Discipline

Abstract

Material

Mixed media

Region

London

Biography

Artist statement

Sato Sugamoto's work visualizes the complexity of human thought and emotion through conceptual sculptures and installations. Using colorful fibers and electrical cords, these entangled strings evoke neurological circuits symbolizing the harmony and the contradictions within our values, perceptions, and decisions.

Her interest in divergent thought stems from her experiences in Japanese society—navigating the tension between expected conformity and desired independence. 
 

Projects like Glimpse examine social media’s influence on our physiological states, exposing its tension and seduction. While the Balance series explores women’s struggle to reconcile selfhood with societal expectations.

Each of her works reveals how external forces shape our internal landscapes.

 

Selected Permanent Collections  

2019 Double Dreams (saturation / inversion) , BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan

Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions 

2025 FUSE, Sato Sugamoto and Laurence Noga, White Conduit Projects, London, UK

2023 Challenge The Binary, Nihonbashi N11 Gallery ,Tokyo, Japan​

2019 SATO SUGAMOTO solo exhibition, Orie Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 

Selected Group Exhibitions  

2025 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DRAM, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK

2024 St Giles House x Drug Science Charity Art Exhibition + Auction, Dorset, UK

2024 Kameyama Triennale 2024, Mie, Japan

2024 The Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, UK​

2024 A SEAT AT MY TABLE, Kindred Studios gallery, London, UK

2023 'Forging / Foraging', NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York 

2023 THE MIND ROAMS ABSTRACTION FOR A NEW AGE, St Joseph's University, Brooklyn, New York 

2022 Still and Movement by C-Depot, YUKIKOMIZUTANI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

2022 ADJUSTED for Inflation, Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, New York 

Education

BFA, Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

 

Instagram

@sato_sugamoto