Sao Tanka

Sao Tanaka earned her BFA in Japanese Painting from Tama Art University in 2014, an MA in Sociology from Hitotsubashi University in 2017, and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2021. Selected solo exhibitions include Tsutaya Gallery (Tokyo, 2025) and Mizuma & Kips Gallery (New York, 2022). Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at The Drawing Center (New York, 2025), Tama Art University Museum (2021), and the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (2018). She is a recipient of the 2024–2025 Pola Art Foundation Fellowships and Research Grants, and has participated in residency programs at the NARS Foundation (2024) and the Vermont Studio Center (2025).