ARTIST PROFILE
【Biography】
1939 Born in Hyogo Prefecture
1965-1974 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo
1974 Moved to Sakura-ku, Saitama City
1978-1981 Lives and works in Singapore
1988-2003 Lives in England
Returned to Japan in 2003
Studied woodblock printing, metal engraving, and cloisonne ware in Japan.
In Singapore, I studied copperplate relief and batik.
Decided to go to England to study botanical art.
1988−2000 Sutton College of Liberal Arts, under Pat Ford
1993 Kew Garden Botanical course under Ann Farrer
1993/2000 Juniper Hall Botanical course under Mickael Hickey
【Collection】
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation,Pittsburgh, USA
Shirley Sherwood Collection, UK
Chelsea Physic Garden Archives, UK
Personal collectors-Numerous
【Publications】
A PASSION FOR PLANTS
The Apothecaries’ Garden
Chelsea Physic Garden annual reports
Endangered Plantsof Japan（The Japanese Association of Botanical Illustration）
Drawing of Alien Plants of Japan（The Japanese Association of Botanical Illustration）
Endemic Plants of Japan（The Japanese Association of Botanical Illustration）
Masako Sasaki Botanical Art Calendar
Exhibition Catalogs
【Membership】
American Society of Botanical Artists （USA）
Chelsea Florilegium Society retired fellow （UK）
The Japanese Association of Botanical Illustration
Masako Sasaki, Botanical Art Class Instructor
【Awards】
Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Gold Medal 1994/2001
Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Silver Medal 1996
Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Silver Guild Medal 1998
Society of botanical artists(SBA) 1994/1998
Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medal (Florilegium Society) 1999
【Exhibition】
Society of botanical artists (SBA)Exhibition 1993-2003
Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Exhibition 1994/1996/1998/2001
Buford House Gallery (Worcester 英国) 1995
Shirley Sherwood Contemporary Botanical Artists Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan) 1998
Hunt International Botanical Art Exhibition (Pittsburgh, USA) 1998
Chelsea Physic Garden Botanical Art Exhibition (Pittsburgh, USA)
1998 Chelsea Physic Garden Botanical Art Exhibition (Munich, Germany)
Solo Exhibition (Gallery 7℃, Kamimeguro, Tokyo, Japan) 2004/2008
Wildlife Exhibition of Animal and Plant Paintings, Maruzen, Tokyo, Japan from 2004.
Contemporary Botanical Art Exhibition at Hotel Okura, Tokyo 2009
International Botanical Illustration Ex. (Chiang Mai) 2006
Flower Gathering Artists Exhibition (Keio Plaza Hotel) 2013/2016/2019
Masako Sasaki Botanical Art Group Exhibition (Yamawaki Gallery, Tokyo)
Flora Japonica Exhibition (Kew Gardens, UK) 2016
Flora Japonica Exhibition, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo 2017
ASBA World Wide Exhibition, Makino Memorial Garden, Tokyo, Japan 2017