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Aiko Sakamoto

  • 1977
  • Born in Tokyo
  • 2001
  • Bachelor of Fine Art in Japanese painting, Tama Art University
  • 2003
  • Completed Master’s degree at Tama Art University
  • 2011- 2013
  • Part-time Lecturer at Tama Art University (Department of Painting, Japanese Painting Course)
  • 2013 – 2014
  • Lecturer at Tama Art University (Department of Plastic Expression, Lifelong Learning Course, Japanese Painting)

Record of Awards

  • 2001
  • Setsuryosha Firenze Prize Exhibition/ Setsuryosha Museum of Art (selected)
    Japan Fine Art Exhibition / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (selected)
  • 2002
  • Flower-and-Bird Paintings Exhibition / Shohaku Art Museum(Nara) (selected)
  • 2003
  • 11th Sato International Cultural Scholarship Student / The Sato Museum of Art
    Japan Fine Arts Exhibition / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (selected)
  • 2004
  • Setsuryosha Firenze Prize Exhibition / Setsuryosha Museum of Art (selected)
    Flower-and-Bird Paintings Exhibition / Shohaku Art Museum(Nara) (selected)
    Sato Taisei Prize Art Exhibition / Fukuchiyama Museum of Art (selected)
  • 2007
  • Nissyun-ten Exhibition / Matsuya Ginza (selected)
  • 2008
  • Garyuzakura Japanese Painting Grand Prize Exhibition : Excellence award
    Takayama City Cultural Hall, Hiratsuka-city Art Museum, The Museum of Fine Art at Gihu (Gihu)
  • 2009
  • Nissyun-ten Exhibition / Matsuya Ginza (selected)
  • 2012
  • Suga Tatehiko Grand Prix Exhibition / Kurayoshi Museum (selected)
  • 2015
  • Art Award Next Exhibition / Tokyo Art Club (Award from the Young Association)
    Ōka-Sho Award Exhibition Encouragement Award / Sato Sakura Museum

Solo Exhibition

  • 2004
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Gallery Kei (Shinjuku-ku)
  • 2006
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Gallery Kei (Shinjuku-ku)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kobe)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Shinsaibash)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Yokohama)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Seibu Are Gallery(Takatsuki)
  • 2007
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kashiwa)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition “Soup of light” / Hagurodo Gallery (Yushima)
  • 2008
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kobe)
  • 2009
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kobe)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Yokohama)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition “White Phantasmagory” / Sato Art Museum (Tokyo)
  • 2010
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kashiwa)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery Seibu Art Forum (Ikebukuro)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition “Light and Pray : Pastel Painting Exhibition” / Sogo Art Gallery (Kobe)
  • 2011
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Hiroshima)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Seibu Art Gallery (Hachio)
  • 2012
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Seibu Art Gallery (Fukui)
    Takanawa-Kai / Takanawa Prince Hotel (Tokyo)
  • 2013
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Yokohama)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition “Santa-Magnolia” / Sinobazu Art Gallery (Tokyo)
  • 2014
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kashiwa)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Chiba)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Toyota Art Gallery (Toyota)
  • 2016
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Seibu Art Forum (Ikebukuro)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Seibu Akita (Akita)
  • 2017
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Mominoki Gallery (Jiyugaoka)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Gallery-Zen (Tochigi)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Yokohama)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Coper Gallery (Aoyama)
  • 2018
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Omiya)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Chiba)
  • 2019
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Nihombashi Takashimaya (Nihombashi)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Tokushima)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Hiroshima)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Seibu Art Gallery (Ikebukuro)
    Kansai-Takanawa-Kai / Rihga Royal Hotel (Osaka)
    Takanawa-Kai / Takanawa Prince Hotel (Tokyo)
  • 2020
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Tokushima)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sendai Mitsukoshi (Sendai)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Chiba)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Daimaru Fukuoka (Fukuoka)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Gallery Field (Sendagi)
  • 2021
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Daiwa Kohrinbo (Kanazawa)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Kobe Hankyu (Kobe)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Daimaru Tokyo (Tokyo)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Gallery Field (Sendagi)
  • 2022
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Matsuzakaya Nagoya (Nagoya)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Hiroshima)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Chiba)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Daimaru Shinsaibashi
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Gallery Field (Sendagi)
  • 2023
  • Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Sendai Mitsukoshi (Sendai)
    Aiko Sakamoto Exhibition / Nihombashi Takashimaya (Nihombashi)

Group Exhibition

  • 1999
  • Gallery KARIN (Ginza)
  • 2001
  • Tokyo Ginza Art Gallery (Ginza)
  • 2003
  • 11th Sato Art Museum Exhibition for scholarship recipients / Sato Art Museum
    “RIKURI” Exhibition / Megro-ku Art Gallery
    “Christmas In Peace, Message of Peace” Exhibition / Sato Art Museum
  • 2004
  • “Infinite” Exhibition / Mominoki Gallery (Jiyugaoka)
  • 2005
  • “The Search for Beauty” Exhibition / Saigarou Gallery
    “Infinite” Exhibition / Mominoki Gallery (Jiyugaoka)
    “Byou-Byou-ten” Exhibition / Fujiya Gallery (Ginza)
  • 2006
  • “Spring Rising Artists” Exhibition / Hotel Sunroute Plaza Tokyo (Maihama)
    “Infinite” Exhibition / Mominoki Gallery (Jiyugaoka)
    “Byou-Byou-ten” Exhibition / GINZA5 (Ginza)
  • 2007
  • “Infinite” Exhibition / Mominoki Gallery (Jiyugaoka)
    “Byou-Byou-ten” Exhibition / Tokyo Ginza Gallery (Ginza)
  • 2008
  • “Tôki-Michi-Ten” Exhibition / The Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo) / Akaishi-si Museum of Culture (Akashi) / Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art (Hokkaido) / Hakodate Museum of Art (Hokkaido) /The Museum of Fine Art at Gihu (Gihu) / Takasaki Tower Museum of Art (Gunma)/Akino Fuku Museum (Hamamatsu) / Kushiro city Museum of Art (Hokkaido) / Tendo City Museum of Art (Yamagata) / Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (Ishikawa) / Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum (Okinawa) / Ohmishima Art Museum (Ehime) / Murakami-Mishima Memorial Hall (Ehime) / Nagano Prefectural Ina Culture Hall (Nagano) / Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art (Ibaraki)
    “Infinite” Exhibition / Mominoki Gallery (Jiyugaoka)
  • 2009
  • “Byou-Byou-ten” Exhibition / Tokyo Ginza Gallery (Ginza)
  • 2010
  • “La Lumiere et la priere” / Sinobazu Art Gallery (Tokyo)
    “Byou-Byou-ten” Exhibition / Tokyo Ginza Gallery (Ginza)
    “Brilliance of Life” Modern Flower-and-Bird Paintings Exhibition / Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art (Ibaraki)
  • 2012
  • “KomeTsubuTsubuYori-Ten” Exhibition / Yamaneko-Ken Gallery (Saitama)
  • 2013
  • “IMAGO MUNDI” Beneton Collection Exhibition / Italy
    Three Women Artists Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kashiwa)
    Group Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Kobe)
  • 2014
  • “Shubi-Ten” Exhibition / APA Hotel Tokyo Bay Makuhari (Chiba)
    “Summer White” Exhibition / Park Hotel Tokyo (Tokyo)
  • 2015
  • “Prospect of Beauty” Exhibition / Nihombashi Takashimaya (Nihombashi)
    “Oasis” Exhibition / Art Space Rashinban (Kyobashi)
    “Successors of Tama Art University” Exhibition / 80th Anniversary of Tama Art University (Tokyo)
  • 2016
  • Star Wars Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Yokohama)
    Yokohama “Shunkou-zu (Spring Light)“ / Nihombashi Takashimaya (Nihombashi)
    Wind Chime Exhibition / Hayashida-Gallery (Tokyo)
    Drawing Exhibition / Sinobazu Art Gallery (Tokyo)
    Scholarship Student Collection Exhibition / The Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo)
    “Tanzaku” Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Chiba)
    Homage to Jyakuchu Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Yokohama)
  • 2017
  • Goldfish Exhibition / Art Gallery Wada
    25th Anniversary Exhibition / The Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo)
    25 Artists Exhibition / The Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo)
    “Sakura Sakura” Exhibition / Osaka Takashimaya (Osaka)
    Ginza Animal Exhibition / Art Gallery Wada
    “Kingendai” Japanese Painting Exhibition / Matsuzakaya Art Museum (Aichi)
    “Wagahai no Neko (My Cat)” Exhibition / Sato Art Gallery(Tokyo)
  • 2018
  • Woman Artists Exhibition / Matsuzakaya Art Museum (Nagoya)
    Ballet Dancer Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery(Chiba, Yokohama)
    “Mori-no-Miyako” Art Fair / Sendai Mitsukoshi (Sendai)
    “Jussui-kai” Exhibition / Sogo Chiba (Chiba)
    “Kissyo Animal Park” Exhibition / Nihombashi Mitsukoshi (Nihombashi)
  • 2019
  • “Jussui-kai” Exhibition / Rihga Royal Hotel (Osaka), Sogo Art Gallery (Tokushima), Sogo Art Gallery (Hiroshima)
    Japanese Paintings Liberated Zone / Bunkamura (Shibuya)
  • 2020
  • Group Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Tokushima)
    “Tamamono (Gift)” Exhibition / Daimaru Tokyo (Tokyo), Abeno Harukas (Osaka)
    Fruit Exhibition / Gallery Wada
    Group Exhibition / Seibu Shibuya (Shibuya)
    “Black and White” / Gallery Wada (Tokyo)
    Japanese Paintings Liberated Zone / Bunkamura (Shibuya)
    “Pray” Muse Competition / Ginza Six (Ginza)
  • 2021
  • Animal Park Exhibition / Sogo Art Gallery (Omiya)
    “Shinbi (Beauty of Mind)” Exhibition / Rihga Royal Hotel (Osaka)
    Contemporary Women Artists Exhibition / Matsuzakaya Art Museum (Nagoya)
    “Tamabi DNA” Exhibition / (Tama Art University)
    “Kensan-kai” Exhibition / Nihombashi Takashimaya (Nihombashi)
    “Byou-Byou-ten” Exhibition /Tokyo Ginza Gallery (Ginza), Hayashida-Gallery (Tokyo)
    “Muse Competition” World of Illusion and Indulgence / Ginza Six (Ginza)
    “Feelings of Life” Exhibition / Gallery Field (Tokyo)
    “Black and White” / Gallery Wada (Tokyo), Matsuzakaya Art Museum (Nagoya)
    “Japanese Paintings Liberated Zone” / Bunkamura (Shibuya)
    Art Taichung 2021/ (Taichung)
  • 2022
  • “Five Colors” Exhibition / Taiwan
    “Knitting Variations” Publication Exhibition / Maruzen Marunouchi Main Store Gallery
    “Neko-Kaigi (Cats Reunion)” Exhibition / Reijinsha Gallery
    Art Taichung 2022/ (Taichung)
    “Hyakka-ryouran: Collaboration of Female Painters
    “Moon” Exhibition / Ikebukuro Seibu (Ikebukuro)
    “Tamamono (Gift)” Exhibition / Ginza Six (Ginza)
    “Wonderful World” Exhibition / Gallery Field (Tokyo)
    Art Taipei 2022 / Taiwan
    “La Fuerte” Exhibition / Gallery Fuete (Tokyo)
    “Black and White” / Gallery Wada (Tokyo), Matsuzakaya Art Museum (Nagoya)
    “Breath of Beauty” Exhibition / Kounan Gallery (Okayama)
    “Eto (Twelve Earthly Branches)” Anthology / Osaka Takashimaya (Osaka)
    “Seimei no Tamago (Egg of Life)” / Seibu Ikebukuro (Tokyo)
    “Gentle Time” Aiko Sakamoto and Masumi Takeshita Two-person Exhibition / Gallery Field
    “Artists Painting Animals” Exhibition / Daimaru Shinsaibashi (Osaka)
    Ballet Art Exhibition / Seibu Ikebukuro (Ikebukuro)
    Japanese Paintings Liberated Zone / Bunkamura (Shibuya)
  • 2023
  • Spring Mitsukoshi Art Choice Society / Nihombashi Mitsukoshi (Nihombashi)
    “The Things We Love” Exhibition / Toyota Gallery (Aichi)
    Sakura Exhibition ~Cherry Blossoms and Flowers of the Four Seasons~ / Sakuragaoka Museum, Sakura City Museum
    “Crepuscular Drawings by Contemporary Artists” Exhibition / Nichinan Town Museum (Totori)
    “WAKABA Exhibition” / Yuan Ru Gallery (Taipei)
    “3 Styles” / Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin (Fukuoka)
    “Connection” / Gallery Field (Tokyo)
    “Blue” / Toyota Gallery (Aichi)
    “Contemporary Women Artists” Exhibition / Park Avenue Kawatoku (Iwate)