Art Installations
About Waiola (Living Waters)
Waiola (Living Waters) by George Tsutakawa
Located: Street Level 1, Diamond Head Wing near Assaggio
Dedicated: 1966
Description: Tsutakawa is a sculptor and painter best known for some sixty public fountains created and installed in North America and Japan since 1960. Tsutakawa served on the faculty of the UW School of Art from 1947 until his retirement in 1976. Perhaps as much as for his body of artistic works, Tsutakawa is beloved as a "treasure of the Pacific Northwest" for the contributions he and his family have made over the years to the cultural life of the region.
About the Artist: Son of artist George Tsutakawa who created Waiola, Gerard Tsutakawa followed in his father’s footsteps and has made a name for himself as an accomplished sculptor. A studio apprentice for his artist father for 20 years, Gerard created his first commissioned work in 1976. In the same studio where his father worked, he continues to design and fabricate anything from small studio bronze pieces to large public art fountains and sculptures.