KAORI FUKUYAMA

Artist Biography

Kaori Fukuyama is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in San Diego, working across site-specific installation, sculpture, and painting. Her practice focuses on perception, with particular attention to light and its role in shaping awareness of color, form, and space.

Originally from Kumamoto, Japan, Fukuyama holds a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Oregon. Her background in environmental design continues to inform her approach to spatial relationships, material considerations, and the experience of place, resulting in works that respond closely to their surrounding contexts.

Through both studio-based work and large-scale public installations, Fukuyama creates contemplative environments that invite reflection and foster connection across diverse communities. Her work is held in permanent collections including the Rothko Museum (Latvia), the Panoptès Collection (Belgium), the UC San Diego Jacobs Healing Arts Collection, and the City and County of San Diego, and has been exhibited at Laguna Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and the Oceanside Museum of Art.