Rei Sato



b. 1984, Yamagata, Japan

Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan



Education:

2010

The Fountainhead Residency, Miami



2005

Graduated from Ochanomizu College of Fine Arts and Design



Solo Exhibitions:

2012

All Monsters Hold Secrets in Their Grasp, Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, Art HK, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong



2011

Will I Bloom? Will I Transform? Will I Shine? Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, Taiwan



2009

No Need For Forever, Hermes, Singapore



2008

Rei Sato, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY

Sun, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan



2007

Aoi Gallery 20th Anniversary, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan



2003

Nano-Galerie, Paris, France





Group Exhibitions:

2012

Melbourne Art Fair, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Melbourne, Australia



2008

Kaikai Kiki Artists, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan



2007

Weather Report, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran, Canaria, Spain

Agnes Art Fair, The Agnes Hotel and Apartments Tokyo, Japan



2006

VOLTA show02 Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

GEISAI#9, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan



2005

Kaikai Kiki, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan



2004

Tokyo Girls Bravo New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY



2003

Hope The Future is in Our Hands, LAFORET Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan

GEISAI#1, Tokyo, Japan



2002

Coloriage, Fondation Cartier pour l art contemporain, Paris, France (curated by Takashi Murakami)

Tokyo Girls Bravo 2, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan



Awards:



2003

GEISAI#1 Scout Judge Prize, Tokyo, Japan



Special Projects:

In 2010, Sato undertook artistic direction for the production of Prokofievs classic, Peter and the Wolf, for Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.