As a citizen of the world, artist Yuri Tsuzuki has managed to create her own personal haven, tucked among the trees in Greenville. Yuri grew up traveling between Nagoya, Japan, and Greenville thanks to the family business, TNS Mills, which operated here. Fluent in Japanese, English and French, she was immersed in a variety of cultures from a young age, which today influences her work as an artist – helping her understand what makes people different as well as what makes us the same. Now, her 2-year-old son, K, is following in her footsteps, learning English, French, Japanese and Spanish thanks to his multi-lingual, globe-trotting parents. Yuri’s husband, Knute Hammarskjold, is Swedish, though the couple met in Kuwait and now Knute spends much of his time working in Bogata, Colombia. It’s a busy life, but Yuri wouldn’t have it any other way, and she loves returning to Greenville as frequently as possible to enjoy her studio, which she designed with friend and architect John Kisner.
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