Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto is pleased to present Tsuji's new work "ZEPHYR," and 4 past works. "ZEPHYR" refers to the Greek God of west wind. Zephyr in Tsuji's work comes to a baby and takes the baby into inside of the Sun. What kind of experience is waiting for the baby? Profile
Naoyuki Tsuji was born in 1972 in Shizuoka, Japan. He aimed to become an animator or cartoonist in his childhood. He graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 1995, and currently lives and works in Yokohama, Japan. He studied sculpture in university, but recently creates animations that combine fine art and film. His solo exhibitions have been held at Iwasaki Museum, Yokohama, Japan (2002), Corvi-Mora Gallery, London, UK (2008), etc. He has held many film screenings at film festivals including Bangkok, Seoul, London, and Paris, and many locations in Japan. He has been invited for Directors' Fortnight at International Film Festival, Cannes, France, both in 2004 and 2005. He also created a poster for the festival in 2005. Last year, Tsuji exhibited in a group exhibition, A Perspective on Contemporary Art 6: Emotional Drawing at The National Museum of Art, Tokyo (traveling to The National Museum of Art, Kyoto). This is the first solo exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery. * The text provided by Tomio Koyama Gallery.