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Shigeo Fukuda

Born in Tokyo in 1932, Shigeo Fukuda graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1956. He has created optical illusion art (both two-dimensional and three-dimensional) in all manner of categories, impossible objects, ambiguous sculptures, distorted projections, anamorphic art, etc. and he is the author of three Japanese books on optical illusions. Shigeo Fukuda holds an esteemed position in the world of international graphic design and is known the world over for his whimsical visual creations. In addition to graphic design, Fukuda has also worked in the fields of sculpture, theatre set design and mural painting. He is the director of JAGDA, a committee member of the ADC Tokyo and a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), and he is a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI).

Shigeo Fukuda AGI Exhibition, 2005

Awards: The Recommended Artist’s Award, Ministry of Education, 1976; Silver Prize, International Lahti Poster Biennial 1983; National Cultural Festival 1986 Logo; Mainichi Art Award, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco 1987; Hall of Fame, ADC New York, 1987; Distinguished Service Awards, Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture; Official Toyama poster for the Japan Expo 1991; International poster for the World Summit 1991; Japan Festival Paris ’93 Poster; Savignac Award, International Public Art Exhibition 1995; MITI Minister’s Award for Person of Merit in Design 1997; Medal with Purple Ribbon, 1997; Awards for Outstanding Service to the Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, 2004; Master’s Prize, Visual Art Museum, New York 2004; Iwate Nippo Culture Prize 2004 and others

Exhibitions: New York 1967, San Francisco 1971, Havana 1987, San Francisco 1987, Quimper 1991, Rio de Janeiro 1991, Warsaw 1995, Toyama 1995, Tokyo 1997, Toronto 1999, Istanbul 2000, Atlanta 2002, Guangzhou 2002, Chongquing 2002, Taipei 2002, Macau 2003, Nanjing 2004, Chengdu 2004, Xian 2004 and others.

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