Rabbit by Masaharu Sato
Masaharu Sato
b. 1973, Oita, Japan
Lives and works in Ibaraki, Japan
Education:
1991
Studied oil painting at the MIDORIGAOKA Highschool of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
1996
B.F.A., Oil Painting, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
1999
M.F.A., Oil Painting, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
2000-2002
Studied sculpture at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany
Solo Exhibitions:
2016
Hara Documents 10, Tokyo Trace, Hara Museum, Tokyo
2013
9 HOLES, Sato Masaharu Exibition, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa
The Earthly Paradise, Gallery αM, Tokyo
2012
Little Girl Coco, imura Art Gallery, Tokyo
2011
Toride Elegy, imura Art Gallery, Tokyo
2010
Bye bye come on, imura Art Gallery, Kyoto
THE SOLO PROJECT Basel, St Jakobshalle, Swiss (from Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf, Germany)
2009
signs, GALERIE VOSS, Dusseldorf, Germany
PINK Sigh, Gallery Jin Projects, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions:
2020
Yokohama Triennale 2020 "Afterglow", Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa
DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2020, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo
2019
Roppongi Crossing 2019 : Connexions, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) Vol.1 "First Lingering Mist of Spring", Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo
The Doraemon Exhibition, Osaka Central Culture, Tempozan, Osaka
2018
My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2017
Gifu Land of Clear Waters Art Festival, Art Award IN THE CUBE 2017, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Realism Art in Japan, Hakodate Museum of Art (Hokkaido) Toyohashi City Museum Art & History (Aichi ) Nara Prefecture Museum of Art (Nara)
The Iris of a Wolf, BLOCK HOUSE, Tokyo
2017-2018 The Doraemon Exhibition, Mori Arts Center Gallery (Tokyo), Takaoka Art Museum (Toyama), Matsuzakaya Museum (Aichi)
2016
Art Fair Tokyo, Imura Fine Art
2014
Everyday Life/Off the Record, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater, Kanagawa
2013
ZIPANGU, Takasaki City Museum of Art, Gunma, Hachinohe City Museum of Art, Aomori, Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita
2012
not only paper, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2:46 and there after, Edison Place Gallery, Washington, United States of America
15th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Exhibition of Award-winning Works, The National Art Center etc.,Tokyo
Photo-Reference: Photographic Image in Contemporary Japanese Art Practices, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
@KUCA TransmitProgram #3 -Metis-, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA1,2, Kyoto
Zipangu, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata
Photo-Reference, The Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade/Serbia
@KUCA Transmit Program #3, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto
Private Woodland, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea
2011
JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan
Masaharu Sato Group Exhibition: Hierher Dorthin, Goethe-Institut, Tokyo
From a distance, keep a distance, The Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Ultra Kyoto, HIGASHI HONGANJI temple, Kyoto
2010
DANDANS at No Mans Land, Ambassade de France, Tokyo
Di-Stances, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts,Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
Roppongi Hills Programs video art at Roppongi Art Night 2010, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan
Morality film program, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Rotterdam, Netherlands
Art Fair Tokyo
2009
City_net Asia 2009, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Digital Stadium, TV Program, NKH BS2 Tokyo, Japan
The12th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Art Animation Festival 2008, Aichi, Japan
The 4th Exhibition, The House Dan/Dans, Tokyo, Japan
Digital Stadium, TV program , NHK BS2, Tokyo
2006
Merry go down, tanzhaus NRW, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004
Japanimprov#5:The Ramyun Soup Connection, Belgie Kunstzentrum, Hasselt, Belgium
Haunted Folklore, Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium
2002
Internationales Bochumer Video Festival #12, Bochum, Germany
2001
Internationales Bochumer Video Festival #11, Bochum, Germany
Awards:
2011
Jury selection work of art division, 15th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL
2009
Special award: The12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.masaharusato.com