BIO
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.
＜PROFILE＞
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 SOLO EXHIBITIONS＞
2024
「Vestige」NISO,ロンドン
2023
「Sunny, Rainy,」biscuit gallery, 東京
2022
「slipped moonlight」銀座 蔦屋書店, 東京
「灯台へ」myheirloom, 東京
＜SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS＞
2024
biscuit gallery 3rd anniversary exhibition「grid3」biscuit gallery, 東京
「Selection」KEN NAKAHASHI,東京
「Inaugural Group Exhibition」NISO,ロンドン
「Intersection 2」銀座 蔦屋書店 GINZA ATRIUM,東京
2023
biscuit gallery 2nd anniversary exhibition「grid2」biscuit gallery, 東京
2人展「GENEー世代を超えた遺伝子たち－ 中嶋明×那須佐和子」ギャラリー華, 東京
「マイマップでラインとシェイプを描画する」タカ・イシイギャラリー , 前橋
2022
Spiral Xmas Market 2022〜「A bright tomorrow, a sparkling future」 表参道 spiral スパイラルガーデン
「CROSSROADS」 WHAT CAFE, 東京
biscuit gallery first anniversary exhibition「grid」biscuit gallery, 東京
2人展「最終観測者、？」biscuit gallery, 東京
2021
2人展「ｂ⇔ｄ」biscuit gallery, 東京
＜ART FAIR＞
2024
ART FAIR TOKYO 2024
2023
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023
Kiaf Seoul 2023
ART FAIR TOKYO 2023
