Tomo Sakurai

Born in Nagano, Japan, Tomo Sakurai graduated from Yokohama University of Art and Design and is a contemporary artist currently based in Tokyo.

Starting from the methodologies of conceptual and minimal art, Sakurai’s practice develops works that incorporate contrast and multilayered structures through the observation of materials and physical phenomena. While reinterpreting traditional Japanese materials and techniques, the work explores their integration with contemporary modes of thought.

Central to the practice is the concept of Awai—a relational space in which opposing forces coexist—and the emergence of Dynamic Equilibrium within that field.

Major solo exhibitions include Schrödinger’s Curtain (2024, Tokyo International Gallery) and Y = (0.298912R + 0.586611G + 0.114478B) (2022, Amalgam Art Gallery). Sakurai has also participated in numerous exhibitions and international art fairs both in Japan and abroad, including FOCUS Art Fair 2022 in Paris (Carrousel du Louvre, France), Art Fair Tokyo 2021 (Tokyo International Forum), and PANORAMA (2024, Gallery Assistant at Atelier Natália Gromicho).

Sakurai’s work has been exhibited at the Mitsuo Aida Museum (Tokyo), the Korean Art Museum (Seoul), and CICA Museum (South Korea), and ...

Awards
2007 "Yokohama College of Art Graduation Exhibition"

Museum
2023 Aida Mitsuo Museum (Tokyo)
2020 Korea Art Museum (Seoul)

Main Exhibitions
Solo
2024 Schrodinger's curtain (Tokyo International Gallery, TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ, Tokyo)
2022 Y=(0.298912*R+0.586611*G+0.114478*B) (Tokyu Plaza Shibuya, Tokyo)
2020 MONOCHROME 2020 Tomo Sakurai exhibition of original (Art Gallery SANAGI, Tokyo)

Group
2025 Journey to Japan III (Atelier Natália Gromicho, Portugal)
2024 PANORAMA (Gallery Assistant at Atelier Natália Gromicho, Portugal)
2023 Crossing Borders with ART 2023 (DDD ART, Tokyo)

Art Fair
2025 Marginal Art Fair (Fukushima, Japan)
2022 FOCUS Art Fair Paris (Carrousel du Louvre, Paris)
2021 ART FAIR TOKYO 2021 (Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo)
 2020 artTNZ produced by AFT with APCA (TERRADA ART COMPLEX II, Tokyo)