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Party at Bunkamura Gallery
Party at Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo.
11th Nov 2005
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New children's book is now available!
Rima's new children's book, Wonder Garden, is now available at the Tibet House Museum Book Store and Jivamukuti Yoga Center Book Store, in New York.
Tibet House
http://www.tibethouse.org/
Jivamukuti Yoga Center
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com/
Opening Party for Metta, Solo Exhibition
10/26/2005 from 5pm at Isetan Art Gallery,
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Book signing & talk will be held on:
10/29 and 10/30 at 2pm at the gallery.
[Inquiry] 03-3225-2790
Solo Exhibition in Ashiya, Hyogo
2005/12/23-2006/01/15
At: SPACE R
For more information please contact the gallery.
[Inquiry] 0797-32-5161
Buddhist Program for Children
2005/10/09-
This afternoon, Rima Fujita will read from "The Old Dog and the Baby Rabbit" in Tibetan, Japanese and English.
Children's Program
Sunday, October 9, 1-3 p.m., Free
at New York Tibet House Museum
22 West 15 th Street, NYC
http://www.tibethouse.org/programs/studies.html
Book Signing Event
2005/10/06-
Book signing on my new children's book,
"The Dalai Lama's Compassion: Wonder Garden~
A Tale of an Old Dog and a Baby Rabbit~
at New York Tibet House Museum
22 West 15 th Street, NYC
from 6pm~ Cocktails and more!
http://www.tibethouse.org/programs/studies.html
For more details please contact: Kyra Borre and Ganden Thurman
[Inquiry] 212-807-0563
A Charity Event for Orphans
2005/11/11-2005/11/20
My second children's book, "The Dalai Lama's Compassion: A Tale of an Old Dog and a Baby Rabbit" for the Tibetan refugee kids in exile will be published and this is a fundrasing event. The opening party will be held on Nov. 11, at Tokyu Bunkamura, Tokyo!
[Inquiry] 03-3477-9174
Solo Exhibition on New Work
2005/10/26-2005/11/01
At Isetan Art Gallery, Tokyo
[Inquiry] 03-3225-2790
New Serials(essay & art) Starting!:
* "My Fabulous Confidants" in 25ans Magazine from Jan. Issue.
* "Manhattan in Love" in 30ans Magazine from Jan. Issue.
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Exhibitions:In Kanazawa at Ishitaya from 12/9‾12/15. In Ashiya at Space R from 12/15‾1/16. I will be there! |
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"On November 19, 2003 there was a benefit auction at Christie's
in New York for the Tibet House NY. It was hosted by Uma Thurman, David
Bowie, Iman, Christine Turlington, Edward Burns, and the yoga gurus,
Sharon Gannon and David Life. The partial profit would be donated to
the Tibetan chidren's village in Dharamsala, India. Many celebrities
such as Donna Karan, Robert DeNiro donated their goods for the auction.
I donated my "free-Tibet-Totebag" and it was bid at a very
good price! Todd English from Olive was in charge of the catering.
It was a fabulous night with lots of champainge, the riches and famous.
I am so glad that I was able to contribute something for the Tibetan
kids in exile. Photo1) A beautiful tankha of Buddha at the Christie's lobby.
Photo2) With Sharon, the yoga guru, Robert Thurman, Me, Sharon's friend and David Life.
Photo3) With Uma's brother and a super model, Mipam.
Photo4) David Bowie donated his guitar for the auction.
Photo5) With my dear friend, Sharon Gannnon.
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| I will have a solo exhibition at SPACE R in Ashiya, Hyogo, For more information please call:0797-32-5226 |
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| I will be illustrating a love story, DEON, set in the 18th |
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| My solo exhibition starts at A UN in Kanazawa's Meitetsu |
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| My "10th Anniversary Exhbition "Neo Japanesque" will start on Sep.18 to 30th at Isetan, Shinjuku in Tokyo. 100 works including new and old pieces and my new line of lifestyle products will be presented. Please come and check them out! More info: Isetan Art Gallery 03-3225-2790 |
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| My first line of goods (such as bags and jewery) will be presented at Selima's Bond 07 on Aug,26. I will announce more details later! |
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I will be in a group exhibition at Wickiser Gallery in SoHo from 7/17 to 8/12. 568 Broadway, Room 104B, New York, 10012 |
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Special articles of me will be in the following magazines in Japan: |
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I will be one of the judges of the catch phrase competition for the new perfume, CHANCE, by Chanel. |
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My work will be exhibited in the charity event, "Color Charity Exhibition–LOVE & Yellow–" sponsored by Veuve Cliquot, at the Spiral,Aoyama, Tokyo,from 5.30 to 6.01. All the profit goes to WWF JAPAN (an organization which supports to protect Nature) www.color-charity.com |
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I will be in a group exhibition in Hiroshima for the first time.4/24 to 8/19 at LiberalArt JPN, 119 High Tention For information: 082-242-7705 www.lajpn.com |
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A good
friend of mine, Kaori Suita (you may have seen her on TV commercials) |
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My studio will be on April issue of "La Vie de 30 ans" Magazine. |
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New collaboration with John Bartlett (one of the top fashion designers
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"Wonder Talk"
has been on the web site of Mountain Forum as recommended Mountain Forum home URL:http://www.mtnforum.org/ |
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"Peace Art" Exhibition will be on the air on Jan.26 on NHK's "SUNDAY
MUSEUM"(9:00-10:00 a.m.). Also there will be "Peace Art" Exhibition at E Gallery at Kokusai Forum
from Jan.24 to 30th. Please contact (03)3950-8634 for more information. |
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| 2002 Solo exhibition at Shinjuku Isetan Art Gallery in Tokyo |
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| I am happy to inform you that "WONDER
TALK" (children's book) has been officially selected by the United
Nations as recommended reading for educators and teachers throughout the
world. I believe that this will help more people in the world learn about Tibet and its unique culture. I thank you again for your kind and warm support! |
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| At Space R in Ashiya, Hyogo there will be an exhibition from Dec.14 to Jan.5, 2003. For more info: 0797-32-5226 |
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| A very well known television personality, Masako Shindo
came to my studio in SoHo to interview me for her web site column. Not
only she was so beautiful she was very frank and so smart... what a charming
woman! http://www.ewoman.co.jp/shindo/ |
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| In VOGUE NIPPON (January issue, 2003)
there is an interview article of Mr.Suzuki and myself talking about cars.
(p.141) Mr.Suzuki is an editor-in-chief of Engine Magazine in Japan and he is quite a character! |
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| From Nov.7 to 14 I will have an exhibition at A.UN in Meitetsuhyakkaten in Kanazawa. For more info: 076-298-4800 |
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| My solo exhibition "TRAVEL" will be at the ISETAN ART GALLERY in Shinjuku, Tokyo from Oct.29 to Nov.5, 2002. I will be signing (autographs) on Nov.2,3,4 at 2pm. |
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| "Wonder Talk" can be purchased from the website of Snowlion Publishing. |
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| I will be having a solo exhibition on my new work from Oct.29 to Nov.5 at the Isetan Art Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Come and check them out! (For more information contact: 03-3225-2790 Art Gallery) |
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| I will be in a group exhibition from July
25 to August 21 at Walter Wickiser
Gallery. Please visit and check it out! 568 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 "Wonder Talk" is available at the following stores in New York: Kinokuniya Bookstores, Open Center Bookstore, East West Books, Jivmukti Bookstore, Snow Lion Publication, Selima's Bond 07, Do Kham, Vision of Tibet, Tibet Treasure, Paramitas, and Mandala. |
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| I have sent 2000 copies of Wonder Talk, a Tibetan Folktale Children's
Book that I produced, to the Tibetan children in Exile such as India,
Nepal and Bhutan. The books were distributed to the kids in 80 refugee
schools and I was told that the kids were enjoying the book very much!
The following is the letter from the Education department of the Tibentan
Government in Exile:
Dear Rima Fujita, |
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| "Wonder Talk" Benefit Event in Tokyo (October 13, 2001) Photo1) This is the completed version of "Everybody's Drawing"
- I outlined the Mandala drawing and divided into small sections and
put a various price in each of them. Participants chose whichever section
they liked and paid in order to paint that section. About 300 people
participated! Thank you all!
Photo2) Ms. Tsuchiya of Cafe Matsurika who donated beautiful sweets for the benefit event and Ms.Matsubara who donated lovely tea. The middle is me. Thank you, ladies!
Photo3) Mr. Hamazaki, a friend of mine sang beautiful songs he wrote specially for the Tibetan kids at my benefit event. Everybody was deeply touched!
Photo4) I was able to send 2000 books, "Wonder Talk" to the
Tibetan kid in exile! Thank you, everyone for your support!
Photo5) We raised 350000Yen from this drawing! Thank you again for everyone who participated in this "Everybody's Drawing."
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| Solo exhibition, "Blue Poppies" starts at Isetan Fine Art
Galley, Tokyo from March 28 to April 3. For more infomation contact Isetan:
03-3225-2790 |
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| My new essay & Art column starts in GLI Magazine on Feb. 23, 2001. |
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| My art & essay will appear serially in "Artpolitan" magazine
for a year from May issue. |
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| My solo exhibition will be held at SPACE R in Ashiya, Hyogo in Japan
from Dec.20th to Jan.10, 2001. Please call for more info. at 0797-32-5226 http://www.fukuju.com/space-R/ |
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| I received the "Armani Cultural Award" in Japan and I will
be appeared in a magazine, "La Vie de 30ans" (Jan.issue) wearing
a beautiful evening dress! I cannot wait to try it on for a special night out in NYC! |
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| I will have a solo exhibition at Ishidaya in Kanazawa from Oct.19-24.
Please contact 076-298-4800. |
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| So many people came to see my show at Isetan in September. Thank you
all! |
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| My solo exhibition will begin from Sep.28 to Oct.4 at Isetan, Shinjuku,
Tokyo. My unusual work such as watercolor drawings and collages will be
shown. Book signing will be held on Sep.28th, Oct. 1st, and 2nd at 2pm.
See you there! |
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| There will be Rima's exhibition, "Moon Desert" at the Bunkamura
Gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo from July 27th to August 31. This work was created
on her dreams that she saw for ten days continuously. One large painting
and ten prints will be shown and they are available for purchase. (for
more info. please contact: Bunkamura Gallery (03)3477-9174) |
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| Rima is nominated for "Georgio Armani Business Woman Award"
(theCultural Section)in "La Vie de 30 ans" magazine (August
issue.) She will donate the prize money to the orphans in India if she
is elected. |
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| My new internet column will start on July 14th. The URL is http://www.she.tv if you go to the section called "Relationships ~Yourself~" you will find "Rima Fujita's Monthly Words" and you can enjoy my art and essay every month. Check it out! |
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| I visited Bali, Indonesia in May. One day I went to the market in Ubud,
the mountain village of arts. My Balinese guide told me, " You must
negotiate the price when you shop!" So I tried. It took me a half
hour every time I bought something, and it was exhausting! However, it
is a un memory now.
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| I enjoyed the ketchuk dance which is a traditional Balinese ritual dance.
Although what I saw was a commercial one for the tourists the eal ketchuk
is sacred to worship the divine.
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| On Jan.22 I had the event on "meditation" at the Tea House
Gallery of the NY Open Center. |
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| My guest speakers this year were Sharon Gannon from Jivamukti Yoga Center,
Pablo Rosenblueth and Lama Pema Dorjee from the Nechung Monastery. After
my opening speech these guests expressed "meditation" in their
own unique ways. Also, I had seven guest artists to show their art for "meditation" on the second floor. (With Kristen Sard, Caroline Finnegan, Emre Erturk, Anastasia Vasilakis, Mimi Wlordachyk, Sonam Zoksang and Jeremy Hurley.) My friend Jane from Vanity Fair made these "Chakra Cookies" (this was my idea!) and they were awesome! Also, Brigitte from Reve de Soie decorated the stage with her beautiful Thai silk panel with the Buddhist prayer. |
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| After the event I had a book signing for my "Simple Meditation
for Creative People" and Lama Pema gave a meditation teaching on
the second floor. We had about 400 people came this year and everyone
seemed to enjoy the meditative experience, and I was so happy to see them
with smile on their faces! That was the best part of the whole event. |
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| I contributed three new drawings for Vogue Nippon, Feb. issue (will
come out on the X'mas Day) for the special feature on healing. My interview
will be also part of it. |
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| There will be my solo-exhibition," Coming Home" in a town
where I grew up, Ashiya! It starts from Dec.24 ~ Jan.5, 2000 at Gallery
R ( TEL:0797-32-5161) Hope you can check it out since I cannot be there! |
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| Rima's new art book will be published in early September, 1999. It iscalled,
" Rima's Simple Meditation for Creative People." ( KodanshaLtd.,
full-color, 36 pages, texts in Japanese and English, 17 drawings.) Signed copies will be available at her solo-exhibitions at ISETAN ART GALLERY (Sep.23~28) and Kobe Hankyu Art Salon (Oct.6~12.) The book will be available in the U.S. as well.Rima wrote this book based on her lectures at art schools in Japan: to learn to trust one's intuition in order to express and create. It is a simple meditation that anyone can do anywhere, anytime. It is a fun meditation! Please check it out. |
