Biography

Hiroe Saeki (b. 1978, Osaka) graduated from Kyoto Seika University in 2001. Since 2012 she has been based in Europe and currently lives and works between Berlin and Marseille. Her work has been included in many prominent group exhibitions to highlight artists from Japan. More recently, her work has been shown beyond Europe in India and the Middle East. Notable exhibitions include: Liminal Spaces at Galerie Isa, Mumbai 2022; Cosmogenesis at Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London 2019; Visions of Exchange - Mercedes-Benz Art Scope Award 2009-2017 at Daimler Contemporary, Berlin 2018; The Feast of the Goddesses at Hara Museum ARC, Gunma Japan 2016; Art Scope 2009-2011: Invisible Memories at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 2011; The 242nd Summer Exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts, London 2010; Winter Garden at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 2009; Artist File at The National Art Center, Tokyo 2008; Labyrinth of Lines II at Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo 2007; Imagery Play at PKM Gallery, Beijing 2007; VOCA at The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo 2006; BY DESIGN at Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo 2006

Saeki is a recipient of Grants for Overseas Study by Young Artists (POLA Art Foundation, 2014), Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2012), Art Scope: Artist-in-Residence in Berlin (Daimler Foundation in Japan, 2010) and the VOCA Encouragement Prize in 2006.

Her works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA), Wellington Management Company, Boston (USA), The UBS Art Collection, London (UK), The Daimler Art Collection (Germany), Deutsche Bank Art Collection (Germany), Miniature Museum (Netherlands), Swiss Re (Switzerland), Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd. (Israel), Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Japan), KKR Japan (Japan), Toyota Art Collection (Japan)