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Yuki Tsukiyama

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Nobi Sugi

©TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY

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Untitled

©TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY

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roundabout

©LOKO GALLERY

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Artist Information

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Yuki Tsukiyama

1976 Born in Kobe
2016 “See Saw Seeds: An Experiment Connecting Four Art Communities” Tashkeel (Dubai,UAE)
2017 “roundabout” LOKO GALLERY (Tokyo,Japan)
2017 “VOLTA NY” Pier 90 (New York,America)
2018 “Diver” GALLERY Shimada (Kobe,Japan)
2018 “Exhibition 2018” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY (Osaka,Japan)

I’m often asked, “Where do the ideas for your work come from?” The answer is that they suddenly strike me, like lightning.In my case, it is often when my focus is onto something else, like when I’m driving a car or watching soccer on TV.I don’t know why it is that way, but since my work doesn’t come out of something you can put into words, it’s quite difficult to verbalize every time.There are, however, always deadlines. What I have to do is to make work brightly and cheerfully.

Selector

Hitoshi Dehara

Curator, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

[Comment by Selector]

         

When I thought of recommending not only two-dimensional but three-dimensional artists, Tsukiyama first came to mind. It is difficult to explain his style—he actually adopts a stance of not being attached to any style. He is free from style. On the one hand, he has a flexible way of thinking and rich ideas that emerge from it, and, on the other, a high degree of freedom in his use and rendering of diverse materials. From the relationship and intersection between these two (as well as other added conditions) emerge unexpected works. I eagerly await his new piece for this art fair.