ARTIST

SAKUHO ITO

Sakuho Ito was born in Shimane Prefecture in 1989, and began her art activities after graduating from Musashino Art University in 2014. Using her unique method of making Japanese paper, as well as metals, clay, pigments, and more, she continues to explore and express the tranquility and transience born from the calmness of the heart, which she experienced in her childhood, and the fundamental spirituality visible in the activities of ethnic groups. She perceives and continues her expression within the lineage of abstract expressionism.

In recent years, she has connected with the Shinto philosophy that reveres nature and life, engaging in activities that "Nestling close to the soil, and braiding the spirit of the land with the souls of its dwellers." She stays in various locations, incorporating soil and sand collected from those places into her works, creating pieces that worship the life of the land, which she then dedicates to shrines and other venues. With the production of the dedication piece "Worship of Life" at Izumo Taisha Shrine in 2023, she continues to inquire about "worship" as her lifelong expression.