An abstract expressionist, Ms. Sakai has painted with acrylic, oil paints and water color on either canvas, paper or glass for the majority of her artistic career.
RIVER EDGE, NJ, June 05, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Kiyoko Sakai has been featured in 11 editions of Who's Who in America, 7 editions of Who's Who in the World, and 4 editions of Who's Who of American Women. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
An abstract expressionist, Ms. Sakai has painted with acrylic, oil paints and water color on either canvas, paper or glass for the majority of her artistic career. She is influenced by both the dynamic scale of American abstract expressionists and the awareness of lines in traditional Japanese art. She attended School of Visual Arts in NY and Urbino, Italy, and the Art Students League of New York on a Kenneth Hayes Memorial Scholarship Award.
Over the course of her lengthy successful career, Ms. Sakai has exhibited her works in solos shows at Art Space Sakai, Osaka, Japan (2015), Carter Burden Gallery, NY (2015), Fujiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (2012), Gallery G2, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (2009), Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, NJ (2006), Haworth Municipal Library, NJ (2005), Atrium Gallery at YMHA, NJ (2003), Cottage Gallery, NJ (2002), Kanner-Kurzon Museum, New Rochelle, NY (1999), MyungSook Lee Gallery, Soho, NY (1998), move21, Osaka, Japan (1995), Drew University, Brothers College Exhibition Space, NJ (1993), Gallery Jocelyn, Osaka, Japan (1991, 1993), Osaka Prefecture Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan (1993), William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, NJ (1988), and Wyckoff Gallery, NJ, (1984).
Her work has also been featured in group exhibitions at Mihail Zakin Gallery, 'Garden State Garden' (2016), Carter Burden Gallery, Winter Show, NY (2015), Manhattan Arts International, 'New Beginnings' show, NY (2015), where she received an honorable mention award, Art Center of N.N.J. Focus, NJ (2013), College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ (2013), Gallery at 14 Maple (Art Council of the Morris Area ), Giving Voice, NJ (2012), College of Saint Elizabeth, Abstract Universe, NJ (2012), Cultural Center of the Embassy of Japan, Mt. Fuji Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium (2010), Ramapo University, NJ (2006), Montclair University, 2nd Annual Art Market (2005), Makeready Gallery, 'Reveration of the Soul,' NJ (2005), Newark Museum, 'Artists' Night,' NJ (1998), Ringwood Manor, The Barn Gallery, '5 Sensibilities,' NJ (1991), Instituto Superiore per Industrie Artistiche, Urbino, Italy (1988), The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, 'Prize Winner's Show,' NJ (1986) and The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, 'In-A-Sense,' NJ (1984).
Kiyoko's work was reviewed by Angela Moore in Cover Magazine ("Kiyoko Sakai, Myunsooklee Gallery"), Lorrenzo Ciaffoncini in Corriere, Eileen Watkins in The Star Ledger ("Layering Colors with a Sense of Order, Expressive Passion of Bergen Painter"), John Zeaman in The Record ("Art Talk,") and twice in the Ridgewood News. Her painting, Theory of Strings, is featured on the book cover for Les Medias et le Faconnement des Normes, published by Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, 2007. She was recognized with the Artists' Showcase Award at Manhattan Arts International, and won 2nd Prize for a painting at the Bergen Museum Juried Show, and 1st Prize for mixed media at the Ramapo College Juried Show. In 2016 she was nominated for Woman of the Year by the International Biographical Centre.
Her artwork is currently being featured in a group show under the title The Museum of Goodbye: An Exhibition of Surrender, Release, Desertion, and Letting Go in Montclair, NJ between May 19 and June 23, 2017. For more information on Kiyoko Sakai, please visit www.kiyokosakai.com.
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