- 1980
- Born in Aichi
- 2006
- Tokyo Art University, B.A.Design Arts
- 2008
- Tokyo Art University, M.A.Design Arts
Awards
- 2007
- 8th SICF, Gran Prix prize, Spiral, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition
- 2009
- "Transplant Baby. The Synthetic Toys in Art of Naritaka Satoh" Exhibition, frantic gallery, Tokyo
- 2007
- 8th SICF, Gran Prix Exhibition, "Neutral Grey", Spiral, Tokyo
Group Exhibition
- 2010
- "2010 FRANTIC UNDERLINES", Frantic Gallery, Tokyo
- 2009
- "Extra Real" Exhibition, ULTRA002, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
- 2009
- " My Favorite Things", art project frantic &unseal cotemporary Joint Exhibition,Tokyo
- 2009
- "frantic Collection", art project frantic, Tokyo
- 2009
- 10th SICF, Anniversary Gran Prix Artist Exh,"00-08" Spiral, Tokyo
- 2008
- "Artist Show", Group Exhibition, art project frantic, Tokyo
- 2008
- Graduation Works Exhibition, Tokyo Art University Museum, Tokyo
- 2008
- 9th SICF, Gran Prix Group Exhibition, Spiral, Tokyo
- 2007
- 8th SICF, Spiral, Tokyo
- 2006
- Graduation Works Exhibition, Tokyo Art University Museum, Tokyo
- 2002
- GEISAI 2, Big Sight, Tokyo
If you close your eyes for a second and put all your efforts into imagining how a plastic surgeon would look if he were an artist, you would probably see Naritaka Satoh. Satoh is an artist-surgeon, first of all because he has a precisely sharp hand and a very patient spirit: he gives birth to his photographic figures with the help of a pencil. The pencil is actually Satoh’s scalpel that creates absolutely symmetrical curved lines on babies’ faces or gentle waves on naked women’s stomachs.
The second reason why Satoh is a plastic surgeon in art is that he researches techniques of transplantation, as well as methods of symbiosis, implantation and transference. Thus, he implants, for example, babies’ postures into stuffed animals (a rabbit-toy looks at us with a naïve gaze and a playful attitude) or inserts an air of strict officiality into the children’s world (a baby is looking at us as if he/she is posing for a passport photo). Satoh brings architectural order into mess; for example, drawing hair in geometrical forms or intently depicting unreal bodies in a documentary style. This artist has never been the ideologist of “pure natural beauty”; quite the opposite, he is the “evil genius” of artificial charm, made-up harmony, sex appeal of the inorganic and chemical perfume.
Pleasure in a palm
Pleasure in a palm (detail)
Pleasure in a palm (detail)
Pleasure in a palm (detail)
Sweet Scream
Who stands right behind you now 2
Black Shadow / 黒い影
Mantoy No.2
Mantoy No.3
うしろの正面だあれ Who stands right behind you now?
Dream Vision (Set of Drawings: 41 pieces)
Domestication
Grin
Doll
Baby in Lykiness of a Rabbit 3
Baby in Lykiness of a Rabbit 2
Baby in Lykiness of a Rabbit 1
Staffed Toy and a Baby
Laying Baby
Woman With No Arms and Legs
Baby Wearing a Dress
Baby Wearing a Wig 2
Bust of a Woman
Naked Woman
Baby Wearing Make-up
Portrait of a woman 2
Portrait of a woman
A child
A Girl 2
Three Women Making a Gimnastic Composition
組体操をする三人の女性 2007 pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel 185x210 NS_G07001 Tokyo Art University Collection Japan |
Sitting Woman in a Gymnastic Position
体操座りをする女性 2007 pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel 162x97 NS_G07002 Collection of the artist |
 Two women 1二人の女性 1 2006 pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel 65.2x91 NS_G06006 Collection of the artist |
 Two women 2二人の女性 2 2006 pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel 81x116.7 NS_G06002 Collection of the artist |
 E-Portfolio |
 Extra Real |
 Transplant BabyThe Synthetic Toys in Art of Narita Satoh |
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Domestication/飼育
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 162x97
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_D09001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Grin/微笑み
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 65.2x50
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_D09002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Doll/お人形
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 33.3x24.2
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Japan
- Ref.No
- NS_D09003
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Baby in Lykiness of a Rabbit 3/うさぎの格好をした赤ん坊３
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 122.5x97
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Taiwan
- Ref.No
- NS_B09001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Baby in Lykiness of a Rabbit 2/うさぎの格好をした赤ん坊2
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 97x122.5
- Year
- 2008
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Japan
- Ref.No
- NS_B08001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Baby in Lykiness of a Rabbit 1/うさぎの格好をした赤ん坊1
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 122.5x97
- Year
- 2008
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_B08002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Staffed Toy and a Baby/ぬいぐるみと赤ん坊
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 122.5x97
- Year
- 2008
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- No Data
- Ref.No
- NS_B08003
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Laying Baby/横になる赤ん坊
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 97x162
- Year
- 2007
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Wacoal Art Center Collection, Japan
- Ref.No
- NS_B07001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Woman With No Arms and Legs/手足のない女性
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 162x97
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_W09001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Baby Wearing a Dress/ドレスを着た赤ん坊
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 60.6x50
- Year
- 2008
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_W08001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Baby Wearing a Wig 2/鬘をかぶる赤ん坊2
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 70x60.6
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_W09002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Bust of a Woman/女性半身像
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 72.7×50
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_W09004
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Naked Woman/裸の女性
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 41x31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Japan
- Ref.No
- NS_W09003
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Baby Wearing Make-up/お粧しした女性
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 53x45.5
- Year
- 2008
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Japan
- Ref.No
- NS_W08002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Portrait of a woman 2/女性像2
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 72.7x60.6
- Year
- 2008
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Japan
- Ref.No
- NS_W08003
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Portrait of a woman/女性像
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 72.7x60.5
- Year
- 2008
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, USA
- Ref.No
- NS_W08004
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- A child/子供
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 53x45.5
- Year
- 2007
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_W07001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- A Girl 2/女の子 2
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 53x45.5
- Year
- 2007
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, USA
- Ref.No
- NS_W07002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Three Women Making a Gimnastic Composition
組体操をする三人の女性 - Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 185x210
- Year
- 2007
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Tokyo Art University Collection, Japan
- Ref.No
- NS_G07001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Sitting Woman in a Gymnastic Position/体操座りをする女性
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 162ｘ97
- Year
- 2007
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Collection of the artist
- Ref.No
- NS_G07002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Two women 1
二人の女性 1 - Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 65.2x91
- Year
- 2007
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Collection of the artist
- Ref.No
- NS_G06006
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Two women 2
二人の女性 2 - Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 81x116.7
- Year
- 2007
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Collection of the artist
- Ref.No
- NS_G06002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- うしろの正面だあれ Who stands right behind you now?
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 80.3x116.7
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_FU1001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Mantoy No.2
- Art
- painting
- Media
- pencil/charcoal/acrylic on paper/panel
- Size (cm)
- 41×31.8
- Year
- 2009
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_FU1002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Dream Vision (Set of Drawings: 41 pieces)
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- color pencil/paper
- Size (cm)
- 25.7x36.4
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_FU1003
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Sweet Scream
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- acrylic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrylic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 162x97
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_1001
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Who stands right behind you now 2
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- acrylic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrylic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 130.3x89.4
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Taiwan
- Ref.No
- NS_1002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Black Shadow / 黒い影
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- acrylic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrylic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 65.2x91
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_1004
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Mantoy No.2
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- acrylic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrylic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 41x31.8
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Malaysia
- Ref.No
- NS_FU1002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Mantoy No.3
- Art
- drawing
- Media
- acrylic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrylic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 41x31.8
- Year
- 2010
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- Private Collection, Malaysia
- Ref.No
- NS_1003
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Pleasure in a palm
- Art
- painting
- Media
- acrilic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrilic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 162x97
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_11002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Pleasure in a palm (detail)
- Art
- painting
- Media
- acrilic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrilic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 162x97
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_11002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Pleasure in a palm (detail)
- Art
- painting
- Media
- acrilic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrilic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 162x97
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_11002
- Artist Name
- Naritaka Satoh/佐藤誠高
- Title
- Pleasure in a palm (detail)
- Art
- painting
- Media
- acrilic paint/charcoal/pencil on paper with acrilic gloss
- Size (cm)
- 162x97
- Year
- 2011
- Edition
- original
- Frame
- not framed
- Status
- available
- Ref.No
- NS_11002
