Kazuya Tsuji

Born in Japan. Live and work in London, England.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Through my practise I try to reclaim attraction towards disposable imagery that surrounds us: fashion magazines, second-hand books or old photographs; even if we are daily bombarded with such visuals, we hardly pay attention to them for their repetitive, mundane and anonymous character. This negligence is the niche for my practice as I believe that true beauty breathes through the gaps in mundane knowledge and it can show the miraculous, the hilarious, the grotesque and the wonderful every step of the way. Moreover, the disposableness of reproducible images gives me chance for fantasizing or fabricating narrative.

In most cases my works appear out of a coincidence or mistake in the routine; when a page of a magazine is lit from behind it forms a juxtaposition that catches the eye; when an image is shattered by a prism, it multiplies into a new form. Familiar materials can be employed to create a fresh metaphor of our life

2010 - MA Fine Arts Chelsea College of Art and Design
2009 - PG Dip of Fine Arts Chelsea College of Art and Design
2002 - Acadmie de la Grande Chaumire, Paris, France
1999 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan Majored Field of Sculpture

2013 - Burning Bright - Saatchi Suite, Hyatt Regency London, The Churchill 30 Portman Square, London, W1H 7BH
2013 - START13:THE NEW INDUSTRIALISTS - Bermondsey Project Space, Unit 7, Rich Industrial Estate, Willow Walk, SE1 5SF
2012 - Precious - The Porthole Space, 14 Deptford Broadway, Flat 5, London, SE8 4PA
2012 - Curing Nostalgia 02: Remedies For A Historical Emotion - atelier35, Strada Şelari nr. 13 București, Romania
2012 - Curing Nostalgia 01: Remedies For A Historical Emotion - the Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Romania
2012 - WW Solo award 2012: GROUP 2012 - WW Gallery, 34/35 Hatton Garden, Clerkenwell, London, EC1N 8DX
2012 - Bow Arts Open Show 2012 - Bermondsey Project Space, Unit 7, Rich Industrial Estate, Willow Walk, SE1 5SF
2012 - FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY - BUSSEY BUILDING, Peckham, 133 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST
2012 - Fragmented Utopia - Space 54, 54 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3QN
2012 - XAMPLES 2007-2012 - Triangle Gallery, 16 John Islip Street, London, SW1 4JU
2011 - Connection Point London:E3 - The Nunnery, 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
2011 - The Nature of Change: Hybridity and Mutation - HRL Contemporary, The Old Truman Brewery, London
2011 - Grange Gardens Sculpture Exhibition - GALERIE8 Projects...