Biography

Kim Frank Fujiwara is an award-winning artist with over 45 years specializing in fine art, commissioned art and portraits. After graduating from Center for Creative Studies in 1979, he worked at Detroit Studios as an illustrator. By the mid 80’s, he was an adjunct instructor at CCS for 5 years. In 1992, he started his own studio, Fujiwara Art, Inc.
Kim has garnered several awards including Scarab Club Advertising Show, Huron Valley Council for the Arts, The Ray and Nancy Loeschner Art Competition, MI Great Artist Competition, and Hour Best of Detroit 2019, 2022. Many of his works have decorated the walls of Oakland Hills Country Club and Ford World Headquarters.
After illustrating American Indian Stories of ‘Carlos Montezuma’ and ‘Ishi’ for Steck-Vaughn Publishers in the early 90’s and several visits to Arizona, in 2012 Kim directed his passion to ‘The American West’ series. He currently accepts commissions, exhibits in annual shows, and continues his lifetime commitment and passion in the visual fine arts.
“The American West has everything you need to fuel the creative soul and utilize all artistic skills and knowledge at the same time from concept and composition, to color and mood, landscapes to figurative. The American West is an ‘open range’ of subjects from Cowboys and Native Americans to history and storytelling. It is a major part of American History and a contemporary way of life.”