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Michihiro Kosuge

Sculptor (b.1943)

• Faculty profile (Portland State University)

Kosuge is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art.

• Gallery profile (Laura Russo Gallery, Portland)

Exhibitions & Works

• "Michihiro Kosuge: The Quiet Voice of Metal and Stone" (Portland, Oregon; Portland Japanese Garden, February 9-24, 2008)

A selection of stone and metal sculpture by Kosuge. First in the Art in the Garden series of exhibitions throughout 2008 in which the Portland Japanese Garden celebrates the four seasons.

• Solo exhibition (Portland, Oregon; Laura Russo Gallery, 2002)

Review: Sue Taylor, "Michihiro Kosuge at Laura Russo. (Portland, Ore.)." Art in America (February 2003).

"The small pink- and red-granite pieces in this exhibition (all 2002) introduced a novel compositional element: a central void around which the ponderous stone components are deployed."

• Three Elements (2000)

Monmouth, Oregon, Western Oregon University, Hamersly Library

• Cooperation (1998)

Spokane, Washington State University

Stefanie Pettit, "Past, future represented in rock structures". The Spokesman-Review (January 10, 2008).

Kosuge's work is profiled as one of over 4,500 pieces of public art in the Washington State Arts Commission's Art in Public Places Program.

• Towers of Peace, Prosperity and Hope (1989)

Los Angeles, Allright Garage (319 E. 2nd St.)