Aki Sasamoto

Aki Sasamoto
Born 1980 (age 35–36)
Yokohama, Japan
Education Columbia University,
Wesleyan University
Known for Performance art,
Installation art

Aki Sasamoto (笹本 晃 Sasamoto Aki, born 1980, in Yokohama, Japan) is a New York-based artist working in performance and installation.[1][2] Sasamoto has collaborated with visual artists, musicians, choreographers, dancers, mathematicians and scholars is also co-founder of the non-profit interdisciplinary arts organization Culture Push.[3][4]

Sasamoto has shown her work in theaters, galleries and public spaces in New York and internationally.

Solo shows include "Delicate Cycle" Sculpture Center, New York (2016), Food Rental High Line at the Rail Yards (2015); Wrong Happy Hour, JTT, NYC, New York (2014); Sunny in the Furnace the Kitchen, New York (2014); WE LIVE WITH ANIMALS Performa 13, New York (2013); and Centripetal Run Chocolate Factory Theater, New York (2012).

Group exhibitions include: Visitors, Governor's Island, New York (2015); Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015, Japan (2015); Pier 54, High Line Art, New York (2014); Out Of Doubt: Roppongi Crossing 2013, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2013); A Spoken Word Exhibition, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (2013); Omnilogue: Journey to West, Lalit Kara Academy, New Delhi, India (2012); and Greater New York: 5 Year Review, MoMA PS1, New York (2010). Sasamoto’s work has been featured at biennials include the Gwangju Biennial, South Korea (2012), the Whitney Biennial, New York (2010), and Yokohama Triennial, Japan (2008)[5]

Awards include: Grants for Overseas Study by Young Artists, the Pola Art Foundation (2013–2014); Oscar Willliams and Gene Derwood Award, The New York Community Trust (2012); Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japanese Government (2011–2012); Visual Art Grant Award, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation (2007); and Toby Fund Award (2007).[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Aki Sasamoto - Whitney Museum of American Art". whitney.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. ↑ Rupani-smith, Sylvia (2010-02-22). "'Strange Attractors' by Aki Sasamoto". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  3. ↑ "Mission + History". Culture Push. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Artist Aki Sasamoto Brings Her Singular Brand of Performance Art to the New York High Line". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Food Rental - High Line Art". art.thehighline.org. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  6. ↑ "Aki Sasamoto - Lower Manhattan Cultural Council". Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Retrieved 2016-03-07.

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