Hiroyasu Tsuri is a Japanese (b. 1985 Yokohama) contemporary artist whose work stands out for its embodiment of hybridity. It blurs polarities such as East and West, studio practice and street art, representation and abstraction. He is also well known as TWOONE for his public mural practice. BLUE PERIOD – HIROYASU TSURI / TWOONE Since…

Melbourne’s premier urban contemporary art gallery Backwoods welcomes you to celebrate the end of their 12th year in Collingwood, with a group exhibition featuring over 40 Australian and International artists, across multiple mediums of painting, drawing and sculpture. DAVID ‘MEGGS’ HOOKE Over the past 12 years, Backwoods has fostered bold and recognisable voices in contemporary…

RAW MARK MAKING – Hiroyasu Tsuri (b. 1983) Hiroyasu Tsuri aka Twoone – RAW MARK MAKING “Raw Mark Making is quite a simple idea. It’s literally the meaning of the words. Mark making. In my context, it is making marks that are not commonly used in traditional art practice. Unusual movements, using any kind of…

OBJECT by HIROYASU TSURI 釣 博泰 / TWOONE opens Nov 23 – Dec 9 at Backwoods Gallery, 25 Easey St, Collingwood. “There are ideas that you simply can’t express in words, logic or a singular object. Rather, the idea needs to be expressed through a story, a series of works or a collection of objects.”  Pushing his expansive practice…