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Hiroyasu Tsuri left Yokohama for Melbourne in 2003 and spent years absorbing street and graffiti culture before formalizing his practice. He coined the term "Raw Mark Making" to describe a style that runs classical drawing through street velocity. Represented by Backwoods Gallery in Melbourne, he has shown in institutions in Canberra, Amsterdam, and Munich, and his work is in museum collections. Graffiti grammar holding museum weight.

TWOONE Hiroyasu Tsuri is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist known for large-scale murals and studio works featuring animals, figures, and layered lines, created through hands-on, intuitive processes shaped by graffiti, public space, and living between Japan, Australia, and Europe. His works are featured in prestigious institutions such as The National Gallery of Australia, the Straat Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA) in Munich.

“Immersing himself in the local graffiti and street art culture, he developed the ability to work with a wide variety of materials and techniques, coining the term ‘Raw Mark Making’ to distinguish his style.”

hiroyasutsuri.com/about (official biography)