Immortal Instants: Toru Tsuzuki Solo Exhibition

[Overview]
This is a solo exhibition by Toru Tsuzuki, an artist from Saitama Prefecture and currently residing in Numazu City. Starting with a photograph of the Amagi Mountain Tunnel (the former Amagi Tunnel) featured in Yasunari Kawabata's novel "The Izu Dancer," this exhibition explores themes of memory, inheritance, and forgetting, through the question of how to pass on regional heritage to future generations. The exhibition consists of multiple series, including the "Obscure Portrait" series, which blurs facial photographs using urea crystallization; flag works resembling hanging scrolls; and the video work "Ensō," which mimics a circular window. By fusing Japanese Zen Buddhist culture with his unique techniques, Tsuzuki constructed a site-specific exhibition space that incorporates the architectural style of the facility and its historical background as a tatami material wholesaler.

[Materials and Techniques]
Photography, video, visual expression using urea crystals, mixed media

[Artist Present]
December 3rd (Tue) and December 8th (Sun)

[Details]
Opening Hours: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Closed: Mondays

[Artist Profile]
Toru Tsuzuki
Born 1987 in Saitama Prefecture, currently residing in Numazu City
2011: Graduated from Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts (Contemporary Expression)
2013: Completed Master's program at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS)
2013: Selected for the IAMAS 2013 Yakushimaru Etsuko Award
2014: Audience Award at the "International Video Competition Toride 2014"
2020: Selected for the "CCC Open Call Exhibition" at the Shizuoka City Culture and Creative Industry Promotion Center
2023: Grand Prix at the "Ichiba-cho Art Festival" DHARMA Numazu
2024 "Emerging Artists Exhibition vol.22," Fuji City Cultural Center Rose Theater, Special Jury Prize
2024 "U35 Photo & Movie Competition," Sony Imaging Gallery, Silver Award
Major Exhibitions: Serizawa Kojiro Memorial Museum (Shizuoka), ICC (Tokyo), ART BASE MOMOSHIMA (Hiroshima), HARAIZUMI ART DAYS! (Kakegawa), and many others
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