Ikuyo Fujita 藤田育代 | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan |
Movement | Pop art |
Ikuyo Fujita (藤田育代, Fujita Ikuyo) is a Japanese artist who works primarily in needle felt painting and mogol (pipe cleaner) art. She is known for rabbit and cat art. Her kawaii style needle felt paintings are popular among rabbit lovers in Japan. [1] [2]
Fujita was born in Tokyo, Japan. She started needle felt painting in 2004. Her early works were portraits of her pet, a Netherland Dwarf Rabbit named Chibi-chan. [2] [3] Chibi-chan died in 2010 but Fujita continued to paint representations of her Netherland Dwarf. [2]
Fujita's is a largely self-taught artist although her mother, an avid amateur handicrafts maker, showed her basics of the craftings. As a child, Fujita played with her mother's art materials and later began creating her own works as she grew older. [1] [2]
In 2010, she published her artworks online. [4] She had a solo exhibition in New York. [5]
In 2012, Active Corporation in Japan published her rabbit art calendar and postcard, the calendar and the postcard were sold in major department stores in Japan. [6] [7] In the same year, her art instruction book was published by Magazine Land publishing in Japan. She started teaching art workshops in Japan Handicraft Association and Mitsukoshi cultural center. [8] [9]
In 2014, her art instruction book was translated and published in Taiwan, Hongkong, and Macau. [10] Her artwork, lucky clover, was awarded new artist of the year at Kokusai Shiyoga Taisiyouten (Tokyo International Painting and Calligraphy Grand Prix Exhibition) in Japan. [11]
In 2017, Active Corporation published her cat art postcards. [12]
She is currently living in Tokyo.
She is also an art instructor and author of an art instruction book. Her book is available in Chinese. [2]
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Ikuyo Fujita 藤田育代 | |
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![]() Final Touch for Strawberry Jam I | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan |
Movement | Pop art |
Ikuyo Fujita (藤田育代, Fujita Ikuyo) is a Japanese artist who works primarily in needle felt painting and mogol (pipe cleaner) art. She is known for rabbit and cat art. Her kawaii style needle felt paintings are popular among rabbit lovers in Japan. [1] [2]
Fujita was born in Tokyo, Japan. She started needle felt painting in 2004. Her early works were portraits of her pet, a Netherland Dwarf Rabbit named Chibi-chan. [2] [3] Chibi-chan died in 2010 but Fujita continued to paint representations of her Netherland Dwarf. [2]
Fujita's is a largely self-taught artist although her mother, an avid amateur handicrafts maker, showed her basics of the craftings. As a child, Fujita played with her mother's art materials and later began creating her own works as she grew older. [1] [2]
In 2010, she published her artworks online. [4] She had a solo exhibition in New York. [5]
In 2012, Active Corporation in Japan published her rabbit art calendar and postcard, the calendar and the postcard were sold in major department stores in Japan. [6] [7] In the same year, her art instruction book was published by Magazine Land publishing in Japan. She started teaching art workshops in Japan Handicraft Association and Mitsukoshi cultural center. [8] [9]
In 2014, her art instruction book was translated and published in Taiwan, Hongkong, and Macau. [10] Her artwork, lucky clover, was awarded new artist of the year at Kokusai Shiyoga Taisiyouten (Tokyo International Painting and Calligraphy Grand Prix Exhibition) in Japan. [11]
In 2017, Active Corporation published her cat art postcards. [12]
She is currently living in Tokyo.
She is also an art instructor and author of an art instruction book. Her book is available in Chinese. [2]
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