Biography

Risa Sato

  • 1972   Born in Tokyo Japan
  • 2008-09   Stayed in Paris, granted by the Agency for Cultural Affair, Japan
  • 1999   Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA in design
  • 1997   Tokyo University of the Arts, BFA in design
  • [ Solo exhibitions ]
  • 2013   Port Journey Melbourne ⇄Yokohama ; ZOU-NO-HANA , Yokohama/West Space, Melbourne
  • 2011   1：17 ;  centre d'art CAMAC, France
  • 2009   KOHACHI ; FOIL gallery, Tokyo
  • 2004   2Match ;  little more Gallery, Aoyama, Tokyo
  • 2003   Risa Sato solo exhibition ;  Galerie Jean-Luc&TakakoRICHARD, Paris
  • 2003   Darkness softly creeps in my game ;  Peppers Loft Gallery,Tokyo
  • 2001   SATOGO -SHIGAN ; Peppers Loft Gallery,Tokyo
  • 2000   best friend ; Peppers Loft GalleryTokyo
  • 1999   Risa Campaign NY tour ; Peppers Gallery, Tokyo
  • [ Group Exhibitions ]
  • 2023   Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
  • 2022   Rokko Meets Art 2022 ; Kobe, Hyogo
  • 2022   Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
  • 2021   Taking a Walk Through Yokohama City, Koganecho Site-A Gallery under the railways, Kanagawa
  • 2021   Countermeasures Against Awkward Discourses : From the Perspective of Third Wave Feminism：            21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
  • 2021   Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
  • 2020   Yokohama Triennale 2020 “AFTERGLOW” : Kanagawa
  • 2020   Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
  • 2019   Srishti INTERIM – Festival Of Ideas : Bangalore, India
  • 2019   Future Scape Project ; ZOU-NO-HANA-TERRACE, Yokohama
  • 2019   Unmand Station Art Festival, OIGAWA ; Shimada city, Shizuoka
  • 2018   Rokko Meets Art ”Encore Exhibition ; Mt.Rokko, Hyogo
  • 2018   Unmand Station Art Festival, OIGAWA ; Shimada city, Shizuoka
  • 2018   START☆Museum for All 2018；Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama
  • 2017   Rokko Meets Art 2017 ; Kobe, Hyogo
  • 2017   Splish-Splash Fair : Echo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art ‘KINARE’
  • 2017   made in Koganecho vol.3 ; Koganecho, Yokohama
  • 2016   Splish-Splash Fair : Echo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art ‘KINARE’
  • 2016   Eutopia ; The textile museum of Canada, Toront
  • 2015   Gwangju and Asia, Embracing ; May Hall Gallary, Gwangju
  • 2014   Gotton Art Magic, Kama city, Fukuoka
  • 2013   WITH ART: Children, Adults, and The art museum ; the museum of modern art, Gunma
  • 2013   AOBA+ART: AOBA SHOKUDO ; Aoba-ku, Yokohama
  • 2012   To Wander a Garden ; Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum、Shizuoka
  • 2012   Koganecho Bazaar2012 pre-event ; Yokohama
  • 2012   GOTTON ART MAGIC ; Tagawa, Fukuoka
  • 2011   Art Museum from the school 2012 ; The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
  • 2011   Koganecho Bazaar2011 ; Yokohama
  • 2010   alive - birth of a tale ; Gallery Factory, Seoul
  • 2010   The 7th Shenzhen International Ink Biennale ; OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzen, Chine
  • 2009   30years of Fukuoka Art Museum;collection/connection ; Fukuoka Art Museum
  • 2007   The Big Store ; Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
  • 2007   Rapid Eye Movement ; Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
  • 2007   Untitled ; Galerie Jean-Luc&Takako RICHARD, Paris
  • 2006   MERCH & PROMO ; Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
  • 2006   Rendez-Vous Project "Smooth Sailing" ; Spiral Garden, Tokyo
  • 2006   The Square Roots of Drawing ; Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
  • 2005   Expo2005 AICHI JAPAN Art program "DIVERS WAYS OF HAPPINESS" ; nagoya
  • 2005   AsahI ACTION ! "Risa-Boooo" ; Nishisugamo, Tokyo
  • 2003   Work Shop Exhibition of Children ; Nerima Museum, Tokyo
  • 2003   Elephant Machine: IAMAS ; Gihu
  • 2003   Taro Okamoto prize Exhibition ; Taro Okamoto Musem, Kawasaki
  • 2002   ARES E PENSARES -2002- organized by SESC Sao Paulo; San Paulo, Blazil
  • 2002   CAFE in Mito ; ART TOWER MITO Mito
  • 2002   Big in Japan: Six Contemporary Artists ; Gendai Gallery of the JCCC, Toronto
  • 2001   ARTS ON THE SHOPPING TOWN 2001; Yokohama, Kanagawa
  • 2001   The First Steps: Emerging Artist from Japan ; Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York
  • 2000   AIR-AIR; GRIMALDI FORUM Monaco
  • 2000   PLAYGRPOUND & TOYS an international exhibition Art for the world; Geneva
  • 1999   HOT AIR; Grand Ship,Shizuoka
  • 1999   WALKING MUSEUM; Takashimaya,Shinjuku,Tokyo
  • [ Scholarship / Artist in residence ]
  • 2022   AIRsoni ; Soni village, Nara
  • 2019   Srishti INTERIM – Festival Of Ideas (Srishti institute of art, design and technology, India)
  • 2019   Mamma project（653 Art Firm, Sejong, Korea）
  • 2016   Yokohama/Chengdu Artist in Residence Exchange Program : A4 Art Museum, Chengdu
  • 2015   Asia Cultural Artists Residence Project : Daedong Cultural Foundation
  • 2011   Tenot Bursary ; Centre D’art CAMAC, France
  • 2008   Granted a fellowship to study in France, Japanese Government Overseas Study
  • 2006   Cite international University Paris
  • 1999   ARCUS project ; Moriya, Ibaraki
  • [ Award ]
  • 2021   The70th Yokohama Cultural Awards Incentive Prize
  • 2000   Grand Prize at Exhibition of PHILIP MORRIS Art Award
  • 1998   Grand Prize at Exhibition of URBANART #7
  • [ Public collections ]
  • Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art / KINARE
  • Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum
  • Wacoal Art Canter