toshinari sato
bone 1964 Hokkaido Japan
Diploma
1997 D.N.S.E.P, Ecole des Beaux-Art de Grenoble, France
1993 MA (Plastic Arts) Tokyo National University of Arts, Japan
Grant
1999 “Amoeba’s love” support by Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris
1993 Ambassade de France au Japon, National expenditure for two years
1993 Asahi Beer Art Foundation, Grants for three years, Japan
Public projects
2017 - 2018 Realize “Active Learning Studio” Interior Architectural Project at Edogawa University, Chiba prefecture, Japan
2000 Realize a book of culture and politics for Grenoble city (Millennium projects for year 2000) Direction des Affaires Culturelles, Hotel de Ville de Grenoble, France
Residence
2010 Artist Resident, Zendai, Shanghai Himalayas Art Museum, Zhujiajiao Branch, Shanghai China
2002 - 2004 Artist Resident at Montmartre Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts, Resident of Paris City, France
2001 - 2002 Artist Resident, le crédac - centre de recherche, d’échange et diffusion pour l’art contemporain centre d’art d’Ivry France
Solo show
2020 “Monolithe Tropical” - TOSHINARI SATO, Galerie ICI Jean Pierre Morand, Paris
2015 "Okinawa Chocolate" Ô-SAN project in Gallery Akagi no mori, Chibana Okinawa-city, Okinawa Japan
2003 "SEE THE WORLD FROM RABBIT HOLES”, LE CREDAC(centre de recherche d’échange et de diffusion pour l’art contemporain) Ivry-sur-Seine, France
2003 "One week one man show" Daniel Buren / Maria Eichhorn / Olafur Eliasson / Joseph Grigel…, MASATAKA HAYAKAWA GALLERY tokyo Japan
2001 "UNVOLUME EXPLOSION OF VIOLET" MASATAKA HAYAKAWA GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
1997 "DUST OF DREAM" about cafe, A.A.R.A (About Art Related Activities, curated by director Meo Yipintsoi), Bangkok Thailand
Group show & Art fair
2023" GREEN WE CAN" - open-air exhibition in Düsseldorf's Volksgarten. Christel Blömeke & Wolfgang Nestler / Marlon Bösherz / Marc von Criegern / Katarzyna Cudnik & Veit Ferrer / Brigitte Dams / Modou Fall / Gabriele Horndasch / Papagora Kane / Carl Hager / Ulrike Kessl / Gisoo-Kim / Luca Kohlmetz / Eva Krause / Gereon Krebber / Nadia Lichtig / Anke Lohrer / Christian Megert / Manuel Ruf / Judith Samen / Johannes Sandberger / Toshinari Sato / Leonard Schmidt-Dominé / Johanna Schwarz / Fritz Schwegler /Jeannette Schnüttgen / RaumZeitPiraten / Christiane Rasch / Myriam Resch / Katharina Veerkamp / Palina Vetter / Ira Vinokurova / Erika Winkler
2022 "CABINET DE DESSINS CONTEMPORAINS" Götz Arndt / Arnaud Depeyre / Pierre Dunoyer / Sylvie Fajfrowska / Gatherine Geoffray / Guillaume Mary / Jean-Pierre Morand / Frédéric PRAT / Sivan L.Rubinstein / Toshinari Sato / Galerie ICI Jean Pierre Morand Paris
2018 "the kunstpunkte" invited artist by Anke Lohrer Dusseldorf Germany
2017 "白" Junko Ikawa / O Jun / Tetsuya Yoshida / Toshinari Sato / Aragonite / Okenite / Coral, Gallery KANRANSHA, Tokyo Japan
2013 "CHAQUE PETALE EST UNE FLEUR" Une proposition de David Rosenberg, Ils de France France
2012 "IN & OUT…DE L’ART CONTEMPORAIN" Ivry-sur-seine France
2012 "fight aids monaco" non-profit NGO founded by HSH Princess Stephanie in Monte-Carlo Monaco
2011 "FERNELMONT CONTEMPORARY ART" CHATEAU DE FERNELMONT BELGIQUE
2011 “ROMA. THE ROAD TO CONTEMPORARY ART” Galerie Italienne Paris, Art Fair Roma Italy
2010 "International Artist-in-Residence Program Series Exhibition 1" Zendai, Shanghai Himalayas Art Museum Zhujiajiao Branch, China
2010 "TO BE CONTINUED" A2Z-art, Les Lilas, France
2009 "A Spark in The Dark" A2Z-art, Les Lilas, France
2008 "Shanghai Contemporary Art" Tang Contemporary Art, Art Fair Shanghai China
2008 "There is no story to tell" Youngmi Chun / Liu Chuang / Thu Parret Mai / Jorge Peris / Micheal Sailstorfer / Toshinari Sato / MartinSkauen / WAZA Group, Curator : Liu Ding / Crol Yinghua / Wei Xing, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing China
2007 "FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES ARTS VISUELS D’ABIDJAN" COTE D’IVOIRE Africa
2007 "Sustainable Art Project, Ueno Town Art Museum" Tokyo Japan
2007 "Les artistes cassent la baraque" Nuit 2007, L’association A3-art, Place saint-sulpice Paris 6e, Collaboration with Barthélémy Toguo, Isabelle Levenez, Paris France
2007 "vers Paris" Tetsumi Kudo, Tsuguji Fujita, Taro Okamoto… The University Art Museum of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo Japan
2007 "vers Paris" The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata Japan
2006 "Of Course, it welcomes the foreigners the boundaries" Pétur Már Gunnarsson / Johann Maheut / Toshinari Sato, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Island
2005 "The world must be imagined by ourselves." MASATAKA HAYAKAWA GALLERY, Tokyo Japan
2004 "Marie-Ange Guilleminot / Joseph Grigely / Teresita Fernández / Tomoko Maezawa / Toshinari Sato, MASATAKA HAYAKAWA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2004 "maison / témoins" THE STORE, Paris
2003 "WE DON’T PLAY" MÉNAGERIE DE VERRE Paris
2003 "resident artists show" Cité Internationale des Art de Ville de Paris, France
2002 "sublime surface" GALLERY BINZ 39, Zurich, Swiss
2001 "chambre d’hiver" Paris Project Room, Paris, France
2001 "une boutique d’été" Paris Project Room, Paris, France
2001 "Liste 01" Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland
2001 "NICAF" Art Fair in Tokyo. Japan
2000 "KUNST 2000 ZURICH" International Contemporary Art Fair in Zurich, Switzerland
2000 "summer of love" celeste & eliot kunstsalon, Zurich, Switzerland
1999 "Alley Cats" ART FOCUS 3, INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Jerusalem
1999 "Ephémère" Salle d’Exposition de la Bastille, Grenoble, France
1997 "Monsieur Rêve et Madame Réalité" MAGASIN CNAC(CENTRE NATIONALE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE GRENOBLE) Grenoble France
1995 "I HATE MY NEIGHBORS" Galerie de l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Grenoble, France
1991 "Graduation exhibition" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
Collaboration
2009 “Bateau mouche 2 Futur en Seine Quais de Seine, with Bertrand Planes“ Music live performance, Paris
2009 “A3-art” collaboration with Isabelle Levenez, Barthélémy Toguo, Toshinari Sato, Place Saint-Sulpice Paris 6e, Paris France
2006 “White Building” Musical composition for the video, film by Jean-Luc Vilmouth Camera Lucida Productions, Paris France
2005 "NUKE" Magazine Paris France
2004 Musical composition for the video. film by Ange Léccia and Bernard Joisten Camera Lucida Productions, Paris France
2003 Musical compositions and live performance work with Dj seep, “la griffe Emmaüs” of Bertrand Planes. 4, Salon Emmaûs, Porte de Versailles, Paris France
Lecture & Conference
2010 "Artists free talk" Zendai, Shanghai Himalayas Art Museum Zhujiajiao Branch, China
2008 "There is no story to tell" Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing China
2007 "L’art et les nouveaux médias" Foundation DONWAHI, COTE D’IVOIRE Africa
2007 "In a condominium of Bangkok – Toshinari Sato", Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
2007 "vers Paris" Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
1997 "DUST OF DREAM, Artist Talk – Toshinari Sato" ABOUT ART RELATED ACTIVITIES A.A.R.A, Bangkok, Thailand