RYOKO SATO

1972
born in Tokyo, Japan
1991-1996
Wesleyan University (BA) / Connecticut, USA
2000-2001
Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Post Graduate Program / Kawasaki,Japan
2001-
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, glass department / Amsterdam, The Netherlands

<Experiences>

1997-2000
member of staff, Aya Glass Studio / Kawasaki, Japan
1998-2000
teaching assistant, Mica Okuno's sand casting class Aya Glass Studio / Kawasaki, Japan
1999
found Sandbox, a sand casting group/Kawasaki, Japan
2001
teaching assistant for Yuki Uchimura and Ryosuke Kinoshita's kiln forming class Pilchuck Glass School (summer) / Washington, USA
2002
teaching assistant for Yuki Uchimura's kiln forming class, (June)
Urban Glass/ Brooklyn NY, USA

<Exhibitions>

1998-2001
Aya Glass Studio Exhibition, Gallery Tanaka/ Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Asahi Contemporary Craft Competition (award) / Tokyo & Osaka, Japan
2002
"Clear Thinking - new glass from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie"
Gerrit Rietveld Academie /Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Works

nurtured by the land H200xW130xD300 (mm)
nurtured by the land H200xW130xD300 (mm) each
nurtured by the land H200xW130xD300 (mm) each
Failed Metamorphosis H200xW250xD250 (mm)
Viral attack

natured by the...detail