Shota Suzuki's workshop is located in Kanechicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, an area dotted with temples, east of the Kamo River. The name suggests that the area was a town of bell-casting craftsmen. He sits at a workbench in a corner of the workshop and, as if by magic, creates hyper-realistic flowers from metal.
Suzuki was a boy who was like a botanist. He observed plants from an early age and was fascinated by the beauty and mystery of their shapes. He entered university and majored in metal design at the Faculty of Arts. It was only natural that he became a rare sculptor who creates flowers and plants out of metal.
Dandelion fluff about to fly away on the wind, cherry blossoms exuding a faint fragrance just before they fall, ginkgo leaves dancing in the wind, and thistles growing vigorously in the sunlight...these images depict the fleeting yet brave moments of life itself.
Biography
1987 Born in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture
2010 Graduated from Tohoku University of Art and Design, majoring in metal crafts
2017 Amazing Craftsmanship - From Meiji Crafts to Contemporary Art (Mitsui Memorial Museum of Art, toured around the country)
Solo exhibition at Ippodo New York (USA)
2019 Art Fair Tokyo
Mitsukoshi Fine Art Exhibition
