MASAAKI SATO
Curriculum Vitae
b. 1941, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Lives and works in New York
Education
1974–1976 Pratt Graphics Center, Pratt Institute, New York, NY
1971–1974 Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
1967–1969 Heatherley School of Fine Arts, London, England
1962–1966 Kofu Fine Arts Institute, Kofu, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Masaaki Sato: New York Since 1970, NowHere, New York, NY
2026 NowHere at Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, Brooklyn, NY
2023 JAM Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland
2020 Special Feature: Masaaki Sato, Reiwa 2nd Autumn Collection Exhibition, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2020 Kofu Museum House, Permanent Solo Exhibition, Kofu, Japan
2016 Masaaki Sato’s Café Gallery, Permanent Solo Exhibition, Kofu, Japan
2013 Mae Rim Sanpong Museum & Farm, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2011 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2009 Mae Rim Sanpong Museum & Farm, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2008 Howard Salon, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan
2007 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2006 Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Masaaki Sato: Retrospective 1970–2005, Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY
2002 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2001 FCCJ Gallery, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Masaaki Sato: 30 Years in New York, 1970–2000, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1996 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1995 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1992 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1990 Masaaki Sato: New York Works 1970–1990, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
1989 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1987 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1985 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1984 OK Harris Works of Art, Scottsdale, AZ
1982 OK Harris Works of Art, Scottsdale, AZ
1981 North Salem Gallery, North Salem, NY
1979 Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
1979 Seibu Fine Arts Gallery, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
1979 Seibu Fine Arts Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
1978 Mari Galleries of Westchester, Mamaroneck, NY
1977 Edward Williams College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
1977 Mari Galleries of Westchester, Mamaroneck, NY
1976 Soho Center for Visual Artists, New York, NY
1976 Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1974 Renaissance Gallery, New York, NY
1973 Little Gallery, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
1973 Wenger Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1969 Drian Gallery, London, England
Group Exhibitions
2026 Critical Printing, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
2026 Where Color Meets Form: Japanese Artists in New York, Waseda University Aizu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2025 Collection Exhibition B: Japanese Painting from the 1980s Onwards, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2024 International Show: Artists in 2-D, 3-D and Video, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Gallery Artist Show, Franco Fornara Fine Art, Stansstad, Switzerland
2024 Japanese Artists in New York, Waseda University Aizu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Adventures in Visual Perception: The Art of Crossing Boundaries, Takasaki Museum of Art, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
2023 Frieze Seoul, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2023 Celebrating 45 Years: Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art Collection REMIX, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2022–2023 Collection Exhibition Winter: Landscape Painting Consideration 2022, Chapter 4 – Urban Landscape, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2022 Artist’s Journey / Moving, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2022 Exhibition of Works from the Collection: 5 Rooms + 1, Takasaki City Museum of Art, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
2022 Collection / Connections, Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
2021 Collection Exhibition Autumn 2021: Beyond the Paintings – A Virtual Space Drawn by Painters, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2020 Connections / Conexiones, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2019 New Japanese Horizon, in celebration of the WAH Center’s 23rd Anniversary, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Masaaki Sato’s Work Exhibition in New York, Azebu Sunday Museum of Art, Okinoerabu-jima, Kagoshima, Japan
2019 40th Anniversary Relay Project, Vol. 4: Oil Painting – Chapter 3, Development of Oil Painting Technique, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2018 Pop: 50 Years of Pop Art and Popular Culture, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
2018 Collection Exhibition 2018-III: Collection Highlights + Feature: Like Face, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2018 In Search of the Big World: Japanese Artists and New York from the 1950s to Present, WhiteBox, New York, NY
2017 Making Time: Boston Printmakers 70th Anniversary Exhibition, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2017 Spring Collection Exhibition B, Chapter 2: Shape of Reading, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2017 The Mysterious Relationship Between Eating and Painting, Chapter 5: Food as a Metaphor, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2017 Spring Collection Exhibition B III: Form of the Book, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2016 A State of Mind: Boston Printmakers Members Show, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
2016 Permanent Exhibition II, Winter: Original Paintings vs. Prints, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2016 Boston Printmakers 2015 North American Print Biennial, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2016 40 Years of Progress by Solo Exhibition Artists, Part 3, Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan
2015 Pop Art in America: COLOR ME POP!, Takasaki Museum of Art, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
2015 Jecoration: Decorative Expressions of Japanese Art and Their Influences, J-Collabo, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Asking the Meaning of Happiness Through Art, Chapter 2: Vague Anxiety, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2015 From the New Collection: From Me to You / From Everyone to the Future, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2015 MANNA Remix: An Evolving Selection from the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection, Koppelman Family Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2015 Special Exhibition for the Utakai Hajime Odai, Jingu Museum of Art, Ise, Mie, Japan
2014 Palette to Plate, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2014 MANNA: Masterworks from the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection, Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA
2014 35th Anniversary: History of the Collection, No. IV, 1994–1999, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2014 Artists from Postwar Japan: Days of Struggle in New York, 1960s–1970s, The Nippon Gallery at The Nippon Club, New York, NY
2013 Pop Culture: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2013 35th Anniversary: History of the Collection, No. I, 1977–1982, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2012 Inked Surfaces, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
2012 Landscape of the City, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2012 Exhibition from the Mae Rim Sanpong Museum & Farm Collection, Mae Rim Sanpong Museum & Farm, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2011 think, Transportation Building, Boston, MA
2011 Gallery Artists Exhibition, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2011 think, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA
2010 World of Trick Art, Sompo Japan Seiji Togo Memorial Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2010 think, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
2010 Spring Exhibition from the Collection, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2010 think, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
2009 Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2009 World of Trick Art, Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan; traveled to Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaido; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu; Fukuyama Museum of Art, Hiroshima; Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art, Tokyo; Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Nagano; Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa
2009 Exhibition from the Collection, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2008 Reflections from the Artist’s Eye: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
2008 Members Exhibition of the Boston Printmakers, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 Different Landscape, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
2008 The Exhibition of New Collections, Fukuyama Museum of Art, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
2008 World of Trick Art: Pleasure from Trick, Kawagoe City Art Museum, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
2008 In America, Takasaki City Museum of Art, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
2008 Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Roseville Arts, Roseville, CA
2008 Artists Exhibition from Bingo Fine Art, Fukuyama Tenmaya, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
2008 One Artwork Selected by Me: 30 Years of the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2007 I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2007 World of Trick Art: Pleasure from Trick, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Riverwalk Gallery, Kitakyushu, Japan
2007 60 Years of North American Prints, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2007 Summer Exhibition from the Collection, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2007 The Eclectic Eye: Selections of Fantasy and Illusion from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2007 Gallery Artists Exhibition, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2007 Seeking for Beauty: The Journey to the Fukuyama Museum Collection, Kawagoe City Art Museum, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
2006 Art and Illusion: Selections of Fantasy and Illusion from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2006 New Landscape – Alternative Approaches: The Boston Printmakers Members Show, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2006 World of Trick Art: Pleasure from Trick, Takasaki Museum of Art, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
2006 In Praise of New York, President’s Clubhouse, U.S. Open, Queens, NY
2006 Literature and Fine Art: From Japanese Modern and Contemporary Fine Art and Western Prints, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2005 The Eclectic Eye, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2005 My Dream is Reality, La Bank Gallery, Paris, France
2005 The Secret of the Apple: From Dürer and Cézanne to Ryusei, Hiroshima Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2005 2005 North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2005 Asian Fusion 2005, Asian Fusion Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Art and City from the Collection of Takamatsu City Museum of Art I, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
2004 Art and Illusion, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
2004 Everything OK at OK Harris, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL
2004 Adventure of the Museum, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2004 Time Remembered / Time Past, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2004 Gallery Artists Show, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2004 Exhibition for the New Building Gallery, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2003 Pop and Illusionism: Contemporary Works from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2003 2003 North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2003 Summer Exhibition from the Permanent Collection, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2003 Pop and More from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Guide to Contemporary Paintings, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2002 25th Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
2002 Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
2002 Japanese Artists in New York, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
2001 4½ Years at the WAH Center, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Exhibition of New Acquisitions, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2001 6 + 6 = Prints, Amerasia Bank Exhibition Gallery, Flushing, NY
2001 Realism in Contemporary Art, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
2001 24th Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
2001 Westbeth Generations Show, Westbeth Galleries, New York, NY
2001 International Activities of Print Artists from Yamanashi, Minami Alps City Shunsen Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
2001 Benefit Exhibition for the Tragedy of the WTC, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2000 Williamsburg Bridges Japan, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2000 23rd Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
2000 Group Exhibition of Artists Represented by Fuji Television Gallery, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999 Summer Group Exhibition, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1999 Masterpieces of the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
1999 Black and White Prints, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1999 22nd Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
1998 Group Exhibition of Artists Represented by OK Harris Works of Art, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998 21st Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
1998 Exhibition of the New Collection, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
1998 Exhibition of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Thornton Administration Center, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
1997 The New American Art Show, Art Commission of the City of New York, Tweed Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Aphrodisia, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1996 A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, POSCO Gallery, POSCO Center, Seoul, Korea
1996 Made to Order: America’s Most Wanted Paintings, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1995 Streets Seen: The Edifice Complex, Norton Center for the Arts, Centre College, Danville, KY
1995 Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
1995 19th Annual Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
1995 Relief Constructions and Prints, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1995 Exhibition of the New Collection ‘94, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
1994 Getting Real: 20th Century American Realism from the Philip Desind Collection, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
1994 Live from New York: The OK Harris Gallery, Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
1994 Young Guns: East Coast Artists, Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
1993 Gallery Artists Show, Martha Tepper Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1992–1994 Visions In Between: New York/China, Japan, Korea, Ise Art Foundation, New York, NY; traveled to Fukuyama Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan; Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea; Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea; New Trends Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan; Howard Salon, Taipei, Taiwan; G. Zen Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Taipei Gallery, New York, NY
1992 What’s New, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1992 The Articulated Thumbprint, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1992 New York: City by Day / City by Night, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1992 Summer Group Show, Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA
1991 Japanese Anti-Art: Now and Then, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
1991 The Articulated Thumbprint, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1991 Exhibition of the New Collection ’90, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
1990 New Work – New York, Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, Canada
1990 Collectors’ Annual Contemporary Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1990 Selections from the Collection, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1989 16th Annual Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1989 Prints and Process, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1989 Japanese Artists in New York, Yokohama Sogo, Yokohama, Japan
1988 Tortue Is OK, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988 Gallery Artists Show, OK South Works of Art, South Miami, FL
1988 Exhibition of New Collections ‘87, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
1988 New York Printmakers Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 The 40th North American Print Exhibition, Brockton Art Museum/Fuller Memorial, Brockton, MA
1987 Mainstream America, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1987 New York Japanese Artists Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 New Space, New Work, New York, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1987 New Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection of Art, traveled to France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Israel, Scandinavia and Spain
1986 New York Artists’ Exhibition, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
1986 Contemporary Japanese Art Created in Other Lands, Gallery International 52, New York, NY
1986 The Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection of Art, Laforet Museum, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to Navio Museum of Art, Osaka; ICA Nagoya, Nagoya; Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama
1985 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1985 The Art of the ‘70s and ’80s, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1985 New York Artists’ Exhibition, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
1985 Realism Exhibition of New York, Isetan Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
1984 OK Harris Gallery Artists Exhibition, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1984 America Seen: Contemporary American Artists View America, Adams Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX
1984 Boston Printmakers Artists Exhibition, traveled to Dyersburg State Community College, Dyersburg, TN; Lee College, Cleveland, TN; University of Delaware, Newark, DE; Martin Arts Commission, Martin, TN; Wartburg College, Waverly, IA; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1983 Painting New York, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
1983 Japan Dynasty ‘83, John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, PA
1983 OK Harris Gallery Artists Exhibition, OK Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1983 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD
1983 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1983 Japan Dynasty, Warner Communications, New York, NY
1983 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN
1982 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY; traveled to Putnam Arts Council, Belle Levine Art Center, Mahopac, NY; Roanoke College, Salem, VA; Meadows Museum, Shreveport, LA; Albrecht Art Museum, St. Joseph, MO; University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS; Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK
1982 8th International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
1982 OK Harris Gallery Artists Exhibition, OK Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1981 New York Artists’ Exhibition, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1981 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1981 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1981 IV American Biennial of Graphic Arts, Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
1981 Boston Printmakers 33rd National Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts and Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
1981 New York Artists’ Exhibition, Lever House, New York, NY
1981 Five from the Orient, Bergen Community Museum, Paramus, NJ
1981 The Seventh Biennial International Art Exhibition, The Equitable Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT; traveled to Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH; Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL; New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY; Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA; Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1980 American Drawing III, Portsmouth Museums, Portsmouth, VA
1980 New York Artists’ Exhibition, Gallery Eighties, Toronto, Canada
1980 American Society of Contemporary Artists Exhibition, U.S. Custom House Museum, Six World Trade Center, New York, NY
1980 Contemporary Japanese Artists Exhibition, Lever House, New York, NY
1980 New York Artists’ Exhibition, The Kiva Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
1980 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1979 International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1979 Post ’60s Social Commentary, Jackson Hall Gallery, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY
1979 New York Printmakers Exhibition, Houston Hall Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1979 Japan Today: Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, One World Trade Center, New York, NY
1979 Rockford International Print Exhibition, Rockford College, Rockford, IL
1979 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Governor Dummer Academy, Byfield, MA
1979 New York Printmakers Exhibition, Long Island University Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1979 Nippon-Ten ’79, The Japanese American Association of New York, New York, NY
1979 Boston Printmakers National Exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1979 15 New Talents, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1979 Prospectus: Art in the Seventies, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1979 9th National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, ND
1979 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1979 Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
1978 Print Exhibition of East Coast Artists, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1978 Contemporary Japanese Artists Exhibition, Lever House, New York, NY
1978 The Boston Printmakers 30th National Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1978 Alternations 1978, Alternative Center for International Arts, New York, NY
1978 Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Graphics 1 & Graphics 2, Boston, MA
1978 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1978 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Quadrum Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA
1978 Alternations ’78, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1978 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Mirage Galleries, New York, NY
1978 Contemporary Japanese Artists Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1978 Contemporary Artists Exhibition of the World, Seibu Gallery, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
1977 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Weintraub Gallery, New York, NY
1977 Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition, Taiwan Provincial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1977 Gallery Artists Show, Nobe Gallery, New York, NY
1977 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Mirage Galleries, New York, NY
1977 Hawaii National Print Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
1977 7 in ’77, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
1977 Popular Prints by Japanese and Foreign Artists, Seibu Department Store; traveled to Seibu stores in Ikebukuro and Shibuya, Tokyo; Hamamatsu and Numazu, Shizuoka; Takatsuki, Osaka; Omiya, Saitama; Utsunomiya, Tochigi; Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
1977 Japanese Society of Artists Exhibition, Azuma Gallery, New York, NY
1977 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1977 Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
1977 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Wenger Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1976 Gallery Artists Show, Mari Galleries of Westchester, Mamaroneck, NY
1976 Pleiades & Friends Invitational Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
1976 Fall Selections, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1976 The Exhibition of Westbeth Artists, Norman Kramer Gallery, Danbury, CT
1976 Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Long Island University Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1976 The Exhibition of Westbeth Artists, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
1976 Japanese Society of Artists Exhibition, Azuma Gallery, New York, NY
1976 Contemporary Reflections Annual, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1976 Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brownstone Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1975 10 Artists: A Selection of Contemporary Japanese Art, International Art Center, New York, NY
1975 Gallery Artists Show, Mari Galleries of Westchester, Mamaroneck, NY
1975 Japanese Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
1975 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1975 The Westbeth Connection, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
1975 Invitational III, Gallery 91, Brooklyn, NY
1975 New York Printmakers Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK
1975 Contemporary Japanese Artists Exhibition in New York, Lever House, New York, NY
1975 New York Painters Exhibition, Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich, CT
1974 Contemporary Artists of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1974 Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Union Carbide Gallery, New York, NY
1974 Japanese Society of Artists Exhibition, Azuma Gallery, New York, NY
1974 Gallery Artists Show, Renaissance Gallery, New York, NY
1973 Year-End Student Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum Art School Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1972 Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, Union Carbide Gallery, New York, NY
1969 Surrey’s Seven Artists Exhibition, Cranleigh School Gallery, Cranleigh, Surrey, England
1969 Artists Exhibition from Surrey, Chichester Theological College Gallery, Chichester, Sussex, England
1968 Paintings, Drawings, Studio Pottery, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, Surrey, England
1964 All Japan Arts Festival Award Winners Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Public Works
2008 Big Apple, stainless steel sculpture, 3m diameter, Yamanashi Art Park, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
Collections
601 Corporation, Des Moines, IA
Akiyama Neurosurgical Hospital, Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Allen & Co., New York, NY
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Alternative Museum, New York, NY
American Bankers Insurance, Miami, FL
American Express Company, New York, NY
American Republic Insurance Co., Des Moines, IA
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Art Forum, Honolulu, HI
Art Printing Co., Ltd., Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
Belgian American Investments & Trade, Dallas, TX
The Bennett Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Car Care Fukasawa, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Chas. Levy Company, Chicago, IL
Chopin Fine Art, Ltd., New York, NY
CLFS Equities, Denver, CO
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Color Factory Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Concept/NY, New York, NY
Council Corporation, Toronto, Canada
Daimaru Shoji Co., Ltd., Kai, Yamanashi, Japan
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
DDB Needham Worldwide, New York, NY
Deep Pacific Fishing Co., Ltd., Seattle, WA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Domaine Q and Restaurant Bordeaux, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
East Texas Distributing Co., Chicago, IL
E. Jean Belloni, Geneva, Switzerland
Enos and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Fairdan Ltd., Hong Kong
Falcon Cable TV, Los Angeles, CA
Falcon Communications, Pasadena, CA
The Farber Collection, New York, NY
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Fiona Press, Inc., Newtown, CT
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Fujioka Collection, Long Grove, IL
Akihiko Fukasawa Collection, Yamanashi, Japan
Fukuyama Museum of Art, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
G.H. & Associates, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Harvard Art Museums (Fogg Museum), Cambridge, MA
Hees International, Toronto, Canada
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Honolulu Advertiser Collection, Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly Honolulu Academy of Arts), Honolulu, HI
Ken Hoshino Collection, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Hotel Aemoni, Paris, France
Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan
Itoyanagi Ryokan, Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
Kikyouya Co., Ltd., Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Kofu City Hall, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Kofu Museum House, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Kohsai Co., Ltd., Kai, Yamanashi, Japan
Dr. & Mrs. Simon Levit Collection, OK
Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Ziegler, New York, NY
LPM Management, Toronto, Canada
Yudai Majima Collection, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
Minami Alps City Museum of Art, Minami Alps, Yamanashi, Japan
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
Minot State College, Minot, ND
Masahiko Moriya Collection, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
The Morowitz Collection, New York, NY
The Moure Collection, Madrid, Spain
Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
NASU Medical Clinic, Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
New York Obstetrical & Gynecological Association, P.C., New York, NY
Eiichi Noguchi Collection, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Hiroyuki Okubo Collection, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Masahiro Okubo Collection, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Pearlnesco, Inc., Itasca and Elk Grove Village, IL
Pende Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
POSCO Gallery, POSCO Center, Seoul, Korea
Rentarts Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
Richmore International, Tokyo, Japan
Rockford College, Rockford, IL
The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P., New York, NY
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schmier Collection, Boca Raton, FL
Seibu Department Stores, Tokyo, Japan
Seiganji Temple, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Senna Design, LLC, Vernon Hills, IL
Nakaba Shindo Collection, Kai, Yamanashi, Japan
Akio Shoji Collection, Roslyn Heights, NY
Shokokuminsha Co., Ltd., Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Singer Brothers, Tulsa, OK
The Steiner-Liff Metals Group, Nashville, TN
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Takasaki Museum of Art, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Tanabe Eye Clinic, Kai, Yamanashi, Japan
Tatsukawa Case Manufacture Co., Ltd., Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA
Uehara Grape Research Institute Co., Ltd., Yamanashi, Japan
United Lithograph Inc., Somerville, MA
U.S. Sanko Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Waseda University Aizu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Yamanashi Broadcasting System Inc., Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Yamanashi Chuo Bank, Ltd., Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Yamanashi Dental Hygiene College, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum, Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Yamauchi Fireworks Co., Ltd., Isawa, Yamanashi, Japan
Hideki Yoshioka Collection, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Zimmerman/Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN
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Hsinchu (New York Chinese monthly), “Five from the Orient,” 1981, cover and p. 44
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Art Expo NY, catalogue, New York Coliseum, 1980
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Rockford International Prints 1979, catalogue, Rockford College, Rockford, IL, 1979
Super Art, “Super Gallery: Works of Masaaki Sato,” Hiromi Ito, October 1979, pp. 40–41
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Contemporary Reflections, 1975–76, catalogue, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, introduction by Larry Aldrich, 1979
International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1979, p. 371
Alternations ’78, United Art Group-1, New York, 1978
The Boston Printmakers 30th National Exhibition, catalogue, Boston Center for the Arts, 1978, front cover and pp. 10–11
4th Hawaii National Print Exhibition, catalogue, Honolulu Academy of Arts, introduction by James W. Foster, 1978
Bristol Herald Courier, “Young Artist Remembers Long, Rough Road to Top,” October 9, 1977
The Bureaucratic Experience, Ralph P. Hummel, book cover, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1977
The Standard-Star, “Another Face in the Crowd? No More!,” Kathie Beals, March 18, 1977
Popular Prints of Japanese and Foreign Artists, art book, Seibu Department Store Fine Arts, Tokyo, 1977, back cover and illus. No. 159-16
7 in ’77, catalogue, United Art Group-1, New York, 1977
Japan New York Information, No. 3, “Art Information,” July 1976, p. 35
Urbia: A Journal for Cities and Their Problems, Jersey City State College, cover, Spring–Summer 1974
Arts (England), gallery review by Richard Walker, August 31, 1968
Newspapers and Weekly Magazines
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Masaaki Sato Popular in Brooklyn: NowHere Gallery Features Work in Print Exhibition,” May 2, 2026, p. 3
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Selected for Featured Artwork in US Museum Exhibition,” March 5, 2026, p. 1
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Selected by Harvard Art Museums: Masaaki Sato’s Subway No. 24 Chosen as Featured Image for Critical Printing Exhibition,” February 14, 2026, p. 12
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “‘Big Apple’ Comes Home,” April 26, 2025, p. 1
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Latest ‘Big Apple’ Work: Mr. Sato Donates Piece to Kofu City,” April 26, 2025
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato (Kofu Native): Works Exhibited in Japan and Abroad; Four Pieces Featured in Tokyo Exhibition,” June 14, 2024, p. 10
Sannichi Plus, “Yamanashi Iro-iro (Yamanashi’s Many Colors): Apple Art Shimmering in Diverse Shades of Silver,” July 10, 2023, p. 8
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Exhibits at International Fair in South Korea: Looking Forward to Reactions from People Around the World,” Yukiko Murakami, September 8, 2023, p. 11
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato (Kofu Native) Holds Solo Exhibition in Switzerland — First in Europe in 54 Years; 17 Carefully Selected Works,” Yukiko Murakami, July 20, 2023, p. 13
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Prefectural Museum of Art Guide: Deepening Appreciation, Thought, and Dialogue Through Artworks,” Yukiko Murakami, February 18, 2023, p. 14
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “150th Anniversary, ‘Sannichi’ and Me: Contemporary Artist Masaaki Sato, A Bridge Connecting to My Hometown,” December 6, 2022, p. 24
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Exhibition of Japanese and Japanese-American Artists Active in New York,” JAA Hall, May 8, 2021, pp. 5, 8
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masterpieces on Display: Prints by Tsuguharu Foujita and Oil Paintings by Masaaki Sato at the ‘City Museum,’” April 14, 2021, p. 23
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Editorial: Anti-Asian Discrimination in the US — Respecting Diversity to Foster Vitality,” Katsuhiko Sugihara, April 8, 2021, p. 3
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “‘Sound’ and ‘Dance’ Captivated by Sculpture: Meet the BIG APPLE — The World Mr. Sato Reached Through the Exploration of Cells,” September 19, 2020, p. 14
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Inspired by the ‘Big Apple’: A Dialogue Between Art and Music, Coming to the Prefectural Citizens’ Cultural Hall,” Kumiko Yamamoto, September 17, 2020, p. 13
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “An Art Circle Linked by ‘Apples’: Inspiration from the Works of Masaaki Sato — Meet the Big Apple, Behind-the-Scenes Stories of Creation and a Collaboration of Music and Dance,” February 15, 2020, p. 18
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Yamanashi Prefecture Public Relations Paper ‘Fureai’: Prefectural Museum of Literature Marks 30th Anniversary!,” May 1, 2019, p. 10
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato’s Representative Work Selected for Retrospective Exhibition of 50 Years of Pop Art in the US,” Yuko Gomi, November 11, 2018, p. 1
Pepperdine Graphic, Life & Arts, “Weisman Museum’s New Exhibit Celebrates 50 Years of Art and Popular Culture,” Ella Gonzalez, September 4, 2018
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Shows Six Artworks at NY Exhibition, Selected Among 55 Postwar Japanese Artists,” Yuko Gomi, March 17, 2018, p. 2
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Cool Japan from a New Yorker’s Perspective: Japanese Artists and New York City, from the 1950s to the Present,” March 3, 2018, p. 28
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “In Search of the Big World: Japanese Artists and New York from the 1950s to Present, WhiteBox, New York,” February 28, 2018, cover
YomiTime, “In Search of the Big World: New York and Japanese Artists,” Vol. 320, February 28, 2018
Kofu Public Relations No. 744, “Conversation Between Contemporary Artist Masaaki Sato and Kofu Mayor Yuichi Higuchi,” January 2018, pp. 1–3
Delicious Taste, “Café Gallery Works Introduction: Subway No. 24,” December 2017, p. 5
Delicious Taste, “Café Gallery Works Introduction: V.W. No. 2,” November 2017, p. 5
Delicious Taste, “Café Gallery Works Introduction: Landscape No. 8,” October 2017, p. 5
Delicious Taste, “Café Gallery Works Introduction: Landscape No. 10,” September 2017, p. 5
Delicious Taste, “Café Gallery Works Introduction: Golden Temple,” August 2017, p. 5
Delicious Taste, “Café Gallery Works Introduction: Landscape, Town-A,” July 2017, p. 5
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “NY-Based Artist Masaaki Sato Donates Two Prints to Hometown,” Yuko Gomi, November 17, 2017, p. 22
Asahi Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “Artist Mr. Sato Donates a Picture to Kofu City,” November 17, 2017, p. 25
Kofu KOFU, Kofu City Tourist Guide Book, “Art Park,” July 2017, p. 28
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato (from Kofu) Named First Japanese Honorary Member of North America’s Largest Printmakers’ Group,” Yuko Gomi, April 4, 2017, p. 11
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “The Space Will Be Filled with the Fragrance of Tradition and Culture,” conversation between Masaaki Sato and Shinji Nakamaru, Yuko Gomi, May 29, 2016, p. 17
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Becoming a Symbol of a US Library: Masaaki Sato Installs His Sculpture,” Yuko Gomi, May 25, 2016, p. 15
Kawasemi, “Permanent Exhibition of Masaaki Sato’s NY Works at Café Gallery,” April 30, 2016, p. 8
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Catalogues of Masaaki Sato Shown at Prefectural Library, Kofu,” Yuko Gomi, January 29, 2016, p. 15
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Research of Masaaki Sato: His Work Installed in Front of the Library at Tufts University,” January 16, 2016, p. 14
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Furin Kazan,” November 7, 2015, p. 1
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Professor Moriya of the University of Tsukuba: Research of Masaaki Sato, A Record of Global Evaluation,” Yuko Gomi, November 4, 2015, p. 13
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Donates Books and Catalogues of His Work to Hometown Prefectural Library,” October 25, 2015, p. 21
Reading TIME, “Japanese Artists Who Crossed the Sea, No. 2: The Passion for Art from That Time to the Present Day,” June 26, 2015
Jecoration, exhibition leaflet and invitation card, J-Collabo, Brooklyn, NY, May 2015
Bulletin of the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, No. 18, March 2015, p. 5
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato’s Prints Introduced in Masterpiece Exhibition at US University,” Yuko Gomi, November 12, 2014, p. 15
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Furin Kazan,” November 7, 2014, p. 1
Pop Culture: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, exhibition guide, September 2014
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Footsteps of Struggle and Japan–US Exchange, at The Nippon Gallery, The Nippon Club,” June 7, 2014
Art Park of the Forest: Sculpture Experience Map, leaflet, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 2014
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Alongside the Masters, Still Dreaming: Artist Masaaki Sato’s Position,” Tokiko Goto, November 28, 2013, p. 12
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Pop Culture Exhibition: Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection,” Tokiko Goto, October 6, 2013, p. 30
Asahi Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “Taking on Large Print Works in Hometown Kofu: Every Technique Used for 100 Sheets of Continuous Works,” Kohei Watanabe, June 25, 2013
Museum Info 2013, “Summer: Mountains and Rivers Sparkling,” Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education, 2013
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “The Artist Who Became a Legend: Masaaki Sato’s Reputation in the United States,” Masahiko Moriya, October 11, 2012, p. 13
Inked Surfaces, exhibition information, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, July 2012
Museum of Art Council News, “World Exhibition of Trick Art,” booklet, Koichiro Sumitani, August 2012
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Let’s Go to Yamanashi Art Park,” full-page advertisement, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art and Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Literature, March 28, 2012
J-MAP, Vol. 2, “Interview: Masaaki Sato,” Tokiko Goto, 2011–2012
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Lecture by Contemporary Artist Masaaki Sato and Music of the Collaboration Work Suite for Big Apple No. 45,” April 18, 2011
NY Japion, “Topics: Pursuing the Universality of NY Culture — Exhibition of Japanese Artist Masaaki Sato,” December 3, 2010, p. 8
Weekly NY Seikatsu, “Masaaki Sato Shows Tokyo Newsstand for the First Time in NY: Solo Exhibition from December 4 at the Prestigious OK Harris Gallery,” November 2010, p. 1
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art News, No. 50, cover and inside, October–November 2010
Yomiuri Shimbun, evening edition, advertisement for TRICK ART: The World Exhibition of Trick Art, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Art, October 14, 2010
TRICK ART, flyers, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Art, October 14, 2010
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Movement of Point of View,” Yoshihiro Tanaka, August 6, 2010, p. 10
Happy?, No. 10, “The Fun of Being Tricked,” August 2010
Nippon Insurance Newspaper, “World Exhibition of Trick Art,” Sompo Japan Seiji Togo Memorial Museum of Art, July 15, 2010
Marion Present, “Experience the Fun of Being Tricked: World Exhibition of Trick Art,” July 15, 2010
Marion Life, “Experience the Fun of Being Tricked: World Exhibition of Trick Art,” July 14, 2010
Asahi Marion 21, Marion Life, “World of Trick Art Exhibition,” July 14–15, 2010
Fan Chofu, “See Through the Trick! The Fun of Being Tricked,” July 8, 2010
Sankei EX, “Trick Art World Exhibition: Fun to Be Tricked,” July 7, 2010
Sankei EX, “World of Trick Art Exhibition: Joy of the Trick,” July 6, 2010
Snip Style, “Art Event: Four Kinds of Fun Art in Trompe l’Oeil,” July 1, 2010
View, “Museum Information: Fun to Be Tricked,” July 1, 2010
PLUSH EST, “World Exhibition of Trick Art,” July 1, 2010
High Sense EST, “Museum: Trick Art World Exhibition,” July 1, 2010
RYUSEI, “World Exhibition of Trick Art,” July 1, 2010
RYUSEI, “Revealing the Blind Spot of Vision,” July 2010, p. 18
Marion / Arts & Entertainment, “Trick Art of the World Exhibition: The Fun of Being Tricked,” July 2010
EXPRESS (Sankei Shimbun), “World Exhibition of Trick Art: Invitation Ticket Giveaway,” July 2010
PLUSH, “Museum,” July 2010
IVORY, “Gift to Readers,” July 2010, p. 34
Art Collector, “Fun to Be Tricked: The World Exhibition of Trick Art,” June 25, 2010
Yomiuri Communication, “Trick Art World Exhibition: Fun to Be Tricked,” June 20, 2010
All Skeleton, “World Exhibition of Trick Art,” June 19, 2010
Bridge 21, “World Exhibition of Trick Art: Enjoy Being Tricked,” June 1, 2010
Yomiuri Shimbun, “Museum of Art Council: World of Trick Art Exhibition,” May 31, 2010
Yomiuri Shimbun, “Art Council Guide: World Exhibition of Trick Art,” May 26, 2010
IVORY, “World Exhibition of Trick Art,” May 16, 2010
The World Exhibition of Trick Art, flyers, Fukuyama Museum of Art, April 2010
Yomiuri Shimbun, “The World of Trick Art, Museum Council Guide 4: It Looks Symmetrical — Masaaki Sato, Newsstand #56-A, B,” April 4, 2010
Chunichi Shimbun, “Takamatsu City Museum of Art, News from the Museum: Newsstand #56-A, B,” March 28, 2010
Japan Print Newspaper, “The Taste of Trick Art,” February 28, 2010
NY Japion, “Interview: At 35, From the Cell to the Big Apple — Artist Masaaki Sato,” Aso Teshirogi, February 19, 2010, p. 14
Insurance Mainichi Newspaper, “World Exhibition of Trick Art,” 2010
IVORY, “Present to Readers,” 2010
think, exhibition flyers, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, 2010
think, exhibition flyers, Hanbbiru Museum, 2010
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “A Great Work Is Welcomed: For Visitors to the Home of Iwao Akiyama,” September 26, 2009, p. 22
East Aichi Newspaper, “Appreciating Mysterious Trick Art at Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History,” September 19, 2009
East Japan Newspaper, “Ten Thousand Visitors at World of Trick Art Exhibition,” September 14, 2009
East Aichi Newspaper, “Visitors Reach Ten Thousand,” Noriko Hoshino, September 13, 2009
The World of Trick Art, flyer and ticket, Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, August 2009
Welcome to the Mysterious World of Trick Art, leaflet, Museum of Art Council, 2009
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “One Painting Selected by Me: Masaaki Sato’s Subway No. 8,” Sawako Wada, October 13, 2008
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “I Pick One Artwork: 15 Popular Works Shown Together, Introducing the Museum’s 30-Year History,” October 9, 2008, p. 9
Contact, Special Issue Vol. 18, “News from Yamanashi Prefectural Government: Prefectural Museum of Art Further Upgraded,” September 30, 2008, p. 19
Taiwan United Newspaper, “Culture Mainstream,” September 14, 2008
Contact, Special Issue Vol. 16, “News from Yamanashi Prefectural Government: Masaaki Sato’s Big Apple Appears at Yamanashi Art Park,” April 19, 2008
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Beams of Light Passing In and Out of 365 Holes Every Day — A Symbol of the Connection Between Yamanashi and the World,” Masahiko Moriya, April 18, 2008, p. 11
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “The Axis of Torus Movement: In Yamanashi Art Park, a Three-Dimensional Image Grown in NY,” Masahiko Moriya, April 17, 2008, p. 11
Mainichi Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “Big ‘Apple’ in Stainless Steel,” April 5, 2008, p. 23
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Shining Big Apple: Masaaki Sato’s Work at Yamanashi Art Park,” April 4, 2008, p. 1
Yamanashi Newspaper, “Big Apple Showcased for Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art’s 30th Anniversary,” April 4, 2008, p. 2
Yomiuri Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “Silver Big Apple,” April 4, 2008, p. 27
Sankei Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “Shining Apple Installed in Hometown,” April 4, 2008, p. 12
Yamanashi Prefectural Office News, Vol. 16, “The 3-Meter Big Apple Appears on the Grassy Hill,” March 31, 2008
Contact, Special Issue Vol. 16, “News from Yamanashi Prefectural Government: 30 Years Since the Birth of the Prefectural Museum of Art! Big Apple Appears — Interview with Masaaki Sato,” March 31, 2008, p. 15
Prefectural Museum of Art TOPICS, “Further Upgrades for the 30th Anniversary of the Prefectural Museum of Art,” 2008
Fuji Countries: Yamanashi and Tourism Net, “Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art,” Yamanashi Prefecture Public Relations, 2008
Prefectural Government Flash, “Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Prefectural Museum of Art,” 2008
Overview and History of Yamanashi Prefecture, “Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Prefectural Museum of Art with the Big Apple,” 2008
I Choose One Artwork, survey results leaflet (Subway No. 8 ranked eighth), Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 2008
Asahi Shimbun (evening edition), “The Way: Dreams Came True in a Foreign Country — 40 Years of Masaaki Sato at the Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art,” September 5, 2007, p. 6
Izu Shimbun, “The Dream Came True: 40 Years of Masaaki Sato, Painting New York,” five-part series, p. 3: “Escape from Japan,” September 2, 2007; “Lucky in London, but Reality Is Hard,” September 9, 2007; “The Big Apple: Symbol of Concentrated Wisdom,” September 19, 2007; “The Artist Who Became American,” September 23, 2007; “Newsstand: A Subject for 27 Years,” September 30, 2007
World of Trick Art: Tricked Eyes, booklet, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Riverwalk Gallery, August 2007
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato’s Eyes: 40 Years in NY,” Fujio Mukouyama, July 27, 2007
Shizuoka Shimbun, “The Energy of a Large City Put into Paintings: New York Artist Exhibition at Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art,” June 29, 2007, p. 17
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Solo Exhibition of 45 Years of Artworks: Masaaki Sato in Tokyo,” Masatoshi Kobata, July 8, 2006, p. 15
Trick Art World: Fun to Be Fooled, leaflet, Takasaki Museum of Art, July 2006
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Becoming the ‘Face’ of Contemporary Art: Conveying Universality Through a Self-Pursuit of Repetition,” Naoki Ito, February 4, 2006, p. 13
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Retrospective: 35 Years of Activity in the USA,” Naoki Ito, June 29, 2005
Art and City from the Collection of Takamatsu City Museum of Art I, pamphlet, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, June 2005
Unison – 30 Years, booklet, “Masaaki Sato Retrospective 1970–2005,” Unison Arts Center, 2005
The Boston Printmakers Newsletter, “Time Remembered, Time Past,” Fall 2004, p. 2
Public Relations Kofu, “New Year’s Project: Messages from Well-Known People,” January 2004, front cover and p. 2
Spotlight on Exhibitions, “Everything OK at OK Harris,” Brevard Museum of Art and Science, December 2003
Pop and Illusionism: Contemporary Works from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, flyer, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, August 2003
OCS News, “Masaaki Sato One Person Exhibition,” November 8, 2002, p. 40
The Yomiuri America, “Masaaki Sato One Person Show: Paintings of NY’s Newsstands,” October 25, 2002, p. 16
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “New York After the Terrorist Attacks: The Painter Masaaki Sato’s Year (II) — Aiming for Pictures That Withstand Weathering,” Yuko Gomi, September 12, 2002, p. 11
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “New York After the Terrorist Attacks: The Painter Masaaki Sato’s Year (I) — Painting the Acceptance of Mixed Races and Different Values,” Yuko Gomi, September 11, 2002
New Acquisitions Exhibition + Introduction to Modern Painting, leaflet, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2002, back cover
Kawasemi, “International Activities of Print Artists from Yamanashi,” September 15, 2001, p. 1
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “10th Anniversary Exhibition: International Activities of Print Artists from Yamanashi,” September 5, 2001, pp. 29, 31–32
Yomiuri Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “International Activities of Print Artists from Yamanashi: A Gathering of Hometown Print Artists,” August 31, 2001
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Making Prints and Sculpture in Summer,” Yuko Gomi, September 28, 2001
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Introduces the American Fine Art Scene,” September 16, 2001
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Presentation of the Noguchi Prize” and “Vowing New Advances,” July 6, 2001, pp. 1, 23
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Blossoming Through Longtime Endeavor: Activity in the American Contemporary Art World,” July 1, 2001
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “25th Noguchi Prize, Art and Culture Field, Awarded to Masaaki Sato: Presentation Ceremony July 5,” June 26, 2001, p. 1
Realism in Contemporary Art, exhibition brochure, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 2–5
Sankei Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “First Solo Exhibition in Japan in 10 Years,” Yoshiki Ozaki, October 15, 2000, p. 26
OCS News, “Large Painting Going to Museum,” October 13, 2000, pp. 5, 10
Minami Nihon Shimbun, “Expressing the Diverse Cultures of NY: Solo Show in Tokyo,” Kyodo News, October 3, 2000
Shikoku Shimbun, “Strong and Pop Works,” Kyodo News, September 30, 2000, p. 13
Asahi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Solo Show: Identity Amid a Crowd of Different Cultures,” Sansui Tanaka, September 27, 2000, p. 11, and September 28, 2000, p. 23
Asahi Shimbun (evening edition), “Masaaki Sato Exhibition: 30 Years in New York, 1970–2000,” September 27, 2000, p. 8
Mainichi Daily News, “Metaphor of Life in New York,” September 26, 2000, p. 9
Shinbijutsu Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Exhibition: 30 Years in New York,” September 21, 2000, p. 4
Mainichi Shimbun (evening edition), “A Humorous Eye Shrouded in Satire,” Haruo Mita, September 18, 2000, p. 8
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Diverse Cultures Condensed into Works, Broadening the Range of Expression: Masaaki Sato Solo Exhibition in Japan,” Yuko Gomi, September 7, 2000, p. 10
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Interview: Masaaki and Masami Sato,” Tetsuya Akai, August 28, 1999
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Two-Person Show in New York by Masaaki and Masami Sato,” November 25, 1998
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Each Painting Representative of His Art,” Chiaki Mitomi, September 4, 1997
The New American Art Show, booklet, Art Commission of the City of New York, “Recognized at the Citizenship Day Ceremony,” Tweed Gallery, City Hall, September 1997, p. 17
The Yomiuri America, “The Last Supper on the Front Cover of Magazines,” November 22, 1996, p. 3
Life, “Consideration of the Artist,” Katsuji Abe, The Jazzy Photo from the World, Vol. 26, March 1996, p. 41
Made to Order: America’s Most Wanted Paintings, leaflet, Alternative Museum, Winter 1996
Chunichi Shimbun, “Searching for Beauty Between Different Cultures,” Hiroshi Aoki, May 12, 1994, p. 9
World Journal, “Opening of Asian Artists Exhibition,” March 26, 1994
Chugoku Shimbun, “The Japanese Artist Cultivated by America,” Masaaki Noda, June 29, 1993, p. 9
The Liberal News of Chinese, “Asian Art Exhibition in Taipei,” May 25, 1993
Chugoku Shimbun, “Artists from Four Asian Countries Living in New York Bring Traveling Exhibition Home,” Seishi Hayashi, May 17, 1993, p. 11
The Yomiuri America, “Art Clip: One Man Show of Masaaki Sato,” Kaoru Yanase, May 15, 1993, p. 10
Inside/Outside Japan, “Expatriate Art,” Robert Chiappetta, April 1993, pp. 4–5
Nikkei Art, “Japanese, Chinese and Korean Artists Exhibition in New York,” March 1993, p. 60
Jiujutsu Shinto, “Chinese, Japanese and Korean Artists Show in New York,” February 1993
Kyodo News Service dispatch to Japanese newspapers, “Clearly Showing the Distinction of Nationality,” December 1992–January 1993
The Yomiuri America, “Art Clip: Fragrance of the Orient,” Kaoru Yanase, December 11, 1992
Asahi Shimbun, “15 Asian Painters Exhibition in New York,” December 8, 1992
OCS News, “Asian Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition,” November 17, 1992
Art Papers, “Review, Florida: The Articulated Thumbprint, Boca Raton Museum of Art,” Ronnie Greenspan, Summer 1992
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “The Double Meaning of Language Painted in Symmetrical Composition,” Ken Nishimuro, May 29, 1992
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “YBS Information – The World of Beauty: Introducing Masaaki Sato in New York,” February 8, 1992
Museum Letter, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, “Retrospection of Masaaki Sato’s Exhibition: Twenty Years of New York,” Masahiko Moriya, February 1, 1991, pp. 1–3; “Interview: Joy of Painting, Delighted to Live — Conversation Between Kozo Yamada and Masaaki Sato,” pp. 4–12
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Drawing the Contemporary,” 17-part series by Ken Nishimuro, August 1–September 10, 1990: ① “Epicenter Shaking the Art World: Gathering the World’s Elite,” August 1; ② “Based in Brooklyn: Scholarship to Art School,” August 2; ③ “Completing the Style of the Hole: Strong Interest from Galleries,” August 8; ④ “First Solo Exhibition at a West Coast Gallery: The Hole Works Are Recognized,” August 10; ⑤ “Establishing the Hole: Expressing a Strong Sense of Insecurity,” August 12; ⑥ “Praised by The New York Times: Recognized by the American Art World,” August 14; ⑦ “Gateway to the First-Class Painters: First Step to a Contract,” August 15; ⑧ “At the Leading Edge of Contemporary Art: The Galleries Leading the Way,” August 17; ⑨ “Foundation of Early Prosperity: Facing Star Artists,” August 21; ⑩ “Tycoon Art Dealer Moves the Art World: One Artist After Another Who Made History,” August 22; ⑪ “Discovering Numerous New Talents: 4,000 Artists Apply Each Year,” August 28; ⑫ “Condensing Disparate Cultures: Moving Beyond the Hole,” August 29; ⑬ “Anguish over Representing Characters: A Year to Consolidate the Concept,” September 4; ⑭ “Expressing the Intensity of Characters: An Accurate Cultural Depiction of the Background,” September 6; ⑮ “The OK Harris Contract: A Breakthrough into the Top Ranks,” September 7; ⑯ “Exhibition at Last in SoHo: Representing a Conflict of Cultures,” September 9; ⑰ “The Endless Steep Road: Aiming for Work That Goes Down in History,” September 10
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Lecture by Masaaki Sato: Searching for Universality,” September 1, 1990
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Fuurin Kazan,” August 29, 1990, p. 1
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Visitors to Masaaki Sato’s Exhibition Exceed 10,000,” August 27, 1990
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Summer Fine Art Lecture by Masaaki Sato,” August 25, 1990
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Painting the Depth of Contemporary Culture: Masaaki Sato Exhibition Opens Today at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art,” August 11, 1990
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Pursuing Today’s Anxieties Through His Own Holes II,” August 10, 1990, p. 20
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Condensed Energy of a Large City I,” August 9, 1990, p. 20
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato Exhibition: New York Works 1970–1990 at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art,” Ken Nishimuro, August 1–September 10, 1990
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Essence of the Contemporary from NY: Masaaki Sato Exhibition at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art,” July 26, 1990, p. 18
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Highly Regarded Standard-Bearer of Contemporary Fine Art: Special Exhibition in Kofu Next Month,” July 3, 1990
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Saturday Culture: Great Artworks for All,” February 3, 1990
AERA, “AERA Report – Art: Two Exhibitions with Magazine Motifs,” Sanzo Tanaka, September 11, 1990, p. 47
Kyodo News Service dispatch to Japanese newspapers, “The Painter Masaaki Sato: Twenty Years in New York,” Kazuko Ide, August–September 1990
Asahi Shimbun, “Main Street of the Earth,” Masahiko Yokoi, May 8, 1989
Kyodo News Service dispatch to Japanese newspapers, “Attached to the Newsstand: Masaaki Sato’s One Man Exhibition in New York,” Tamaki Tachibana, May–June 1989
The Sunday Star, “Art Scene,” Marcia Morse, April 2, 1989
Kyodo News Service dispatch to Japanese newspapers, “Forum 5: Living in New York as an Artist,” Norikiyo Tsukada, June–August 1988
Kyodo News Service dispatch to Japanese newspapers, “Masaaki Sato’s One Man Show in New York,” June–July 1987
The New York Times, “Gallery View: 3 Japanese Artists in Search of a World Language,” Michael Brenson, May 24, 1987
Focus, “Big Success of a Japanese Artist in New York: Masaaki Sato Opens a Solo Exhibition at a Famous Contemporary Gallery,” May 22, 1987, pp. 32–33
Downtown, “Soho My Beat,” Marc Furstenberg, May 18, 1987
OCS News, “Art Random: Experimental Realism,” Keiko Yamaguchi, May 15, 1987
New York Yomiuri, “Masaaki Sato’s One Man Exhibition,” April 30, 1987
Yomiuri Shimbun, “Contemporary Japanese Art Created in Other Lands,” June 11, 1986
The New York Times, “Weekend Review,” Michael Brenson, June 21, 1985
OCS News, “Art Random: Truth of the Information Era,” Keiko Yamaguchi, June 14, 1985
Mainichi Shimbun (evening edition), “Contemporary Art Expo Tokyo ’85,” February 8, 1985
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Sato Has Made Remarkable Progress: A New Wave for Contemporary Painting,” Ken Nishimuro, January 23, 1985
Scottsdale Daily Progress, “Stands, Signs: Volume Space,” Victoria Beaudin, March 30, 1984
The New York Times, “Off Beaten Path at City’s Museums,” Michael Brenson, January 13, 1984
Annual Report, Museum of the City of New York, January 1984
Newsday, “New York City on Canvas,” Paul D. Colford, October 19, 1983
Fairpress (CT), “New Talents Show Is One of Fairfield County’s Best,” Mia Breuch, October 17, 1979
The Mainichi Shimbun, “Masaaki Sato’s One Man Show,” August 20, 1979
Asahi Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “A Triumphant Solo Show in a Distinctive Painting Style,” July 22, 1979
The World Trade Center News, “A Feast of Things Japanese Awaits You,” April–May 1979
Burlington Free Press, “Vibrant Colors Dominate Japanese Art Exhibit,” Peg Bryant, August 22, 1978
The Boston Printmakers 30th National Exhibition, poster and flyer, April 1978
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Active Internationally,” November 1977
Greeneville Sun, “Prominent Artist Donates to ETSU,” October 13, 1977
Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition, leaflet, Taiwan Provincial Museum, July 12–17, 1977
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “New Talent Blooms: Masaaki Sato Recognized,” June 4, 1996
Johnson City Press-Chronicle, “Slocumb Art Gallery Showing Works of Sato,” March 8, 1976
Asahi Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “Conveying an Intense Life,” Shizuteru Saitoh, January 19, 1976
Yamanashi Shimpo, “Back to His Hometown After 9 Years,” January 17, 1976, p. 3
Mainichi Shimbun (Yamanashi edition), “The Hometown Is Good,” January 17, 1976
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Sato Opens Exhibition,” January 11, 1976
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Paintings Constructed from Countless Holes,” January 9, 1976, p. 6
10 Artists: A Selection of Contemporary Japanese Art, leaflet, foreword by Tamon Miki, November 1975
Newsday, “The Westbeth Connection,” Malcolm Preston, July 31, 1975
The New York Times, “It’s Spring in Connecticut, and New Talent Blooms,” John Canaday, May 9, 1975
San Francisco Examiner, “An Artist of Many Styles,” Arthur Bloomfield, September 24, 1973
Artweek (West Coast), September 24, 1973
Yamanashi Jiji Shimbun, “Art Training News: Masaaki Sato’s One Person Exhibition a Success,” September 21, 1968
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, “Solo Exhibition in London: Magazine Reporter Raves,” December 20, 1967