Shotaro Sanada

Shotaro Sanada
真田 将太朗
Born (2000-12-09) December 9, 2000
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
EducationTokyo University of the Arts (B.A.)
University of Tokyo (M.A.)
Known forAbstract painting, aesthetics and AI research
Websiteshotaro-sanada.com

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]

Early life and family

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]

Selected exhibitions

  • 2022 – from, art brewing gallery – haco, Tokyo.[3]
  • 2023 – ACROSS, Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo.[3]
  • 2024 – OVER, Street Dreams Studios Tokyo.[6]
  • 2024 – Process Landscape,Ginza Tsutaya Books (Artwall)[7]
  • 2025 – POINT OF VIEW, Ginza Tsutaya Books (FOAM CONTEMPORARY), Tokyo.[8]
  • 2025 – NEXT LANDSCAPE, Hankyu Hanshin Umeda Flagship Store, Osaka.[9]
  • 2025 – Our Silhouette, Hankyu Hanshin Umeda Flagship Store, Osaka.[10]
  • 2025 – FLAT, Kyoto Tsutaya Books,Kyoto.[11]

Awards

  • Selected for the 16th Geidai Art Plaza Grand Prize Exhibition.[3]
  • "Best Debutant of the Year" (2025).[4][12]
  • 8th-term scholar of the KUMA Foundation.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "注目を集める若き画家・真田将太朗。生成AIの進化を受けて再考する、創造性と「絵を描く」という欲求の根源". Pen Online (in Japanese). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Shotaro Sanada – KUMA Foundation". KUMA Foundation (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Profile – Shotaro Sanada". shotaro-sanada.com. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b "アートゥーン！". Baton Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Beyond Stations 構想の更なる推進について" (PDF). JR東日本 長野支社 (in Japanese). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  6. ^ "SHOTARO SANADA SOLO EXHIBITION「OVER」". PR TIMES (in Japanese). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  7. ^ "【展覧会】真田将太朗 個展「Process Landscape」". イベント. 銀座 蔦屋書店. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  8. ^ "【展覧会】真田将太朗「POINT OF VIEW」". Ginza Tsutaya Books (in Japanese). 26 July 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  9. ^ "真田将太朗 個展「NEXT LANDSCAPE」". ArtSticker. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  10. ^ "真田将太朗 展「Our Silhouette」". Hankyu Department Store (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  11. ^ "【展覧会】真田将太朗の個展「FLAT」を11月22日（土）より開催。京都の風景を抽象化し、「絵画＝壁/窓」をテーマに絵画が持つ二面性を探求する。". イベント. 京都 蔦屋書店. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  12. ^ "真田将太朗 個展「Our Silhouette」". Hankyu Department Store (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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