Risa SATO
Photo by Seiichiro SATO
Risa SATO
Born 1972 in Tokyo.
1999 Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA in design
Lives and works in Kanagawa prefecture.
Sato presents her large-scaled soft sculptures, which are at once abstract and intimate. She has placed them in public spaces both indoors and outdoors to consider the potential of creating communications through art works.
She is particularly energetic in the production of air-inflatable objects made of fabric. She creates patterns from models using oil clay, sews them with a sewing machine, and handles all processes. She has also collaborated with local people through workshops at art festivals in various locations.
In recent years, she has also been involved in the production and translation of picture books.
「Koganecho Bazaar 2024 “The world, Not According to Art”」 (Kanagawa), 2024
「Unmanned Station Art Festival, OIGAWA 2024」 (Shizuoka), 2024
「Countermeasures Against Awkward Discourses : From the Perspective of Third Wave Feminism」 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, (Ishikawa), 2021
The 70th Yokohama Cultural Awards Incentive Prize, 2021
Grand Prize at Exhibition of PHILIP MORRIS Art Award, 2000
Grand Prize at Exhibition of URBAN ART #7, 1998