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Nathan Sawaya (born July 10 1973), is a New York-based artist who builds custom three-dimensional sculptures and large-scale mosaics from popular everyday items and is best known for his work with standard LEGO toy bricks. His unique art creations are commissioned by companies, charities, individuals, museums and galleries all over the world. ==Biography== Born in Colville, Washington and raised in Veneta, Oregon, Sawaya attended New York University, where he earned bachelors and law degrees, eventually practicing law at the firm Winston & Strawn in New York City. He first came to national attention in 2004, when he left his job as an attorney to work full-time as a LEGO artist. After working for the LEGO company less than six months, he branched off and in 2004 opened an art studio in New York City. As a professional artist, Sawaya is not an employee of the toy company, however he has been officially recognized by The LEGO Group as one of the best LEGO builders in the world and is endorsed as a ''LEGO Certified Professional''.〔(LEGO.com About Us - LEGO Company - LEGO Certified Professionals )〕 He is the only person ever to be recognized as both a LEGO Master Builder and a LEGO Certified Professional. Sawaya has created some of the most recognizable art out of LEGO in the world, including a -long replica of the Brooklyn Bridge, a life-size tyrannosaurus rex, a -tall Han Solo frozen in carbonite. His signature pieces include human form sculptures titled "Yellow", "Red" and "Blue". "Blue" sold for an undisclosed sum at the Agora Gallery in 2010. He had his first solo art exhibit in the Spring of 2007 at the (Lancaster Museum of Art ). "The Art of the Brick" is the first major museum exhibition in the world to focus exclusively on the use of LEGO building blocks as an art medium. Nathan had his first exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia in June 2011. The exhibition since traveled around Australia, including stops in Adelaide and at the Sydney Town Hall. In July 2012 Nathan's Asian tour began with record-breaking shows in Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung. He has also exhibited at the world famous ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore (November 2012 - May 2013) and Discovery Times Square in New York City (June 2013 - current). His tours have repeatedly broken attendance records and been widely acclaimed. His work is currently shown by (Avant Gallery ), (Agora Gallery ), (Artsicle ) and (Discovery Times Square ) in New York City. Under the name "brickartist", Nathan Sawaya has two projects open for support on the website Lego Ideas: Small Yellow and Oscar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathan Sawaya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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