Curator’s Tour – April 2027
Monday, April 5, 2027 | 1 pm
Acrylic on mulberry paper on wood, 12 x 22 in. Private Collection, Courtesy of Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Photo: Gene Ogami.
Acrylic, enamel, graphite, and colored pencil on mulberry paper on wood, 60 x 48 in. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York. Photo: Steven Bates.
Acrylic, ink, and colored pencil on mulberry paper on wood, 72 x 72 in. Private Collection, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York. Photo: Michael Bodycomb.
Acrylic, pencil, colored pencil, collage on wood panel, 84 x 72 in. Private Collection, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York.
Chie Fueki: Painting the Floating World
October 18, 2026–April 4, 2027
Everyday life becomes extraordinary in Painting the Floating World. This new exhibition by Ringling College of Art and Design alum Chie Fueki synthesizes Japanese ukiyo-e atmospheric techniques with Western abstraction, perspectival space, and practices of overlay and juxtaposition. Drawing from her own Japanese and Brazilian heritage, Fueki’s vibrant and densely layered works dance with an elaborate interplay of painting, drawing, and constructed mulberry paper compositions. Spanning 25 years of the artist’s career, these works carve out familiar scenes that fuse figuration and abstraction to create an intricate “floating world.” Intimate and expansive, ordinary and extraordinary, Painting the Floating World captures daily life in full motion.
Chie Fueki: Painting the Floating World is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Lacie Barbour, associate curator of exhibitions, with Rangsook Yoon, former senior curator.
This exhibition is made possible, in part, with generous support from:
Platinum Sponsors
Judy and Fred Fiala
Silver Sponsors
Ellen Chapman and Michael Moss
Essay
Happenings
Director’s Tour – April 2027
Monday, April 26, 2027 | 1 pm
Curator’s Tour – May 2027
Monday, May 3, 2027 | 1 pm
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Japanese American painter Chie Fueki receives first mid-career survey exhibition at Sarasota Art Museum
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