Yoshimi Arts is pleased to present Miki Sato’s solo exhibition, “True,” at the gallery.
Sato’s creative process involves repeating the multiple stages of drawing again and again, then analyzing these before ultimately creating an oil painting tableau. Smudging, staining, ink blurring, and distortion are added to the deconstructed images, which are then reproduced in oils. Sato considers the drawing to be complete the moment she finds “life” in it. According to Sato, this oil painting process is like the act of exploring the root of spiritual feelings.
Sato has been using “face” for a motif as a way to introduce this world and the various interpretations of its complex energy that are impossible to verbalize. The world remains unstable in many regions today, with serious issues erupting across the globe. Casting a keen eye toward these uneasy global realities, Sato tries to give them form through her artistic practice.
We warmly invite you to take this opportunity to view her new series of oil painting tableaux.
| Miki Sato >> |
| 1986 |
Born in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |
| 2009 |
Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts: Oil Painting, Tohoku University of Art and Design |
| 2011 |
Completed Art Culture Master's Program (Oil Painting) in Graduate School, Tohoku University of Art and Design |
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| 2014 |
Completed Art and Design Doctor's Program in Graduate School, Tohoku University of Art and Design |
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Researcher at Tohoku Culture Research Center (-2017) |
| Lives in Toyama Prefecture. |
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| Solo Exhibition |
| 2023 |
"In search of Omokage" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
| 2022 |
"Viewing: Miki Sato" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
| 2021 |
"The Face: A Paradox" (G.ART FIELD /Tokyo) |
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"Miki Sato 2010-2021" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
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"The Voices of Silence" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
| 2019 |
"Have You Seen This FACE?" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
| 2018 |
"Miki Sato solo exhibition" (Gallery Tsubaki /Tokyo) |
| 2017 |
"DIVER" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
| 2016 |
"Miki Sato solo exhibition" (Gallery Tsubaki /Tokyo) |
| 2015 |
"in and out" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
| 2014 |
"Miki Sato solo exhibition" (Gallery Tsubaki /Tokyo) |
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N.E.blood 21 vol.51 "Miki Sato" (Rias Ark Museum of Art /Miyagi) |
| 2013 |
Solo exhibition for review of doctorates thesis examination (Yusokan /Yamagata) |
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"STRUCTURE/COSMOS" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
| 2011 |
"1 breath, 2 contact" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
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"Miki Sato solo exhibition" (Gallery Tsubaki /Tokyo) |
| 2010 |
"Mountain Messenger" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
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| Group Exhibition |
| 2024 |
"Fellow Travelers of the Canvas, A Perspective on Contemporary Art of Japan from the Takahashi Ryutaro Collection" (Yamagata Museum of Art /Yamagata) |
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| 2022 |
"diverse paintings" (Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery & Alternative Space/Tokyo) |
| 2020 |
"Decade vol.2" (Yoshimi Arts/Osaka) >> |
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"Decade vol.1" (Yoshimi Arts/Osaka) >> |
| 2015 |
"5th Anniversary Festival !!" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) >> |
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"FINE ART / UNIVERSITY SELECTION 2014-2015" for young artists (Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki /Ibaraki) |
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| 2012 |
"-spring fair-" (Gallery Tsubaki /Tokyo) |
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"Physical side II" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
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"Primitive [ in order ]" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
| 2011 |
Insight "RepetitionII" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
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Insight "Repetition" (ART OSAKA - Yoshimi Arts/Hotel Granvia Osaka /Osaka) |
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"Miki Sato＋Kamide Choemon-gama" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
| 2010 |
Yoshimi Arts opening exhibition "0+" @KAM (KOBE ART MARCHE - Yoshimi Arts/Kobe Portpia Hotel /Hyogo) |
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Yoshimi Arts opening exhibition "0+" (Yoshimi Arts /Osaka) |
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"Miki Sato・Natsuko Suzuki" (SAN-AI GALLERY /Tokyo) |
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"Niki Exhibition in Spring" (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum /Tokyo) <,13< |
| 2009 |
"ADVENTURERS on SURFACE－Vol.4" (CASO /Osaka) |
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"Art Point selection Ⅱ" (GALLERY ART POINT /Tokyo) |
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"Art Smash" (Gallery Q /Tokyo) |
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"perche" (Ginza Surugadai Gallery /Tokyo) |
| 2008 |
"Shell Art Award" (Daikanayama Hillside Forum /Tokyo, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art-Annex /Kyoto) |
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"Niki Exhibition" (The National Art Center /Tokyo) <,09,10,11,12> |
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"Miki Sato・Seina Yaguchi" (Bunshokan Gallery /Yamagata) |
| 2007 |
"Nana no katachi" (Ono Gallery) |
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| Award |
| 2010 |
"The Tenth Memorial Niki Exhibition in Spring" Newcomer Grand Prix |
| 2008 |
"Shell Art Award" Selected |
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| Collection |
| Japigozzi Collection, Takahashi Ryutaro Collection |
