SAIAKUNANA

Contemporary artist
Born in Japan in 1992.

 

When SaiakuNana first started working as an artist in Japan, she went by her real name “Nana”. However, after a colleague at her job described her paintings as "Saiaku" which means “Terrible”, Nana decided to add "Saiaku" to her real name, thus becoming the artist known as “SaiakuNana”. Beginning in 2015, she began holding solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Japan. 

As a music lover, her works are not limited to the field of art but belong to a wide range of the contemporary art scene, including collaborations with musicians.
In 2018, she won the grand prize at the 21st Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art. Afterwards, she used all her prize money to move to New York and held her first solo exhibition. 

Her first art book "Art Rock Manifesto" (DLE Publishing) was published in April 2019, followed by her first solo exhibition in London. Her largest solo exhibition to date titled "NO REASON" was held at Gallery KATA in Ebisu Liquid Room in Tokyo in 2020. 

For the past 10 years SaiakuNana has never belonged to a gallery, nor has she been invited to join one. Therefore, she decided to set up her own gallery in London in 2021, "SAIAKUNANA GALLERY" which will be completely founded and owned by herself through self-financing and will exclusively sell her work. 

After that, in 2023, She successfully held her largest solo exhibition “Art of my life” (at SAI(Tokyo)).

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SAIAKUNANA/ さいあくなな

現代芸術家　１９９２年に日本に生まれる。

 

日本での活動当初本名で活動していたが、バイト先の同僚に自身の絵を「さいあく」と評され、本名の「なな」に「さいあく」をつけてさいあくななちゃんと名乗り2015年から東京を中心に個展を開催。芸術の分野にとらわれず自身が音楽好きなことから、ミュージシャンとのコラボやグッズ提供など幅広い分野で現代美術シーンに殴り込む。第21回岡本太郎現代芸術賞で大賞である岡本太郎賞受賞。その後太郎賞の賞金を全額使いNYに渡米。NYにて個展も開催。2019年４月に初画集「芸術ロック宣言」（DLEパブリッシング）刊行。2021年にSAIAKUNANA/さいあくななに改名。

 

ギャラリーには活動からの１０年間１度も所属してない。というか１回も誘われないのでいっそのこと自分でギャラリーを持ったほうがかっこいいと思い立ち、２０２１年に完全自己負担&完全自己設立で自分だけの作品しか取り扱わない「さいあくななギャラリー」をロンドン市内に設立。

その後2023年に過去最大規模の個展「右手に生き様」（at SAI）を開催。

日本にとどまらず、世界で戦うために日々奮闘中。

 

 

主な活動

2019年個展「First Punk」/London

2020 個展「NO REASON」/ KATA （LIQUD ROOM 2F) /tokyo

2021-2022 自身で作ったさいあくななギャラリーをロンドンで経営。

2022 個展「REBEL PINK」/香港

2023 個展「右手に生き様」/SAI （MIYASHITA PARK 3F)