Profile and practice
Ryosuke Saito layers everyday experiences and the sensations of the digital age onto deep blue surfaces. Through youth fashion and culture, he considers the values of the world he inhabits.
Profile
Born in Sendai, Miyagi, in 1997. He graduated from Tohoku University of Art and Design in 2019 and received an excellence award in its graduation exhibition. Drawing on daily impressions and events, his paintings explore the boundary between physical and digital spaces.
Approach to making
In the PRISM series, Saito translates changes in perception and bodily experience brought about by digital devices into figures and blue pictorial surfaces. Reflection, refraction and changes with the viewer’s position offer a way to consider the boundary between physical and virtual experience.
This account of his practice is based on the gallery text for the 2025 exhibition PRISM-II.
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Selected exhibitions
- 2025 | 「PRISM-II」 (roidworksgallery)
- 2025 | 「PRISM & SKY」 (Ginza Tsutaya Books)
- 2024 | 「PRISM」 (roidworksgallery) / 「Lumina」 (Artglorieux GALLERY OF TOKYO, GINZA SIX window)
- 2023 | 「CARPE DIEM」 (roidworksgallery)
- 2022 | 「Rebirth」 (roidworksgallery)
- 2021 | 「Reframing」 (Gallery Ourin) / 「Expectation」 (Gallery Yuu)
Media and publications
- 2022 | Featured in 美術の窓, May issue: 新人大図鑑2022
- 2022 | Appeared on BS Fuji’s ブレイク前夜～次世代の芸術家たち～
- 2023 and 2024 | Featured in the February 完売作家 issues of アートコレクターズ
Sources and further information
Biographical and exhibition information has been summarized and edited by roidworksgallery from the linked sources. Exhibitions are selected highlights.
