Yuri Tsuzuki
Metal, Clay, Mixed Media (Intertnational)
Greenville, SC
South Carolina has been Yuri’s home since the 1960s when she moved there from Japan. Her grandfather and father traveled to South Carolina from Nagoya to build the first of many textile mills in the South. As a child shuttled back and forth, her only constants were the two trees in her respective gardens: A magnolia tree and a cherry tree.
“I believe that the way we see and interpret the world is imprinted upon us as a child. Having been brought up between Japan and Greenville, the way nature is experienced and appreciated in these two cultures greatly influences and informs how I work as an artist.”
Yuri’s approach is to abandon preconception. To thoughtfully let go. The material — whether paper, wood, or steel — is approached with humility and an understanding of its innate properties. Paper tears. Wood rots. Steel is too heavy to lift.

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Red Dog
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Sale$2,900
Woman in Blue
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Sale$500
Otis the Angel
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Sale$2,500
At the End of the Day
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Sale$2,500
Preparation
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Sale$3,000
Inner City Blues
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Sale$500
Wings Bound By Uncertainty
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Sale$5,000
Never The Twain Shall Meet
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Sale$4,000
Always Holding Light
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Sale$7,500
Second Thought
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Sale$2,500
Elephant Song
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Sale$3,000
Intoxicated by the Sound of Flight
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Sale$3,800
Journey Of Becoming
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Sale$3,500
King Without a Throne