Buzan Tsurukawa, Yuriko Takizawa Profile

Buzan Tsurukawa

He was born in 1941 and is from Osaka.
In 1954, he started his Okinawan karate and founded "Shojutsu," a fusion of calligraphy and karate. He instantly writes a single character in about 1 second with the wave of his chi. He has been selected seven times for Le Salon, received the Bronze Prize at Le Salon 2008, the Rector's Prize of the Austrian National University of the Arts, the Spanish Contemporary Artist Prize of Japan, the Prime Minister's Prize of Junichiro Koizumi, , and many other awards. And he was also the French-Japanese Goodwill Cultural Ambassador in Cannes.
Permanent Foreign Member of the Society of French Artists "Le Salon" / Permanent Director of the Sesshu International Art Society

Yuriko Takizawa

She was born in 1947 and is from Okayama Prefecture.
She use traditional Japanese kimono dyeing techniques, such as yuzen, chintz, and wax-dye, and all of my work is hand-painted.Changing the mould from the object to be worn to the viewer, he is developing a new surrealistic dyed painting space.Selected for consecutive awards at Le Salon from 2003 to 2010, Bronze Prize at Le Salon. Rector's Prize of the Austrian National University of the Arts. Grand Prize of Artnet New York and many other awards.
Permanent Foreign Member of the Society of French Artists "Le Salon"