Keizo Ushio (1951) is one of Japan’s most highly regarded sculptors. He graduated from the Kyoto City University of Arts and upon receiving First Prize at the Henry Moore Exhibition at the Hakone Open Air Museum in 1979 began developing his signature style of sculpting.
His ingenious carving technique is influenced by the mathematics of the mobius strip, typically known as a one-sided, one-edged surface, which is notoriously difficult to create with materials of great weight and density. This reversed loop seems incompatible with the hardness of the stone but it symbolizes and skillfully expresses the unity of a contrary nature and lies at the core of what makes his work so interesting.
The artist has exhibited at every Sculpture by the Sea exhibition since 1999 in Sydney and Perth, and Aarhus in Denmark in 2009 and 2011 and is represented in public and private collections in Japan, Spain, Iceland, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Israel, India, New Zealand, the USA and Australia.
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Mr. Keizo Ushio
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Möbius in Space, 1990
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Oushi Zokei, 1991
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Unknown title, Seattle, Wa, 1996
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Oushi zokei, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, 2001
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"Dream Lens" in front of the Kobe "Dream Bridge", 2003
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Work of art "Oushi Zokei, 2004
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Tenku the Sky, 2005
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Oushi Zokei’ 2008, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, 2008
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Circle, 2010
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Oushi Zokei 45, 2011
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2 rings, 2013
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Oushi Zokei, 2013
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Mobius in Space, 2014
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From "Sculpture by the Sea", Bondi, 2014
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Twice Twist Bands, 2015
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"Oushi Zokei", Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, 2016
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Moebius in Moebius, 2018
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Trajectory of Winds, 2019
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Oushi Zokei, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020
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"Flight", Canberra Airport, n.d.
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Gift from the Earth, n.d.
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Keizo Ushio, n.d.
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No.15, n.d.
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Bird, n.d.
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Oushi Zokei Hexagonal, n.d.
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Unknown title or date
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