Hiro Sakaguchi
Petals over Memories, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24"

About the work
I am interested in making an image which contains a fictional realm that is relevant to my experience as an individual and an artist.

Bio
Hiro Sakaguchi (born 1965 in Nagano, Japan) is an artist currently based in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Using memories from his childhood as point of departure, his whimsical paintings and drawings deploy a lexicon of toys and games to confront modern issues such as the environment, world history, and popular culture. Originally from Japan, Sakaguchi moved to Philadelphia in the 1990's to study at the University of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees, respectively. His recent solo exhibitions include Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine at Seraphin Gallery, Avert, Escape or Cope With at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, and No Particular Place to Go at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including at the KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland; the Mizuma Art Gallery in Tokyo, Japan; Galerie Heubner & Huebner in Frankfurt, Germany; and Nancy Margolis Gallery in New York City. His work may be found in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Woodmere Art Museum. In 2020, he was a Joan Mitchell Award nominee.

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