Sculptor Oscar Tuazon (American, b. 1975) uses industrial materials, such as concrete, wood, steel and glass, to create immersive spatial interventions and free-standing forms that mimic domestic and architectural structures. As part of a new wave of Conceptualism and Minimalism, Tuazon renders familiar components of habitable spaces in unfamiliar settings in an effort to invite the public to reconsider their practical function and facilitate a new awareness of ecology as a source of inspiration.

Recent solo shows include a large-scale installation in the Place Vendôme, Paris (2017), the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (2016) and Le Consortium in Dijon, France (2015). The artist is currently the subject of a solo show at MSU Broad, “Oscar Tuazon: Water School” (on view through August 2019), and his work is in the permanent collections of the Kunsthaus Zurich; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Saatchi Gallery, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others. Tuazon lives and works in Los Angeles, where he co-founded the artist collective-run gallery castillo/corrales (2007-15) and currently organizes LAWS (Los Angeles Water School) near his downtown studio.