Tokyo International Gallery
Press Release
July 2024

Tokyo International Gallery Signs Affiliation Agreement with Artist Sakuho Ito
Tokyo International Gallery (President: Kosuke Shimamura, Headquarters: Tennozu, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo)
has signed an affiliation agreement with the promising contemporary artist Sakuho Ito in June 2024.
Sakuho Ito creates vivid works of art that evoke nature using rusty Japanese paper produced by her own
method of nucleus making, which she has researched and developed herself. Ito's work has been exhibited incollaboration with corporations and collected as public art in a newly opened luxury hotel in Minato City,Tokyo.
The solo exhibition "BEGINNING of WORSHIP - First Beheld the Blue -" held at our Gallery in April 2024
was a great success, attracting attention both at domestic and abroad.
In recent years, she has connected with the Shinto philosophy thatreveres nature and life, engaging in activities that “Nestling close to
the soil, and braiding the spirit of the land with the souls of its
dwellers.” She stays in various locations, incorporating soil and sandcollected from those places into her works, creating pieces thatworship the life of the land, which she then dedicates to shrines andother venues. With the production of the dedication piece “Worshipof Life” at Izumo Taisha Shrine in 2023, she continues to inquire
about “worship” as her lifelong expression.
We were impressed by Ito's attitude toward art, and we believe that ourcompany's philosophy is in line with what Ms. Ito is striving for, thus
this agreement has been concluded.
We will focus our efforts on presenting our works both domestically andinternationally and actively engage in public art.
We will announce exhibition information and activities on our website and SNS.
Please be advised that, following the conclusion of the contract, we will be the point of contact for sales ofartworks and inquiries.
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July 2024

Sakuho Ito
伊藤 咲穂
Sakoho Ito was born in Shimane Prefecture in 1989, and began
her art activities after graduating from Musashino Art
University in 2014. Using her unique method of making
Japanese paper, as well as metals, clay, pigments, and more, she
continues to explore and express the tranquility and transienceborn from the calmness of the heart, which she experienced inher childhood, and the fundamental spirituality visible in theactivities of ethnic groups. She perceives and continues her
expression within the lineage of abstract expressionism.

＜Major Solo Exhibitions＞
2021"Circle of waves" Hankyu Men's Tokyo / Tokyo, Japan

2022

Exhibition Domain of Art 28 "ORIGIN" - Saitama City Plaza North / Saitama, Japan

2024"BEGINNING of WORSHIP - First Beheld the Blue -" Tokyo International Gallery / Tokyo, Japan＜Major Group Exhibitions＞
2016"MITSUKOSHI ART CUBE" Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi / Tokyo

2016"Paper God", Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan2018"Tokyo Phantom World" / Dali Art Center Taichung / Taiwan

2019"Gravity", Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2020"Tour" and "Rust Beat" / Hotel Gajoen Tokyo Hyakudan Staircase / Tokyo, Japan＜Main Activities＞
2017

Shimane Ishu Washi Kubota Training (2017.09~2018.08) / Shimane, Japan

2021

Seto Inland Sea Project / SEABRIDGE / Hiroshima

2023

Izumo-taisha Shrine / Kitajima Kokusokan / Mankusen Shrine / Dedication of work-in-residence /2023

Himigozaki-jinja Shrine / Dedication / Shimane, JapanTERRADA ART COMPLEX II 2F1-32-8 Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002
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