Marrow Gallery is pleased to present a solo booth of oil on canvas paintings by Hiroshi Sato at the 2026 edition of the Armory Show. Sato, making his New York debut, paints figures that are intentionally nonspecific, often blurring the lines of gender, race, and class with scenes of the quotidian; his formal experimentations refract our gaze, resisting resolution and leaving us, like his figures, perpetually transfixed.  

Sato’s work is keenly attuned to the atmosphere of the social and political landscape; While the promises of modern technology may have allowed for more connectivity than ever before, the aftershocks of a pandemic and divides in politics and economics have demonstrated its superficiality. Sato’s figures wander the landscapes of modern confusion, peering across seemingly irreconcilable horizons in longing for a sense of genuine sincerity and community. Presenting visual signs and signifiers of politics, social factors and hyperreality, Sato’s work reflects the broader disconnectedness that is emblematic of modern life.

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 Artist in Residence at the Cheekwood Museum in Nashville, TN and recently had a solo exhibition at the Barbara Goodman Gallery at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. His work is in public collections including Cheekwood and Ionis Pharmaceuticals. 

The Armory Show takes place September 24 - 27th at the Javits Center in New York. For more information, please visit: thearmoryshow.com.