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2P（よなぎ・きかいのめ） 2P (Night Calm, the Eyes of the Machine) 2022 oil on canvas 149.0 x 199.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
2P（あかいしんしつ） 2P(Red Bedroom) 2022 oil on canvas 157.0 x 127.0cm ©︎Satoru Kurata -
2P（ひととへや・くらやみ） 2P (Human and Room, Blackout) 2022 oil on canvas 163.0 x 131.0cm ©︎Satoru Kurata -
Egg Eaters 2022 oil on canvas 163.0 x 163.0 cm ©︎Satoru Kurata -
Fireworks 2022 oil on canvas 53.0 x 45.5 cm ©︎Satoru Kurata -
あさ Morning 2022 oil on canvas 41.0 x 53.0 cm ©︎Satoru Kurata -
トレンディー Trendy 2022 oil on canvas 37.0 x 31.0 cm ©︎Satoru Kurata -
Tの絵 T’s Painting 2022 oil on canvas 173.0 x 127.0 cm ©︎Satoru Kurata -
Installation view from “2P” at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2022 ©Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from “2P” at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2022 ©Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from “2P” at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2022 ©Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from “2P” at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2022 ©Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
2P （Blue Dawn） 2022 oil on canvas oil on canvas ©Satoru Kurata -
2P （yellow Dusk） 2022 oil on canvas 227.3 x 173.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
おしゃぶり Finger Sucker 2021 oil on canvas 17.0 x 13.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
ふくろう Owls 2021 oil on canvas 29.0 x 23.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
ねしな Mirrows in Bedtime 2021 oil on canvas 41.0 x 53.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
かわら Limbo River 2021 oil on canvas 197.0 x 131.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
おやすみ Sleepers on the Shore 2021 oil on canvas 149.0 x 263.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
りんね Cycle of Reincarnation 2021 oil on canvas 227.0 x 113.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
Ba/u/cker La/u/cker 2021 oil on canvas 173.0 x 127.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
透明なドライブ Hollow Drive 2018-2019 oil on canvas 167.0 x 233.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata, Photo by Ken Kato -
無敵の人 The Invincible Man "Nothing to Lose!" 2020 oil on canvas 53.0 x 41.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
ドンキー Donkey 2017 oil on canvas mounted on panel 37.0 x 31.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
Installation view from "Ba/u/cker La/u/cker" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2021 ©︎Satoru Kurata photo by Kenji Takahashi -
4P 2020 oil on canvas 131.0 x 233.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
家猫 House Cat 2019 oil on canvas 53.0 x 41.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
夕顔 Dusking Face 2019 oil on canvas 53.0x 41.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
The Meteor 2018 oil on canvas 27.3 x 22.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
うみだったまち The Town Once the Ocean Was 2018 oil on canvas 41.0 x 41.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
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カルワミノハ Karwaminoha 2016 oil on canvas 27.3 x 22.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
たそかれのいぬ Twilight Dog 2016 oil on canvas 33.3 x 33.3 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
アジワルラの思い出 Memories of Ajewarlae 2016 oil on canvas 191.0 x 191.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
ホテル・カナリア Hotel Canary 2016 oil on canvas 194.0 x 260.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
竹槍のレッスン Bamboo Spear Lesson 2015 oil on canvas 162.0 x 130.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata -
ポール・スミスのソファに座る覆面の兄妹 Masked Elder Brother and Younger Sister on a Paul Smith Couch 2014 oil on canvas 137.0 x 170.0 cm ©Satoru Kurata
Satoru Kurata was born in Tokyo, in 1991. He graduated with a BFA in Painting from the College of Art and Design, Musashino Art University, after which he studied abroad at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany. In 2017 he completed his MFA in Painting at the Graduate School of Art and Design, Musashino Art University. Kurata currently lives and works in Tokyo. His recent solo exhibitions include, “Rest in Darkness” (abyss, Saga, Japan, 2021), “Ba/u/cker La/u/cker” (Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2021), “Weird Void” (Musashino Art University FAL, Tokyo, 2020), and “Memories of Ajewarlae” (Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, 2016).
Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | "2P" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Living Things / Still Life” SUNDAY, Tokyo, Japan “Ordinary Melancholy” CAPSULE, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2021 | “Rest in Darkness” abyss, Saga, Japan “Ba/u/cker La/u/cker” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2020 | “Weird Void” Musashino Art University FAL, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | “Memories of Ajewarlae” Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2021 | “emerging japanese painters” SHOP Taka Ishii Gallery, Hong Kong “Infinite Jest” Satoru Kurata x Yuto Nemoto, CADAN Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2020 | “Welcome to Jungle Yumi Iwasaki Satoru Kurata” Deep Relax, Tokyo, Japan |
Awards
| 2019 | Gunma Youth Biennale 2019, Encouragement Award |
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| 2013 | Shell Art Award 2013, Judge’s prize of Kunio Motoe |
