born 1964, Aichi, Japan

Lives and works in Paris

Artist’s Site

www.fukukoando.com

Education

1993 Six months trainee at Christian Dior, Paris, France

        Diplôme de l’école, Ecole de la chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne,

Paris, France

1988 Completion of Fashion design course at Nagoya Mode Gakuen, Nagoya, Japan

1986 BA Literature, Kinjo Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan

       

Selected Exhibitions

2006 ‘Pleiades: Sept Sœurs’ Pershing Hall, Paris, France

2005 ‘Pleiades: Sept Sœurs’ Art-U room, Tokyo, Japan

        ‘Design Week Monterrey 2005’, Mexico

        ‘Visions of the Body’ Museum of Contemporary Arts, Seoul, Korea

2004 ‘Robes - Pièces Uniques’ Exhibition and Défilé-Performance at ‘Biennale de Paris 2004’, Atelier Richelieu, Paris

2003 Solo exhibition at Galerie Simone, Paris, France

2001 ‘Sayoko’ Kobe Fashion Museum, Kobe, Japan

1999 ‘Visions of the Body’ National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

1997 Workshop and exhibition at Kyoto Costume Institute, Kyoto, Japan

1996 ‘Paris sur Mode’ Paris, France

Selected Fashion Shows

2006 ‘The Golden Promise’ Défilé-Performance at ‘Paris Collection Spring-Summer 2007’ with the participation of the dancers of Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

2004 Défilé-Performance and conference at ‘Design Week Monterrey 2004’, Mexico

1996 Collection at Espace Planète, Paris, France

Costume Design

2006 ‘TROIS’ Contemporary Dance, Choreography by Franck Berjont, Au Café de la Dance, Paris, France

2000 ‘Nantonaku x Kakusei’ Collaborative concert-performance, Asahi Art Square, Tokyo, Japan

Major Awards

1992 Golden prize and Kansai Yamamoto prize at ‘Mt. Fuji International Fashion Design Contest’ (Fujiyoshida-city, Japan)

1990 Winner at ‘Grand Prix SEED’ (Seibu corporation, Tokyo, Japan)

Collections

Kyoto Costume Institute, Japan

Other private collections