Kenji Sakai works across various media, including oil painting, printmaking/silkscreen, and sculpture. Drawing inspiration from personal experiences, his work examines the relationship between the individual and the collective in modern society, as well as the inorganic structures of urban environments. Through a perspective that surveys concepts such as time, space, and invisible dimensions, his art challenges the viewer’s perceptions.

In recent years, Sakai has been creating works that suggest the distortions and systemic breakdowns hidden behind the beauty of modern, developed societies. Depicting fragments and structures of futuristic cities meticulously controlled by artificial systems, as well as works reminiscent of a world’s end, his art employs minimal elements such as points, lines, and planes. By incorporating geometric shapes that have endured through the ages, he conveys a vision of “world balance” while simultaneously hinting at its precariousness.