FUSE GLASS PRIZE

Yusuke Takemura is sculptor from Osaka in Japan. Takemura completed his Bachelor degree in glass from Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts in Japan. In 2009, he continued his studies in Australia completing a Masters Degree in Studio Arts at The University of Sydney. Takemura’s innovative cutting glass methods are a daring fusion of traditional techniques along with contemporary knowledge that he has developed to translate ideas relating to human experience, memories and history. These intriguing poetic forms are subtle investigations the infinite relationship between the bodily and sentient aspects of human existence. Takemura’s works were gradually recognised and were shortlisted for the prestigious sculpture prizes and glass art prizes around Australia. He was also invited to worldwide exhibitions at SOFA Chicago in USA, Art16 and Affordable Art Fair in Hong Kong. Takemura was granted from Japan Foundation New York in 2014 to attended the GAS conferences in Chicago, USA.

” Isolating myself in the Australian bush elicits a spring of self-understanding. Experiencing detachment from civilization leads me back to a renewed awareness of connections and a sense of belonging within society. Seeing beyond Silence is inspired by the radical development of information technology, which at once offers both a closer proximity to the world and connections to individuals on social networks. Accumulated personal data gives rise to the sensation of a virtual image of myself; self which interfaces with greater number and variety of people without physical connection occurring. The vessel is evocative of an abstracted human figure. The object offers a complex surface created through grinding and polishing, yielding an ethereal shell perforated by organic-shaped voids and interlaced with a continuous optical fibre. Seeking dialogue with my work I am compelled to query what connection means to me and how I belong to the elaborate networks of our society.”