Born in Tokyo
Lives and works in New York

Education

1992
Graduated from Tama Art University of Fine of Arts, Tokyo
1994 Graduated from Tama Art University of Fine of Arts. M.F.A, Tokyo

Solo Exhibition

1995
Dowakasai Gallery, Tokyo
1996
Ginza Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo
1999
Kawabe Gallery, Tokyo
2000
Gallery Iseyoshi, Tokyo
2001
Gallery Tomo, Tokyo
2002
Gallery Iseyoshi, Tokyo
2003
art cocoon, Tokyo / Toho Art, Tokyo
2004
" The flapping of bird’s wings JAPAN TOUR " ( Hankyu Umeda, Osaka / Mitsukoshi, Fukuoka / Sogo Kobe, Hyogo / Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo / Sogo Yokohama, Kanagawa / Arpark Tenmaya, Hiroshima )
2005
" Broken Flower " Toho Art, Tokyo
" Flightless " West Wood Gallery, New York
2006
" Flightless JAPAN TOUR " ( Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo / Daimaru, Kyoto / Sogo Kobe, Hyogo / Oomiya sogo, Saitama / Hankyu Umeda, Osaka / Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi / Nagoya Matsuzakaya, Aichi / Sapporo Mitsukoshi,Hokkaido / Hakata Daimaru, Fukuoka )
" Sailent Flower " Toho Art, Tokyo
2007
Shinjuku Takashimaya, Tokyo
Tokorozawa Seibu, Saitama
“Passion Flower " Toho Art, Tokyo
2008
"The 40th anniversary Shibuya Seibu " Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo
"Kotaro Fukui Japanese Painting " ( Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Aichi / Sogo Shinsaibashi, Osaka / Sogo Yokohama, Kanagawa / Sogo Kobe, Hyogo / Tenmaya Hattyobori, Hiroshima / Tenmaya Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
“Ostrich & Silent Flower " Crossing Art, New York

Group Exhibition

1991
" 5th Tama Selected Works " Oume City Museum of Art, Tokyo ( '93, '94, '96 )
" 17th SOHGA Association in Spring " Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo ( '93, '94, '96 )
1992
" Selected Words from 6 Art Universities " Ginza Broadway Gallery, Tokyo
" '92 the Central Museum Japanese Art Award " The Central Museum of Art, Tokyo ( '94 )
" 19th SOHGA Association " Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo ( '93 )
1993
" 11th The Ueno Royal Museum Award " The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
" 7th the Year 2001 Aoyagi Japanese Art Award " Tokyo Art Hall, Tokyo ( '94, '95, '98 )
1994
" Aya Association Selected Works " Kawabe Gallery, Tokyo ( '95, '96 )
1995
"GEO -Four Index- " Otemachi Gallery, Tokyo ( '96, '97 )
1997
" Yu·Hyo " < Pappa TARAHUMARA / Collabpration with Sachiko Shirai > Stripe House Museum, Tokyo
" L'OEF 1997 -Egg- " Otemachi Gallery, Tokyo
1999
"Message from Witness Expectation ( Yoshie Sakai & Kotaro Fukui ) " O Gallery, Gallery T-BOX, Tokyo
" Gallery Iseyoshi Selection '99 II" Gallery Iseyoshi, Tokyo
" Exposition de la Jeunesse " Gallary Shiramizu Art, Tokyo
2000
" Over the Field-80 " Gallery Iseyoshi, Tokyo
" The 2nd Young Artists Exchange Korea and Japan " Korean Cultural Service, Korean Embassy in Japan, Tokyo
" The 3rd Ink & Charcoal Japanese Style " Soujya city, Okayama
" The 20th SHISUI " Gallery Space 21, Tokyo
" Clossing View " Gallery Shiramizu, Tokyo
2001
" The 20th Yasuda-Kasai Arts Foundation Selected Works " Yasuda-Kasai Togo Seiji Art Museum, Tokyo
"The New Collection of Works " Saku City Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
2002
"Self Portrait 30-FACES of New Wave” Gallery Unfun, Tokyo
"3 hopeful Artists " Isetan Matsudo, Saitama
"Welcome to the Forest-Animals in Arts " Saku city Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
"The 1st AMUSE Artist Audition in KYOTO " Grand Prix, Kyoto
"AMUSE Artist Selection " Asahi-Seimei Gallery, Tokyo
2003
"miniature and glass painting " Gallery Morita, Tokyo ( '04 )
"Three Japanese painting artists-group and challenge to next future ", Gallery Shiramizu, Tokyo
Italian Art Fair "Mi Art ", Milano
"Masamichi Kotaki & Kotaro Fukui -The possibility of Charcoal and Line ", Gallery TOMO, Tokyo
2004
" This is my life " Saku city Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
" The 8th Shapes " Kouzome Art Gallery, Tokyo
" Agency for Cultural Affairs 2003 The Selected works of purchasing ", The Japan Academy, Tokyo
2006
"Promising Japanese Traditional Painting - from Modem to Present day - " ( The Niigata Bandaizima Art Museum, Niigata / Saku city Museum of Modern Art, Nagano)
"Riddle Museum of Art " The Museum of Art Ehime, Ehime
2007
" Eyes of West and East " ( Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo / Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Aichi / Tanabe City museum of art, Wakayama / Miyazaki prefectural art muuseum, Miyazaki / Hachinohe city Museum of Art, Aomori / Kawaguchiko Museum, Yamanashi )
" Art Fair in Tokyo " the Tokyo international Forum, Tokyo
" Salon d’ete 2007 " Micaela Gallery, San Francisco
" Stars of millennium " ( Sibuya Seibu, Tokyo / Sinsaibashi Sogo, Osaka )
" Art Fair in Shanghai 2007 " Shanghaimart, China
" Petit Tableaux " Onward Gallery, Tokyo
" Artistic Christmas " Shinjuku Takashimaya, Tokyo
2008
" Hiroshi Senju & Young Artists " Onward Gallery, Tokyo
" The 27th Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition Presented by Sompo Japan Fine Art Foundation " Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
" Selected Works IV -Animals in Arts- " Saku city Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
" Nihonbashi-KAI 2008 " Onward Gallery, Tokyo
" New Collected Works " The Hiratsuka Museum of Art
" Eyes of West and East " ( Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo / Tendo city Museum of Art, Yamagata / Amagasaki Cultural Center, Hyogo / Kawaguchiko Museum, Yamanashi )
" Stars of millennium " Ikebukuro Seibu, Tokyo
" Art Fair in Shanghai 2008 " Shanghaimart, China
" Petit Tableaux " Onward Gallery, Tokyo
" Collected Works by Agency for Cultural Affairs " Information Center for Ministry of Education culture, sports, science and technology-Japan, Tokyo
" Crossing Art Presents " Crossing art, New York
" Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 " Miami Beach Convention Center, USA
" Artistic Christmas vol.II " Shinjuku Takashimaya, Tokyo

Commission Work

2004
Japanese restaurant " kacyo " a painting on a FUSUMA in main dining room
2008
Japan Fashion Week in TOKYO 2008
Special KIMONO show " The descent of Japanese KABUKIMONO "Body painting of models

Art for Play

1989
" Who is sleeping under the chair? " Nippori Art Sunny Hall, Tokyo
1997
C.S.C " The Night Clothes " senario & direction, Ginza mini theater, Tokyo
Dance " froat & drift " compose & direction & art, Striped House Museum of Art, Tokyo
1998
C.S.C " The Sleeping Box " compose & direction, Ginza mini theater, Tokyo
2000
Dance au dela " Dream of thousands nights " art, The Globe theater, Tokyo
2007
Traditional Japanese Dance " Flower of the four seasons "
Work on BYOBU ( broadcast NHK on Television ) Atagoyama, Tokyo

Awards

1995
9th the Year 2001 Aoyagi Japanese Art Award, Tokyo Shinbun Prize
2002
1st Amuse Artist Audition, Grand Prix
2004
Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2003 The Selected works of purchasing
2006
The Medal with a Dark Navy Blue Ribbon by Cabinet Office Government of Japan
2008
Eyes of West and East, Michiaki Kawakita Prize Collections The Observations Center of Art Works
Hyogo Prefecture, Aogaki cho
Kojima Art Room
Nagano Prefecture, Saku City Museum of Modern Art
Sanbi Shousha
Saitama University
The Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs
Ehime Prefecture, Matsuyama city Habu primary school
The Sato Museum of Art
The Hiratsuka Museum of Art
Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University