Overview

SAI is pleased to announce SAIAKUNANA “ART OF MY LIFE”, the largest solo exhibition by the contemporary artist to date, taking place from Saturday 13th May to Sunday 4th June 2023.
Through painting, rock music, live performance and installation artworks that engulf the entire space in their overwhelming chaos, SAIAKUNANA is an artist who has created an immersive world in her own unique vision. With aspirations to become an artist, she began her creative endeavours in her teenage years, and has since continued to create works that reflect her inner perspective, all presented in her singular style and strikingly experimental exhibitions. In 2018, she was awarded the grand prize at the 21st Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, and has since exhibited around the world in cities such as New York, London and Hong Kong, all whilst maintaining her independent approach.
 
Eschewing the traditional path of most artists, she opened the SAIAKUNANA GALLERY in London from 2020 to 2022, starting the gallery from scratch and bringing her unique universe filled with rock music and art to reality.
This exhibition will be SAIAKUNANA’s first solo exhibition in Japan since returning from London, and will be a culmination of the the artist’s life experiences to date. Each of SAI’s four exhibition spaces will be transformed into a world of pink, with the central installation space becoming “SAIAKUNANAGALLERY TOKYO”. Inheriting its name from her eponymous “SAIAKUNANAGALLERYLONDON”, the installation will be a constantly evolving live painting space where the artist will be working over the course of the exhibition. In addition, there will be a programme of talk shows, documentary film-screenings and live performances taking place within the gallery. There will also be a number of limited-edition items produced in collaboration with Vital Material, including original T-shirts and posters, available exclusively at the exhibition.
The exhibition will present a vast body of work that conveys all of the artist’s passionate fire, rock and roll spirit, and life-or-death attitude, and we hope that you will take the time to visit the extraordinary world of SAIAKUNANA and experience what is sure to be a one-of-a-kind environment live and in-person.


 

Supported by ALPHA ET OMEGA


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