Date: 2015-01-04
| Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1969. Lives and works in New York. Katsuhiro Saiki’s work continues the dialogue of portraying landscape conceptually, as begun by the contemporary American photographer Lewis Baltz, who was at the fore of the New Topographics Movement in the 1970’s. Since vieweing a Baltz exhibition in Tokyo, Saiki’s mode of expression progressed from the paintbrush to the camera. |
| Education | |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography, Kanagawa, Japan |
| 1992 | Sokei Academy of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| Fellowships and Residencies | |
| 2004-2006 | Fellowship of Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists (two years grant,) The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan |
| 2002-2003 | International Studio Program, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA, New York Japan-United States Arts Program (one year grant,) Asian Cultural Council, New York |
DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Artist website
http://www.katsuhirosaiki.com
Galleries
SCAI the bathhouse, Tokyo
Maki Fine Arts (Edition), Tokyo
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Artist interview with Katsuhiro Saiki
Oct. 12, 2011
We interviewed the artist, Katsuhiro Saiki who takes beautiful photographs and …2011-10-120
