Taisuke Sato
Photographer, Photography Researcher

After graduating from Ritsumeikan University and working in the private sector, Sato began his photographic career in 2020. He holds an MFA in Photography and Film from Kyoto University of the Arts.
His work explores family photographs, memory, place, self-reconstruction, and men’s studies (the cost of masculinity, toxic masculinity).
He also researches and practices historical photographic processes.
Through self-documentary and the reconstruction of family albums, he investigates personal history through photography.
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Solo Exhibitions 
2024 GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan, "Autumn Adolescence"
2022   GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan, “Non-Color-Coded People”

2021 Kyoto Museum of Photography, Kyoto, Japan, “KOUFUKURON"
Group Shows and Art Fairs
2025   KG+, Kyoto, Japan
2023   Paris Photography Prize Exhibition 2023, Paris, France
2023   FOTOZOFIO OFF LINE 2023, Arles, France

2023   GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan
2023   FOTOZOFIO OFF LINE 2023, Kyoto, Japan
2022 UNKNOWN ASIA 2022, Osaka, Japan
2022 GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan
2022 FOTOZOFIO OFF LINE. 2022, Kyoto, Japan
2022   Nadar Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France
2021 The Art Room, Venice, Italy
2021 Portrait Of Japan,  Tokyo, Japan
2021 Photoplace Gallery, Vermont, USA
2020   CASO Seaside Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Awards​​​​​​​
2025 
Encouragement Award of Graduate School of Kyoto University of the Arts "Tracing the Gaze"
2023
PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2023 / Book / Fine Art "KOUFUKURON - Eudaemonics" / Bronze

International Photography Awards 2023 / Film, Analog, Portrait / "In a dream" / HM
Deeper Perspective Award 2023 / "KOUFUKURON - Eudaemonics" / HM

FOTOZOFIO 2023 "Street Life-style", ”In a dream"

2022
International Photography Awards 2022  / "A woman on the bridge"

FOTOZOFIO 2022 "KOUFUKURON-Eudaemonics"

2021
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021

      People-Life Style "Street Life Style"/ HM
      People-Portrait "A woman in the rain" / HM
      Fine Art "The lonely world" / Official Selection
      Cityscapes "Monuments of human desire" / Official Selection
International Photography Awards 2021 
      Deeper Perspective "KOUFUKURON"/ HM
PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2021
       Portrait "Me, 2021"/ Bronze  
       Fine Art "Non-Color-Coded People"/ HM   
       Street Photography "Signature"/ HM 
       Street Photography "Such Japanese"/ HM
       Cityscapes "Monuments of Human Desire"/ HM  
Portrait Of Japan 2021/  "Street Life Style" / Shortlist
PhotoPlace Gallery / Open Call 2021 "The Lonely World"/ Winner 
7th Fine Art Photography Awards / Conceptual "To Live"/ Nominee 
*HM Honorable Mention
Publication

KOUFUKURON - Eudaemonics  
Apr. 2023, Publisher : 89Books(Palermo, Italy), 56pages, ISBN 979-12-80423-34-4

Lecture
“Understanding Masculinity Through Family Photos”
Changing Men, General Incorporated Association​​​​​​​
Taisuke Sato Photography
1103, 3-6-17, Marunouchi, Naka Ward
Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan 460-0002  


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