Takami Sakaki

Born in Wakayama Prefecture in 1983

2010 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts, Painting Major

2012 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University Graduate School of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts

The beauty and harshness of nature, the air, sounds, and time that flow through it, and the everyday things that surround us. The boundaries that exist around us, and the many stories we listen to before going to bed. I spent my childhood enjoying the sensation of various things resonating and blending together.

He depicts the existence (icon) of "children" along with various other things as vessels of expression, mirror-like devices. He has had numerous exhibitions both in Japan and overseas. In addition to presenting his own works, he also formed the creative unit S+N laboratory, which mainly produces participatory art works.

In 2019, she published the collection "KIMISAKAKI twinkle," which includes works such as "Oni no Ko." At the same time, she held an exhibition at the Sato Museum of Art, and launched her Kirakira-chan series. From her solo exhibition "In This Darkness" in 2023, she launched her Little-chan series. She also develops other series every few years, such as the Blindfold series, the Messengers series, the Love me series, and the pretend play series, including Centipede Play.