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BeetKa

KAORI FUKUSHIMA 

BeetKa is a portmanteau of beet and Kaori. Rooted in the earth like a root vegetable, yet avant-garde and vibrant like the crimson red of beets—this is the vision I bring to life in my work.

[Awards]

2026 | Czech Centre Tokyo – Telling Stories of Czechia Through Comics (Embassy of the Czech Republic)

2025 | IAG AWARDS 2025 Selection – Montparnasse Museum of Art (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)

2022 | The Choice Award Winner – Illustration Magazine, Vol. 235 (Judged by Yuichi Urushihara)

2022 | The Choice Honorable Mention – Illustration Magazine, Vol. 234 (Judged by Machiko Kyo)

2020 | THINK SCHOOL 3rd Graduation Exhibition - Excellence Award (Sapporo Station Underground Pedestrian Space)

2020 | ACT Art Award Exhibition, Honorable Mention (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo)

2019 | 3rd Art Olympia Honorable Mention (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)

 

[Solo Exhibition]

2020 | "I Can't Be a Bad Kid" – Akarenga Terrace Observation Gallery (Exhibition Commemorating the Award-Winning Exhibition)

2019 | "Angels, or Demons" – Kan Yasuda Sculpture Museum, Arte Piazza Bibai (First Solo Exhibition)

 

[Group Exhibition / Other]

2022 | The 9th New Chitose Airport International Animation Film Festival (Hokkaido Contemporary Animation )

2019 | THINK SQUARE (Sapporo Sosei Square)

2019 | ANIMATION RUNS! (Hyogo, Himeji Cinema Club)

2018 | The 43rd National University Printmaking Exhibition (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts)

2018 | Selected for the 12th Ashiya Photography Exhibition (Ashiya City Museum of Art and History)

2017 | Published in the magazine 'KUBINSTADT ALMANACH' (Czech Republic)

2016 | Participated in the ANIFILM 2016 workshop (Třebónő, Czech Republic)

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Born in Nagoya in 1997 and raised in Tottori.

Studied abroad in the Czech Republic at the age of 17.

Graduated from Hokkaido University of Education in 2021, majoring in Contemporary Art (Two-Dimensional Representation Lab).

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