Shigeki Fukumoto, Verdant Landscape みどりのけしき, 1998, Turpan Cotton, Reactive Dyes / original soak dyeing, Rō-zome, H44 1/2 x W44 1/2 x D5/8 in. (H113 x W113 x D1.5 cm)

Shimijimi: Dyed and Inlaid Textiles by Shigeki Fukumoto
April 30 – June 6, 2026
Opening Reception with Artist: Thursday, April 30, 5-8pm (kindly RSVP)
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 2, 1:30-3pm (kindly RSVP)
35 N Moore Street

Ippodo Gallery is pleased to present Shimijimi: Dyed and Inlaid Textiles by Shigeki Fukumoto, the master Japanese textile dyer’s debut solo exhibition from April 30 to June 6, 2026.

The exhibition of dyed Japanese cloth features more than twenty two-dimensional works and folding screens from across three decades of his distinguished career. Blurring the line between painting and the traditions of Japanese textile, Fukumoto’s unique wax resist (rozome) and cloth inlay (nunozoukan) techniques, using precious Turpan cotton, explore expressions of color, light, and layering within the long-established language of dyeing (senshoku).

Shigeki Fukumoto (b. 1946) provides a philosophy and process that cannot be defined by classical ideas of textile. His sensational dyes permeate beyond the surface of the fabric and sink into the fibers in contrast to the interwoven picture-making of Western textile arts. Fukumoto hails from Kyoto, where textile dyeing is more rich in history and there is a greater density of traditional cloth dyers than anywhere else in Japan. Fukumoto took up the mantle of his family’s kimono dyeing business from the mid 1960s until 1987 after studying oil painting at university. Mastering the strict techniques of wax-resist cloth dyeing—a cultural heritage dating back one-thousand years—Fukumoto began to share his constantly expanding expertise as a professor at Osaka University of Art.

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