Sayuri Tsuboyama
Japan
Sayuri Tsuboyama is a Japanese artist born in Fukuoka Prefecture. She received her Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2010. Working primarily in oil painting and printmaking, her works blend transparent layers of color and intertwine botanical imagery both within and beyond the contours of human portraits. Through minimal yet precise techniques, she evokes the natural quality of pigment on canvas and explores the relationship between the human body and the vegetal world.
Tsuboyama believes that humans should learn from the primal nature of plants, and that such understanding can lead to a worldview that transcends anthropocentrism. Her subtle, sensitive visual language navigates the porous boundaries between form and spirit, matter and nature. She has exhibited in various galleries in Japan and received the Second Prize at Independent Tokyo 2020.