USHIO Keizô

牛尾啓三 (1951~)

One of Japan’s most highly regarded sculptors, who is renowned internationally for his extraordinary granite sculptures. His carving technique is influenced by the mathematics of the Moebius strip, typically known as a one-sided, one-edged surface, which is notoriously difficult to create with materials of great weight and density | 1951 born in Hyôgo prefecture | 1976 graduates from “Kyôto City University of Arts.” | 1979 receives first prize of the “Henry Moore Exhibition” at Hakone Open Air Museum

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