Fu Yi Yao is the fifth daughter of
the grand master Fu Bao Shi, who has been called one of the two "rocks" of China
(the other is Qi Bai Shi). Now residing in Japan, Ms Fu is a renowned artist with great
inheritance of talent. Born
in Nanjing in 1947, Ms. Fu did not consider painting as a career until 1970. She has
mastered very diversified areas including landscape and people, and is particular famed
for her paintings on Buddhism and festivities. Stemmed from her father's heritage, her
works are noticeably oversized with highly sophisticated details. At the famous temple, her
painting commemorating the 1400th birthday of a Japanese high monk spans two sections of
the wall, each at 200 x 600 cm.
 | 1975 Nanjing Bureau of Preservation of Cultural
Objectsties. |
| 1978 Bureau of Chinese Painting of Jiangsu Province |
| 1979 Exhibitions in Singapore |
| 1980 Exhibition at Fuji Art Museum in Japan |
| 1981 Enrolled in Musashino Art University. Studied with Shioide
Hideo. Travelled around Japan. |
| 1983 Enrolled in Tokyo Art University. Studied under Hirayama
Ikuo. |
| 1984 Visited Dunhuang |
| 1985 Exhibited in Tokyo |
| 1986 Exhibition in Hong Kong and Tokyo Central Museum. |
| 1987 Exhibition at Hanshin Art Gallery in Osaka |
| 1988 Major work on 12 Japanese festivities. |
| 1989 Exhibition in Ueda and Taipei. |
| 1990 Completed mural paintings for Enmanji temple in Yokohama.
Donated painting "Kamakura Yabusame" to Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura.
Awarded Ringa Art Promoting Prize. |
| 1994 Published "Japanese Monk Seeking Buddhist Scripture from
Tang Dynasty". |
| 1995 Television Lectures about Ink Painting on Japan NHK |
| 1996 Created huge mural "Buddhism to the East" |
| 1997 Created a series of 380 illustrations for Yomiyuri Shinbun
newspaper. |
Fu Yi Yao
