Tsuyoshi Anzai (Japan) is an artist investigating plastic as a material embodiment of the ways humans shape, control, and reinterpret their environments. Through photography and large-scale paper models, he magnifies microplastic fragments to a human scale, transforming discarded materials into ambiguous monuments. Tsuyoshi’s work interrogates form, fragility, and the afterlives of plastic through processes of collection and reconstruction.
During his residency at Delfina Foundation, Tsuyoshi will investigate microplastics along the River Thames and create a new photographic archive from materials collected on-site. His focus is on how plastic fragments reveal the limits of human control and foster an understanding of artistic practice as negotiation rather than mastery.
Tsuyoshi is an alumnus of Tokyo University of the Arts (2011). His solo exhibitions include: Grounded at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (2021); Poly- at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan (2020); and Jailhouse Locke at Daiwa Foundation, London, UK (2018).
Tsuyoshi was born in Tokyo and is based in Chiba, Japan.
With support from:
Seishodo Yamashita and Delfina’s Network of Asia-Pacific Patrons
Artist’s website
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