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Born in 1985. Graduated from Kyoto University of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Correspondence Western Painting Course Awards include Shell Art Award Naoko Kado Jury Award, Muni Art Award finalist, and Iime Fukura Bud in OSAKA Grand Prix. Major exhibitions include “Being There” Galerie16 and “Serenity Core” Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store Art Gallery, and many other group exhibitions. Satoh Hiroki Born in 1985. Based in Kyoto. Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto University of the Arts. -Award- 2020 “ACT Art Award 2020” Honorable Mention 2020 “Shell Art Award 2020” Jury Prize 2021 “Kyoto University of the Arts Graduation exhibition” Encouraging Prize 2023 ”muni art award 2023” Finalist 2024 “Iime Fukurame in OSAKA” Grand Prix -Exhibition- (Solo Exhibition) 2022 “Being there” galerie16, Kyoto 2023 “Texture of the city” TSUKIMI HOTEL, Kyoto 2023 “Hiroki Sato Exhibition” Art Salon ESPACE KYOTO, Kyoto 2025 “Serenity Core” Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store Art Gallery, Osaka (Group Exhibition) 2020 “ACT Art Award 2020” The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo 2020 “Shell Art Award 2020” The National Art Center, Tokyo 2021 “Kyoto University of the Arts Graduation exhibition” 2021 “Prologue XII” Gallery Art Point, Tokyo 2022 “ACT Art Award 2022” The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo 2023 “muni Art Award 2023 Exhibition” Gallery Shukado, Tokyo 2024 “Iime Fukurame in OSAKA” Daimaru Umeda, Osaka 2025 “The Power of Art” Isetan Shinjuku Store Hiroki Satoh creates and exhibits works that focus on the theme of the “Being of things,” with architecture as his primary motif. By juxtaposing traditional Japanese painting materials with contemporary acrylics, he achieves a distinctive texture that evokes the passage of time and the transience of objects. His works are marked by a simple, minimal composition, in which the presence of the subject is accentuated within the surrounding negative space, offering viewers a quiet and profound experience.