Sato Sugamoto (Japanese) is a sculptor and visual artist based in London, UK, born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She is a member of The Royal Society of Sculptors. Her work visualizes the complexity of human thought and emotion through conceptual sculptures and installations. Using colorful fibers and electrical cords, these entangled strings evoke neurological circuits symbolizing the harmony and the contradictions within our values, perceptions, and decisions. Her interest in divergent thought stems from her experiences in Japanese society—navigating the tension between expected conformity and desired independence. Projects like Glimpse examine social media’s influence on our physiological states, exposing its tension and seduction. While the Balance series explores women’s struggle to reconcile selfhood with societal expectations. Each of her works reveals how external forces shape our internal landscapes.
Solo exhibitions include Challenge the Binary, Nihonbashi N11 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2023), SATO SUGAMOTO solo exhibition @Orie Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2019)
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) Midsummer Night's Dream, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2025); Entangled, MASS sculpture interim show, London, UK (2025), St Giles House x Drug Science Charity Art Exhibition + Auction, Dorset, UK (2024), Kameyama Triennale 2024, Mie, Japan (2024), The Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, UK (2024), Textiles Open, no format Gallery, London UK (2024), Single Tree Does Not Make a Forest, Dual Brain, Kindred Studios, London UK (2024), Open Studios, Kindred Studios gallery, London UK and talk Mesmerising Fiber Sculptures 8 June 24 (2024), A SEAT AT MY TABLE, Kindred Studios gallery, London, UK (2024), 'Forging / Foraging', NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York (2023), THE MIND ROAMS ABSTRACTION FOR A NEW AGE, St Joseph's University, Brooklyn, New York (2023), Still and Movement by C-Depot, YUKIKOMIZUTANI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan (2022), ADJUSTED for Inflation, Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, New York (2022), mini○ show, Sansiao Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2022), Sources – Materials, Techniques, and Concepts –, Corridor Gallery 34, Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2021), Gatherings, BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan (2021), Colors Exhibition Shape of Elements, Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2020), Independent Tokyo 2020, Tokyo, Japan (2020), Contemporary Art Exhibition with Technical Skill, Isetan Shinjuku gallery, Tokyo, Japan, (2018), Tansei kai, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo, Japan (2018), SICF SPREAD, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan (2017), Who By Art, Seibu Sibuya gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2016), SHIBUYA STYLE vol.9, Seibu Sibuya gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2015), SICF15 Winners’ Exhibition, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan (2015), SHIBUYA STYLE vol.8, Seibu Sibuya gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2014), DESIGNERS WEEK ASIA AWARDS YOUNG CREATOR Art Dept. ,Tokyo, Japan (2014), SICF 15 Exhibition, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan (2014), MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL JUNIOR DESIGNERS AWARD Winners’ Exhibition, B1 Glass Gallery, Tokyo Kokusai Forum, Tokyo, Japan (2013), The Graduation Works Exhibition of Tokyo University of Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan (2013).
Highlights and Collections
Sato Sugamoto’s work can be found in the collection of Kitanomaru Square, Tokyo, Japan; Toranomon Hills Business Tower, Tokyo, Japan; Hotel Bellclassic Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan and Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan.
It is also noted that after her BFA from the Tokyo University of the Arts (2013), Sugamoto worked for a while with Disney’s The Oriental Land Company making hats, costumes and props for the Disney Characters for the shows and parades at Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disneysea and Disney hotels. This practice of hat making is further developed later through the form of a professional hat making course from the Salon de Chapeau Academy in Tokyo.
She has also worked on numerous projects with ESCADA roppongi boutique in Tokyo over the years and is mentioned in publications from SHOTENKENCHIKU (Japan), Interior Design Magazine (US), Art is Alive (UK) and Sohu (China).
