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Contemporary artist, born in Japan in 1992.

She began her career in Japan in 2013 under her real name. However, after a colleague at her part-time job dismissed her paintings as “terrible” (saiaku), she adopted the name Saiaku Nana-chan by combining the phrase with her given name, Nana. Since 2015, she has been holding solo exhibitions primarily in Tokyo. Not confined to the field of fine art, her passion for music has led her to make bold forays into the contemporary art scene across disciplines, collaborating with musicians and creating merchandise. She received the Grand Prize (the Taro Okamoto Award) at the 21st Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art. She then used the entire prize to travel to New York, where she also held a solo exhibition. Her first art book, Art Rock Manifesto (DLE Publishing), was released in April 2019. In 2021, she changed her name to SAIAKUNANA.

In 2021–2022, she established the Saiakunana Gallery in London—completely self-funded and dedicated exclusively to her own works. In 2023, she presented her largest solo exhibition to date, ART OF MY LIFE (at SAI, Tokyo). In 2025, her work  included in the collection of the OAR Museum of Art.

Since the beginning of her career, she has never been affiliated with any gallery, maintaining a fiercely independent stance. Expanding her activities beyond Japan, she has continued to pursue her practice internationally—in London, New York, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan—working tirelessly every day.

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2013  

Studied graphic design at technical design school in Tokyo

 

First solo exhibition 「strawberry violence!!!!!!!」design festa gallery/tokyo

 

Solo exhibition 「10,000yen in love」design festa gallery /tokyo

 

「Darty Pink」design festa vol.38 /tokyo

 

2014 

Solo exhibition「If my drawing becomes rock 'N’ roll」Muryokumuzenji/tokyo

 

2015  

Changed name to 「Saiaku Nana-chan」

 

Solo exhibition 「When the ‘dream’ word becomes uncool」

 

Muryokumuzenji/tokyo

Solo exhibition「Fuji and Pink」hair room aoi /yamanashi

 

Prized at「Shibukaru-hai」/Shibuya Parco gallery

 

Live paint at Sasakure Festival 2015 /tokyo 

 

2016  

Solo exhibition tour 「Rock 'N’ Roll Star」/tokyo, kyoto, yamanashi

 

Live paint at Sasakure Festival 

 

2016 

tokyo Finalist for NYLON JAPANxsonny music 「JAM audition」

 

2017 

Solo exhibition tour「Saiaku Nanachan」/tokyo.osaka

 

2018 

Won the Taro Okamoto Award at the 21st Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art/Taro Okamoto Museum of Art 

 

Solo exhibition「Saihaku Nanachan New York 」/ExhibitionCafe grumpy /NY

 

2019 

Published first work book 「GEIZYUTU ROCK SENGEN」(DLE Publishing）

 

Special exhibition「ALIVE」Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum/tokyo

 

Solo exhibition「GEIZYUTU ROCK GIG」on sundays(The Watari Museum of contemporary Art) /tokyo

 

Solo exhibition「First Punk」 TSURU +LIM / LONDON

 

2020 

Solo exhibition「NO REASON」/ KATA （LIQUD ROOM 2F)

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2021-2022 She made own gallery in London.(SAIAKUNANA GALLERY (London.))

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2022

Solo exhibition 「REBEL PINK」/Hong Kong

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2023

Solo exhibition 「ART OF MY LIFE」/SAI (Japan)

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2024

Street Live Painting /Hong Kong

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Solo exhibition 「DOKIDOKI」(Independent planning )/London

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2025

Art Fair 「THE iCON」/Taiwan

​               Solo exhibition 「MY WAY」/Whimsy Works 奇想會 gallery /Taiwan

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Public collection

the OAR Contemporary Art Museum(Korea)

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Provide Painting

NetFlix film「KATE」

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