Tomoaki Suzuki Explained

Tomoaki Suzuki (born 1972) is a Japanese artist born in Ibaraki, Japan.[1] [2] [3] He trained in figurative sculpture at Tokyo Zokei University.[4] The artist then completed an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London,[5] and another in Sculpture at City & Guilds Art School.[6]

Work

His practice specialises in creating urban portraits, carved into lime wood on a miniature scale and then painted.[7]   He often searches his local neighbourhoods for young people dressed distinctively to use as models.[8] [9]  His work engages with the changing face of fashion and youth culture, investigating the methods people use to establish their individuality.[10]  

In 2012 Suzuki's sculpture Carson was exhibited on the High Line in New York.[11] [12] The artist has been exhibited internationally at major institutions, such as the Art Institute of Chicago,[1] National Gallery of Victoria, the Barbican,[13] and at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.[14] A selection of sculptures from the artist's exhibition at Corvi-Mora was included in the 2017 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.[15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tomoaki Suzuki . 2022-08-21 . The Art Institute of Chicago . en.
  2. Web site: CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux - Site officiel Tomoaki Suzuki . 2022-08-21 . www.capc-bordeaux.fr.
  3. Web site: Artnet - Tomoaki Suzuki . 2022-08-21 . www.artnet.com.
  4. News: Cotter . Holland . 2012-11-29 . Tomoaki Suzuki . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-08-21 . 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: 2010-12-09 . Tomoaki Suzuki's graven images to street style . 2022-08-21 . Esquire . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Tomoaki Suzuki . 2022-08-21 . Fundacion AMMA . en.
  7. News: Allington . Edward . 2010-01-01 . In Some Small Way . en . Frieze . 128 . 2022-08-21 . 0962-0672.
  8. Web site: Triennial profile Tomoaki Suzuki NGV . 2022-08-21 . www.ngv.vic.gov.au.
  9. News: 2021-03-24 . Pirates at large in Melbourne's NGV Triennial . Financial Times . 2022-08-21.
  10. Web site: 2017-01-16 . Tomoaki Suzuki . 2022-08-21 . Meer . en.
  11. Web site: Public art on the High Line in NYC . 2022-08-21 . Time Out New York . en-US.
  12. Web site: Lilliput . 2022-08-21 . The High Line . en-US.
  13. Web site: JAM: Tokyo - London Barbican . 2022-08-21 . www.barbican.org.uk . en.
  14. Web site: CHILDHOOD - Palais de Tokyo . 2022-08-21 . palaisdetokyo.com . en-US.
  15. Web site: Sherwin . Skye . The studios behind the Summer Exhibition Blog Royal Academy of Arts . 2022-08-21 . www.royalacademy.org.uk.
  16. Web site: Summer Exhibition 2017 Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts . 2022-08-21 . www.royalacademy.org.uk.

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