Japan, Mexico, Spain
Sachiyo Kaneko was born in Tokyo, Japan. She started to learn SHO, so called Japanese/Chinese calli...
About the artist
Joined In 2018
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About the artist
Joined In 2018
(8 Followers)
Sachiyo Kaneko was born in Tokyo, Japan. She started to learn SHO, so called Japanese/Chinese calligraphy, at 7 years old.
She started to learn from the copy of ‘Lantingji Xu’ (by Wang Xizhi, Chinese classic master) when she was only 12 years old. It was gifted education.
She is one of few SHOKAs, so called calligraphers, who acquire the skills of whole techniques throughout SHO history from oracle bone script to Japanese Kana and seal curving.
She has won the numerous prizes in national contests since she started to apply when she was 13 years old.
She joined study tours to China 6 times. She visited important places related to Chinese classic masterpieces. Yumen pass in Gobi desert, Dunhuan, Xian, Hanzhong, Qingdao, Qufu etc. in addition to Beijin, Shanhai. She even climbed Taishan and Yunfengshan. She met curved characters on Rocks in the mountains, important stone monuments, ancient letters on wooden/bamboo sticks, oracle bone scripts and so on. This experience helped her to understand this traditional art deeply.
In her life, she has visited more than 20 countries.
Digging oriental traditional art for a long time and watching around the world widely.
These two aspects in different vectors give her art an orig...
Graduated in Department of International and Cultural studies from Tsuda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Official selection: Nitten-Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Japan)
Le Salon D’Automne(France)
etc.
【Solo exhibitions】Only latest
2018‘Mar Eterno’MexicoCity, Mexico
2015‘SerieJardin’MexicoCity,Mexico
2013 Mimasaka, Japan
2012‘Jardín escrito’ Mexico City, Mexico/ Kobe, Japan
2008-9 ‘Magical Ink’Tokyo, Kyoto,Tokyo,Osaka,Japan
【International Art Fair】
‘FACA2018’Buenos Aires, Argentina
‘ART FAIR TOKYO2018’ Tokyo,Japan
‘ART-UP!2014/2015/2016/2017/2018’ Lille, France
‘ART LIMA’2016 Lima, Peru
‘Barcu2015’ Bogota, Colombia
’Art Cartagena2015’ Cartagena, Colombia
’ Affordable Art Fair Mexico City 2013/2014’ MexicoCity, Mexico
‘ARTECLASICA2012’BuenosAires,Argentina
‘LINEART2009/2010/2011’Gent, Belgium
‘Artexpo NY 2011’ New York, U.S.A