Toshimasa Kikuchi – Geometrical Form Bronze

He creates works that combine science and tradition using Japanese woodcarving and

lacquer techniques. My forms are based on mathematical models, possessing a

pure beauty in harmony with the natural sciences. He is heavily inspired by the Kuen

surface – a surface with negative curvature, where the meeting of two sides

produces a clean line, devised by German mathematician Theodor Kuen.

Toshimasa Kikuchi was born in 1979 in Ehime, Japan.Trained in the restoration of

Buddhist statues, mastering to perfection the techniques of classical Japanese

statuary. He earned a BFA in sculpture from Tokyo Gakugei University, and later a

MFA and PhD in conservation from Tokyo University of the Arts. Kikuchi creates

works that combine science and tradition using Japanese woodcarving and lacquer

techniques. His forms are based on mathematical models, possessing a pure

beauty in harmony with the natural sciences. An example of Kikuchi’s work may be

seen in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum and exhibited

at Erskine Hall & Coe.