Aki Sasamoto

Japanese | 1980

Aki Sasamoto is a Japanese Asian Modern & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1980.

Where can I see Aki Sasamoto's works?

Her work is currently being shown at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) have featured Aki Sasamoto's work in the past.

Aki Sasamoto in the news

Aki Sasamoto has been featured in articles for MOUSSE Magazine, The Art Newspaper and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Best New York City Art Shows of 2024 written for Hyperallergic in December 2024.

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Clear Idea Bubbles 6.27.2013 (Idea-Tool-Enneagram) - Aki Sasamoto

Clear Idea Bubbles 6.27.2013 (Idea-Tool-Enneagram) ,2013

By Aki Sasamoto

Grating Music Stand and Flying Potato Pan - Aki Sasamoto

Grating Music Stand and Flying Potato Pan ,2008

By Aki Sasamoto

Long Utensil ,2005

By Aki Sasamoto

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Current Exhibitions

Aki Sasamoto’s Life Laboratory

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

Koto-ku | Tokyo | Japan

Aug 23,2024 - Nov 24,2025

Past Exhibitions

Aki Sasamoto: Sounding Lines

Bortolami (39 Walker)

New York | USA

Sep 06,2024 - Oct 19,2024

Aki Sasamoto: Sounding Lines

Para Site

Hong Kong | Hong Kong

Mar 16,2024 - Jul 28,2024

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Articles

Best New York City Art Shows of 2024

Hyperallergic 12/12/2024

Our staff and contributors look back on the city’s year in art, from blockbusters to under-the-radar art heroes and unsung histories.

Aki Sasamoto “Sounding Lines” at Bortolami, New York

MOUSSE Magazine 25/09/2024

“Sounding Lines” continues her series of installations which imply movement without requiring physical activation, “performing” without her presence.

Aki Sasamoto “Sounding Lines” at Para Site, Hong Kong

MOUSSE Magazine 03/05/2024

Situated between sculpture and performance, the exhibition marks the first major solo presentation of the artist in Hong Kong and features a newly commissioned installation and performance in conversation with a recent moving-image work.

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Coverage

“ ..Sasamoto’s practice draws on the common ground between sculpture and performance, using her body as an agent of tension between these two lines of research... ”
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Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo

“ ..Sasamoto’s performances often deal with identity, family and social norms... ”
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Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo

“ ..For Sasamoto, the confessional, cathartic nature of delivering these performances lends each diagram a distinct emotional resonance... ”
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White Rainbow

“ ..Working at the intersection of performance and sculpture, Sasamoto creates object scenarios out of narratives and actions... ”
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SculptureCenter

“ ..Far from seeking a utopic, humanist image of a unifying order that gives meaning to the world, Sasamoto turns to the fundamentally atomized nature of the world as a starting point for reassessing how to... ”
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Take Ninagawa

Aki Sasamoto

Where can I see Aki Sasamoto's works?

Aki Sasamoto in the news

At Auction

Notable Lots

Current Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Articles

Coverage

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