Gerard "Gerry" Tsutakawa, born 1947, son of artist George Tsutakawa

George Tsutakawa

George Tsutakawa , sculptor and painter, was born in Seattle, Washington. Tsutakawa spent much of his childhood in Okayama, Japan. He returned to Seattle at the age of 16, where he attended Broadway High School before earning a BFA at the University of Washington. One of his early mentors was...

, is an accomplished Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...

 sculptor. Tsutakawa has had numerous public and private commissions, perhaps his best known being the 9' bronze sculpture titled "Mitt" outside of Seattle's Safeco Field

Safeco Field

Safeco Field is a retractable roof baseball stadium located in Seattle, Washington. The stadium, owned and operated by the Washington-King County Stadium Authority, is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball and has a seating capacity of 47,878 for baseball...

. His brother, Marcus Tsutakawa

Marcus Tsutakawa

Marcus Tsutakawa is the Music director at Garfield High School .Born in Seattle, Washington, Mr. Tsutakawa began his teaching career as a Japanese teacher, but became the Orchestra director in 1985. He is known to many by the nickname 'Tsut'...

, teaches the Garfield Symphony Orchestra at Garfield High School

Garfield High School (Seattle, Washington)

James A. Garfield High School is a public high school in the Seattle Public Schools district of Seattle, Washington, USA.Located along 23rd Avenue between E. Alder and E. Jefferson Streets in Seattle's urban Central District, Garfield draws students from all over the city...

 in Seattle, and also conducts the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras is the largest youth symphony organization in the United States, the eighth oldest and among the most distinguished....

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Selected collections

• Museum of Northwest Art
  Museum of Northwest Art
  The Museum of Northwest Art is an art museum located in La Conner, Washington, and is focused on the Northwest School art movement, which had its peak in the mid-20th century. The Museum was founded by Art Hupy in 1981....
  
  , Seattle, WA
• Seattle Art Museum
  Seattle Art Museum
  The Seattle Art Museum is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, USA. It maintains three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill, and the Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened on...
  
  , Seattle, WA
• Northwest Airlines
  Northwest Airlines
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  , New Tokyo Airport, Narita, Japan
  Japan
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• Spatial Design Consultants, Tokyo, Japan
• Boeing
  Boeing
  The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
  
   Aircraft Company, Seattle, WA
• Weyerhaeuser
  Weyerhaeuser
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   Credit Union, Longview, WA
• Centralia College, Centralia, WA
• City of Auburn, WA
• City of Mill Creek, WA
• Westpark Plaza, Billings, MT
• AT&T Gateway Tower, Seattle, WA

External links

• Artist's Website.