Shokichi Sato

Shokichi Sato

Shokichi Sato - Artist Biography

Born in 1937 in Japan, Shokichi Sato currently lives in Sainte-Foy, Québec. From 1971 to 1976, after university studies in Madison, in the United States and in Toronto, he studied drawing and sculpture in wood, iron and stone at the Moulin des Arts in Ste-Étienne de Lauzon.

It was in 1974 in Montreal that the artist learned the technique of lost wax and patina from the master statuary, former professor of Fine Arts in Paris, MA Montagutelli. He practiced the technique in the workshop until 1987. At the same time, from 1971 to 1987, Sato attended the free workshop of a living model at the Moulin des Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at Laval University.

In 1986-1987, Sato was an active member of the Quebec Sculpture Council. In 1988, he won the Albert Rousseau Prize. In 1989, he was appointed technical advisor to the National Museum of Fine Arts in Quebec.

Solo Exhibitions:
2014 Exhibition with Anne Marec, 5 Rue de la Garnison, Québec
1991: Sculptures, Galerie Eugène Racette, Orléans, Québec
1991: Sculptures, Galerie Montcalm, Hull, Québec
1991: Sculptures and drawings, Galerie Dominion, Montréal
1989: Sculptures and drawings, Musée canadien de la civilisation, Hull, QC
1989: Sculptures and drawings, Centre d'exposition de Gatineau, QC
1987: Sculptures and drawings, Galerie Zanettin, Québec
1987: Sculptures, Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin, Montréal
1986: Sculptures and drawings, Galerie la passerelle, Sainte-Foy, Québec
1976: Sculptures and drawings, Japanese Cultural Center, Toronto

Artist Specialization: Sculptural bronze work; Drawings in charcoal & sanguine. The subject of Sato's sculptures always in some way reference the human form. The artist says it himself: “From the living model, I sketch the essential features that inspire the movement and the form of my sculptural work. And creation becomes more complex and materializes through the transmutation of the animal, plant and object worlds.”