mit dem 11. Enku Award
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Biography
born in Morioka City, Iwate, Japan
graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in Sculpture
completed Master Course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in Sculpture
awarded the Oyama Prize for Excellence
visiting Lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
stayed in London with a grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs
participation in the 43. Biennale in Venezia
visiting lecturer at Tokyo Zokei University
visiting lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
awarded the First Takashimaya Art Award from the Takashimaya
Cultural Foundation
participationin the documenta IX in Kassel
awarded 26th Nakahara Teijiro Prize for Excellence
awarded 18th Hirakushi Denchu Prize
awarded 33rd Nakahara Teijiro Prize
awarded 50. Mainichi Art Award
awarded 59. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Award
awarded Medal with Purple Ribbon
awarded 11. Enku Award
died in 2024
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
„Sculpture, Drawings, Prints“, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka
„Katsura Funakoshi The Forest of Words“ Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo, Hokkaido
„Exploring My Inner Fountain“ The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo
Van Doren Waxter, New York
Funakoshi Katsura: The Sphinx in Myself, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan
Katsura Funakoshi, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Katsura Funakoshi: Sculpture and Drawing, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin, Germany
Katsura Funakoshi, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
Drawings by Funakoshi Katsura, Ando Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Ausstellungsname, Galerie, Ort, Land
Suzaka Hanga Museum, Nagano, Japan
Menard Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
Recent Sculptures and Drawings, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
Nishimura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Katsura Funakoshi, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
Nishimura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Katsura Funakoshi: New Sculpture, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, US
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokio, Japan
Katsura Funakoshi, Ando Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata, Japan
Galley Art Composition, Tokio, Japan
Cité Du Livre, Aix-en-Provence, France
Katsura Funakoshi: New Sculpture, Nishimura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Katsura Funakoshi. A Map of Time, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
Tokyo Zokei University, Zokei Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Drawings- Prints, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokio, Japan
Katsura Funakoshi Works: 1980-2003, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Group Exhibitions (selection)
50 Years 50 Artists, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
„Porträt“, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, Germany
40 Years plus, Nishimura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Nishimura Gallery 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Nishimura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
„Contemporary Art from China, Japan & Korea“, Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen, Germany
Re: Quest –Japanese Contemporary Art since the 1970s, Museum of Art, Seoul National University, Corée, Tokio, Japan
Zokei University Museum / Gallery Saoh & Tomos, Tokio, Japan
Toward Holiness, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan
Six Solo Exhibitions, The Bonds between us, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano, Japan
The Magic of Ceramics ~Artistic Inspiration, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga, Japan
The Story of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokio, Japan
The Power of Japanese Contemporary Sculpture, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
When to Be Free, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
The Power of Three-dimensional Shape, Sapporo Art Museum, Sapporo, Japan
I wanna hold you! Modern Japanese Wood Sculpture: 19th century-, Takaoka Art Museum / Hekinan City, Takaoka, Japan
Released from the Procession, Gallery Saoh, Tokio, Japan
Graphics, Nishimura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Nobuyoshi Araki and Katsura Funakoshi “An Image of Love Supreme”, Takahashi Collection, Hibiya, Tokio, Japan
35th Anniversary: Seven, Nishimura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Hundred Stories about Love, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Self / Other, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokio, Japan
Form from Warmth of the Wood and Play, Nerima Art Museum, Nerima City, Tokio, Japan
DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow, The National Art Center, Tokio, Japan
Inspiration from Buddha sculpture, Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum, Kodaira, Tokio, Japan
Vital Signs: Reality of nine contemporary artists, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Forest of the 20th Century Art, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
Katsura Funakoshi Ernst Barlach: A Map of the Time, Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg, Germany
Time of My Life, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Art in Wood, Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan
Yasutake Funakoshi and His Family, Morioka Takuboku and Kenji Museum, Morioka, Japan
The Presents from the Artists, Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan
Sculptors of Eastern Japan, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokio, Japan
Beauty of Tohoku, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan
Between Earth and Heaven, Museum of Modern Art, Ostende, Belgium
Expo 2000 Hannover, Pavilion of the Holy Sea, Hannover, Germany
