Aichi Triennale

Sasaki Rui employs glass as a material that makes it possible to document and preserve presence through her works, exploring subtle intimacy perceived in physical places. Sasaki has been invited to various artist in residence programs internationally and has shown her work at art museums worldwide. She is a winner of the 33rd Rakow Commission 2018 (Corning Museum of Glass, USA) and received the grand prize at the Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021 (Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan). Her work has been collected in many art museums around the world, including the Latvian National Museum of Art and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan). Sasaki has been featured in the New York Times and other media.

Selected exhibitions

2024

Collection Exhibition 1, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa, Japan)

2024

Solo exhibition, Blue in the Snow, ARTCOURT Gallery (Osaka, Japan)

2023

Solo exhibition, Subtle Intimacy: Here and There, Portland Japanese Garden (USA)

2021

Go For KOGEI 2021, Special Exhibition I: The Future of Craft Aesthetics: Kogei, Contemporary Art, and Art Brut, Natadera Temple (Ishikawa, Japan)

2013

Setouchi Triennale 2013, Awashima (Kagawa, Japan)