ZHONG CHENG

Koso Sato was born in Akita, Japan in 1948. He graduated from the Oil Painting department of Musashino Art University in 1970, and continued his education in 1977 at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He received the Santama Excellency Artists Exhibition Award in 1978. On his first visit to Taiwan he became very fond of the culture. Soon later he started exhibiting in the country starting from 1989, and eventually stayed for more than a decade. Sato’s use of vibrant colors expresses the romantic sentiments of his paintings. As an artist, Koso displays strong individual characteristics, conveying his unique perception of people, surrounding and things in post-modern style. His early impressionist style, expressionist approach, and later new abstract dimensional style are all important influence on the younger generation of Taiwanese artists. Solo exhibition: “Koso Sato Oil Painting Exhibition” (2012, Taoyuan Provincial Cultural Affairs Bureau); “Shape, Color, Light, Shadow, Space- Koso Sato” (2016, Hsinchu, Foremost); “2018 Koso Sato Solo Exhibition” (2018, Hsinchu Sunny Art Gallery). Furthermore, Koso Sato’s artworks were displayed in Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Kaohsiung art fair from 2014 to 2015.