Shotaro Sanada
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Shotaro Sanada | |
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真田 将太朗 | |
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| Born | December 9, 2000 Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Education | Tokyo University of the Arts (B.A.) University of Tokyo (M.A.) |
| Known for | Abstract painting, aesthetics and AI research |
| Website | shotaro-sanada |
Shotaro Sanada (Japanese: 真田 将太朗, born 9 December 2000) is a Japanese painter and researcher. He is known for large-scale abstract paintings that explore "new landscapes" and for interdisciplinary work linking art, aesthetics, and artificial intelligence.[1][2][3]
Sanada was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[3] Profiles published by Baton Inc. and East Japan Railway Company describe him as a descendant of Sengoku-period samurai general Sanada Yukimura.[4][5]
He studied aesthetics in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Tokyo University of the Arts and graduated in 2024.[3] He later entered the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo, where he conducts research integrating art and artificial intelligence.[3][1]
Career
While still a student, Sanada began exhibiting works that combine elements of abstraction and landscape. His concept of "new landscapes" (Japanese: 新しい風景, atarashii fūkei) focuses on reconstructed perceptions of time, space, and physical communication.[1] His practice includes large-scale paintings that employ vertical strokes and layered colour fields to evoke geological and architectural structures.[2][3]
In 2023, Sanada was commissioned by East Japan Railway Company to create a permanent 10-metre mural for the main entrance of Nagano Station as part of the "Beyond Stations" project. The work, titled Twelve Pillars of Consecutive Views, was unveiled in October 2023.[5]
Sanada has held solo exhibitions at venues including art brewing gallery – haco and Bumpodo Gallery in Tokyo, Ginza Tsutaya Books at GINZA SIX, and Tokyo International Gallery at Terrada Art Complex, as well as at department stores in Tokyo, Osaka, and Taipei.[3][1]
Artistic style
Sanada's work investigates relationships between human creativity, perception, and information systems. His large-scale paintings often explore themes of gravity, time, and the "extended body", attempting to visualise invisible phenomena through abstract compositions and vertically structured landscapes.[1][2] He also conducts research on aesthetics and artificial intelligence, using generative and computational methods alongside traditional painting.[2][3]