Kiyomi Sakaguchi
Talk, Kiyomi Sakaguchi with Akira Tatehata, Director of YAYOI KUSAMA Museum
Kiyomi Skaguchi is a Japanese sculptor whose practice extends across Germany, Luxembourg, and Tokyo. Her works enter major public collections, including the Art Museum at Portland State University (USA), the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum (Germany), and the City of Düsseldorf.
In 2005 she joined the studio of Günther Uecker as a recipient of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists, an experience that decisively shaped her ongoing engagement with Europe.
Her public commissions include the marble and bronze monument Carving the History of Freedom (2014) for the UNESCO-designated Historic Centre of San Marino; in Japan, the award-winning Stone Stage (Tokyo), a commissioned work for the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, and the Sugamo monuments MADAMADA (not yet) and KOREKARA (from now) along with numerous reliefs integrated into public architecture and parks.
Central to her practice is a sensitive reading of place: form emerges from the resonance between material, site, and history.
Recently she has begun exploring new materials to expand her sculptural vocabulary. She also appeared on NHK Educational Television’s War and Art — Klee: The Lost Pictures.
- Section Mixed Media Art
- Venue Palazzo Bembo
- Based in Tokyo & Nara, Japan
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