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My paintings purport to relay the concept of reviving life into living creatures through superb technology, or machines. I draw creatures ranging from tigers, toki (Japanese crested ibis), crayfish and many more... These creatures are revived, and re-start to breathe and regain their well-being. Nonetheless, all of these creatures will have a machine installed in their bodies and regain their lives. This is my message of “life” towards all living creatures.
I use a thin 0.3mm pen when I work on my drawings. These pens become worn down or broken after I work on my drawings. After a while, I am left with a mountain of pens. I can throw away these pens once they are no longer useful. I overlap this image equivalent to myself. I almost started crying. Is there any way that I can rejuvenate these pens (or myself) back into real life? I soon became haunted by the “gray” image that are depicted by these broken or worn down pens. A vivid black line can be drawn when a pen is new, and after a while, these lines transform into thick, bleeding black lines as the nib is slightly flattened. Finally, a faint, withering gray lines come into life... Almost like a sumie, or a Japanese ink- wash painting. I have evolved my artistic representation into an new form of painting, using pens. A black pen would typically draw a black line, but a worn-down or broken nib would give a slight difference in the tone of color.
2014 YOHJI YAMAMOTO X YASUTO SASADA
PARIS
2014 INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
2014 SOLO EXHIBITION
SEIBU, TOKYO
2014 29TH FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE MODE
VILLANOAILLES-HYERES, FRANCE
2013 WINNER: PRESTIGIOUS TOP ENTREPRENEUR
IN THE ARTS
10TH BEST DEBUTANT OF THE YEAR
LAFORET MUSEUM,HARAJUKU
2013 LION OF ST.MARK
CAROUSEL DU LOUVRE, PARIS
2013 [MIMIC II] SOLO EXHIBITION
C4ALA, TOKYO
2013 [MIMIC II] SOLO EXHIBITION
GALLERY 9.5 KYOTO
2013 THE STORY OF THE CREATIVE
ANGEL ORENSANZ FOUNDATION FOR
CONTEMPORARY ART, NEW YORK CITY
2012 [ MIMIC] SOLO EXHIBITION
BLANC DE CHINE, NEW YORK CITY
2011 [ SYNAPSE ] SOLO EXHIBITION
CATM CHELSEA, NEW YORK CITY
2011 [ ARTLIVE TURNS FIVE ] GROUP EXHIBITION
CATM CHELSEA, NEW YORK CITY
2010 [ YASUTO SASADA ] TAIGADO/KYOUTO
2010 [ ETERNAL LIFE ] TAIGADO/ KYOUTO
2010 [ FIND THE DA VINCI OF THE CENTURY ]
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ART TRIENNIAL
JAPANESE ART CENTRE
2009 [ U TO PIA ] CASHI/ TOKYO
[ DO YOU KYOTO ] GALLERY I/ KYOTO
2007 [ AKB48 ILLUSTRATION EXHIBITION ]
AKB48 THEATRE/ TOKYO
YOKOHAMA KONKADO MURAL DESIGN AWARD
GOLD
2006 [ 0.3 ] PRINZ/ KYOTO
2005 [ SHAPE THE FORMLESS ]
SUKIMAGYARARI/ KYOTO
2002 [ DREAMS ~ HEALING WORLD ] OKAYAMA
2000 YOMIURI
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