Take Sasamoto’s Laboratory Exhibition to Open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa on Saturday, August 23, 2025.
Born in Kanagawa in 1980, Take Sasamoto is an artist based in New York who works across performance, dance, installation, video, and other media necessary to express his ideas. After moving to the UK as a teenager, he relocated to the United States, where he studied dance and visual arts at Wesleyan University before earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in 2007. Currently, Sasamoto serves as the head of the sculpture program at the Yale School of Art. In 2023, he was awarded the Calder Prize, which honors innovative sculptors who reflect the spirit of Alexander Calder.
The exhibition will mark Sasamoto’s first mid-career retrospective. It will dynamically explore his two decades of work, which delves into the relationship between sculpture and performance. From his early signature pieces that weave personal narrative with humor to his latest kinetic works, the show promises a comprehensive examination of Sasamoto’s unique artistic practice.
Take Sasamoto Laboratory
Exhibition Period: August 23 (Sat) – November 24 (Mon, Holiday), 2025
Opening Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Last admission to the exhibition rooms is 30 minutes before closing)
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 3F Special Exhibition Gallery
Organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Inquiries: 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial)
Details regarding admission fees, closing days, and other information will be announced on the website as soon as they are finalized.