PUBLISHED WRITINGS
2009 - "Fallen Towers and the Art of Tea," Chosen by Gregory Wolfe for "Bearing the Mystery: Twenty Years of Image," with Scott Cairns, Kathleen Norris, Wim Wenders, Annie Dillard, Denise Levertov and others
2009 - "Refractions: a journey of art, faith and culture," NavPress
2008 - "Withoutside: Transgressing in Love," Image Journal, "Twentieth Anniversary Issue: Fully Human," Number 60
2002 - "A Letter to a Young Artist," Scribbling in the Sand, Michael Card, InterVarsity Press
2001 - "Fallen Towers and the Art of Tea," Image Journal, Number 32
Fall 2001 - "An Exception to Gravity - On Life and Art of Jackson Pollock," Re:generation Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 3
1999 - "River Grace," Image Journal, Number 22
2000 - "That Final Dance," It was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God, edited by Ned Bustard, Square Halo Press

COLLECTIONS
Roberta Ahmanson
Howard Lutnik
Contemporary Museum of Tokyo
Tokyo Museum of Modern Art
Oxford House, CNN/Time Warner Building, Taikoo Place, Hong Kong
The Sato Museum
Cincinnati Museum of Art
St Louis Art Museum
Tamaya Corporation
Sanbi-Shosha Collection, Japan (gifted to Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2008)
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Yamaguchi Prefecture Museum
Nerima Art Museum
Kikkoman Corporation
Gordon College
New Haven Christ Presbyterian Church

DVD PRODUCTIONS
2009 - Ibarra&Fujimura:Live in New York, Plywood Film
2005 - Water Processes, with music by Susie Ibarra, for "Water Flames" exhibit at Sara Tcchia Roma, New York
2004 - Nagasaki Koi, with music by Mamoru, for "Splendor Exhibit" at Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Project Space
2003 - Eirenepoios, with music by William Basinski, video taken and edited by Makoto Fujimura, used at Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Project Space
2002 - Hiroshima, video taken and edited by Makoto Fujimura, used at Two-T Exhibit with Albert Pedulla, TriBeCa Temporary
2001 - Gethsemane, video taken by Michael Kaufmann, music by Mamoru, edited by Makoto Fujimura, based on a collaborative event of the same title

REVIEWS, ARTICLES & CATALOGUES
2010 - David Gelernter, "Master in Depth: The Multidimensional Makoto Fujimura," February 15
2009 - Thomas Hibbs, "Rouault&Fujimura: Soliloquies," Square Halo Publishing, December
2008 - Culture Makers, featured on the cover, Andy Crouch, Christianity Today
2008 - Artist of Faith, Michelle Morrissey, Salem News
2007 - Review: American Composer's Orchestra, Steve Smith, The New York Times
2007 - Can Paintings Create Music, Sara Rose, Associated Press, Washington Times, MSNBC, The Canadian Press, Times of India, and other newspapers
2007 - Faith in Art, Eric Gorski, Associated Press, Guardian Unlimited, Seattle Times, MSNBC, The Hoolulu Advisor and other newspapers
2007 - Maureen Mullarkey The New York Sun, "Winter Trio: Laurie Fendrich at Katherina Rich Perlow; Alice Federico at George Billis Gallery, Makoto Fujimura at Sara Tecchia Roma" Available at http://www.maureenmullarkey.com/essays/fendrich.html
2006 - British Broadcasting Company, "Destination Tokyo: Yayoi Kusama, Makoto Fujimura and others", August
2005 - Christine Cavallomagno, "Makoto Fujimura, Sublime Mystery", NYArts Magazine, December
2005 - David Gelernter, "A Faithful Art: Makoto Fujimura and the redemption of abstract expressionism", The Weekly Standard, March 7
2003 - Booyeon Lee, "Simple Truth: Art of Makoto Fujimura", International Herald Tribune, November 1-2
2003 - "The Splendor of a Medium", Kristen Frederickson Contemporary
2002 - Richard Tobin, "Gravity and Grace", THE Magazine
2002 - Kyle MacMillan, "Street of Treasure in Santa Fe", Denver Post
2002 - Ellison Walcott, "Much to discover in two Tribeca exhibits", Downtown Express, June 18-24
2002 - Wayne Roosa, "A Three-Part Meditation on Makoto Fujimura's Triptych", Bethel College2002"Makoto Fujimura, Retrospective III", Sen Gallery, Tokyo
2001 - "Beauty without Regret", curated by Robert Kushner, Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 - "Transcendent Space; with Mineral Pigments", Daily Yomiuri, May 25
2001 - William A. Dyrness, "Visual Faith: art, theology and worship in dialogue", Baker Academic
2001 - "The Pursuit of Faith Through Art," The Japan Times, April 18
2001 - Tim Walker, "Japanese Art Displayed in Galleria", Arts and Entertainment, The Echo, April 20
2001 - "Off the Walls", Worldwide Challenge Magazine
2001 - "Makoto Fujimura, Retrospective II", Sen Gallery, Tokyo
2000 - "Makoto Fujimura, Retrospective I," Sen Gallery, Tokyo
2000 - "Nihonga of the 20th Century", Tokyo National University Museum Press
2000 - "St. John's Project", Dillon Gallery Press
1999 - "Hours", Dillon Gallery Press
1999 - "On the Cover", International Art Now Gallery Guide, November
1999 - Margaret Moorman, "New York Reviews", Art News, November
1997 - "Images of Grace", Dillon Gallery Press
1996 - "New York Works", Dillon Gallery Press
1996 - Jim Heintz, "Japanese Painters Look to the Past", Associated Press, May 22
1996 - George Melrod, "Openings: Future History", Art and Antiques, May
1996 - Gerard Haggerty, "Reviews", ArtNews, November
1996 - Robert Kushner, "Reviews", Art in America, December
1992 - "Makoto Fujimura, Works 1990-1992", Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1989 - "Makoto Fujimura, Works 1987-1990", Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1987 - Judith Callander, "Makoto Fujimura's Nihonga Paintings at Tamaya Gallery", The Japan Times, January 18
1987 - Amaury Saint-Gilles, "The Installation of Makoto Fujimura's Nihonga", Mainichi Daily News, January 8

CURATORIAL
2003 - Considering Peace, an exhibit of 135 international artists to benefit UNESCO, hosted by Sato Museum, Tokyo, organized by International Arts Movement in collaboration with Art NPO, Tokyo
2002 - The Return of Beauty, including works of Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Chris Anderson, Bruce Herman, James Elaine, Denise Green and others, hosted by Kristen Frederickson Gallery, New York, organized by International Arts Movement
2002 - The Wrong Exhibit, Birmingham, UK, exhibited, lectured and juried works by high school students
2001-2002 - TriBeCa Temporary Exhibits (www.tribecatemporary.com), involving over 25 artists including Gretchen Bender, Hiroshi Senju, Robert Kushner, Kevin Clark, Denise Green, Pamela Moore, Jinnie Seo and others for six months of exhibits, performances, Happenings, and poetry readings focused on Ground Zero artists and their experiences, organized by International Arts Movement
2000 - Art as Prayer, including works by Joseph Beuys, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Tobi Kahn, Sigmar Polke, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Daniel Smith, co-curated with Tim Rollins, James Romaine at Cooper Union Gallery, New York, organized by International Arts Movement
1999 - New NIHONGA Tradition, Dillon Gallery, New York, works of four contemporary Nihonga artists
1993 - IAM 1993 Exhibit, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1990 - International Artists Fellowship Exhibit, The Manila Hotel, Philippines

CONFERENCES
2009 - Encounter: Art in Action, Creative Director, Tribeca Performance Center, Pace University, speakers includes Billy Collins, Nicholas Wolterstorff, performances by Jose Limon Dance, Helen Sung. Organized by International Arts Movement
2008 - Encounter: Transforming the River of Culture, Creative Director, Tribeca Performance Center, speakers included Terry Teachout, Michael O'Siadhail, Tara Donovan, Jeff Speck. Organized by International Arts Movement
2007 - Redemptive Culture, Creative Director, Tribeca Performance Center, speakers included Daniel Libeskind, Jeremy Begbie and others. Organized by International Arts Movement
2006 - Artists as Reconcilers, Creative Director, Copper Union Universtiy, speakers included Dr. Miroslav Volf, Dana Gioia, Patty Heaton and others. Organized by International Arts Movement
2002 - The Return of Beauty, Conference Director, speakers included Dr. Dennis Donoghue, Dr. Elaine Scarry, Rick Moody, Marie Ponsot, Makoto Fujimura, organized by International Arts Movement with Image Journal, at New York University and other venues
2001 - It was Good, Conference Director, speakers included Dr. William Edgar, Gordon Pennington, Gregory Wolfe, Joyce Robinson, Peter Corriston, in collaboration with The King's College, conference lectures established as senior art seminar at The King's College, used live internet feed to Tokyo and London, organized by International Arts Movement with The King's College
1999 - Art as Prayer, Executive Director, speakers included Steve Turner, Nigel Goodwin and others, concerts and exhibits including "The Land of Misfit Toys" at Cooper Union Great Hall featuring Danielson Famile

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
2007-2008 - Represented United States as part of a first official cultural delegation to China headed by Presidential Commission on the Arts and Humanities, represented the National Endowment for the Arts at the annual convocation, Pueto Rico
2003-2008 - National Council on the Arts member (a six year Presidential appointment), awarded the Chairman's Medal (2008)
2003-Present - Invited member of Yale University's Faith and Life work group lead by Dr. Miraslov Volf
2003 - Selected by the White House to travel with the US delegation at the US re-entry ceremony for UNESCO, Paris
2001-2002 - Initiated the TriBeCa Temporary project (www.tribecatemporary.com) to encourage ground zero artists
1990-Present - Founder and Creative Director, International Arts Movement (www.iamny.org)
- Frequent lecturer in universities, including Cornel University, Rhode Island School of Design, Maryland Institute of Art, New York University, Washington University at Saint Louis, Gordon College, Messiah College, Taylor University, Bethel College, Kyoto Arts and Crafts College as well as Bucknell University.
- Keynote speeches given at Michigan Arts Educator's conference, Trinity Board Gathering, International Arts Movement conferences, as well as lectures given at the Orlando Museum of Art and De Young Museum of Art
- Privately mentored students and recent graduates of Parsons School of Design, School of the Visual Arts, New York University, Sarah Lawrence College, American University, Tyler School of Art, Hope College, Messiah College, Gordon College, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University and Bucknell University.

EDUCATION
1992 - Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Post MFA Doctoral Level Program in Nihonga, National Cultural Affairs Scholar, first non-Japanese citizen to be accepted into the program
1989 - Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, M.F.A., Tokyo, National Cultural Affairs Scholar, top thesis prize
1983 - Bucknell University, double major in Animal Behavior and Art, with a minor in Creative Writing, B.A., Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, cum laude, Creative Arts Award

COLLABORATIONS
2008 - IAM Collaboration with Jerzy Sappieyvski, Miguel Sanchez Romera, TriBeCa Performance Center
2007 - Painted Music, with Jerzy Sapieyevski, produced by Valerie Dillon
2007 - Hybridity, Carnegie Hall, American Composer's Orchestra, for Susie Ibarra, became the first visual artist ever to paint live on stage at Carnegie Hall
2005 - Shangri-La at The Kitchen, modern opera written by Susie Ibarra, Yusef Komunyaka, Video Installation
2003 - Christmas in Peace Concert with Chu Kosaka and friends," at Tokorozawa Muse, Saitama, Japan, painted images using Nihonga materials and Polaroid photos which were projected onto the background scenery during the concert, organized by International Arts Movement in collaboration with Michtum Records, Tokyo
2003 - Eirenepoios installation of paintings, drawings, video projections with music by William Basinski at Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Project Room
2002 - The Wrong Exhibit, performance of projection and painted images with experimental music team Iacon
2001 - Post-911 collaboration with performance by Mamoru, video by William Basinski, art and oration by Makoto Fujimura, OSC Center, Tokyo
2000 - Gethsemane, a collaborative event at Makoto Fujimura Exhibit with John Silvis, Mamoru, Judith Ferrenbach Bradshaw, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, organized by International Arts Movement
1998 - Restaurant of the Soul, adult manga/art book published by TBS Brittanica, Japan with Michael Sack, illustrator Kenji Yagi, and composer Yashihisa Sakai

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 - MA: George Rouault & Makoto Fujimura: Soliloquies, Dillon Gallery
2009 - MA: The New Tradition in Nihonga, Dillon Gallery
2008 - MA: The New Tradition in Nihonga, Dillon Gallery
2007 - New Art, Curated by Keiji Hayashi, Yokohama Citizen's Gallery
2007 - 0x0 Hiroshima, curated by Kasumi Kitada, Hiroshi Senju, Robert Kushner, Pamela Moore, Judith Kruger and others
2005 - The Voting Booth Project,Parsons School of Design
2003 - The WRONG Exhibit, Birmingham, U.K.
2002 - WATERwalks, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York
2002 - The Return of Beauty, Kristen Federickson Gallery, New York
1999 - Two-T, TriBeCa Temporary Exhibits, New York
1999 - Inaugural Exhibit, Makoto Fujimura, James Elaine and William Basinski, TriBeCa Temporary Exhibits, New York
1999 - Art as Prayer, Cooper Union Gallery, New York
1999 - Nihonga, Dillon Gallery, New York
1999 - Fifth Annual Invitational, Dillon Gallery, New York
1998 - Summer Group Exhibition, Dillon Gallery, New York
1998 - The Last "'Hisho" Exhibit, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1997 - Black or White, Dillon Gallery, New York
1997 - Neo-Rimpa, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka (including Robert Kushner, Hiroshi Senju and Betty Woodward)
1997 - Drawings II, Tamaya Gallery, Japan
1996 - Past-Past, Dillon Gallery, New York
1996 - Drawings, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1996 - I'll Exhibit III, Tomura Gallery
1995 - Following the Sublime, Dillon Gallery, New York
1995 - One Hundred Artists, a Charity Exhibit for Kobe Earthquake Victims, Takashimaya Galleries, Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka
1995 - Hiro Yokose and Makoto Fujimura, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1994 - 10 x 10, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York
1994 - Hisho, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1994 - New Mind Art - Viewing Beauty, Onward Gallery, Tokyo
1993 - Wall to Wall, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, received Best of Show Award
1993 - Hisho, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1993 - IAM 1993 Exhibit, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1993 - The Essence of Beauty - Japanese Aesthetics, Gallery Gen, Saitama, Japan
1992 - Hisho, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1992 - I'll Exhibit II, Tomura Gallery
1992 - Collections Exhibit, Gallery Ginza Kyubi, Tokyo
1992 - Landscapes of Heisei, Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo
1991 - The 27th 'Artists Today' Exhibition- The Present as History, Yokohama Citizen's Gallery, Yokohama
1991 - I'll Exhibit I, Tomura Gallery
1991 - Hisho, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1990 - Sacred Arts, Billy Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, Illinois, won Purchase Award
1990 - International Arts Fellowship Exhibit, The Manila Hotel, Philippines 1990 - Hisho, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1987 - Hisho, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2008-2010 - To-ki-Michi, A Survey of Contemporary Nihonga, Ueno Royal Museum, Hakodate Museum, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum, and twelve other museums throughout Japan
2008 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Sanbi-shosha Collection Acquisition Exhibit
2007 - Sheldon Survey: An Invitational, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2007 - Flowers in Contemporary Nihonga, Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
2006 - Water Flames and Zero Summer, Katzen Arts Center, Washington D.C.
2005 - Considering Peace, Sato Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2003 - Contemporary Nihonga Artists - the Pioneers, Okazaki Museum, Japan
2003 - NICAF Artfair, Tokyo, Japan
2001 - SNAPSHOT, organized by The Contemporary Museum, Maryland, traveling to Arcadia University, and Aldrich Museum, Connecticut
1999 - Like a Prayer, Tryon Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
1999 - One Hundred Years of Nihonga, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Museum, Tokyo
1999 - Tokyo Station Invitational, Tokyo Station Museum, Tokyo
1998 - 110 Selection of Graduation Works: 110th Anniversary of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Matsuzakaya Museum, Tokyo and Nagoya
1998 - Akitsugu Ishizaki, Makoto Fujimura and Masako Takebe, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
1998 - Contemporary Nihonga Exhibit, Contemporary Museum of Tokyo, Tokyo
1998 - Collections Exhibit, Nerima Museum, Tokyo
1998 - Nature in Art, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
1998 - Mitsukoshi Museum Invitational, Tokyo
1997 - A City of God: Makoto Fujimura Retrospective, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
1997 - Contemporary Nihonga, Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
1996 - Saturnine/ Mercurial: The Many Moods of Watercolor, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
1996 - Fragments of a Journey, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
1996 - Mitsukoshi International Exhibition, Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo
1996 - VOCA Invitational, The Ueno Royal Museum of Art, Tokyo
1996 - A Passionate Look, Collection of Sanbi-shosha, Sudo Museum, Tokyo
1996 - Contemporary Nihonga, Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo
1994 - The New Nihonga, Koriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, Japan
1994 - Beyond the Nihonga- An Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Painting, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1993 - Art in Japanesque, O Museum, Tokyo
1990 - New Voices: Contemporary Japanese Paintings, North Dakota Museum of Art; Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University; Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorehead University and Southwest State University Gallery, a traveling exhibition
1991 - Artists Today, Yokohama Citizen's Museum

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 - Soliloquies, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
2009 - Charis, Exit Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 - Olana - Songs of Ascent, White Stone Gallery, Philadelphia
2008 - Charis, Dillon Gallery, New York
2006 - Golden Flames, Sara Tecchia Roma, New York
2006 - Making Peace, The City of London Festival with Yoko Ono, All Hallows on the Wall
2005 - Water Flames, Sara Tecchia Roma, New York
2003-2004 - The Still Point, Takashimaya Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka Japan
2003 - Golden Pines, Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York
2003 - Four Quartets, Kristen Frederickson Contemporary, New York
2002 - Columbines, Matsuya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002 - Gravity and Grace, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 - Makoto Fujimura, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2002 - Makoto Fujimura, The Eugene and Leona Olson Gallery, Bethel College, Minnesota
2001 - Makoto Fujimura Retrospective III, Sen Gallery, Tokyo
2001 - Makoto Fujimura, Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York
2001 - Gravity and Grace, Laurel Tracey Gallery, Red Bank, New Jersey
2001 - The Burning Bush, Engstrom Galleria, Taylor University, Indiana
2001 - Makoto Fujimura, The Henry Luce III Center for Arts and Religion, Washington D.C.
2001 - Quince, Narthex and Stairwell Gallery, St. Peter's Church, New York
2001 - New York Works, Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Massachusetts
2000 - Altarpiece, St. James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, New York
2000 - St. John Project, Dillon Gallery, New York
2000 - Makoto Fujimura Retrospective II, Sen Gallery, Tokyo
1999-2000 - Millennium Exhibition, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York
1999 - Makoto Fujimura Retrospective I, Sen Gallery, Tokyo
1998 - Hours, Dillon Gallery, New York
1998 - Makoto Fujimura, Gallery You, Kyoto
1998 - Makoto Fujimura, Kawarahara Gallery, Kyoto
1997 - Images of Grace, Dillon Gallery, New York
1997 - Images of Grace, Dillon Gallery, New York
1996 - New York Works, Dillon Gallery, New York
1994 - New Works from New York, Takashimaya Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo
1994 - The Four Doors, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1993 - Unconditional Love, Yamagawa Art, Tokyo
1992 - Doctor Class Exhibition, Tokyo National University of Art and Music, Tokyo
1992 - Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1990 - Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1989 - Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo
1989 - Topos, Ethos, IBM Gallery, Kawasaki
1988 - Solo Exhibition, L'espoir invitational, Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo
1987 - Solo Exhibition, Tamaya Gallery, Tokyo