Masaaki Sato is a Japanese artist who lives and works in New York.

Education:

1962-1966 Kofu Fine Arts Institute, Kofu City, Japan
1967-1969 Heatherley School of Fine Arts, London
1971-1974 Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
1974-1976 Pratt Institute, Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions:

1969 Drian Gallery, 5-7 Porchester Place, Marble Arch, London, England
1973 Wenger Gallery, 855 Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA
1973 Brooklyn Museum Art School Little Gallery, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
1974 Renaissance Gallery, 168 Waverly Place, New York, NY
1976 Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1976 Soho Center for Visual Artists, 114 Prince St., New York, NY
1977 Mari Galleries of Westchester, 133 East Prospect Ave., Mamaroneck, NY
1977 Edward Williams College of Farleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
1978 Mari Galleries of Westchester, 133 East Prospect Ave., Mamaroneck, NY
1978 Seibu Fine Arts Galleries, Shibuya Tokyo, Japan
1978 Seibu Fine Arts Galleries, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
1978 Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
1981 North Salem Gallery, Titicus Road, North Salem, NY
1982 OK Harris Works of Art, 4200 North Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ
1984 OK Harris Works of Art, 4200 North Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ
1985 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
1987 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
1989 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
1990 Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
1992 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
1995 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
1996 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
1998 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
2000 Fuji Television Gallery, 1-12-1, Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan
2001 FCCJ Gallery, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan 1-7-1, Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan
2002 OKHarris Work of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
2005 Unison Arts, New Paltz, NY (Retrospective Exhibition)
2006 Fuji Television Gallery, 1-12-1, Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, 614 Jyussoku, Itou, Shizuoka, Japan
2007 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
2008 Howard Salon, 160 Jen Al Road, Sec.3, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2009 Mae Rim Sanpong Museum & Farm, 32 Moo 10, Tambon Sanpong, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2011 OK Harris Works of Art, 383 West Broadway, New York, NY
2013 Mae Rim Sanpong Museum & Farm, 32 Moo 10, Tambon Sanpong, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2016 Café Gallery, Permanent One Person Exhibition, 1-3-11, Aonuma, Kofu, Yamanasshi, Japan

Group Exhibitions:

1964-1973
1964 All Japan Arts Festival Award Winners Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1968 Paintings, Drawings, Studio Pottery, Guilford House Gallery, 155 High St., Guilford, Surrey, England
1969 Artists Exhibition from Surrey, Chichester Theological College Gallery, Chichester, Sussex, England
1969 Surrey’s Seven Artists Exhibition, Cranleigh School Gallery, Cranleigh, Surrey, England
1972 Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, Union Carbide Gallery, 270 Park Ave., New York, NY
1973 Year-end student exhibition, Brooklyn Museum Art School Gallery, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY

1974
The Gallery Artists Show, Renaissance Gallery, 168 Waverly Place, New York, NY
Japanese Society of Artists Exhibition, Azuma Gallery, 142 Greene St., New York, NY
Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Union Carbide Gallery, 270n Park Ave., New York, NY
Contemporary Artists of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1975
New York Painters Exhibition, Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich, CT
Contemporary Japanese artists exhibition in New York, Lever House, 390 Park Ave., New York, NY
New York printmaker Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, OK
Invitational III, Gallery 91, 91 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY
The Westbeth Connection, Guild Hall, 158 Main St., East Hampton, NY
Contemporary Artists Exhibition, The Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Japanese Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
The Gallery Artists Show, Mari Gallery of Westchester, 133 Prospect Ave., Mamaroneck, NY
10 Artists: A Selection of Contemporary Japanese Art,International Art Center, New York, NY

1976
Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brownstone Gallery, 76, 7 Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Contemporary Reflections Annual, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Japanese Society of Artists Exhibition, Azuma Gallery, 142 Greene St., New York, NY
The Exhibition of Westbeth Artists, Westbeth Gallery, 463 West St., New York, NY
Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Gallery of Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
The Exhibition of Westbeth Artists, Norman Kramer Gallery, 284 Main St., Danbury, CT
Fall Selections, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Pleiades & Friends, Invitational Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, 152 Wooster St., New York, NY
The Gallery Artists Show, Mari Galleries of Westchester, 133 Prospect Ave., Mamaroneck, NY

1977
Gallery’s Artists Exhibition, Wenger Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Davidson Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Contemporary Artist Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Japanese Society of Artists Exhibition, Azuma Gallery, 142 Greene St., New York, NY
Popular Print Exhibition of Japanese and foreign artists, Seibu Department Store; Traveling to; Seibu Department Store of Ikebukuro and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Hamamatsu and Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan, Omiya, Saitama, Japan, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
7 IN ‘77, Arsenal Gallery, 830, 5 Ave., New York, NY
Hawaii National Print Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, HI
Gallery’s Artists Exhibition, Mirage Galleries, 132 Greene St., New York, NY 
The Gallery Artists Show, Nobe Gallery, 250 West 57 St., New York, NY
Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition, Taiwan Provincial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The Gallery Artists Exhibition, Weintraub Gallery, 992 Madison Ave., New York, NY

1978
Contemporary Artists Exhibition of the World, Seibu Gallery, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary Japanese Artist Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
The Gallery’s Artists Exhibition, Mirage Galleries, 132 Greene St., New York, NY
Alternations '78, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Quadrum Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA
Contemporary Artists Exhibition, National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Graphics 1 & Graphics 2, 168 Newbury St., Boston, MA
Alternation 1978 Exhibition, Alternative Center for International Arts, 28 E. 4th St., New York, NY
The Boston Printmakers 30th National Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts, MA
Contemporary Japanese Artist Exhibition, Lever House, 390 Park Ave., New York, NY
The Print Exhibition of the East Coast Artist, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

1979
International Biennial of Graphics Art Yugoslavia, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Post ‘60s Social Commentary, Jackson Hall Gallery, Kentucky State University, KY
New York printmaker Exhibition, Houston Gall Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, PA
Japan Today, Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, One World Trade Center, New York, NY
Rockford ‘70 International Print Exhibition, Rockford College, Rockford, IL
Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Governor Dummer Academy, Bayfield, MA
New York printmaker Exhibition, Gallery of Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Nippon-Ten ‘79, The Japanese American Assoc. of New York, New York, NY
Boston Printmakers national exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
15 New Talents, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Prospectus Art in the Seventies, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
9th National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, ND
Contemporary Artists Exhibition, National Art Club, 15 Grimace Park South, New York, NY
Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL

1980
American Drawing III, Portsmouth Museums, Portsmouth, VA
America New York Artists' Exhibition, Gallery Eighties, Yorkville Commons, Toronto, Canada
American Society of Contemporary Artists Exhibition, U.S. Custom House Museum, Six World Trade Center, New York, NY
Contemporary Japanese Artist Exhibition, Lever House, 380 Park Ave., New York, NY
New York Artists' Exhibition, The Kiva Gallery, 37 Popham Rd., Scarsdale, NY
Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

1981
New York Artists' Exhibition, Alternative Museum, 17 White St., New York, NY
Contemporary artist exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
American Biennial of Graphic Art, The Museum of Modern Art, La Tertulia, Columbia, South America
Boston Printmakers 33rd National Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts & Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
New York Artists' Exhibition, Lever House, 380 Park Ave., New York, NY
Five from the Orient, Bergen Community Museum, Paramus, NJ
The Seventh Biennial International Art Exhibition, The Equitable Gallery, New York, NY
Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition (traveling venues listed)

1982
Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY (traveling)
8th International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, Rijecka, Yugoslavia
OK Harris Gallery’s Artists Exhibition, OK Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ

1983
Painting New York, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Japan Dynasty ‘83, John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, PA
OK Harris Gallery’s Artists Exhibition, OK Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
Gallery’s Artists Exhibition, Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD
Contemporary Artist Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Japan Dynasty, Warner Communications, New York, NY
Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition, North Hennepin Community College, Minneapolis, MN

1984
OK Harris Gallery’s Artists Exhibition, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
America Seen: Contemporary American Artists View America, Dallas, TX
Boston Printmakers Artist Exhibition (traveling venues listed)

1985
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
The Art of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
New York Artists' Exhibition, Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, PA
Realism Exhibition of New York, Isetan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1986
New York Artists' Exhibition, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Contemporary Japanese Art Created in Other Lands, Gallery International 52, New York, NY
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection (traveling Japan venues)

1987
Mainstream America, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
New York Japanese Artist Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
New Space, New Work, New York, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection (international traveling)

1988
Tortue Is OK, Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Gallery Artists Show, OK South Works of Art, South Miami, FL
The Exhibition of New Collections ‘87, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
New York Printmaker Exhibition, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
40th North American Print Exhibition, Brockton Art Museum, MA

1989
16th Annual Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Prints and Process, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Japanese Artists in New York, Yokohama Sogo, Japan

1990
New Work–New York, Galleries Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, Canada
Collectors’ Annual Contemporary Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
Selections from the Collection Show, Aldrich Museum, CT

1991
Japanese Anti-Art: Now and Then, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
The Articulated Thumbprints, OK Harris Works of Art, NY
The Exhibition of New Collection ‘90, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art

1992
What’s New, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
The Articulated Thumbprint, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
New York: City by Day/City by Night, Gallery Henock, NY
Summer Group Show, Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA

1992–1994
Visions In Between: New York/China/Japan/Korea (traveling international exhibition)

1993
Gallery Artist Show, Martha Tepper Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1994
Getting Real: 20th Century American Realism, South Bend Regional Museum of Art
Live From New York: OK Harris Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Young Guns: East Coast Artists, Las Vegas, NV

1995
Streets Seen, Centre College, KY
Contemporary Realism, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Japan
19th Small Works, NYU, NY
Relief Constructions and Prints, Boston, MA
New Collection ‘94, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum

1996
Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul
Make To Order, Alternative Museum, NY

1997
New American Art Show, Tweed Gallery, NY
Aphrodisia, Alternative Museum, NY

1998
Group Exhibition (OK Harris Artists), Santa Monica, CA
21st Small Works, NYU
New Collection Exhibition, Yamanashi Museum
Weisman Foundation Exhibition, Pepperdine University

1999
Summer Group Exhibition, OK Harris Works of Art, NY
Masterpieces, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum
Black and White Prints, Art Complex Museum, MA
22nd Small Works, NYU

2000
Williamsburg Bridges Japan, Brooklyn, NY
23rd Small Works, NYU
Fuji Television Gallery Group Exhibition, Tokyo

2001
WAH Center Exhibition, Brooklyn
New Acquisitions, Hiroshima Museum
6 + 6 = Prints, Flushing, NY
Realism in Contemporary Art, Takamatsu Museum
24th Small Works, NYU
Westbeth Generations Show, NY
International Print Activities, Yamanashi
Benefit Exhibition for WTC, OK Harris

2002
Art and Illusion, Weisman Foundation (Los Angeles)
Guide to Contemporary Paintings, Hiroshima
25th Small Works, NYU
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Yamanashi
Japanese Artists in NY, Takamatsu

2003
Pop and Illusionism, Virginia
North American Print Biennial, Boston
Summer Collection Exhibition, Yamanashi
Weisman Collection Exhibition, Los Angeles

2004
Art and Illusion, Pepperdine
Everything OK at OK Harris, Florida
Adventure of the Museum, Hiroshima
Time Remembered, Duxbury
Gallery Artists Show, OK Harris
New Building Exhibition, Yamanashi

2005
Eclectic Eye, Bakersfield
My Dream is Reality, Paris
Secret of Apple, Hiroshima
North American Print Biennial, Boston
Asian Fusion, New York
Art and City, Takamatsu

2006
Art and Illusion, Oxnard
Boston Printmakers Show, Framingham
World of Trick Art, Takasaki
In Praise of New York, US Open
Literature & Fine Art, Yamanashi

2007
I Want Candy, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
World of Trick Art, Kitakyushu
60 Years of North American Prints, Duxbury
Summer Collection Exhibition, Yamanashi
Eclectic Eye, New Orleans
Gallery Artists Exhibition, OK Harris
Seeking for Beauty, Kawagoe

2008
Weisman Foundation Exhibition, Pepperdine
Boston Printmakers Members Show, MA
Different Landscape, Takamatsu
New Collections, Fukuyama
World of Trick Art, Kawagoe
In America, Takasaki
Art and Illusion, Roseville
Bingo Fine Art Exhibition, Fukuyama
Yamanashi 30-Year Collection Exhibition

2009
Art and Illusion, Susquehanna Art Museum
World of Trick Art (traveling Japan museums)
Yamanashi Collection Exhibition

2010
World of Trick Art, Tokyo
think, Huntsville Museum
Spring Collection, Yamanashi
think, Zullo Gallery

2011
think, Boston
Gallery Artist Exhibition, OK Harris
think, Walnut Hill School

2012
Inked Surfaces, California
Landscape of the City, Yamanashi
Mae Rim Collection Exhibition, Thailand

2013
Pop Culture, Mana Contemporary
Yamanashi 35th Anniversary Exhibition

2014
Palette to Plate, Newport
MANNA Masterworks, Tufts
Yamanashi Collection History
Postwar Japan Artists, NY

2015
Boston Printmakers Biennial
Pop Art in America, Takasaki
Jecoration, Brooklyn
Yamanashi Exhibition
Machida Museum Exhibition
Tufts Collection Exhibition
Ise Museum Exhibition

2016
Boston Printmakers Members Show, NH
Yamanashi Permanent Exhibition

2017
Multiple Yamanashi Collection Exhibitions
Boston Printmakers 70th Anniversary Exhibition

2018
Pop Art Exhibition, Pepperdine
Hiroshima Collection Exhibition
Japanese Artists in NY, White Box

2019
Takasaki Museum Exhibition
WAH Center Anniversary Exhibition
Azebu Museum Exhibition
Yamanashi Publication Project

2020
Connections / Conexiones, Somerville, MA
Conexiones / Connections, Havana, Cuba

Collections:

601 Corporation, Des Moines, IA
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 Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Art Forum, Honolulu, HI
Belgian American Investments & Trade, Dallas, TX
The Bennett Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
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
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
DDB Needham Worldwide, New York, NY
Deep Pacific Fishing Co., Ltd., Seattle, WA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schmier Collection, Boca Raton, FL
Dr. & Mrs. Simon Levit Collection, OK
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
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
The Fujioka Collection, Long Grove, IL
Fukuyama Museum of Art, Fukuyama, Japan
G.H. & Associates, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Hees International, Toronto, Canada
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Advertiser Collection, Honolulu, HI
Hotel Nouvel Orleans, Paris, France
Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Shizuoka, Japan
Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Ziegler, New York, NY
LPM Management, Toronto, Canada
Marcia Rafelman Fine Arts, Ltd., Toronto, Canada
Minami Alps City Shunsen Museum of Art, Minami Alps, Japan
Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, MN
Minot State College, Minot, ND
The Morowitz Collection, New York, NY / NJ
The Moure Collection, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Modern Art, La Tertulia, Colombia
The Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
New York Obstetrical & Gynecological Association, P.C., New York, NY
Pearlnesco, Inc., Itasca, IL
Pearlnesco, Inc., 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
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P., New York, NY
Seibu Department Stores, Tokyo, Japan
Senna Design, LLC, Vernon Hills, IL
Singer Brothers, Tulsa, OK
The Steiner-Liff Metals Group, Nashville, TN
Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan
Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Toyo Institute of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan
Tufts University, Medford, MA
United Lithograph Inc., Somerville, MA
U.S. Sanko Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Yamanashi Broadcasting System Inc., Kofu, Japan
Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun, Kofu, Japan
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Japan
Zimmerman/Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN