Curriculeum Vitea of Keiko Sato:
Publications
Biography
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions

2009
The book, “how to tell a story of my father”: Keiko Sato
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Designer montse hernández i sala bno

Biography

1957 born in Iwaki-city in Japan
1979-1989 work in Fukushima University Hospital as a midwife
1989-1993 study at Goldsmith's College, Fine Art in London
1993-1995 study at Jan van Eyck Academie, Fine Art in Maastricht
1995-now lives in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions

2021 - 2024
Keiko Sato; Echo from the past(commission work)
Kunstroute Schuytgraaf project, Schuytgraaf, Arhnem south, The Netherlands
2024
Keiko Sato; Metamorphoses
Kunstplatform Link, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2019
Keiko Sato; Machinery of me
Arnhem, The Netherlands
2018
Keiko Sato; Club Solo
Breda, The Netherlands
2017
99+1 (The project of making a book for 99 artworks of Nijmegen artists and the writer, Nico Huijbregts)
Museum het Valkhof Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2011
Waiting for a cup of tea
Stichting Shofukan (Japans Tuin), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010
keiko Sato, Reworking
Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, Bergium
2010
Keiko Sato, Synchronicity (Gelders Balcony 10)
The Arnhem Museum of Modern Art, The Netherlands
2009
Galerie de Expeditie (November)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Tabularium 4, 'Memento'
CBKGerderland, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2006
Project studio in Berlin, organized by Fonds bkvb (April-June), Open studio (May)
Berlin, Germany
2004
Installation (Project of the Rijksgebouwendienst)
Ministerie van SZW, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Keiko Sato, Installation
Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2003
Keiko Sato, Installation
De Gele Rijder (Euregio Art Price 2002), Arnhem, The Netherlands
2001
Keiko Sato, Installation
Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
2001
Keiko Sato, Installation
Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Keiko Sato, Installation
Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998
Architectural Installation PBNA
Project with Berenbroek Architectonische Vormgeving Royal PBNA, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Keiko Sato, Installation
Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1996
Keiko Sato, Installation
Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Mum's Tattoo, Installation
SI EN LA, Antwerpen, Belgium
1993
Invisible Thread, Stage Design
Place Theatre, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2025
Traces
De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen, The Netherlands
2024
In Medias Res – possibility of a broken chair
Omstand Arnhem
2021
Suffering Matters (Besiendershuis)
Stevenskerk Nijmegen, Netherlands
2020
DEVA-LOOS (Het Wilde Oog)
Rietveldpaviljoen De Zonnehof, Amersfoort, Netherlands
2019
Heimatgefühle/Feelings of home
ag friedhofmuseum berlin e.v. Berlin, Germany
2018
Conversion
Pulse 26, Omstand, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2016
Our world, our dignity, our future, Open studio
IFAACross-cultural artists in residency exchange platform
Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France
2016
La Medina: Traditions, Transmissions and Comtenprary Society
(Off Dakar Biennale)
Daker, Senegal
2016
Made in Japan
Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgie
2016
Intergalactic Dust
Annie Gentils Gallery Antwerp, Belgium
2015
ART and SOIL
Ex-recycling company
Ihlienworth, Germany
2015
IFAA project The world climate summit
La Galerie COP21, Paris, France
2015
Residency program (December 2015- February 2016)
Cité internationale des arts
Paris, France
2014
Gelderland Biënnale
Galerie Bard
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2014
Yango Biënnale
MACM Museum
Kinshasa, Congo
2013
Top Floor
DordtYard
Dordrecht, the Nederlands
2013
IFAA 2013
The Future Begins Now!
Putting our world first for a sustainable future
Valkhof Museum (ijs kelder), Nijmegen, the Nederlands
2012
SALVO
Annie Gentils Gallery
Antwerp, Belgium
2012
Transformatie/Inspiratie
Madelon Hooykaas, Keiko Sato
SieboldHuis, Japanmuseum,Leiden, The Netherlands
2012
Communication, Exchange, Dialogue & Art
2012 IFAA Art Platform Louvain-la-Neuve
Different locations
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2011
Shadow Performers, -Prologue- (December)
Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010
Appetite for Destruction
Nest Den Haag, The netherlands
2010
B-SIDES AND RARITIES (Lokaal 01)
Extra City
Antwerp, Bergium
2009
Arianne Olthaar and Keiko Sato
Galerie West, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2009
Art, Migration and I dentity (IFAA project 08)
Oude Kerk Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Everyday life, another space (December Ð January)
Art complex (collaborations with another form of art)
Kanagawa Prefectual Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2008
Dichter op de huid
Fort Asperen, Acqoy, The Netherlands
2008
IFAA project
(3 months project of the collaboration with Netherlands and African artists)
Contemporary Art Museum in Arnhem, African Museum, CBK
Arnhem and Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2006
Marco Bohr and Keiko Sato, Installations
The Japan Foundation
Cologne, Germany
2005
Keiko Sato, Installation, 'January,' 3m x 4.5m.
Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2004
Achterland en Achterdocht
Lokaal 01, Antwerpen, Belgium
2003
Alhambra, "Home", Installation
Museum Het Valkhof (The project of Colourful City Circus) Nijmegen, The Netherlands
August - December
Lacinca project, Video work, wand work, installation en web site. Edited three interviews en made two books.
De Veemvloer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Ökonomien Der Zeit, Installation
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
2002
Different States, Installation
Spacex Gallery, Exeter, England
2002
Euregio Kunstpreis (price winners), Installation
ArTolle.V., Kleef, Germany
2001
Gelderland Bienalle, Installation
Het Valkhofmuseum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2001
Prodigal Prodigy, Installation
White Box, NY, U.S.A.
2000
Keiko Sato - Els Vanden Meersch, Installation
Provinciaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten - Begijnhof, Hasselt, Belgium
2000
Because a fire was in my head, Installation South London Gallery, London, U.K.
2000
Everything needs time, Installation
Honiton Festival, (St. Michael Church, Spacex Gallery), Honiton, Exeter, UK
2000
Continental Shift (Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium), Installation
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, GermanyHotel, Photo Installation
C.B.K.N, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1999
Smooth Space, Installation
Vlaams Cultureel Centrum de Brakke Grond,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
real time @ Zoerzel '99, Installation
Zoerzel(Park), Belgium
1999
Keiko Sato - Per Wizen, Installation, Middelburg, The Netherlands
1998
The kindness of stranger, Installation
W 139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998
Nexus, Part of Europian Month of Culture, Installation
Nexus institut fur Kunst, Linz, Austria
1998
The kindness of stranger, Installation
W 139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998
Nexus, Part of Europian Month of Culture, Installation
Nexus institut fur Kunst, Linz, Austria
1998
Power Up, Installation
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1998
Re:Zero=0, Installation
Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997
Tussen de Mazen, Installation
Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
1997
Booster Up Dutch Courage, Installation
Los Angels, U.S.A.
1996
Zero Time, installation
24 Nun Street, Newcastle-Upon Tyne, UK
1996
Mona Hatoum and keiko Sato, Craig Bell, Werner Feiersinger
Installation
De Appel Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995
Quarters, Installation
Oude Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
1995
Wrong Sun, Installation
W 139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands