FUJII Hikaru

Profile

Graduated with a DEA (MA) from Université de Paris 8 in 2004

Recent exhibitions
2021 "ART 5 – KUNST UND DEMOKRATIE," PLATFORM München
2021 "Special Exhibition Hikaru Fujii: Record of Bombing," Maruki Gallery For The Hiroshima Panels, Saitama
2021 "Artists and the Disaster: Imagining in the 10th Year," Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito2020 "Things Entangling," Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 
2019 "Les nucléaires et les choses," KADIST, Paris 
2019 "Aichi Triennale 2019: Taming Y/Our Passion," Nagoya City Art Museum

Awards 
2017 "Nissan Art Award 2017," Grand Prize

About works / performance

Fujii Hikaru's practice is based on the notion that artistic production implies a close relationship with society and history. Mainly in the form of video installation, he creates work that responds to contemporary social issues through detailed research and fieldwork on unique cultures and histories of various countries and regions. Fujii organizes workshops--intersections for interdisciplinary and artistic collaboration between specialists from diverse various fields. Here he reenacts historical events with participants as well as generates a situation where an active discussion arises. His methodology links the present with the past in creative ways, while structurally critiquing the domains of history and society that remain invisible.