Click large image to advance to next image
Aki Sasamoto
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Aki Sasamoto
Email: akisasamoto@gmail.com
EDUCATION
-Columbia University, School of the Arts, NYC: May 2007
Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, with concentration on Sculpture & New Genre
-Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT: May 2004
Bachelor of Arts with High Honors : Majors in Studio Arts and Dance
-Yale University, New Haven, CT : August 2000
ESL summer school
-United World College of the Atlantic, Llantwit Major, UK : May 1999
International Baccalaureate Certificate
-Oin Junior/High School, Tokyo, Japan : July 1997
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIP
-Toby Fund Award : nomination award for an emerging artist : The Toby Fund : May 2007
-Agnes Martin grant : for Columbia University : 2006-07
-School of the Arts divisional fellowship : for Columbia University : 2005-07
-Residency grant : space grant at Chocolate Factory for its fresh meat festival : Chocolate Factory : Dec. 2004
-Jessup Prize : for future promising work in usual breakfast : Wesleyan University : May 2004
-Freeman Asian Scholarship: merit-based, full scholarship for Wesleyan University / Yale courses : 2000-04 : 2 scholars selected annually from 11 Asian countries : Freeman Foundation, USA
-Grew Scholarship : merit-based, partial scholarship for Wesleyan University : 2000-04 : A few scholars selectekd annually in Japan : Grew-Bancroft Foundation, Japan
-UWC Japan Scholarship : merit-based scholarship for United World College : Japan UWC Committee, IBM 1997-99
-Model Student Award : for academic and student council accomplishment : Tokyo Metropolitan Government : 1996
PRESENTED WORKS
INSTALLATION EXHIBITION / CHOREOGRAPHY
-untitled : CMC Fün Night #4 : with Anne Wellmer/Arturo Vidich : Computer Music Center, Prentis Hall, NYC May 2007
-Remembering/modifying/developing : MFA thesis exhibition : Rockefeller Plaza, NYC May 2007
-Mute : with Dan St. Clair : Issue Project Room, NYC April 2007
-Conduct/Judge Mentals : Construct in Trickster Theater : ExitArt Gallery, NYC March 2007
-Judge Mentals : curated in the little theater : Tonic, NYC Feb. 2007
-CRAM : visiting artist as lower lights collective : The Chocolate Factory, NYC Jan. 2007
-Documentations of previous works : Renagades : ExitArt Gallery, NYC Dec.-Jan. 2007
-Feedback III : Listening : curated by Tokyo-S.F. Arts Festival : The Lab, San Francisco, CA Dec. 2006
-Area 51 : with Yvone Meier : Chez Bushwick Present : Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC Dec. 2006
-Movement Research Festival 2006 : St. Marc’s Church, NYC Dec. 2006
-Bag : in Live Sh-- series : The Chocolate Factory, NYC Sep. 2006
-Feedback II : Wild Nights performance : ExitArt Gallery, NYC July/Aug 2006
-Struggle-idiolect : with Dan St. Clair : Bushwick Arts Project Festival : 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY July 2006
-Colossus : with Jeffrey Schiff : Water Performance : Exit Art Gallery, NYC June 2006
-untitiled : with lower lights collective in Improvised and otherwise festival : Brick Studio, NYC March 2006
-Feedback : MFA 1st year show : Wallach Art Gallery, NYC March 2006
-Cooking Show, Drawn : visiting artist as lower lights collective: The Chocolate Factory, NYC Nov. 2005
-Work in progress : The Field, NYC Sept. 2005
-Waiting for the lipstick to end : curated in Boundaries : Philosophy Box Gallery, NYC May 2005
-Everything Chidambaram : with Jeffrey Schiff : in Praying Project : EXITArt Gallery, NYC April 2005
-Drawn : with lower lights collective : in Movement Research Monday series : Judson Memorial Church, NYC Jan. 2005
residency program for fresh meat festival : The Chocolate Factory, Queens, NY Dec. 2004
-improvisational works : in HOTHOUSE curated by DD Dorvillier : P.S. 122, NYC Dec. 2004
-Living Room : with Lily Skove and Arturo Vidich : in Howl Festival : Le Petit Versailles, NYC August 2004
-Sure Smack : with Arturo Vidich : in Salvage/Salvation Part 3 : Queens’ Botanical Garden / Chashama Arts Space, NYC July 2004
-Dinner Party : for Dancing Asia : curated by Eiko & Koma : Asia Society, NYC May 2004
-Usual Breakfast : Thesis Exhibition : Zilka Art Gallery, Middletown, CT March 2004
-web : Thesis concert : ’92 Theater, Middletown, CT Oct. 2003
-The Library Project : with Jeffrey Schiff : Olin Library, the city of Middletown, Choate Library, CT Fall 2003
-In Out : with Lily Skove : Russell House, Middletown, CT May 2003
-Found in disquiet : Wesleyan University’s Winter Dance Concert : Middletown, CT Dec. 2002
-please don’t watch : Wesleyan University’s Spring Dance Concert : Middletown CT May 2002
-Struggle 2 : invited to August Arts Festival : Raw Space, New York, NY. August 2001
-Struggle : Crowell Concert Hall, Middletown, CT April 2001
PERFORMANCE
-untitled : Movement Research Festival : Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, NYC June 2007
-Brrrrr : by Yvone Meier : Little Theater : Tonic, NYC Oct. 2006
-Salvage/Salvation’s Part 4 : Hive : by Clarinda Mac Low : Queens’ Botanical Garden, NYC July 2006
-: Brighton Festival : Brighton Dome, England May 2006
-Flow : Movement Research Improvisation Festival : St. Marc’s Church, NYC Dec. 2005
-Renogate Runners : Performance at Roskilde Rock Festival : Roskilde, Denmark July 2005
-Monson Orchestra : Movement Research Improvisation Festival : St. Marc’s Church / P.S. 122, NYC Dec. 2004-
-deadmadacingEXCESS : by Koosil-ja Hwang : Wooster Group’s Performance Garage, NYC Oct. 2004
-Tryst : by cml performance, in SITELINES by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council : Wall Street Area, NYC July 2004
-Bollywood Hopscotch : by Hari Krishnan : Harbor Front Theater, Toronto, Canada April 2004
In Draft-Works Series : Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, NYC Jan. 2004
-Salvage/Salvation’s Part 2: Living Salvation : by Clarinda Mac Low : Chashama Arts Space, NYC Dec. 2003
-Pulse : by Hari Krishnan : Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Oct. 2003
-Code O : by Ishmael Houston-Jones : Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT April 2003
-Black and White in COLOR : by Hari Krishnan, in Kala Nidhi Int’n’l Dance Festival : Toronto, Canada March 2003
-Three Blind : by Hari Krishnan : Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Oct. 2002
-Kyogen Theater : Directing/Performing/Workshop : streets in UK / Wesleyan University, CT 1997-2002
-street performance : Tokyo, Japan 1992-1996
WORK EXPERIENCE
ART RELATED
-Columbia University, School of the Arts : teaching assistant : NYC Spring 2007
-Culture Push : Movement/design consultant : NYC Dec. 2006-
-Eiko & Koma : production assistant/workshop assistant : NYC May 2003-
-InDance (artistic director: Hari Krishnan) : performer : Toronto, Canada 2003-05 Dansology (artistic director: Koosil-ja Hwang) : assistant director/performer/prop/costume : NYC June 2004-05
-cml Performance (artistic director: Clarinda Mac Low) : collaborator : NYC July 2004-
-Jeffrey Schiff : Sculpture assistant, NYC
The Library Project : as collaborator *with Christian Johnson Grant. 2002-04
Renunciation : exhibited at St. John’s Cathedral, NYC (July – October 2001) summer 2001
-Davison Art Center : Intern, reorganizing Japanese print : Middletown, CT 2001-03
OTHERS
-Columbia University - Starr Library : bibliographic assistant Oct. 2004-05
-Tutoring : personal tutor in High School Mathematics, Physics : NYC Oct. 2004-
-Dr. Jonah Salz : translator, research assistant in Japanese traditional theater : Wesleyan University, CT 2004
-Center for the Arts : photographer : Wesleyan University, CT 2003-2004
-American Friends Service Committee of CT : translator, Hartford, CT Sept. 2002
-Japanese Government (Ministry of international trade and industry) : translator : Sweden, Denmark June 2001
-High School Diplomat Program : counselor, translator : Washington D.C., Princeton, New York summer 2001
-Ichisei Tutoring Company : tutor in Mathematics, Physics, English, Classical Japanese : Tokyo, Japan 1999-00
-Social Service : volunteer : Llantwit Major, Wales, UK 1997-99
Email: akisasamoto@gmail.com
EDUCATION
-Columbia University, School of the Arts, NYC: May 2007
Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, with concentration on Sculpture & New Genre
-Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT: May 2004
Bachelor of Arts with High Honors : Majors in Studio Arts and Dance
-Yale University, New Haven, CT : August 2000
ESL summer school
-United World College of the Atlantic, Llantwit Major, UK : May 1999
International Baccalaureate Certificate
-Oin Junior/High School, Tokyo, Japan : July 1997
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIP
-Toby Fund Award : nomination award for an emerging artist : The Toby Fund : May 2007
-Agnes Martin grant : for Columbia University : 2006-07
-School of the Arts divisional fellowship : for Columbia University : 2005-07
-Residency grant : space grant at Chocolate Factory for its fresh meat festival : Chocolate Factory : Dec. 2004
-Jessup Prize : for future promising work in usual breakfast : Wesleyan University : May 2004
-Freeman Asian Scholarship: merit-based, full scholarship for Wesleyan University / Yale courses : 2000-04 : 2 scholars selected annually from 11 Asian countries : Freeman Foundation, USA
-Grew Scholarship : merit-based, partial scholarship for Wesleyan University : 2000-04 : A few scholars selectekd annually in Japan : Grew-Bancroft Foundation, Japan
-UWC Japan Scholarship : merit-based scholarship for United World College : Japan UWC Committee, IBM 1997-99
-Model Student Award : for academic and student council accomplishment : Tokyo Metropolitan Government : 1996
PRESENTED WORKS
INSTALLATION EXHIBITION / CHOREOGRAPHY
-untitled : CMC Fün Night #4 : with Anne Wellmer/Arturo Vidich : Computer Music Center, Prentis Hall, NYC May 2007
-Remembering/modifying/developing : MFA thesis exhibition : Rockefeller Plaza, NYC May 2007
-Mute : with Dan St. Clair : Issue Project Room, NYC April 2007
-Conduct/Judge Mentals : Construct in Trickster Theater : ExitArt Gallery, NYC March 2007
-Judge Mentals : curated in the little theater : Tonic, NYC Feb. 2007
-CRAM : visiting artist as lower lights collective : The Chocolate Factory, NYC Jan. 2007
-Documentations of previous works : Renagades : ExitArt Gallery, NYC Dec.-Jan. 2007
-Feedback III : Listening : curated by Tokyo-S.F. Arts Festival : The Lab, San Francisco, CA Dec. 2006
-Area 51 : with Yvone Meier : Chez Bushwick Present : Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC Dec. 2006
-Movement Research Festival 2006 : St. Marc’s Church, NYC Dec. 2006
-Bag : in Live Sh-- series : The Chocolate Factory, NYC Sep. 2006
-Feedback II : Wild Nights performance : ExitArt Gallery, NYC July/Aug 2006
-Struggle-idiolect : with Dan St. Clair : Bushwick Arts Project Festival : 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY July 2006
-Colossus : with Jeffrey Schiff : Water Performance : Exit Art Gallery, NYC June 2006
-untitiled : with lower lights collective in Improvised and otherwise festival : Brick Studio, NYC March 2006
-Feedback : MFA 1st year show : Wallach Art Gallery, NYC March 2006
-Cooking Show, Drawn : visiting artist as lower lights collective: The Chocolate Factory, NYC Nov. 2005
-Work in progress : The Field, NYC Sept. 2005
-Waiting for the lipstick to end : curated in Boundaries : Philosophy Box Gallery, NYC May 2005
-Everything Chidambaram : with Jeffrey Schiff : in Praying Project : EXITArt Gallery, NYC April 2005
-Drawn : with lower lights collective : in Movement Research Monday series : Judson Memorial Church, NYC Jan. 2005
residency program for fresh meat festival : The Chocolate Factory, Queens, NY Dec. 2004
-improvisational works : in HOTHOUSE curated by DD Dorvillier : P.S. 122, NYC Dec. 2004
-Living Room : with Lily Skove and Arturo Vidich : in Howl Festival : Le Petit Versailles, NYC August 2004
-Sure Smack : with Arturo Vidich : in Salvage/Salvation Part 3 : Queens’ Botanical Garden / Chashama Arts Space, NYC July 2004
-Dinner Party : for Dancing Asia : curated by Eiko & Koma : Asia Society, NYC May 2004
-Usual Breakfast : Thesis Exhibition : Zilka Art Gallery, Middletown, CT March 2004
-web : Thesis concert : ’92 Theater, Middletown, CT Oct. 2003
-The Library Project : with Jeffrey Schiff : Olin Library, the city of Middletown, Choate Library, CT Fall 2003
-In Out : with Lily Skove : Russell House, Middletown, CT May 2003
-Found in disquiet : Wesleyan University’s Winter Dance Concert : Middletown, CT Dec. 2002
-please don’t watch : Wesleyan University’s Spring Dance Concert : Middletown CT May 2002
-Struggle 2 : invited to August Arts Festival : Raw Space, New York, NY. August 2001
-Struggle : Crowell Concert Hall, Middletown, CT April 2001
PERFORMANCE
-untitled : Movement Research Festival : Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, NYC June 2007
-Brrrrr : by Yvone Meier : Little Theater : Tonic, NYC Oct. 2006
-Salvage/Salvation’s Part 4 : Hive : by Clarinda Mac Low : Queens’ Botanical Garden, NYC July 2006
-: Brighton Festival : Brighton Dome, England May 2006
-Flow : Movement Research Improvisation Festival : St. Marc’s Church, NYC Dec. 2005
-Renogate Runners : Performance at Roskilde Rock Festival : Roskilde, Denmark July 2005
-Monson Orchestra : Movement Research Improvisation Festival : St. Marc’s Church / P.S. 122, NYC Dec. 2004-
-deadmadacingEXCESS : by Koosil-ja Hwang : Wooster Group’s Performance Garage, NYC Oct. 2004
-Tryst : by cml performance, in SITELINES by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council : Wall Street Area, NYC July 2004
-Bollywood Hopscotch : by Hari Krishnan : Harbor Front Theater, Toronto, Canada April 2004
In Draft-Works Series : Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, NYC Jan. 2004
-Salvage/Salvation’s Part 2: Living Salvation : by Clarinda Mac Low : Chashama Arts Space, NYC Dec. 2003
-Pulse : by Hari Krishnan : Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Oct. 2003
-Code O : by Ishmael Houston-Jones : Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT April 2003
-Black and White in COLOR : by Hari Krishnan, in Kala Nidhi Int’n’l Dance Festival : Toronto, Canada March 2003
-Three Blind : by Hari Krishnan : Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Oct. 2002
-Kyogen Theater : Directing/Performing/Workshop : streets in UK / Wesleyan University, CT 1997-2002
-street performance : Tokyo, Japan 1992-1996
WORK EXPERIENCE
ART RELATED
-Columbia University, School of the Arts : teaching assistant : NYC Spring 2007
-Culture Push : Movement/design consultant : NYC Dec. 2006-
-Eiko & Koma : production assistant/workshop assistant : NYC May 2003-
-InDance (artistic director: Hari Krishnan) : performer : Toronto, Canada 2003-05 Dansology (artistic director: Koosil-ja Hwang) : assistant director/performer/prop/costume : NYC June 2004-05
-cml Performance (artistic director: Clarinda Mac Low) : collaborator : NYC July 2004-
-Jeffrey Schiff : Sculpture assistant, NYC
The Library Project : as collaborator *with Christian Johnson Grant. 2002-04
Renunciation : exhibited at St. John’s Cathedral, NYC (July – October 2001) summer 2001
-Davison Art Center : Intern, reorganizing Japanese print : Middletown, CT 2001-03
OTHERS
-Columbia University - Starr Library : bibliographic assistant Oct. 2004-05
-Tutoring : personal tutor in High School Mathematics, Physics : NYC Oct. 2004-
-Dr. Jonah Salz : translator, research assistant in Japanese traditional theater : Wesleyan University, CT 2004
-Center for the Arts : photographer : Wesleyan University, CT 2003-2004
-American Friends Service Committee of CT : translator, Hartford, CT Sept. 2002
-Japanese Government (Ministry of international trade and industry) : translator : Sweden, Denmark June 2001
-High School Diplomat Program : counselor, translator : Washington D.C., Princeton, New York summer 2001
-Ichisei Tutoring Company : tutor in Mathematics, Physics, English, Classical Japanese : Tokyo, Japan 1999-00
-Social Service : volunteer : Llantwit Major, Wales, UK 1997-99