Keizo Ushio
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Keizo Ushio ({{Langx|ja|牛尾啓三}}; born 1951) is a Japanese sculptor.
Biography
Keizo Ushio was born in Fukusaki, Hyōgo, Japan, in 1951. He graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1976.{{Cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=N. A. |last2=Sequin |first2=C. H. |date=2007 |title=Keizo Ushio's Sculptures, Split Tori and Möbius Bands |url=https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/PAPERS/2007_JMA_KeizoUshio.pdf |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=Journal of Mathematics and the Arts}}
Ushio's sculptures are made from granite. They have one sides and are based on möbius strips.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Sculpture Rocks |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/event/sculpture-rocks |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=Broadsheet}}
Selected works
Ushio has contributed to the annual Australian Sculpture by the Sea exhibitions since 1999.{{Cite news |date=20 May 2021 |title=Sculpture by the Quay: cancelled art walk gets a new Sydney spin-off |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/sculpture-by-the-quay-cancelled-art-walk-gets-a-new-sydney-spin-off-20210513-p57rha.html |access-date=6 July 2025 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
In 2009 the City of Perth Art Foundation bought the oushi zokei, mobius in space, sculpture from that year's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. The following year the sculpture was unveiled at The Esplanade railway station. It is 170cm x 170cm x 80cm and made with pink granite and red ochre.{{Cite web |date=5 March 2010 |title=Lord Mayor unveils new CBD sculpture |url=http://perth.wa.gov.au/web/Media-Centre/?article=383 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301030338/http://perth.wa.gov.au/web/Media-Centre/?article=383 |archive-date=1 March 2011 |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=perth.wa.gov.au}}
The sculpture Flight is at the entrance of the Vibe Hotel at Canberra Airport in Australia.{{Cite web |title=Flight by Keizo Ushio |url=https://www.canberraairport.com.au/public-art-sculptures/flight-by-keizo-ushio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321080650/https://www.canberraairport.com.au/public-art-sculptures/flight-by-keizo-ushio |archive-date=21 March 2025 |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=Canberra Airport}}
Gallery
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|File:Public art - Mobius in space, Perth.jpg
|Mobius in Space, in Perth
|File:Keizo Ushio - Oushi Zokei 2016 (30926807914).jpg
|The sculpture in Tamarama, New South Wales, Australia
|File:Bueckeburg Oushi-Zoukei.JPG
|The sculpture "Oushi-Zoukei" in Bückeburg, Germany
|File:"Twice Twist Bands".jpg
|"Twice Twist Bands", sculpture by the sea, 2012
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