
Exploring the
boundaries between
reality and imagination.
過去と未来、現実と想像のあいだで。
Between past and future, reality and imagination.
Selected Works

The frogman and the birdman
Personas

The frogman and the birdman
Personas

The frogman and the birdman
Personas

The frogman and the birdman
Personas

The frogman and the birdman
Personas

The frogman and the birdman
Personas
Current / Upcoming
Hanae Sasaoka Solo Exhibition
よりしろ – Still Me –
at GOTTA, Tokyo JAPAN
2026.9.8(tue) – 2026.9.20(sun)
12:00-19:00 (Last – 18:00)

Artist Statement
In ancient times humans created masks for performing art, which support actors’ playing by recalling their emotions. Otherwise adding divine features to a funeral mask would allow the deceased to enter the “after life” with God’s face. Masks have been explored under many different aspects throughout the history of art, according to times and civilizations. Nowadays as the time has passed the civilization has become more sophisticated, many people, not just actors and aristocrats, have started to make up, behave, and express their social faces according to their culture and rules, when engaging in social activities. Read More

Artist Statement
Mask
turned
out
to be
a visual
identity.
Journal
Exhibitions
Hanae Sasaoka Solo Exhibition
よりしろ – Still Me –
at GOTTA, Tokyo JAPAN
2026.9.8(tue) – 2026.9.20(sun)
Hanae Sasaoka Solo Exhibition
よりしろ – Still Me –
at GOTTA, Tokyo JAPAN
2026.9.8(tue) – 2026.9.20(sun)
Hanae Sasaoka Solo Exhibition
よりしろ – Still Me –
at GOTTA, Tokyo JAPAN
2026.9.8(tue) – 2026.9.20(sun)
Hanae Sasaoka Solo Exhibition
よりしろ – Still Me –
at GOTTA, Tokyo JAPAN
2026.9.8(tue) – 2026.9.20(sun)
Hanae Sasaoka Solo Exhibition
よりしろ – Still Me –
at GOTTA, Tokyo JAPAN
2026.9.8(tue) – 2026.9.20(sun)












