Tomo Sakurai is a Tokyo-based contemporary artist, born in Nagano, Japan, and educated at Yokohama University of Art and Design.Drawing on the methods of conceptual and minimal art, Sakurai creates works that explore materiality and physical phenomena, incorporating themes of...
Read MoreTomo Sakurai is a Tokyo-based contemporary artist, born in Nagano, Japan, and educated at Yokohama University of Art and Design.
Drawing on the methods of conceptual and minimal art, Sakurai creates works that explore materiality and physical phenomena, incorporating themes of contrast and multilayered structure. Her practice involves reinterpreting traditional Japanese materials and techniques while seeking a dialogue with contemporary thought.
Notable solo exhibitions include “Schrödinger’s Curtain” (Tokyo International Gallery, 2024) and “Y = (0.298912R + 0.586611G + 0.114478B)” (Amalgam Art Gallery, 2022).
She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions and international art fairs, such as FOCUS Art Fair 2022 in Paris (Carrousel du Louvre), Art Fair Tokyo 2021 (Tokyo International Forum), and PANORAMA (Atelier Natália Gromicho).
Her work has been shown at the Mitsuo Aida Museum (Tokyo) and a contemporary art museum in Seoul, and is held in the collections of temples such as Reishizan Kōunji (Kyoto), as well as corporate and public spaces in Japan and abroad.
In recent years, Sakurai has deepened her exploration of the interplay between materiality and spirituality, and between tradition and innovation, through research on self-made pigments and material-focused processes.
