Sawako Nasu
Profile
Sawako Nasu
1996 Born in Tokyo, Japan
2021 BFA in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
2023 MFA in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
Recipient of Tokyo University of the Arts – Kaichi Ohashi Memorial Award Scholarship
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2024
“Vestige”, NISO, London
2023
“Sunny, Rainy,”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022
“slipped moonlight”, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo, Japan
“To the lighthouse”, myheirloom, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2024
biscuit gallery 3rd anniversary exhibition “grid3”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo
“Selection”, KEN NAKAHASHI, Tokyo
“Inaugural Group Exhibition”, NISO, London
“Intersection 2”, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS GINZA ATRIUM, Tokyo
2023
“biscuit gallery Christmas Exhibition”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Draw Lines & Shapes in My Maps”, Taka Ishii Gallery Maebashi, Maebashi, Japan
“GENE – Genes That Transcend Generations – Akira Nakashima & Sawako Nasu”, Gallery Hana, Tokyo, Japan
biscuit gallery 2nd anniversary exhibition “grid2”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022
“CROSSROADS”, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo, Japan
biscuit gallery first anniversary exhibition “grid”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Last Observer,？”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021
“ｂ⇔ｄ”, biscuit gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Art Fairs
Art Fair Tokyo 2024
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023
Kiaf Seoul 2023
Art Fair Tokyo 2023
Concept
Sawako Nasu uses the language of painting to talk about distance, connection, and relationships. When reflecting on her own work, Nasu says, “How can I come in touch with paintings of the past?” Underlying Nasu’s work is a sense of the absolute, unbridgeable distance that lies between the classical and modernist paintings she admires, as well as that which lies between their times and herself today. It is this sense of distance that gives her art its thorough vision.
Nasu’s approach to the possibilities of painting, anchored in contrasting the era of classical painting with the era to which she belongs to as a contemporary artist, goes beyond the scope of her personal interests and reflects a current awareness of what is possible at the edge of art history, a site of constant renewal.
Available Works
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