Makoto Fujimura
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Makoto Fujimura (b. 1960 in USA), a 21st Century Contemporary Artist, studied extensively during the 1980s and 90’s. Then during several years studying the traditional Japanese Painting Doctorate program, his lengthy Arts education bore fruit with a fusion between fine art and abstract expressionism together with the traditional Japanese art of Nihonga.
The International Arts Movement was founded by Makoto and co-hosted a major conference, "The Return of Beauty", in New York City in 2002. His studio in the USA was close to Ground Zero and he could not help be deeply affected by the events of 9.11 and his sense of community and hope of restoration is demonstrated at www.tribecatemporary.com.
His work is represented at the Sara Tecchia Roma Gallery, in New York City, and the Sen Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. The public can view collections at The Saint Louis Museum, in Tokyo and the CNN building in Hong Kong. He was appointed President of the National Council on the Arts, in 2003.
His work includes “The Splendor of the Medium”, a collection of paintings using stone-ground minerals including azurite, malachite and cinnabar.