Solo Exhibitions
2021
- SATO Mahasaru exhibition "Hands—from another perspective", ROPPONGI TSUTAYA BOOKS BOOK GALLERY, Tokyo
- SATO Masaharu Trace—Absence of Presence/Presence of Absence, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Japan; Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaragi, Japan [Touring exhibition]
2020
- Rabbit, imura art gallery, Kyoto
2019
- I touch Dream, KEN NAKAHASHI, Tokyo
- Dr. Reaper, KEN NAKAHASHI, Tokyo
2017
- TOKYO TRACE 2, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016
- Hara Documents 10 Masaharu Sato:Tokyo Trace, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2015
- 1×1=1, imura art gallery, Kyoto
2014
- Portrait of Hiroko, imura art gallery, Tokyo
2013
- Nine Hole: Sato Masaharu Exibition, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa
- The Earthly Paradise Vol. 5 Sato Masaharu, Gallery αM, Tokyo
2012
- Little Girl Coco, imura art gallery, Tokyo
2011
- Toride Elegy, imura art gallery, Tokyo
2010
- Bye bye come on, imura art gallery, Kyoto
- The Solo Project - Basel, St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Swiss (from Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany)
2009
- PINK Sigh, Gallery Jin Projects, Tokyo
- signs, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2021
- Compassionate Grounds: Ten Years on in Tōhoku, Composite: Moving Image Agency & Media Bank, Melbourne; Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia [touring exhibition]
- 11 Stories of Distanced Relationships: Contemporary Art from Japan, The Japan Foundation (Online Exhibition)
2020
- Time Flows: Reflections by 5 artists, Hara Museum, Tokyo
- Yokohama Triennale 2020 "Afterglow", Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa
- The Doraemon Exhibition, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata
- Trace—presence of absence/absence of presence, KEN NAKAHASHI, Tokyo
- DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2020, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo
2019
- Roppongi Crossing 2019 : Connexions, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
- ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) Vol.1 "First Lingering Mist of Spring", Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo
- The Doraemon Exhibition, Osaka Central Culture・Tempozan, Osaka
2018
- My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2017
- empty park, Gallery PARC, Kyoto
- Gifu Land of Clear Waters Art Festival, Art Award IN THE CUBE 2017, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
- Realism Art in Japan, Hakodate Museum of Art (Hokkaido) Toyohashi City Museum Art & History (Aichi ) Nara Prefecture Museum of Art (Nara)
- The Iris of a Wolf, BLOCK HOUSE, Tokyo
- 2017-2018 The Doraemon Exhibition, Mori Arts Center Gallery (Tokyo), Takaoka Art Museum (Toyama), Matsuzakaya Museum (Aichi)
2015
- Fruitfulness-Contemporary Art in Toyokawa, Toyokawa City Sakuragaoka Museum, Aichi
2014
- Duality of Existence – Post Fukushima, Friedman Benda, New York
- Everyday Life / Off the Record, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater, Kanagawa
- The Drifting Clouds, Galleria Paola Varrengla, Salerno, Italy
- TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2014 CAVE -Kanda Projection-, ex-Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo
- Japan Media Arts Festival, The Museum of Art, Ehime
- FILE 2014, Fiesp Cultural Center, Sao Paolo, Brazil
- WHO, PEOPLE BOOK STORE, Tsukuba, Ibaragi
- NIPPON NOW: JUNGE JAPANISCHE KUNST UND DAS RHEINLAND, E.ON Galerie, Dusseldolf, Germany
2013
- Yamato Dynamics, Misuma Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore
2012
- not only paper, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
- 2:46 and thereafter, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington, D.C, USA
- 15th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Exhibition of Award-winning Works, The National Art Center etc., Tokyo
- Photo-Reference: Photographic Image in Contemporary Japanese Art Practices, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
- Transmit Program #3 Mètis: Fighting Art, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto
- Zipangu, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata/ Takasaki City Museum of Art (Gunma), Hachinohe City Museum of Art (Aomori) , Akita Museum of Modern Art (Akita)
- Private Woodland, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea
2011
- JAPANCONGO, Carsten Hollers double-take on Jean Pigozzis collection, CNAC - Le Magasin (Centre National d’Art Contemporain), Grenoble, France / Garage Center of Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
- from a distance, keep a distance, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
- The 8th DANDANS - Hierher Dorthin, Goethe-Institut, Tokyo
- Ultra Kyoto, Higashi Honganji temple, Kyoto
2010
- Morality: film program, Witte de With Center for Contemporary, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Roppongi Hills Programs video art at Roppongi Art Night 2010, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo
- Di-stances, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2009
- The 12th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
- Digital Stadium, NHK BS2, NHK Broadcasting Corporation, Tokyo
- City_net Asia 2009, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
- The 6th DANDANS at No Man’s Land, former French Embassy, Tokyo
2008
- The 4th DANDANS - The House, Nihon Homes Housing exhibit, Tokyo
- Digital Stadium, NHK BS2, NHK Broadcasting Corporation, Tokyo
- Art Animation Festival 2008, Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya
2006
- Merry go down, tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
- Japanimprov #5: The Ramyun Soup Connection, Belgie Kunstzentrum, Hasselt, Belgium
- Haunted Folklore, Recycleart, Brussels, Belgium
2002
- Internationales Boohumer Videofestival #12, Bochum, Germany
2001
- Internationales Boohumer Videofestival #11, Bochum, Germany
Public Collections
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
FUJIKO PRO Co., Ltd.
Pigozzi Collection
Osaka City Museum of Modern Art
Mori Art Museum
NISHIJI COLLECTION
Awards
2011
- Jury selection work of art division 15th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL
2009
- Special Award at the 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art