Michihiro Sato
Education, Work Experience
2007- Teaching at Osaka University of Art, Osaka, Japan
2004- Teaching at Itami College of Jewelry, Hyogo, Japan
2002-2004 Studied and graduated from metal institute / Oslo National Academy of Art, Norway (MA)
1997-2002 Worked as a freelancer, Duesseldorf, Germany
1989-1995 Worked at advertising companies, Duesseldorf, Germany
1988-1989 Gest student at jewelry design / Pforzheim University, Germany
1982-1986 Studied and graduated from art education / Gunma University, Japan (BA)
Born in Takasaki / Gunma prefecture, Japan
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)
(complete information; www.michihiro-sato.info/exhibition.html)
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)
Award
2013 Bronze prize / Beijing International Contemporary Metal Art Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of China, Beijing (CN)
2006 Grant of Japan Foundation for slide lecture at Kyungsung Univ., Busan (KR)
2003 Grant of the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation (JP)
2002 Norwegian Governmental Scholarship 2002/2003 (NO)
2002 Grand prize / Japan Jewelry Art Exhibition (JP)
Excellent prize / Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition (JP)
2001 Grand prize / Itami International Jewelry Exhibition (JP)
Collection
2015 Alice and Louis Koch Collection in Swiss National Museum, Zurich (CH)
2008 National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (GB)
2004 Marzee Collection, Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)
2001 Museum of Arts and Crafts Itami, Itami (JP)
Lecture, Workshop, etc
2017, '15, '13, '11, '09 Judge member for competition of Itami Int. Craft Exhibition -Jewelry-, Museum of Arts and Crafts Itami (JP)
2013 Workshop, Tainan National University of Arts (graduate institute of applied art), Tainan (TW)
2013 Slide lecture, Huzhong 15, Taipei (TW)
2012 Slide lecture "The Changeable and The Unchangeable", Univ. of Electro-Communications Tokyo (JP)
2009 Slide Lecture "My Jewelry Works", Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall / Kyoto University, Kyoto (JP)
2008 Slide lecture "Paper Jewelry" Sookmyng Women's University, Seoul (KR)
2008 Workshop for children "Pinbrooch made by drawing pin", Museum of Arts and Crafts Itami (JP)
2007 Workshop for children "Pinbrooch made by drawing pin", Museum of Arts and Crafts Itami (JP)
2006 Talking at gallery, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
2006 Slide lecture "Paper Jewelry-Precious Material", Kyungsung University, Busan (KR)
Publication
2016 "METALLOphone: BONDS", (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius (LT)
2015 "Not Too Precious", Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin (UK)
2012 "Contemporary Jewelry Limited Edition", Instituto Monsa de Ediciones (ES)
2012 "Paper Works", Sandu Publishing (CN)
2011 "International Metal Art Exhibition and Seminar", Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing (CN)
2011 "Sublime -New Design and Architecture from Japan-", Gestalten Verlag (DE)
2010 "Monokeiro", Bigaku Shuppan (JP)
2008 "Collect", Crafts Council, London (GB)
2008 "Remember-Ring", gallery Beeld & Aambeeld, Enschede (NL) / National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny (IE) / gallery Cebra, Dusseldorf (DE)
2006 "Japanese Art Jewelry Today - Transfiguration", National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (JP)
2006 "Oita Asian Skulpture Exhibition", Asakura Fumio Memorial Hall (JP)
2004 "Graduate Show", gallery Marzee, Nijmegen (NL)
2003 "WASHI Japanese Paper, Arts and Crafts", Theodor-Zink-Museum, Kaiserslautern (DE)
2002 "Schmuck 2002", Handwerkskammer fuer Muenchen und Oberbyern, Munich (DE)
2002, '05 "Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition", Asahi Shinbun Company, Tokyo (JP)
2002, '04, '06"Japan Jewellery Art Exhibition", Japan Jewelry Design Association, Tokyo (JP)
2001, '00 "International Craft Exhibition Itami", Museum of Arts and Crafts Itami, Itami (JP)
1996, '03 "Japan Craft Exhibition", Japan Craft Design Association, Tokyo (JP)
