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Sayoko Suwabe

Born in Chiba in 1995. Graduated Oil Painting Course, Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2019. Completed the Global Art Practice Course, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2023. Won “Salon de Printemps Award” for her graduation project exhibition 2017. Received “GAP Award” in the Master’s graduation project exhibition 2022. She creates artworks through a variety of media including performance and sculpture. As of 2025, she is currently enrolled in the doctoral course of the university and works as a member of artist collectives [Practical Archeology], [Primipedites] and [NULLNULL STUDIO].

In her production process, she focuses on relation with conversations and changes which happen during conversations. She is inspired by viewpoints learned through communications with local people and the experience of feeling the history of the local area. Using natural materials such as stones and soil, she pursues expressions which are unique to the place and aims to introduce new viewpoints and values to the area. Based on the experience she has acquired in Chiba City, she continues to create in this area and challenge not only to remember the past but to find the possibility of Chiba in the future. She would like to hand down new stories through art by making deeper connections with the area and local people, just like Chiba City supported her in the past.

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