Sato, Tokihiro (1957 - Present)
Tokihiro Sato was born in Yamagata in 1957. He studied sculpture at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Sato made his initial photos by tracing his sculptures with a penlight, creating "light sculptures." Sato's use of light, coupled with his own movement animates his chosen subjects of landscapes, urban scenes, and interiors. In 1989 he won the silver prize at the Japan Professional Photographers Society exhibition. His exhibitions have been held at the Liquid Crystal Futures in Edinburgh (1994), he Havana Biennale (1997), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. His contemporary photographs can be found in the permanent collections of the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo and the Art Institute of Chicago. Tokihiro Sato currently teaches at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Contemporary Japanese and East Asian Art
Ronin Gallery’s Contemporary art collection challenges the boundaries of tradition and innovation through the work of Japan's greatest contemporary artists and tomorrow’s most promising talents. Featured in museum exhibitions worldwide, contemporary Japanese and East Asian artists are pushing limits and exploring fresh techniques across mediums and styles. For many of the contemporary artists in this collection, inspiration sparks from an interweaving of old with new. Many combine traditional themes, tools, or materials with technology, contemporary themes, or innovative techniques. This hybrid expression is distinctly contemporary and unremittingly vital. From the Pop art legacy of the Shinohara’s to the foremost master of Japanese tattooing, Horiyoshi III, this collection of contemporary Japanese and East Asian art spans a wide range of media, including woodblock prints, screen prints, photography, etchings, paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, ceramics, and mixed media artworks.
