Yasuo Suzuki Exhibition

Yonago City Museum of Art

Finished

Artists

Yasuo Suzuki

This exhibition features printmaker Yasuo Suzuki (b. 1969-) as part of a project to introduce artists associated with his hometown.

Suzuki was born in Kishimoto-cho, Nishihaku-gun (now Hoki-cho), Tottori, near Yonago. After graduating from Yonago Kita High School, he graduated from Tama Art University in 1992 with a major in oil painting and was selected as a domestic researcher by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2001, winning the Commemorative Grand Prize at the "2nd Fukumitsu Munakata Memorial Print Grand Prize Exhibition" in the same year. In 2003, he exhibited his work at the "Agency for Cultural Affairs Purchase Excellent Works Exhibition", and in 2005, he exhibited his work at "Contemporary Prints IV: Power of Engraving" (organized by Higashi-Hiroshima City Museum of Art), demonstrating his ability and activity as a woodblock printmaker in the printmaking world.

Koguchimokuhan is a woodblock print that uses a hard surface of wood cut into round slices as a board and is engraved with a burin (engraving knife) to create a precise and delicate expression.
Suzuki is fascinated by the precision of woodblock prints, and his main themes are "life" and "life and death (reincarnation)," using flora and fauna as motifs. He carves the breath and presence of humans, animals and plants, and even his own feelings into the woodblock prints to express them.

This exhibition introduces approximately 80 works, from award-winning prints to his latest work, and related events include talks by the artist, demonstrations, and workshops for making woodblock prints.

Schedule

Jul 16 (Sat) 2022-Aug 21 (Sun) 2022