Biography/ RIE SASAKI

日本語

Photo by Michiko ISHIKAWA

Living in Yokohama, Japan
Born: 1974
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Education
1997 Bachelor’s Degree in Metal Craft, Tohoku University of Art & Design, Yamagata, Japan
1997-1998 Enrolled as a special student in the blacksmithing course at Steneby Skolan, Dals Långed, Sweden

Competitions
2024 Selected for the 62nd Japan Contemporary Craft Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo)
2012 Selected for the Takaoka Craft Competition ( Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture) +6 times afterward
2012 Selected for the Beer Mug Grand Prize 9 (Sapporo Art Park, Hokkaido)
2007 Selected for the Tableware Grand Prize (Tokyo Dome, Tokyo)

Solo Exhibitions in Japan
2025 Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Song of Plants” at Keishiro Abe Gallery (Sendai) and Morioka Seikyu Gallery (Morioka)
2024 Rie Sasaki Metalwork and Woodblock Print Exhibition at Keio Plaza Hotel Lobby Gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2021 Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Drawing with Metal” at BrainBrunn GALLERY (Hachioji, Tokyo)
Rie Sasaki Metal Art for Everyday Living at art Truth (Yokohama)
2020 Rie Sasaki Metal Art Exhibition at Gallery Mizushima (Shizuoka) +2 times afterward
Rie Sasaki Metal Art Exhibition at Gallery Aria (Kiyosato, Yamanashi)2018  Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Transience” at Galerie Pousse (Ginza, Tokyo)
Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Evolving Metal” at Keishiro Abe Gallery (Sendai) +4 times afterward2014 Rie Sasaki Exhibition “A Little Distant Thing” at Lifestyle Concierge (Sendai)
Rie Sasaki Metalwork Exhibition at Gallery Karika (Yamagata)
2013 Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Metal in Daily Life” at Gallery Ebihara (Himeji)
Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Breathing Metal” at Tokino-shizuku (Rokakoen, Tokyo)
2012 Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Connected Forms” at SAN-AI Gallery (Suitengu, Tokyo)
Rie Sasaki Exhibition “Metal in Daily Life” at CASAICO (Hirosaki, Aomori) +2 times afterward
2010 Rie Sasaki Exhibition at Gallery Kan (Koriyama, Fukushima) +2 times afterwardRie
Sasaki Exhibition  at Crossroad (Sendai) +3 times afterward
2008 Rie Sasaki Metal Craft & Art Exhibition at Gallery Minne (Kamakura) +6 times afterward
Rie Sasaki Metal Craft & Art Exhibition at gallery TURM (Akita) +3 times afterward
2007 Rie Sasaki Metal Craft Exhibition “What Exists There” at Gallery Tomando (Sendai)
2005 Rie Sasaki Metal Craft Exhibition “Sora” at Bansui Gallery (Sendai) +2 times afterward

Museum Collection
Reality
(2012) – Iron sculpture included in the collection of RIAS ARK MUSEUM OF ART in Kesennuma, Miyagi