Erika Saito
Artist Biography


Born between a Japanese and a Swedish parent in Japan, brought up in Tokyo. Moved to the US for education, spent total of 11 years in NY metropolitan area, but now based in Kobe, Japan. The physical conditions, with which she was born and later developed, has made her aware of the subtle changes the body experiences daily, and wishes to show such subtleties in her visual expressions.

EDUCATION
May 1997
BA, Art Major, Studio Emphasis, Drew University, NJ, USA.

March 2008
MFA, Installation Art, Takarazuka University of Arts and Design, Osaka, Japan.

EXHIBITIONS

2009 Solo Show  "Evolving Circles "Sala Cruce Madrid
2008 Solo Show:
• “The Evolving Cell “, MB Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2007 Solo Show:
• “Evolving Circles”, Kobe Art Village Center, Kobe, Japan

2007 Group Show:
• 60th Exhibition of the Shin Seisaku Kenkyukai, Kansai,.
Prefecture Public Gallery, Kobe, Japan
(Awarded Emerging Artist of the Year for 2007)

• Neilson Gallery Artists, Cadiz

2006 Group Show:
• Mano a Mano, Two-person Show, Neilson Gallery, Grazelema, Spain

• Collection of Young Artists, Lexus Gallery, Takarazuka, Japan