BIOGRAPHY

Works mainly in Tokyo.

In this age of visual information overload, daily memories are being overwritten with speed, whether consciously or unconsciously.
From the fragments of those memories
I have created works by layering colors.
Every day, I work on layering colors.
As I continue to communicate with the painting morning and evening, it feels like a round-trip letter between myself and the artist.
A new one that I myself had not anticipated.
And yet, somehow, a screen appears that makes me feel nostalgic.
Through works that seem to mirror our daily lives, we can feel something real, even if we cannot see it.
I hope that the people who see my works will also evoke some memories and sensations.
If works of art created in this way come into existence
I think the world will become a little more tolerant.

1969 Born in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
1992 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Oil Painting
1994 Completed the Oil Painting Course, Graduate School of Art and Design, Musashino Art University
 
Solo Exhibitions
1996 Gallery Aries, Tokyo
1999  "Exhibition by Akio Fujieda" Gallery αm, Tokyo      
1999 "Saison Art Program ART-ING TOKYO 1999" Gallery Hinoki, Tokyo
2003 Gallery Yo, Ibaraki, Japan2008 Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo
2010 Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo
2011 Art Gallery Closet, Tokyo2013 Sakuragi Fine Arts, Tokyo
2014 Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo2015 Art+Craft Gallery Jamsil, Tokyo
2016 Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo
2018 Art+Craft Gallery Jamsuro, Tokyo
2019 Sakuragi Fine Arts, Tokyo
2020 Gallery Natsuka / Cross View Arts, Tokyo
2021 Gallery Natsuka / Cross View Arts, Tokyo
2022 Sakuragi Fine Arts, Tokyo
 
Group Exhibitions
1991 "Three Artists Exhibition" Shinsuke Tsutsui, Tomoko Iwasaki, Kana Sakai, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
1993 "Two Person Exhibition" Kyoko Okuda / Kana Sakai, Nerima Art Museum Gallery, Tokyo
2007    "WONDER SEEDS" Exhibition Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo
2007 "From Apple to.. Exhibition"  Hiroshige Gallery, Tokyo
2009 "Adventurers on the Surface: Atsu Tanigawa's Project Vol.3" Gallery Ishida, Tokyo
2010 "Biennial Ushiku 2010" Ushiku City Central Lifelong Learning Center, Ibaraki, Japan
2012
"18×14cm Paintings" Sukiyowa (Tokyo) April 27 (Fri.) - May 12 (Sat.), 2012     
"The World of 18×14cm" at Yokohama Takashimaya Department Store (Kanagawa) October 10 (Wed) - 16 (Tue), 2012        
"View's view" Yuka Kimura/Kana Sakai Gallery Natsuka (Tokyo) October 15 - November 3, 2012          
"Western Paintings by Sukiyowa" Sukiyowa (Tokyo) Sunday, December 2 - Monday, December 10, 2012    
Sakurako Ishizuka, Tomoko Iwasaki, Taiho Kogawa, Yuki Kamide, Kana Sakai, Ayako Mizumura, Kyoko Okuda, Yukari Orido, Takako Kutsuzawa, Chihiro Nakahara
"Western-style Paintings by Sukiyowa" Sukiyowa (Otsu) December 16 (Sun) - 24 (Mon), 2012
Sakurako Ishizuka, Tomoko Iwasaki, Taiho Kogawa, Yuki Kamide, Kana Sakai, Ayako Mizumura, Kyoko Okuda, Yukari Orido, Takako Kutsuzawa,Chihiro Nakahara
2013 "Ryo" Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 "The View from There" Yoko Haga / Kana Sakai Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo
2015 "New Year" Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo 2016 "cin cin !" by 18 Western-style painting artists Sukiyowa (Tokyo)
2017 "Three Artists Kumiko Ito, Kana Sakai, Yoko Chimura" - Kokuchi no uyokoso - Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo
2021 "Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibition" Kawakami Gallery (Tokyo)     
Kumiko Ito, Haruka Ogawa, Yasuho Kogawa, Iori Oda, Miho Katsuragawa, Natsumi Kawashiro, Takako Kutsuzawa, Akiko Kubo, Soyogi Kodama, Mariko Kobayashi, Kaori Saito, Kana Sakai, Sato, Yu Suzumura, Koeko Tajima, Yoko Chimura, Shota Nishio, Yoko Haga, Mami Hirano, Kaoru Fukazawa, Maya Makino, Atsuko Minami, Mamiko Nandate, Sachiko Washino
 
Awards
1994 Awarded Moriya Scholarship Fund
1997 Joyo Painting Newcomer Award, Honorable Mention 
2010 The 24th Holbein Scholarship
2019 The 2nd Makurazaki International Art Award Exhibition, Sponsor Prize
 
Public Collection
Sawai Pharmaceutical Co.
Kyodo Kai Tech Co.
Oriental Hotel Kobe