Kozo Nishino | |
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 Nishino in 2014 | |
| Born | 7 August 1951 Hyogo, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, sculptor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Kozo Nishino (born 1951) is a Japanese sculptor and kinetic artist born in Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Ceramics at the Kyoto City University of Arts in 1977. [1]
He has numerous large-scale public works throughout Japan. He was featured in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Field. [2]
His large scale public work titled, In the Wind, is a metallic sculpture of a saxophone. He originally created it in 1988 and the work was presented in Kobe. The work was recreated in 2003 in front of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama. [3]
In 2013, he was commissioned and created a 30-meter-diameter titanium arc in the 4 World Trade Center building which faces the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. [4] [5]
In 2018, Nishino created a series of kinetic public art works, including Breezing in Canberra and In the Stream, at the National Arboretum in Canberra, Australia. [6]
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