Born in 1990, Tokyo.
Koichi Sato is an artist based in Japan. Intrigued by how the desires of industrial society come into contact with non-human entities such as the natural environment and flora/fauna, he conducts fieldwork. In addition to his primary medium of video, he incorporates "non-visual elements" such as scent and sound into his installation works.
2019
MFA, Inter-Media Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
Solo Exhibition
2025
“Water Museum”, Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
(as KANTO)
2022
“Echoes from Clouds”, People, Tokyo, Japan (as a unit with Hideki Umezawa)
“Chinsen: Mist from Artificial Lake”, NADiff Window Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (as a unit with Hideki Umezawa)
2021
“Structures of Liquidity”, NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan (as a unit with Hideki Umezawa)
2019
“Third Landscape”, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2018
“Crepuscular Gardens”, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibition
2026
“Coordinates – TOKYO ATLAS Related Exhibition”, WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2025
“Ambient Agency – dis/entangling force fields with awai”, Wilde Le Lieu, Paris, France
“L’Écologie des choses”, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, France
2024
“DANCING WITH ALL: The Ecology of Empathy”, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazwa, Ishikawa, Japan
“ATAMI ART GRANT 2024”, Atami City, Shizuoka, Japan
2023
“SUPERSENSIBLE”, Digital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
“la chambre cocon”, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
“Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2023: Technology?”, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2022
“YAU TEN: Yurakucho Art Urbanism”, Yurakucho Building, Tokyo, Japan
2021
“Thailand Biennale Korat 2021”, Korat, Thailand
“Back Tokyo Forth”, Tokyo International Cruise Terminal, Tokyo, Japan
2019
“DESIRE: A Revision from the 20th Century to the Digital Age”, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
“Lively In-between”, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, Japan
Screening/Event
2026
“KADIST.tv - The Ecology of Relationships”, Online (2026 -)
“FESTIVAL FUTURA”, Espace Soubeyran, Crest, France
“Musashino: Nature beyond Vision”, Musashino Place, Tokyo, Japan (as KANTO)
2025
“Ambient Agency– dis/entangling force fields with awai”, Loughborough University, London, United Kingdom
“Echoes from Clouds Screening (Hanatsubaki SALON)”, Shiseido Hanatsubaki Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Artist in Residence
2025
ARCUS project: Artist in Residence Program 2025, Ibaraki, Japan
2019
Aomori Contemporary Art Center: Artist in Residence, Aomori, Japan
Collection
KADIST Foundation