KATSUHIRO SAIKI

KATSUHIRO SAIKI
Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1969. Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
1992
1996
Sokei Academy of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography, Kanagawa, Japan
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2004-2006
Fellowship of Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for
Artists (two years grant,) The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
2002-2003
International Studio Program, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA,
New York
Japan-United States Arts Program (one year grant,) Asian Cultural
Council, New York
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
“Resolution,” hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY
2011
“Teleporters — Taiyo Kimura and Katsuhiro Saiki,” Maki Fine Arts,
Tokyo, Japan
2010
“Stilleben — Andrei Loginov and Katsuhiro Saiki,” galerie Murata &
Friends, Berlin, Germany
2006
“Suspension,” SCAI x SCAI, Tokyo, Japan
“SUMAZO Project — Katsuhiro Saiki and Christoph Weber,”
kunstMARKE, Vienna, Austria [catalogue]
2004
“Katsuhiro Saiki,” galerie Murata & Friends, Berlin, Germany
2003
“Katsuhiro Saiki,” Artists Space, New York, NY
2002
“Recent Works,” galerie Murata & Friends, Berlin, Germany
“Repetition,” Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Resolution,” SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
2001
“Margin,” Futaba Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Katsuhiro Saiki,” Gallery MAKI, Tokyo, Japan
2000
“New works,” galerie Murata & Friends, Berlin, Germany
“Frames,” galerie Murata & friends, Berlin, Germany
1999
“Frames,” Light Works, Kanagawa, Japan
“Arrangements,” Futaba Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998
“3 Frames,” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
“Celestial Dome,” Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
“Views of Life,” curated by Reiko Tomii, hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY
2011
“Art for Japan,” McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2010
“126 POLAROID – Encounter from Goodbye ,” Yokohama Museum of
Art, Art Gallery 1, Kanagawa, Japan [catalogue]
“Inaugural Show – Oscar Oiwa, Katsuhiro Saiki, Yuken Teruya,” Maki
Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
“Volcano Lovers — From Iceland and Japan,” curated by Shinya
Watanabe, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
“A House is not A Home,” SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
“The City. Presence — Priscila de Carvalho, Katsuhiro Saiki, Oscar
Oiwa” The Experimental Space / Juvenal Reis Studios, Long Island
City, NY
“One Third — Gen AIhara, Katsuhiro Saiki & Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine
Arts,” ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
“Kaleidoscope — Abstraction in 10 Ways,” New Jersey City University
Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
“Unreal City,” Gallery Satori, New York, NY
“Making a Home — Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York,” Japan
Society, New York, NY [catalogue]
“Trans Japan,” Gallery Touch Art, Paju-Si, Korea [catalogue]
“Active Constellation,” The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
“Minimal Illusions, Arbeiten mit der Sammlung Rik Reinking,” Villa
Merkel/Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
“Summer Exhibition,” Sumi New York, New York, NY
“Artintime,” Sumi New York, New York, NY
“Photography in Houston Galleries / FotoFest International,” McClain
Gallery, Houston, TX
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” The Garage, Jersey City, NJ
“Das Versprechen der Fotografie,” House of Photography, Moscow,
Russia
“Pro Tsubo,” Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut, Germany [catalogue]
2004
2003
2002
2001
“So Weit Japan — Junge Kunst aus Japan,” Kunstallianz 1 Berlin,
Berlin, Germany [catalogue]
“66-03 — The Collections Lafrenz and Reinking,” Neues Museum
Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
“Passage to the Future — Art from a New Generation in Japan,” Istituto
Giapponese di Cultura in Roma, Roma, Italy [catalogue]
“Witer Show 2004,” SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
“Shinxus / Multiple,” Gallery TEZZ, Tokyo, Japan
“Raum, Zeit — Architektur in der Fotografie. Werke aus der Sammlung
der DZ Bank,” Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
[catalogue]
“Da Sein — Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst aus der Sammlung
Reinking,” Ernst-Barlach-Museum, Ratzeburg, Germany [catalogue]
“Breaking Away — P.S.1 Natioal and International Studio Program
Exhibition,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA, New York, NY
“GIFT / Winter Show,” SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
“Pro Tsubo — Zeitgenoessische Junge Kunst aus Japan“ Theodor-ZinkMuseum, Kaiserslautern, Germany
“Anstiftung zu einer neuen Wahrnehmung,” Neues Museum Weserburg,
Bremen, Germany
“GOOD LUCK!! — An Aspect of Contemporary Art,” Parthenon Tama,
Tokyo, Japan [catalogue]
“VOCA — The Vision of Contemporary Art 2002,” The Ueno Royal
Museum, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue]
“SURFACE — Contemporary Photography, Video and Painting from
Japan,” Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
[catalogue]
“Outer / Inter — Aspects of Contemporary Photography 2001,”
Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan [catalogue]
“Silence / Violence,” SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
2000
“The J-Way,” Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
“Framing,” Galeria Rasen, Tokyo, Japan
“Artist book project 1999-2000,” Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya,
Japan
1999
“Up Above the World,” Gallery NIKKO, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue]
“Phase x 3,” Futaba Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
OTHER PROJECTS
2002
2001
“Asian Contemporary Art Week,” Studio Visits, Asia Society, New York
“Artists on Architecture,” PERISCOPES, Issue 3 (Fall 2001,) Web project
(http://www.periscopes.org/,) Los Angeles, CA
COLLECTIONS
DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Lafrenz Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Reinking Collection, Hamburg, Germany
EXHIBITION CATALOGS
2013
Celestial Dome, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, April 2013
2010
126 POLAROID – Encounter from Goodbye, Yokohama Museum of Art,
Art Gallery 1, Kanagawa, Japan, August 2010
2009
Volcano Lovers — From Iceland and Japan, ISE Cultural Foundation,
New York, NY, October 2009; Text: Shinya Watanabe. “Looking
Awry — Katsuhiro Saiki’s Approach to Contradictions Created by
Modernity” pp.44-47,54
2007
Making a Home — Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York, Japan
Society, New York, NY, October 2007; Text: Kamiya, Yukie. “A
Photographic Experiment to Capture the World” pp.134-137
Trans Japan, Gallery Touch Art, Paju-Si, Korea, July 2007; Text: Lee
Dae-hyoung, “Trans Japan“ pp.4-5
2006
SUMAZO Project — Katsuhiro Saiki & Christoph Weber, Vienna, Austria, September 2006; Text: Strobl, Markus. “SUMAZO 2006” pp.22-27;
Tomii, Reiko. “An Invitation to “Comparative Art History”:Katsuhiro
Saiki & Christoph Weber” pp.28-41.
2004
Pro Tsubo, Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut, Germany, November
2004; Text: Kawamura, Eri. p.72.
So Weit Japan — Junge Kunst aus Japan, Kunstallianz 1 Berlin, Berlin,
Germany, August 2004; Text: Kuttner, Tobias & Siebert, Mathias.
Passage to the Future — Art from a New Generation in Japan, Istituto
Giapponese di Cultura in Roma, Roma, Italy (traveling exhibition,) May
2004; Text: Ito, Masanobu. pp.5-12.
2003
Raum, Zeit — Architektur in der Fotografie. Werke aus der Sammlung
der DZ Bank, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany, November 2003; Text: Beck, Hubert.
Da Sein — Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst aus der Sammlung Reinking, Ernst-Barlach-Museum, Ratzeburg, Germany, September 2003;
Text: Kawamura, Eri.
2002
GOOD LUCK!! — an Aspect of Contemporary Art, Parthenon Tama,
Tokyo, Japan, November 2002; Text: Kawamura, Eri. “Katsuhiro Saiki —
Comtenporary Photography and Contemporary Capital Berlin” pp.1415.
VOCA — The Vision of Contemporary Art 2002, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan, March 2002; Text: Sakamoto, Akemi. pp.64-65.
2001
SURFACE — Contemporary Photography, Video and Painting from Japan, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November
2001; Text: Gierstberg, Frits. “SURFACE” pp.10-15.
OUTER / INTER — Aspects of Contemporary Photography 2001,
Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan, November 2001; Text:
Fukagawa, Masafumi. “Analysis of nine Artists and their Works.”
Katsuhiro Saiki – Curated by Tomohiro Nishimura Vol. 6. (leaflet,) Gallery MAKI, Tokyo, Japan, February 2001; Text: Nishimura, Tomohiro.
“Non-Affirmative Photographs.”
1999
Frames. (leaflet,) Light Works, Kanagawa, Japan, November 1999;
Text: Fukagawa, Masafumi. “Visual Gymnastics”
Up above the World, Gallery NIKKO, Tokyo, Japan, April 1999; Text:
Sugita, Rika.
ARTICLES
2008
Manami Okazaki. “Expat artists ‘making a home’ in NYC have little in
common,” (exh. review,) The Japan Times, January 10, 2008.
2007
Jan Van Woensel. “The Japan Society celebrates its 100th Anniversary,” (exh. review,) Whitehot Magazine, November, 2007.
2006
DiPietro, Monty. “Seeking the abstraction in suspension,” (exh. review,) The Japan Times, November 23, 2006, p.17.
Shirasaka, Yuri. “Art it Picks Tokyo: Katsuhiro Saiki,” (exh. review,)
ART iT, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Fall/Winter 2006,) P.22.
2005
“Person: Katsuhiro Saiki,” OCS News, Vol. 31, No. 744 (January 14,
2005,) p.5.
2004
“My Favorite Manga Artist,” ART iT, Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 2004,) p.63.
“Gallery Vol.10: Katsuhiro Saiki,” Ryuko Tsushin, Vol. 492 (Jun 2004,)
pp.139-146.
2004
Sugiura, Kunie. “Around the Globe:New York — New Exploration of
Minimalism,” (exh. review,) BT (Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 56, No. 845 (February 2004,) p.149.
2003
“Postcard Travelers No.8: Katsuhiro Saiki from New York, U.S.A.,” BT
(Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 55, No. 838 (August 2003,) pp.137-138.
Shinkawa, Takashi. “GOOD LUCK!! — an Aspect of Contemporary Art,
Parthenon Tama,” (exh. review,) BT (Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 55, No. 831
(February 2003,) pp.192-193.
Suzuki, Fumiko. “A Way of Looking at the New Generation of Landscape
Photography,” Esquire Japanese edition, Vol.17, No. 3 (March 2003,)
pp.112,115.
2002
Nagoya, Satoru. “Katsuhiro Saiki, SCAI the Bathhouse,” (exh. review,)
Flash Art International, Vol. XXXIV, No. 224 (May-June, 2002,) p.220.
Umezu, Gen. “Katsuhiro Saiki, SCAI the Bathhouse,” (exh. review,) BT
(Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 54, No. 821 (June 2002,) p.220.
Fukagawa, Masafumi. “Katsuhiro Saiki,” (comment,) MADO — Bijutsu no
Mado, No. 223 (April 2002,) p.52.
Iizawa, Kotaro. “Between the Real and the Virtual,” Pacific Friend, Vol.
29, No. 10 (February 2002,) p.8.
Kato, Emiko. “126 Promising Young Japanese Artists in the 2000s,”
(comment,) BT (Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 54, No. 816 (February 2002,) p.44.
2001
Maeda, Kyoji. “Aspects of Contemporary Photography 2001,” (exh. review,) Newspaper / Yomiuri Shinbun, December 12, 2001.
Amano, Kazuo. “What Are We Looking at?,” (exh. review,) Tenpyo, No.
009 (Fall 2001) pp.42, 58-59.
Shirasaka, Yuri. “Katsuhiro Saiki, Futaba Gallery,” (exh. review,) BT
(Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 53, No. 803 (April 2001,) pp.153-154.
2000
Kato, Emiko. “Stockholm, The J-way,” Studio Voice, Vol. 300 (December
2000,) p.100.
Vieser, Michaela. “Lost in Space,” (exh. review,) Taz Berlin, May 3, 2000
Fiedler, Tanja. “World without Shadow,” (exh. review,) Berliner Morgen
Post, May 2, 2000
Wendenburg, Christina. “The Art to Be Successful,” Berliner Morgen
Post, April 30, 2000
2000“Framework,” Flyer, No. 120, April 14-May 7, 2000, p.8.
[plate] Newspaper / Yomiuri Shinbun, March 4/11/18/25, 2000.
Sugita, Atsushi. “Photographer Data File — Artists Making Debuts in
the 1990s,” (comment,) J-Photographer, Bungei /special issue (2000,)
p.38.
“From the Scene of Artistic Creation: Katsuhiro Saiki — The Real Thing
in Photographs,” BT (Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 52, No. 783 (February 2000,)
pp.181-184.
1999
“Up above the World,” Newspaper / Kougyo Shinbun, April 15, 1999
1998
Hayashi, Takayuki. “Katsuhiro Saiki, Gallery Yamaguchi,” (exh. review,)
BT (Bijutsu Techo,) Vol. 50, No. 764 (December 1998,) p.160.
MONOGRAPHS
2013
For the Sake of Future Days: Katsuhiro Saiki, Session Press.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2011
Mountain, Written by Sandy Hill, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.,
Plate: p.38.
2005
Art Star: PICTURES – Katsuhiro Saiki. (CD-ROM,) Toppan Printing CO.,
LTD; Text: Kusumi, Kiyoshi. “a Drill in Vision and Perception.”