Satoko Masuda
     
     


When thinking of Satoko Masuda's paintings the first image that comes to mind is of a very changeable surface with an interplay of multi layered, undulating and straight lines overlapping each other. However, in recent years she has been painting directly onto her square canvases with thin paint. While keeping within her framework she also appears to be bringing a fresh development to her work.
She began her collaboration with Edition Works in 1995 by producing three large scale woodblock prints and a series of drypoint etchings entitled "Origin of a Vision".The woodblock prints in particular had the kind of resonance generally to be found in her oil paintings. In 1998 she was commissioned by Mercedes Benz and made the commemorative "A" woodblock series. Then in 1999 she made several small, fresh looking waterbased silkscreen prints.
     
   
 
 
　　　　　　
　





　　
Orisgin of a Vision
1996
etching
Ruth'99
1999
waterbased silkscreen
 
Biography
1961
1986
1991
2001-02		 Born in Ibaraki, Japan
Received M.A.from Tsukuba University Graduate School of fine Art.
Art Residency in Monflanquin,Lot-et-Garonne, France, award of 1st Gascogne /Japanese Art Scholarship
Ｇrant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation,U.S.A.
　 　
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1986
1988
1989
1990
1991

1992

1994
1995

1997
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003		 Gallery Natuka,Tokyo
Esses Gallery,Tokyo
Akiyama Gallery,Tokyo
Tokyo Gallery,Tokyo
"'80S" 　Gallery Kobayashi,Tokyo
"POLLEN "　Eglise des Jacobins,Agen,Lot-et-Garronne,France
Akiyama Gallery,Tokyo
SOKOTokyo Gallery,Tokyo
Gallery Kobayashi,Tokyo
SOKOTokyo Gallery,Tokyo　　
Akiyama Gallery,Tokyo
"Ruth"　Akiyama Gallery,Tokyo
"Painting Theater- act.3,Satoko Masuda" O gallery eyes,Osaka
"grass hand-paper works" O gallery,Tokyo
"grass hand" Akiyama gallery,Tokyo
Gallery Kobayashi,Tokyo
Gallery Kobayashi,Tokyo
　 　
Selected Group Exhibitions
1986
1987
1988
1989

1990

1990-91
1991

1993

1996

1997
1998
1999
2001
2003

2004 		"A Scene of Contemporary Japanese Art 3"　Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi
"The 4th Pusan Biennale"　 Pusan,Korea,
"The Critical Point in Art 88"　Muramatsu Gallery,Tokyo
"View of '90"　 Tokyo Gallery,Tokyo
"Japanese Contemporary Art in the 80's″ Heineken Village,Tokyo
"Japanese art in 1990″ Contemporary Art Center Mito, Ibaraki
"1st. Kitakyusyu Biennale"　 Kitakyusyu Museum of Art,Fukuoka
"Japanische Kunst der 80er Jahre"　Frankfurte Kunstverein, Frankfurte Germany, toured in Europe
"Mascut Biennale"　Mascut,Oman
"Painting from Showa- Era 1926-89"　 Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi
"NICAF '93"　 Pacifico Yokohama, Kanagawa
"Junge Kunst Sammeln '93"　 Stuttgart, Germany
"VOCA'96"　 The Ueno Royal Museum,Tokyo
"Art Botanical Garden"　 Meguro Museum of Art,Tokyo
"NICAF TOKYO'97" International Contemporary Art Festival, Japan, International Exhibition Center Tokyo "CWAJ 1998 Associate Show"　 Tokyo American Club,Genkan gallery,Tokyo
"Comodity art 5th "　Modern Art gallery's Assosiation of Japan
"Translate nature sign into art"　 Hitati city Museum, Ibaraki
"Art at Hitati"　 Hitati city Museum, Ibaraki
"Art Scope 12years"　Hara Museum,Tokyo
"Art Scope Daimler-Chrysler Japan"　Daimler-Chrysler Contemporary , Berlin,Stuttgart
　 　
Selected Commission works/Selected Public Collections
Iwaki city Museum of art,Japan
Kawaguchi Museum of Modern art,Japan
Conseil General du Lot-et-Garonne,France
Daimler-Chrysler AG,Stuttgart,Germany
Takamatu city Museum of art,Japan
UBS Ote-machi office,Japan
Ibaraki municipal hall,Japan
Hitati city Museum,Ibaraki
Ohala professional school of business,Japan
Main Galleries
Akiyama gallery,Tokyo
Gallery Kobayashi,Tokyo
O gallery,Tokyo
Tokyo Gallery,Tokyo
 
 
Red diagram-I 1999
Ibaraki municipal hall, Japan
Lily pad-02 2002
Photo. SADAMU SAITO