Yoichiro Sakai

I am awaded professional photgrapher that part of scenic landscape and flight's scene. My works was shooting from my original eye leves and artistic sense, and reflects the most beauty of the real nature that surround  photographer's life.

I'm based in Tokyo, Japan but active on the international field and join in the international art fair or exhibit in the gallery since 2015.

As the process from student to professional, to rise in fame as the photographer and to keep my skills even in the infection periods,  tried to competitions and received over 30 awards.

As my based skills, I studied Photography in the Nihon University (College of Art and Department of Photography) in Tokyo, finished lessons of 36exp Photographer's school in London (online). I also have a license of the museum curator valid in Japan.

PROUD of Double 1st prize AWARD

  • FIABCN / Barcelona International Art Fair (2023)
  • EWAAC 2015 / International Art Competition in London  (2015)

PERMANENT  EXHIBITION

  • Galleria De Marchi - Bologna, Italy (since 2023)
  • CITRON Aoyama shop - Tokyo, Japan (since 2018)

SHOOTING FOR THE FUTURE

From 2025, I'm trying to make new motif of works announcement in the future.
I'll cannot stop shooting photos anytime.

Educations and Trainings

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05.2021  3 Days lessons "Start Your Photography Project" by  36exp Photographers' School, London, U.K. 
12.2020  5 Days Course "For Photographers & Supercharge Your Website" by 36exp Photographers' School, London, U.K. 
07.2020  Course "Business Of Photography Course" by 36exp Photographers' School, London, U.K.
03.2018  Bachelor of Fine Arts, and acquire a license of the museum curator in Japan, Nihon University college of Art department of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
03.2013  Toin-gakuen High school, Yokohama, Japan

Award histories

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11.2023 1st Prize Photography Award - FIABCN 2023
03.2020  Shortlisted award - THE LONDON PHOTO SHOW, London, UK

06.2019  Selected photographers awards - dot ART URBAN 2019 Photo Awards, Trieste,  Italy
07.2016  Excellent work prize - NHK WORLD Calendar photo contest 2017, Tokyo, Japan
12.2015  The highest award - Nihon University competition for entering guidebook in the photography category, Tokyo, Japan
10.2015  Best category prize - East West Art Award Competition 2015, London, UK

10.2015  Winning prize - JRTT 16th scene of trains photography contest, Tokyo, Japan

02.2012  Gold prize - TOIN ART COLLECTION, Yokohama, Japan 
02.2011  Gold prize - TOIN ART COLLECTION, Yokohama, Japan 

Online competitions of the Award histories

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12.2021 Finalist award (double works)
- "Trees & Fields" Art Room Gallery contemporary online gallery, USA
12.2021 Honorable Mention award (double works) - "Painting & Photography" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
11.2011 Finalist award - "Yellow" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
11.2021 Finalist award (double works) - "FORESTS & MEADOWS" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
11.2021 Winners Award - 48th international ARTAVITA online art contest, California, USA
10.2021 Special Recognition prize - Light Space Time 11th Seascapes Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA
09.2021 Finalist award - "Painting & photography" ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
08.2021 Finalist award - "Blue" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
07.2021 Merit prize-  "Skies" ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
07.2021 Special Merit prize - Light Space Time 11th “Landscapes” Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA
06.2021 Finalist award - 46th international ARTAVITA online art contest, California, USA
06.2021 Finalist award - "Cities" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
05.2021 Honorable Mention award - "Botanicals" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
05.2021 Merit award - "Seasons" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
05.2021 Finalist award - 45th international ARTAVITA online art contest, California, USA
05.2021 Finalist award (double works) - “City” ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
05.2021 Special Recognition prize - Light Space Time 11th Botanicals Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA
04.2021 Merit award - "Skies" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
03.2021 Finalist award - "Seasons" ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
02.2021 Honorable Mention prize -  "Colors" ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
02.2021 Finalist award (double works) - "Nature" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
02.2021 Finalist award- “Landscapes” ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
01.2021  Special Merit prize - Light Space Time 11th Cityscapes Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA
11.2020  Finalist award- "Waters" Grey Cube Gallery online art exhibition
10.2020  Special Recognition prize - Light Space Time 10th landscape Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA
09.2020  Merit Prize (double works) - ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
09.2020  Finalist award (double works) - ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
07.2020  Honorable mention award - ART ROOM contemporary online gallery, USA
05.2020  Special Recognition prize - Light Space Time 10th Botanicals Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA
02.2020  Special Recognition prize - Light Space Time 10th Cityscapes Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA
02.2020  Special Merit prize - Light Space Time 10th Cityscapes Art Exhibition, Palm Springs, California, USA

International Art Fairs

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11-12. 2023
Little Treasures 2023 -Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy
11. 2023
FIABCN 2023 -Museu Marítim de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
10. 2023
Salon Art Shopping Paris -Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
07. 2023
Europe Art Fair 2023 - Gashouder Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
03-04 .2023
"ART EXPO NEW YORK" -Pier 36 NYC, NY, USA
10.2022-01.2023
"The Chelsea Biennale Exhibition 2022" -Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, USA 

09-11. 2022
"Fabricated Realities" Virtual Art Exhibition by Contemporary Art Collectors

09.2022 "Art San Diego" art fair- San Diego Convention Center Hall C (Artavita booth), CA, USA
07.2022 "Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2022" - The PollockPavilion (605 County Rd 39, Southampton, NY), NY, USA
05.2022 "Little Treasures 2022" Trevisan International Art Exhibition - Galleria De' Marchi, Bologna, Italy
04.2022 ART EINDHOVEN  - Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, NL
12.2021 Spectrum Red Dot Miami Art Fair- Mana Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, USA
10.2021 Artexpo New York 2021 - Pier 36 New York in Manhattan’s trendy Lower East Side, New York, USA
07.2021 Europe Art Fair 2021 - Gashouder Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
01.2021 CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2020– ITSLIQUID International Art Fair, Venice, Italy
10.2020  Future landscape BORDERS ART FAIR 2020 - THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, Venice, Italy
03.2020  THE LONDON PHOTO SHOW Awards exhibition - Hoxton 253 Art Space Gallery, London, UK
10.2019  THE LONDON PHOTO SHOW 2019 - OXO Tower in the Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK 
07.2019  URBAN 2019 Photo Awards summer previews in Europe - Lounge of Trieste Ronchi dei Legionari Airport, Trieste, Italy
10.2015  East West Art Award Competition 2015 Award exhibition - Royal Opera arcade La Galleria Pall Mall, London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

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07.2024 'Yoichiro Sakai solo exhibition' ARTIFACT projects gallery in New York, USA
03.2021 ‘Beholds the exciting of amazing people and culture in Paris’  CITRON-Aoyama shop, Tokyo, Japan

01.2021 ‘Paris modernizes in classcism’ CITRON-Aoyama shop, Tokyo, Japan
07.2018  ‘Yoichiro Sakai solo exhibition, Feelings for the city and nature’ 
 KEIO PLAZA HOTEL TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
02.2018  ‘Le Charme de la France’  CITRON-Aoyama shop, Tokyo, Japan
06.2016  ‘Painting the Sky’ - mainly took photos of the airplane and airport
   Bridge gallery in KEIO Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Shopping Center, Tokyo, Japan
12.2015  ‘Aesthetics of tunnels’  - displayed photos of the tunnel of the old road
 Photo Square in Nikon Shinjuku Service Center, Tokyo, Japan
10.2014  ‘Hosoku-ryoku’ - expressed variety of the means of transportation
                 Photo Square in Nikon Shinjuku Service Center, Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

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03.2018  "Musical Trance" As one of the graduation exhibition part of voluntary - Nihon University college of Art Ekoda campus, Tokyo Japan
04.2017  East West Art Exchange Exhibition in Kyoto ― Gallery be Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
05.2016  East West Art Exchange Exhibition in Berlin ― Somos gallery, Berlin, Germany
03.2016  East West Art Exchange Exhibition in Tokyo ― KID AILACK ART HALL, Tokyo, Japan
02.2016  East West Art Exchange Exhibition in London ― Posk gallery, London, UK

Event Exhibitions

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07.2024  On board exhibition - Vueling Airline, based in Barcelona, Spain
12.2019  Xmas special fare - KEIO PLAZA HOTEL TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
12.2018  Event as Collaborate your dreams with STARBUCKS COFFEE, Solo Exhibition the subject is “sensuous time” ― STARBUCKS COFFEE Mitaka Musashisakai-dori Shop, Tokyo, Japan
06.2018  PHOTO NEXT Photographers & Photo Business Fair - Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
03.2018  Graduation Exhibition - Nihon University college of Art Ekoda campus, Tokyo, Japan
06.2017  PHOTO NEXT Photographers & Photo Business Fair - Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
06.2016  PHOTO NEXT Photographers & Photo Business Fair - Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
06.2015  Selected photography exhibition, Event of Fuji film meets COOL JAPAN on Google+ “Japanese cherry blossoms to the world” - Ginza Mitsukoshi department store, Tokyo, Japan
02.2012  TOIN ART COLLECTION -Competitive show in my educational school - TOIN academy hall, Yokohama, Japan
02.2011  TOIN ART COLLECTION -Competitive show in my educational school - TOIN academy hall, Yokohama, Japan

Permanent Exhibition

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02.2018~ CITRON-Aoyama shop - One picture of Paris scenery is exhibited as the signboard of the shop

09.2018 - now closed CITRON-Otemachi shop - One picture of Paris scenery is exhibited as the signboard of the shop

Photo books

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05.2023  'Nippon no fuzeikei' (tasteful landscapes of Japan) -100pages, 
              26cm-square size
07.2020  The vigor of Youth - 40pages 30cm-square size
05.2020  to cross the oceans - 30pages 30cm-square size
09.2019  The Picturesque Scene Ⅲ - 100pages A4wide size
03.2018  Wood land - a copy of the graduation work, 28pages 30cm square 
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03.2018  The Picturesque Scene Ⅱ - 100pages A4wide size
09.2016  The Picturesque Scene - 100pages A4wide size

Published and Articles

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11.2023  Jaarboek Kunstenaars 2024 - p.253  (published in NL)
11.2022  Jaarboek Kunstenaars 2023 - p.237  (published in NL)
10.2022  WORLD of ART : La Biennale di Venezia 2022
              - p214-215 (published in U.K.)
02.2022  Important World Artists vol.V - p.173-174 (published in USA)
02.2021  interviewed article -from ITS LIQUID (secondly) (in Italy)
12.2020  interviewed article -from ITS LIQUID (firstly) (in Italy)
2009 – 2016  Otachidai-tu-shin vol.3 to 16 - Information magazine of the photo spot of Japan Railways