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Artist Statement

 

I do not find it so important to capture the physical details of a figure, as I do to capture the spirit, that which brings life.

Art provides an avenue for communication.  If a work of art causes you to react, to think, or to change the way you think or feel about something, then I have been successful.  If you feel the sadness in the nodded head of one of my pieces; if you caught one of my figures moving out of the corner of your eye: if you smile back at a smile reaching out to you: then, and only then, have we communicated, and I have succeeded in my task.  

 

Bio

Kyu Yamamoto began studying sculpture in a fine arts high school in Nagoya, Japan, under the tutelage Kozo Shibata. After attending Aichi Fine Arts University, he worked for several years with the commercial Rui Kobo Studios.  In 1985, Yamamoto moved to Nashville, TN, serving as Assistant Sculptor for completion of the 42’Athena Parthenos, the world’s tallest indoor sculpture outside Japan, located in Nashville’s century-old replica of the Greek Parthenon.  Kyu moved his studio to St. Petersburg. FL in 1992.  Known for his contributions to public art, Kyu has been faculty/instructor for the Morean Arts Center, the Dunedin Fine Arts Center, The Ringling college of Art and Design and the Penland School of Craft.

 
     
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