Hiraki Sawa (b. 1977) received his M.A. in Sculpture in 2003 from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London. He was most recently invited to make a new installation piece for the Best of Discovery exhibition at ShContemporary Art Fair (Shanghai, 2008). Sawa has had solo exhibitions at Chisenhale Gallery (London), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington D.C), UCLA Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), and St. Louis Art Museum (Saint Louis). Sawa’s work was also included in major group exhibitions such as Busan Biennial, 2008; Yokohama Triennial, 2005 and Lyon Biennial, 2003. The Tell‐tale Heart – Spring 2010

Born 1977 in Ishikawa, Japan
Lives and works in London

Education
2003
M.A. Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London.
2000
B.F.A. (Honors), Sculpture Course, University of East London.
1997
University of East London, Fine Art Foundation Course

Selected Solo Exhibitions/Screenings
2009
Hiraki Sawa, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Hiraki Sawa, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2007
Hako, Chisenhale Gallery, London, Uk, traveling to Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
2006
Hiraki Sawa, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Hiraki Sawa, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Hiraki Sawa, Certain Places, Firstsite Contemporary Art Centre, Essex, UK
2005
Hiraki Sawa, Going Places Sitting Down, Hayward/Bloomberg Commission for Waterloo Sunset Pavillion at Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Hiraki Sawa, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA
Slow Down, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallerie de arte, Madrid Spain
Hiraki Sawa, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
New Media Series – Migration, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Hammer Projects – Hiraki Sawa, UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
Criterium 63, Mito Art Tower, Japan
International Art Festivals
2005
Art circus: Jumping from the Ordinary, Yokohama Triennial, Yamashita Pier, Yokohama, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Best of Discovery, ShContemporary, Shanghai, China
Promenades Insomniaques, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
IMPLANT, UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Love and Politics, in a minor key, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2006
Fast Futures: Asian Video Art, Japan Society Gallery, Japan Society, New York, NY
Broken Romanticism, curated by Stephen Walter, Standpoint Gallery, London,UK
Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Margulies Warehouse, Miami, FL
2005
Experimenta: Vanishing Point, Margaret Lawrence Galleries at VCA, Melbourne, Australia
Xanadu Variation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Sculpture, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Selected Bibliography
2006
Hiraki Sawa, firstsite gallery, published on the occasion of the exhibition Certain Places by Hiraki Sawa, Cornerstone publications, Colchester, UK: March 2006.
"Hiraki Sawa at James Cohan Gallery," Artinfo, April 2006
Dance, Paul, "Firstsite Gallery Showcases Contemporary Art Trio," 24 Hour Museum, April 11, 2006
2005
"Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom," The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire, UK: October 2005, p. 43.
Kendzulak, Susan, "Curators take over MoCA," Taipei Times, August 18, 2005
Frank, Peter, "Hiraki Sawa," LA WEEKLY, June 17, 2005
Johnson, Ken, "Sculpture," The New York Times, The Listings, Art, Galleries: Chelsea, May 20, 2005
Bonetti, David, "Art Museum Opens Video Gallery," Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, March 20, 2005, p. C-2
Gale, Iain, "Behind Closed Doors," Scotland on Sunday, March 27, 2005
_____, "Mark Grotjahn: Drawings at Hammer Museum," artdaily.com, March 15, 2005
2004
Hornung, Peter Michael, "Når billedet dvæler", Politiken, November 9, 2004
"Spike Island Presents Spin Cycle", artdaily.com, October 5, 2004
Dollar, Steve, "Playful Fantasy Clips In a New York Minute", Newsday.com, January 18, 2004

Public Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX, USA