Painting of a window in purples and blues
Painting of a window in purples and blues
Chie Fueki (Japanese, b. 1973). Lunar Cycle, 2023.
Acrylic on mulberry paper on wood, 12 x 22 in. Private Collection, Courtesy of Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Photo: Gene Ogami.
pink and red collage like drawing of a figure, buildings, and shadows
Chie Fueki (Japanese, b. 1973). Painting (detail), 2023.
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.
Green and black collage painting of figures and lights
Chie Fueki (Japanese, b. 1973). Where, 2017.
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.
two figures sitting at a table with various animals in a drawn 2 d style
Chie Fueki (Japanese, b. 1973). Aiko and John, 2010.
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

Blue Star Museums Program

Sarasota Art Museum is a Blue Star Museum

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design (SAM) is pleased to participate in Blue Star Museums, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families during the summer. The 2026 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 16, 2026, and end on Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2026.

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Call to Artists Announced for Tampa Bay Area Exhibition ‘Skyway 2027: A Contemporary Collaboration’​

Five regional art museums, the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; The John and
Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota;
the Tampa Museum of Art; and the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, are pleased to
announce a call to artists for “Skyway 2027: A Contemporary Collaboration”, the fourth iteration of the exhibition
celebrating the diversity and talent of artistic practices in the Tampa Bay area and beyond.

Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) Loopy Doopy, Blue/Red, 2000 Oil-based woodcut 20 5/8 × 28 5/8 in. (52.3 × 72.6 cm) New Britain Museum of American Art, Gift of Sol LeWitt © Estate of Sol LeWitt 2025

Sarasota Art Museum to Present Major Survey of Prints by Conceptual Art Pioneer Sol LeWitt

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design (SAM) is pleased to present “Beautiful Ideas: The Prints of Sol LeWitt,” on view from May 17 through October 25, 2026. This exhibition explores the extensive printmaking career of Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), a leader of the American Minimalism and Conceptual art movements who famously declared that “the idea becomes a machine that makes the art.”

Woman at a pool club posing with two men playing pool in the background

Sarasota Art Museum Announces its 2026-2027 Season Exhibition Schedule

Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design (SAM) announces its 2026-2027 season, featuring a lineup of seven exhibitions including works by some of the most beloved and influential photographers of the 20th-century, award-winning glass artists, a father and son artistic lineage, multiple Ringling College of Art and Design talents and more.