Biography
Aki Sasamoto is a New York-based, Japanese artist, who works in performance, sculpture, dance, and whatever more medium that takes to get her ideas across. Sasamoto completed an MFA degree in visual arts at Columbia University,
and is a recipient of Visual Art Grant from Rema Hort Mann Foundation,
the Toby Fund Award from the Toby Fund, and many US and Japanese
scholarships. Her works have been shown both in performing art and visual art venues in New York and abroad. Besides her own works, she has collaborated with artists in visual arts, music, and dance, in which she plays multiple roles of dancer, sculptor, or director.