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
2001 Photo Exhibition of SATOGO -SHIGAN ; HujinomaGallery,Tokyo
2000 best friend ; Peppers Loft Gallery,Tokyo
2000
Risa Campaign for meeting ; Spiral Garden,Tokyo
2000 Risa Campaign from the window ; Spiral Garden, Tokyo
1999 Risa Can Do It? ; Yokohama Land Mark Hall
1999 Risa Campaign NY tour ; Peppers Gallery, Tokyo[ Group Exhibitions ]2024
Koganecho Bazaar2024 ; Yokohama, Kanagawa
Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
2023
Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
2022 Rokko Meets Art 2022 : Kobe, Hyogo
Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
2021 Taking a Walk Through Yokohama City ‒ As Though in The “Three Cornered World” With a Hand Drawn
Map: Kanagawa
Countermeasures Against Awkward Discourses ‒ From the Perspective of Third Wave Feminism: 21thCentury Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka 2020
Yokohama Triennale 2020 “AFTERGLOW” :Kanagawa
Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka 2019
Srishti INTERIM ‒ Festival Of Ideas : Bangalore, IndiaFuture Scape Project : ZOU-NO-HANA-TERRACE, Kanagawa Unmanned
Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
2018
Rokko Meets Art “Encore Exhibition” : Kobe, Hyogo Unmanned
Station Art Festival, OIGAWA : Shimada city, Shizuoka
START☆Museum for All 2018 : Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design
2017
Rokko Meets Art 2017 : Mt. Rokko, Hyogo
Splish-Splash Fair : Echo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art ‘KINARE’: Niigata
Made in Koganecho vol.3 : Koganecho, Kanagawa
2016
Splish-Splash Fair : Echo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art ‘KINARE’
Eutopia : The textile museum of Canada
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
AOBA+ART: AOBA SHOKUDO ; Aoba-ku, Yokohama
2012
To Wander a Garden ; Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum、Shizuoka
ENJOY ZOU-NO-HANA ; ZOU-NO-HANA Terrace, Yokohama
Koganecho Bazaar2012 pre-event ; Yokohama, Kanagawa
GOTTON ART MAGIC ; Tagawa, Fukuoka
PEACE OF PEACE world heritage exhibit built with lego brick Part3 ; ShibuyaPARCO、Tokyo etc.
2011
Art Museum from the school 2012 ; The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Koganecho Bazaar2011 ; Yokohama, Kanagawa
2010
alive - birth of a tale ; Gallery Factory, Seoul
Koganecho Bazaar2010 ; Kanagawa
The 7th Shenzhen International Ink Biennale ; OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzen, Chine Get Up,
Even if by Yourself Alone ; Kenninji Zenkyo-An Temple, Kyoto

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30years of Fukuoka Art Museum;collection/connection ; Fukuoka Art Museum
The Big Store ; Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
Rapid Eye Movement ; Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin Sendai
Art City Project ; sendai mediatheque
Untitled ; Galerie Jean-Luc&Takako RICHARD, Paris 2006
MERCH & PROMO ; Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
Rendez-Vous Project "Smooth Sailing" ; Spiral Garden, Tokyo
The Square Roots of Drawing ; Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin
Expo2005 AICHI JAPAN Art program "DIVERS WAYS OF HAPPINESS" ; nagoya
Expo2005 AICH JAPAN Art program Exhibition ; Spiral Garden,Tokyo Untitled ;Chohan and Leslie, NY
AsahI ACTION ! "Risa-Boooo" ; Nishisugamo, Tokyo Candle
Museum 2005 ; Umeda, Osaka
Peace of Peace - LEGO -; PARCO, Tokyo Cow
Prade in TOKYO ; Marunouchi, Tokyo
Work Shop Exhibition of Children ; Nerima Museum, Tokyo TSHIRT BIBLE ; MORI art center,TokyoElephant Machine: IAMAS ; Gihu
Rendez-Vous Project "MY SWEET HOME" ; Spiral Garden, Tokyo
Taro Okamoto prize Exhibition ; Taro Okamoto Musem, Kawasaki
ARES E PENSARES -2002- organized by SESC Sao Paulo; San Paulo, Blazil ARTSON THE SHOPPING TOWN2002 ; Yokohama, Kanagawa
CAFE in Mito ; ART TOWER MITO Mito
Big in Japan: Six Contemporary Artists ; Liane and Danny Taran Gallery for the Arts,Montreal,Quebec/ Gendai Gallery of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto
Cambridge Galleries, Ontario
ARTS ON THE SHOPPING TOWN 2001; Yokohama, Kanagawa
art-Link Cafe Aug. ; SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
3D@CHARAMIX Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
The First Steps: Emerging Artist from Japan ; Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York Robotism Exhibition; Sogetsu Gallery, Akasaka, Tokyo
AIR-AIR; GRIMALDI FORUM Monaco
PLAYGRPOUND & TOYS an international exhibition Art for the world; Geneva 1999Balloon Festival HOT AIR; Grand Ship,Shizuoka
WALKING MUSEUM; Takashimaya,Shinjuku,Tokyo[ Public Art ]2010 " Kagemosha " Kashiwa, Chiba
2009 " Player Alien " Kawakami Junior High School, Nagano
2008 " Four " Otemon Gakuin Kindergarten, Osaka[ scholarship / Artist in residence ] 2022
AIRsoni : Soni village, Nara
2019 Srishti INTERIM ‒ Festival Of Ideas : Srishti institute of art, design and technology, India
Yokohama/ Sejong Exchange Program- Mamma Project : 653 Art Firm, Korea
2016 Yokohama/Chengdu Artist in Residence Exchange Program : Luxelakes A4 Art Museum, China
2015 Asia Cultural Artists Residence Project : Daedong Cultural Foundation, Korea
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, France
1999 ARCUS project : Moriya, Ibaraki[ Books ]Anthology"2match"; Little More/ISBN 4-89815-130-2

Picture books"Mushikui Yumanoha -FANTASY LOSERS and DREAMING LEAF GROWERS-"; Shinpoosha/ISBN 4-7974-3649-2"A wolf and 7 kids"; Shinpoosha, wacoal Atr Center/ISBN 4-7974-1561-4[ Award ]2021 The70th Yokohama Cultural Awards Incentive Prize
2000 Grand Prize at Exhibition of PHILIP MORRIS Art Award 2000 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[ Others ]Orange UK campaign character design/2006
NHK TV Education program "Watashi no Kimochi" art director/2003-2009