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Gallery Beaux is pleased to introduce Kuni Fukai whose illustration works had been appeared in the serial installment of the story, “ Hydrangea Diary” by Juniich Watanabe in Sankei Newspaper.
His illustration works are known for their gracious drawings. Fukai is a versatile artist who works not only as an illustrator but also as an artist in many different fields.
He had been produced original drawings for an animation film called “ Belladonna in Sorrow”.
For his past shows at Gallery Beaux, he presented oil paintings that depicted musicians in their performance.
For the show in Roof Gallery, he portrayed people in carnivals. The superb color sensitivity and color balance in his works create the enchanted world which is uniquely his own. The show had displayed several oil paintings and 31 watercolor paintings.
Please enjoy these 6 works picked up from past exhibition –Carnival-.

1935 Born in Yokohama
1956 Started working illustrations for the weekly magazine, “Heibon Punch”, also designed the window display for the Primptan Department Store in Paris
1976 illustrations for SF magazines published by Hasegawa Shobo
-Illustration for other works-
・Produced cover designs for books by Richard Matison, Phillip Jose Faller, Paul Anderson , Lyn Cater, etc
・Supplied original drawings for the animation film, “Belladonna in Sorrow “ by Mushi production
・In charge of art and design for the film “ Marco Polo”, by Arthur Rankin production
・Participated in Japan Illustration Exhibition
・Exhibited at Tokyu Department store gallery
・Solo exhibition at Maruzen gallery in Nagoya
・Invited to the exhibition at Nice Municipal Museum
・Art designer for the posters of Suntry Classic Concert, sponsored by Japan Air Line
・In charge of a cover picture and illustrations for the TV drama, “Midnight Hero”, directed by Mitsuhiko Kuse
・Stage designer for the play, “Onatsu and Seijuro” directed by Yumie Hiraiwa
-Solo exhibitions-
1997 Gallery Beaux
1998 Gallery Beaux
1999 Maruzen Gallery at Nihonbashi
2001 Gallery Beaux
2004 Gallery Beaux
2006 Roof Gallery at Tamagawa Takashimaya Shopping Center
-Illustration works- magazines="" and="" stories="" in="" the="" newspapers="">
Yasushi Inoue「Ikoku no Hoshi」Nikkei Newspaper
Shusaku Endo「Princess Mary Antoinet」Weekly Asahi
Hiroyuki Itsuki「Suichuka」Shincho Nobels
Taichi Yamada「Kishibe no Albam」Chunichi Newspaper
Yumie Hiraiwa「Iro no nai chizu」etc Nikkei Newspaper
Yusuke　Fukada「Ennetsu Shonin」Weekly Bunshun
Reiko Morota「Otorimi nyoubou」Shincho Nobels
Yo Tsumoto「Geten wa Yumeka」「Oo waranji no otoko」Nikkei Newspaper
Takashi Togo「Mizu no naka no inu」Gendai Nobels
Akiko Sugimoto「Uguisu Yashiki」All Yomimono
Azusa Katsume「Kageoi」Gendai Nobels
Junichi Watanabe「Hydrangea Diary」Sankei Newspaper