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]
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, [8] 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]
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.
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