MICHIHIRO SATO
2017- Moved to Fukui / Japan, and working as a jewelry artist
Teaching at Itami Jewelry College (2004-) and Osaka Univ. of Arts (2007-)
2004 - 2016 Lived and worked in Hyogo and Osaka / Japan
2002 - 2004 Studied and graduated from Oslo National Academy of Arts, Norway (MA)
1997 - 2002 Worked as a freelance in Duesseldorf, Germany
1990 - 1995 Worked at advertising agents in Duesseldorf, Germany
1988 - 1990 Visited Fachhochschule Pforzheim (jewellery design) in Germany
1986 Graduated from Gunma University, Japan, majored in art education (BA)
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibition
2017 "Possession", Gallery Funaki, Melbourne (AU)
2013 "Paper Jewelry -Michihiro Sato", Gallery BMFJ, Taipei (TW)
2011 "Paper Jewelry -Michihiro Sato-", Gallery O2, Tokyo (JP)
2010 "Paper Jewelry -Michihiro Sato-", Gallery Nokiha, Tokushima (JP)
2005 "The Sympathy with Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman", Gallery Arai, Tokyo (JP)
Group Exhibition (extracts)
2015 "Not Too Precious", Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin (GB)
2015 "CODA Paper Art", CODA Museum, Apeldoorn (NL)
2013 "Beijing International Contemporary Metal Art Exhibition", Contemporary Art Center of China, Beijing (CN)
2013 "Loot", Museum of Art and Design, New York (US)
2012 "Trans Arts Tokyo", University of Electro-Communications Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
2011 "International Metal Art Exhibition and Seminar", Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing (CN)
2011 "Collect", Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
2010 "Mono kara Mono he (From Things to Spiritual Things)", Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto (JP)
2008 "Collect", V&A Museum, London (GB)
2006 "Japanese Art Jewelry Today - Transfiguration", National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
2005 "Contemporary Jewelry from Japan", Object Gallery, Sydney (AU)
2002 "Schmuck 2002", International Exhibition Hall, Munich (DE)
PRIZES
2003 Grant from The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
2002 Norwegian Governmental Scholarship 2002/2003
2002 Grand prix : Japan Jewellery Art Exhibition
2002 Excellent prize : Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Japan
2001 Grand prix : International Craft Exhibition Itami-Jewellery-, Japan
COLLECTIONS
2015 Alice and Louis Koch Collection in Swiss National Museum (Zurich, Switzerland)
2008 National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
2004 Marzee Collection (Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
2001 Museum of Arts and Crafts Itami (Itami, Japan)