In his process, Sato marries the duality of his life with his formal training. His greatest influences; Diebenkorn, Park, Avery, coalesce with his knowledge of traditional Japanese methods, theories and compositional philosophies. Sato has no preference for either ideology of picture making, therefore they become a tool to further fictionalize the already dubious accuracy of what is being depicted.

About the Artist

Hiroshi Sato was born in Japan in 1987. He spent his childhood in Tanzania but returned to Japan for secondary school. His work has been featured in Visual Art Source and Juxtapoz Magazine. He was most recently Artist in Residence at the Cheekwood in Nashville, TN. His work is in public collections including Cheekwood and Ionis Pharmaceuticals. He has shown extensively across the US and UK.