Biography

Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

1986
Solo exhibition, Okurayama Museum, Yokohama, Japan
1993
Solo exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts – Master of Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, Japan

Yokohama Galleria Bellini Hill Gallery, Nomura Cultural Foundation, Japan
1996
Solo exhibition, Metal Art Museum, Chiba, Japan
2002
Solo exhibition, Toki Gallery, Chiba, Japan
2006
Garret Interior, Japan (’07)
2014
Art Miami, USA (’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19 ’22)
2015
Keisho-ha II: A New Materialism, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Art Stage Singapore, Singapore (’16, ’17)

Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2016
TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands (’17, ’18, ’19, ’20, ’22, ’23)

Spring Masters New York, USA

EAF Monaco, Monaco
2017
TEFAF New York Spring, USA
2018
The Modern Minstrels in Metalworking, Lixil Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Sprinkle of Design, B&B Italia Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Seattle Art Fair, USA (’19)
2019
Silhouettes of Tomorrow, Yufuku Gallery, London, UK

West Bund Art and Design, Shanghai, China (’20, ’21, ’22)
2020
Opening Ceremony, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
2021
The Secret Show, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan

Art Fair Tokyo, Japan

RE:Opening Ceremony, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan

The Armory Show, New York, USA

Untitled Art Miami Beach, USA
2022
Masterpiece London, UK
2023
Art SG, Singapore

Kanata Three Year Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition – Beyond the Abstract World: From Yufuku to Kanata

Tokyo Gendai, Yokohama, Japan

Awards

1986　Fujino Scholarship Award, Tokyo University of the Arts
1987　Fujino Scholarship Award, Tokyo University of the Arts

Public Collections

Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
Metal Art Museum, Chiba, Japan
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Simian Collection, China
Lotus Gallery, Vietnam

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Ozaki Satoru
Ozaki

Now and Here (2014)

W48 × D38 × H114 (cm)

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Satoru
Ozaki

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1963 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1993 Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA
Lives and works in Chiba

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An ascetic recluse living in the foothills of Chiba who refused to hold exhibitions of his work for nearly 10 years before his representation by Yufuku Gallery in 2014, metal artist Satoru Ozaki (b. 1963 –) is considered one of the 'lost treasures' of Japan in light of his mind-bending techniques of hammering and polishing the immobile and adamantine material of stainless steel into beautiful, minimal forms of great depth and presence.

Once heralded as the saviour of conceptual metalwork during his time at the prestigious Tokyo University of the Arts, the sands of time had slowly buried the artist underneath the limelight. Yet finding a muse in the new aesthetic movement of the Keisho-ha (School of Form) and the artists affiliated with A Lighthouse called Kanata, Ozaki has sprung forth from his hermit-like existence to create never-before-seen sculptures in shimmering steel that are now captivating audiences the world over.

With collections in such collections as the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and most recently the Long Museum in Shanghai, China, Ozaki’s odes to steel resonate above and beyond, with each strike of his hammer pouring into metal the poetry of life.