SAVAKO
sculptor
STATEMENT
Savako works charged with the fantastic power of art to embody spirits from beyond the visible world; applying a semi-surrealist language of comic books and children’s toys. Primitive energy from ancient times have sparked the artist's imagination to create a marvelous creatures.
サバコの作品は、目に見える世界の向こう側にいる精霊を具現化するアートの幻想的な力を帯びており、コミックや子供のおもちゃの半シュールレアリスティックな言語を適用しています。古代の原始的なエネルギーがアーティストの想像力を刺激し、不思議な生き物を生み出しているのです。
SAVAKO
安東 佐和子
PROFILE
PROFILE
Live in Oita, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITION
2016 "OCYLON 027 Final Boarding Call! "Oita Art Museum (Oita, JPN)
2012 "UFO Pavilion -Savako's brainstorm" Asakura Fumio Memorial Hall (Oita, JPN)
2008 "Portico Popilyn" Fine Art THE GALLERY (Kobe, JPN)
"Portico Popilyn" Oto Gallery (Osaka, JPN)
2007 "Savako's UFO～！" Pepper's Gallery (TOKYO)
2006 "The Aliens Are Here " The Gershwin Hotel (NY)
"Encounter" Yufuin Sta. ArtHall (Oita, JPN)
2005 "Encounter" House studio lei Jurigi (Shizuoka, JPN)
2004 "Planet Pajamaja" LunarBase Gallery (NY)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2022 “Sculpture by the sea Bondi“ (Australia)
"Oita Art Festival 2022" (Oita, JPN)
“Star Operation UFO OCYLON” (Oita,JPN)
“Sculpture by the sea Cottesloe” (Australia)
2021 “Sculpture by the sea Cottesloe“ (Australia)
2017 “The Belt and Road” International Sculpture Exhibition (China)
2015 “Sculpture by the sea Aarhus 2015” (Denmark)
“Skeleton Art Exhibition” (Tokyo)
2013 "TAGBOAT ART FES" (Tokyo）
"The 40th Kodo Art Exhibition in Oita" (Oita, JPN)
"La Nouvelle Garde Japonaise Exhibition" Galerie Robespierre（Grande-Synthe,France）
2010 "Arts Field" Isetan (Tokyo）
"COLORS" Hillside Forum (Tokyo)
2007 "NEXT DOOR vol.4" T&G ARTS Gallery (Tokyo）
"Inner Child:God and Evil in the Garden of Memories" Hunterdon Museum of Art (NJ)
2006 "DESIGN TIDE in TOKYO 2006" (Tokyo)
2005 "An Exhibition That Embraces All That Is Round, Curvy & Looped" SICA museum (NJ)
"East meets West" The Roger Smith Lab Gallery (NY)
"Over the Top, Under the Rug" SICA museum (NJ)
2003 "Characterism Exhibition" Williamsburg Art and Historical Center (NY)
2001 "POPOP" Ginza TEPCO Hall (Tokyo)
AWARD
2021 Kids Choice Award, Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe (Australia)
2015 Sculpture by the sea Aarhus 2015
2007 The 11th Flag Art 07 in Gifu
INVITATION AU VOYAGE
2006 The 10th Flag Art 06 in Gifu
Selected for The 8th OITA ASIAN SCULPTURE EXHIBITION（ASIA)
2005 ZOKA COFFEE PRIZE, AMUSE ARTJAM 2005 in KYOTO
2004 The Prize for Encouragement, The 7th OITA ASIAN SCULPTURE EXHIBITION（ASIA)
2003 Mirai Award, "Characterism" Lunarbase Gallery、Brooklyn
2002 Special Prize, MBS TV "GENKI de MASSE" Mainichi Broadcasting System (Osaka)
Special Prize,The 5th Energy Award (JPN)
2001 Special Prize,The 4th Energy Award (JPN)
Special Prize, Art town Miyoshi sculpture festa (JPN)
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2006 GershwinHotel (NY)
REVIEWS
2004 Washington Square News 10.05.2004
The New York Art World "M" October 2004
2005 dart international 2005/06
COLLECTION
2021 “Dream of Cyprus” Perth, Australia
2018 Hello Golem “OTO&TOGEN” Sculpture Park Billund, Denmark.
2015 “Hello Golem” Permanently exhibit in Aarhus City, Denmark
"JAPIGGOZI COLLECTION"collects some of my works.
2003 "In forest of Lyman Alpha" Asakura Fumio Memorial Hall (Oita, JPN)