2014 Finalist

Yusuke TakemuraNorth Manly, New South Wales, Australia



There is nothing more expensive than things you can't buy with money.


Blown and carved glass, silvering
62 H x 48 W x 10 D cm


There are things we cannot fix because it has taken nature a long time to create and once destroyed recovery is impossible. We realise detrimental effects have occurred when we see nature physically reflecting back to our society responses such as natural disasters. This is often too late to fix.


Photographer: Yusuke Takemura




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Biography

Yusuke Takemura
North Manly, New South Wales, Australia

Born
1983 Osaka, , Japan

Education

  • 2009, Master of Studio Art (Glass), Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2012, Unity, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2013, SOFA Chicago, Kirra Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Public/Private Collections

  • Private Collection of OHK TV Station, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Awards/Grants

  • 2014, JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture, Japan Foundation NewYork, NewYork, New York, United States
  • 2011, Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Award, Ausglass Conference - Peripheral Vision, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2011, Vicki Torr Online Gallery Prize, Ausglass Conference - Peripheral Vision, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
  • 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia