Bjorn Bjorholm (/ˈbjɔːrn ˈbjɔːrhoʊm/; born 1986) is an American bonsai artist. At the age of 22 he became an apprentice under Keiichi Fujikawa at Kouka-en Nursery in Osaka. He apprenticed at Kouka-en Nursery in Osaka for six years before becoming certified by the Nippon Bonsai Association. In 2018, Bjorholm founded Eisei-en (Japanese: 永青園) Bonsai Garden in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.

Bjorn Bjorholm
Bjorholm delivering a critique at the 7th U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition in September 2021 in Rochester, NY.
Born	1986
Known for	Bonsai
Spouse(s)	Nanxi Chen
Website	http://bjornbjorholm.com/

Biography

Bjorholm was born in 1986 and grew up in Tennessee. At age 13, he received his first bonsai tree. Within three months, however, it was dead.[1] In 2001, he and his father, Tom Bjorholm, founded the Knoxville Bonsai Society.[1][2] At age 16, Bjorholm visited Japan as part of a student group. There, he met bonsai master Keiichi Fujikawa.[1] Before beginning a formal apprenticeship, Bjorholm studied with several bonsai professionals in the United States.[3]

After graduating from college, in 2008, Bjorholm became an apprentice under Fujikawa at Kouka-en Nursery in Osaka.[1][3] He apprenticed for six years before becoming certified as a bonsai professional by the Nippon Bonsai Association. Thereafter, he worked as an artist-in-residence at Kouka-en, making him Japan's first foreign-born working bonsai artist.[4]

In 2018, Bjorholm founded Eisei-en (Japanese: 永青園) Bonsai Garden in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.[5][6] Since, the American Southeast has become an epicenter of excellent bonsai art.[7]

In 2019, Bjorholm dealt bonsai for the Government of the United Arab Emirates, which the nation gave as gifts to various recipients, including the Central Intelligence Agency.[8][9]

See also

• Bonsai
• Bonsai cultivation and care

References

External links

• Eisei-En - Bonsai Garden founded by Bjorholm outside Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.