Baker Artist Portfolios

Yoshitaka Fujii is a resident artist and instructor at Baltimore Clayworks. Yoshi, from Fukuoka, Japan, moved to U.S. in 1996 and received a B.A. in Foreign Language and a B.A. in Anthropology in 2000 from the University of Southern Mississippi. In addition, he received a B.F.A. in Sculpture with an emphasis in Ceramics in 2002 and an M.A.T.L. in English as a Second Language in 2003. After working on residency in Natchez, MS, he attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he earned his M.F.A. in Ceramics in 2008.

Yoshi was selected as a recipient of the 2008-2009 Lormina Salter Fellowship and invited to become a resident artist at the Baltimore Clayworks in Maryland where he is currently serving as the online gallery manager. In 2010, he received Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artistic Development from Baltimore Clayworks and used the grant for the 10-week residency at Tainan National University for the Arts in Taiwan ROC. He shows his work in national and international exhibitions and competitions, and won several awards including 2012 Baker Artist Award b-Grant. He is one of 2015 Emerging Artists by Ceramics Monthly and a fellow of the Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi. Additional information about Yoshi is available at www.yoshifujii.com