Kaori Fukuyama

KAORI FUKUYAMA is a multi-disciplinary artist from Japan, who lives and works in San Diego. Her practice spans paintings, drawings, sculptures, and site-specific installations that explore the interactions of color, light and shadow. She works with a variety of materials including paint, paper, yarn, monofilament, and plexiglass in pursuit of a deeper understanding of our visual perception.

Kaori was an Artist-In-Residence at Bread & Salt, San Diego in 2018, recently completed a large-scale public art installation in North Park (San Diego), and is a recipient of San Diego Art Prize 2020. Her work is a part of private collections internationally and has been exhibited at multiple institutions including Oceanside Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Diego Art Institute, The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, and William D. Cannon Art Gallery. Fukuyama enjoys teaching at The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and UCSD Extension, and continues to expand her artistic boundaries.

You can view her work  at https://www.kaorifukuyama.com

Events

Light After Dark

I am fascinated by how light affects the way we see, feel, and perceive our surroundings. My hope is that each piece evokes a certain memory or experience that serves to remind the viewer of the beauty and magic of the light we encounter in our everyday life.

Creative Inspiration: Tracing lines between cities and memories

These image explore the cartographic perspectives of quasi-fictional landscapes; where past and present are not two separate entities. The complexities of social life juxtaposed with other speculative political discourses.