Ancestral rituals and collective memory

Tsuyu Bridwell explores the force and fragility of life, drawing inspiration from ancestral beliefs and rituals, while questioning superstitions associated with these.

Working across media, she utilizes traditional crafts from Japan, Korea, and France to create installations and sculptural objects that challenge our notions of collective memory and the representation of nature.

Born in Tokyo to a Korean father and Japanese mother, Tsuyu studied dance and music at the Centre de danse international Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France. She went on to study drama and theater at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’art dramatique de Paris, working some years as an actor. Her career in the performing arts has enriched her work as a visual artist, facilitating an organic flow of expression between her pieces and their audience.