sato sugamoto



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Sato SUGAMOTO ​

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Sato Sugamoto is an international, award-winning sculptor and visual artist based in London, UK, born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.

She is a member of The Royal Society of Sculptors.​


Artist Statement

Sato Sugamoto’s works express the diversity of human thoughts and emotions. Through her art, she attempts to visualize the terrain of our minds. She became interested in divergent human thoughts as a result of the lack of diversity in Japanese society. Since childhood, she has felt the intense pressure to conform to social norms and expectations within her native Tokyo. Her art, as a result, is an effort to represent narratives and experiences — both her own and others — at the edges of Japanese society.

The numerous strings in her works entangle in complex configurations, evoking neurological circuits. Fiber mediums allow her to showcase the duality of our conscious lives and subconscious impulses, and the ways in which our thoughts layer and intertwine. Through her art, she gives form to the impulses, values and decisions that shape our minds.



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Upcoming Exhibitions 2024





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Currently Exhibiting 2024





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Selected Permanent Collections





2022 Malleability @Kitanomaru Square, Tokyo, Japan

2020 Meditation @Toranomon Hills Business Tower ,Tokyo, Japan

2019 Cross Borders @Hotel Bellclassic Tokyo,Tokyo, Japan

2019 Double Dreams (saturation / inversion) @BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan



selected solo Exhibitions





2023 Challenge The Binary, Nihonbashi N11 Gallery ,Tokyo, Japan

2019 SATO SUGAMOTO solo exhibition @Orie Art Gallery ,Tokyo, Japan




selected group Exhibitions





2024 St Giles House x Drug Science Charity Art Exhibition + Auction, Dorset, UK

2024 Kameyama Triennale 2024, Mie, Japan

2024 The Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, UK​

2024 SFSA Textiles Open, no format Gallery, London UK

2024 A Single Tree Does Not Make a Forest, Dual Brain, Kindred Studios, London UK​

2024 Open Studios, Kindred Studios gallery, London UK and talk Mesmerising Fiber Sculptures 8 June 24

2024 A SEAT AT MY TABLE, Kindred Studios gallery, London, UK

2023 'Forging / Foraging', NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York

2023 THE MIND ROAMS ABSTRACTION FOR A NEW AGE, St Joseph's University, Brooklyn, New York

2022 Still and Movement by C-Depot, YUKIKOMIZUTANI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

2022 ADJUSTED for Inflation, Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, New York

2022 mini○ show, Sansiao Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2021 Sources – Materials, Techniques, and Concepts –, Corridor Gallery 34, Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2021 Gatherings, BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan

2020 ART colors Exhibition Shape of Elements, Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2020 Independent Tokyo 2020, Tokyo, Japan

2018 Contemporary Art Exhibition with Technical Skill, Isetan Shinjuku gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2018 Tansei kai, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo, Japan

2017 SICF SPREAD, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan

2016 Who By Art, Seibu Sibuya gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2015 SHIBUYA STYLE vol.9, Seibu Sibuya gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2015 SICF15 Winners’ Exhibition, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan　

2014 SHIBUYA STYLE vol.8, Seibu Sibuya gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2014 TOKYO DESGNERS WEEK ASIA AWARDS YOUNG CREATOR Art Dept. ,Tokyo, Japan　

2014 SICF 15 Exhibition, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan

2013 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL JUNIOR DESIGNERS AWARD Winners’ Exhibition, B1 Glass Gallery, Tokyo Kokusai Forum, Tokyo, Japan

2013 The Graduation Works Exhibition of Tokyo University of Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Ueno,Tokyo,Japan ​​



Selected Awards Residencies/grants/Memberships





2024 The Grand Prize, the Kameyama Triennale Prize, Kameyama Triennale 2024, Mie, Japan

2024 Selected membership MRSS, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK

2023 NARS Foundation International Artist Residency Program SeasonⅡ, Brooklyn, New York

2023 NOMURA FOUNDATION 2023 Arts-Culture Grant, Tokyo

2022 Matsuura Arts Foundation Grant, Tokyo

2022 PARADISE AIR, Matsudo, Chiba

2022 SVA (the School of Visual Arts) The Artist Residency Project, New York, Online

2021 Kunstraum LLC Artist-in-Residence, Brooklyn, New York​

2020 Independent Tokyo 2020 special judge Prize, Tokyo, Japan

2016 Jealousy was on PHOTO VOGUE ITALY

2014 TOKYO DESGNERS WEEK ASIA AWARDS YOUNG CREATOR Art Dept. finalist, Tokyo, Japan

2014 The Second Grand Prix at Spiral Independent Creators Festival 15, Tokyo, Japan

2013 MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL JUNIOR DESIGNER AWARD
Judge’s Prize Winner -Prize, Tokyo, Japan

2011 ​​The 6th Art Plaza Competition of Tokyo University of Arts Winner, Tokyo, Japan



selected publications





2023 ART IS ALIVE 22/10/23, UK

2022 ART SPIEL 1/9/22, USA

2022 Wallpaper 21/7/22, UK

2020 Sohu 25/3/20, CHINA

2020 Sohu 30/5/20, CHINA

2019 Interior Design Magazine No.8, USA

2019 SHOTENKENCHIKU (商店建築) Nov., JAPAN

2019 CINRA 13/6/19, JAPAN

2019 id+c (室内id+c) Oct.,CHINA

2019 NIKKEI News paper The STYLE Nov., JAPAN

2017 TV Asahi Design Code #192, JAPAN

2017 YKK "Neighbor" Sept., JAPAN



selected projects





2019 Project with ESCADA SATO SUGAMOTO「Her Strings」, ESCADA roppongi boutique, Tokyo, Japan（Roppngi Art Night 2019）

2018 Project with ESCADA SATO SUGAMOTO「Her Faces」, ESCADA roppongi boutique, Tokyo, Japan（Roppngi Art Night 2018）

2016 Project with CA4LA SATO SUGAMOTO「Ropes」, CA4LA test, , Tokyo, Japan



education





2013 BFA, Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Design, Tokyo, Japan

2008-2009 Tama Art University Faculty of Art and Design, Graphic Design Department, Tokyo, Japan​

2017 Completed 1 year of professional hat making course at Salon de Chapeau Academy,Tokyo, Japan



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After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Fine Arts in 2013 I worked for a while with Disney’s The Oriental Land Company making hats, costumes and props for the Disney Characters for the shows and parades at Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disneysea and Disney hotels.



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