SAREENA SATTAPON

Born 1992, in Thailand. Sareena Sattapon is a visual artist based in Tokyo. She completed a PhD in Global Art Practice, at Tokyo University of the Arts. Sattapon works with various mediums such as performance, installation, photography, painting etc. She gets her artistic inspiration from her experiences and ordinary life. Sattapon is currently interest in performative spatial dynamics, related to human’s connection and dis-location. She has had exhibitions internationally: in Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, China, Indonesia, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Norway, Sweden and Japan. Received many awards such as CAF Award 2022（2022）, Nomura Art Prize（2024）, Tokyo Midtown Award 2024（2024）and more.

2025 Global Art Practice, Tokyo University of the Arts (Ph.D)2022 Global Art Practice, Tokyo University of the Arts (MFA)2018 Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University (MFA)2015 Faculty of Painting Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University (BFA)

| Artist Statement |

When you find youIn the middle of emptiness

We fight. We strive. We labor. We believe. We survive.All this motion, all this noise.Was it ever the point?Maybe life was never about the climb but about the quiet in between.Perhaps all we ever needed was simply... to breathe.

Throughout my journey as an artist, I have spent most of my time contemplating.I think about the lives of people, society, the world, nature, and the complex relationships between all of these. I move through my thoughts, beliefs, and my own quiet struggles, hoping that art will benefit others and help make this world a better place.

Intensive conceptual work, combined with continuous efforts to develop processes and techniques, has gradually made me neglect my inner voice and forget the peace and joy that come from creating art.

‘When you find you in the middle of emptiness’ is a space where we all can pause and breathe. I stepped away from the social critique I once engaged in, turning instead to self-reflection, revisiting old memories in order to better understand and live within the present. This exhibition brings together my new and past works, to show the evolution of my artistic journey.

The new series When you find you (2025) becomes a raw and unfiltered landscape of memory, not only the ones we readily recall but also those long sealed behind inner walls. Ultimately, this process of looking inward may become a small staircase that brings us closer to the peace we are quietly searching for.

－　Sareena Sattapon

Courtesy √K Contemporary