Hiroshi Sato - Screens

June 4 - June 27, 2026.
Artist’s Reception: First Thursday, June 4, 6-8 PM

Northern California-based artist Hiroshi Sato’s work sits at a compelling intersection of tradition and immediacy, where contemporary realist oil painting acts as a medium for both historical dialogue and present-day reflection. Drawing from a lineage that spans the Old Masters to modern figures (including Vermeer, Degas, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper and Chuck Close), Sato builds carefully structured environments rooted in geometric design, yet vibrant with layered meaning. In Screens, Sato examines the dissolution of boundaries between physical and digital space through the artist’s continually evolving approach. Depicting figures in seemingly ordinary environments, the work integrates digital “screens” as indistinguishable elements of architecture—appearing as windows, doors, or spatial layers. Proximity to screens and our constant contact with the digital realm have become part of the architecture of daily life. The artist materializes our straddling of the physical and digital realm with these architectural frames, nodding to the social isolation of the internet age. Interpretation becomes participatory, shifting depending on each viewer’s familiarity and perspective. The exhibition further presents Sato’s contemporary still life paintings, where bottles and everyday objects are thoughtfully arranged across a range of surfaces.

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