Masayuki Koorida was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1960 and studied at Musashino Art University in Tokyo between 1979 and 1983. Since 2006 he has been the Director of the Shanghai Sculpture Park, where he continues to develop his own practice and create new work.
Koorida creates highly polished sculptures in granite, whose incredibly smooth and perfect curves are reminiscent of amoebas, molecules and the aesthetic of Japanese anime. The highly attractive sculptures draw in the viewer and o er great potential as places for rest, meeting and conversation.
Form Twist, Growth, Kids and the two Flower works were shown at Blickachsen 7 in 2009, an annual outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture in Bad Homburg, Germany.