He creates sculptures using iron as his material. He has been continuously exhibiting at the BIWAKO Biennale International Art Festival since 2012. In 2017, he received the Kyoto Exhibition Award (Sculpture Category) at the "80th Anniversary Exhibition of the City Exhibition and Kyoto Exhibition - 2016 Kyoto Exhibition" held at the Kyoto City Museum of Art. In 2019, he was invited as an artist-in-residence at the Kyushu Geibunkan.
Masaki Fujiwara
Masaki Fujiwara
Japan
⬤ Works in 2026
Tetsunone (Sculpture / 1600mm (height) x 800mm (width) x 800mm (depth) / 2026)
Tetsunone (Sculpture / 900mm high x 1000mm wide x 800mm deep / 2026)
⬤ Message
By facing, touching, and shaping iron, I am trying to see what lies beyond it.
Form does not exist to tell a story. It simply exists there quietly, receiving light, being touched by the wind, and merging with the air and time of that place, and the landscape that unfolds beyond the form.
The boundaries between the artwork and the scenery, inside and outside, the creator and the observer—when these boundaries gradually dissolve, and the form becomes a part of the place, I believe something pure emerges, stripped of all unnecessary elements.
I want my sculptures to become one with the scenery beyond their form, leaving a quiet feeling in the hearts of those who see them.
⬤ Biography
Born in Osaka in 1968.
1991 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Department of Crafts, Metalworking Major.
1992 Completed the Advanced Course in the Faculty of Arts, Osaka University of Arts
Completed the Art Education Specialization in the Curriculum Education Program at the Graduate School of Education, Shiga University in 2016.
2010 CAF.N Biwako Exhibition [Otsu City Museum of History/Shiga] (Held annually thereafter, with participation every year)
2012 Oki Shiosai Art Festival [Nishinoshima Island, Oki Islands / Shimane Prefecture]
2012 International Art Festival BIWAKO Biennale [Old town area of Omihachiman City / Shiga] (submitted to every subsequent event)
2017 Kyoto City Exhibition/Kyoto Exhibition 80th Anniversary Exhibition ~2016 Kyoto Exhibition~ Kyoto Exhibition Award Winner (Sculpture Division) [Kyoto City Museum of Art/Kyoto]
2019 Kyushu Geibunkan Artist-in-Residence Program Invited Artist [Kyushu Geibunkan/Fukuoka]
2021 Biwako Artists Minguru [Biwako Hall/Shiga] (Also exhibiting in 2022 and 2023)
2026 Between One and Many [Western Kentucky University / Kentucky, USA]
Numerous solo exhibitions held, mainly in the Kansai region.