Haruna Fukudome Solo Exhibition “kiln' me” November 22 (Sat) - 30 (Sun)
- 谷口 純弘
- Nov 11, 2025
- 2 min read
Chignitta is pleased to present Haruna Fukudome's solo exhibition “kiln' me” starting November 22. A rising star in the ceramics world, she participated in last year's “Different Kyomachibori Art Fair 2024” and won the Daily Art Award in the SICF25 EXHIBITION category. Experience her ceramic world—both playful and cynical—where “fragments of memory” emerge by adding elements of ‘painting’ to the medium of “ceramics.”
Gallery Talk: November 22nd, 4:00 PM
Throughout my work, I've consistently expressed the act of imprinting memories and records through firing.
The irony towards digital archives like SNS, the desire to preserve fleeting memories that might fade, fragments of daily life. Why this obsession with “memories and records”? I've been pondering this lately.
What I realized was my own fixation on the past. Looking back, I've always lived each day longing for that day, no matter when it was. The housing complex where I spent my childhood, friends from my student days who now have families, my beloved cat who passed away just days ago. Wanting to detach from this nostalgic self, I tell myself the past is dead, yet what I create are fragments of records and memories.
“Kiln” refers to the kiln used in pottery. It's a device that both imprints my memories and burns them away as relics of the past. I wish I could live embracing all of this—the past, the device, and even my nostalgic self—all wrapped up together. That's what I think.
Haruna Fukudome
＜Exhibition Information＞
Haruna Fukudome Solo Exhibition “kiln’ me”
Venue: Chignitta (Takagi Building 1F Rear, 1-13-21 Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka City)
Dates: November 22 (Sat) – 30 (Sun)
Hours: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Free Admission | No Reservations Required | Open Daily During Exhibition Period
Gallery Talk: November 22 (Sat) 4:00 PM -
Haruna Fukudome
Born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1995.
Completed the Craft Arts program in the Arts and Sports Studies Course at Kagoshima University's Graduate School of Education in 2020.
Her work centers on the act of “firing” in ceramics as its primary mode of expression, exploring themes of contrast between contemporary recording media and the fleeting emotions of human beings.
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