Tomoko Sawada

'All This Happened: Twenty Nine Years of ROSEGALLERY' will be on view from 14 September - 30 October 2021. The group exhibition features works by Jo Ann Callis, Kennedi Carter, John Chiara, Lieko Shiga, Dorothea Lange, William Eggleston, Rinko Kawauchi, Lise Sarfati, Robbert Flick, Tania Franco Klein, Steve Galloway, Graciela Iturbide, Shaun McCracken, Manfred Müller, Elger Esser, Huger Foote, Bruce Davidson, Tomoko Sawada, Megan Cotts, Shaun McCracken, Diana Markosian, and more.

ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present Facial Signature by renowned Japanese artist, Tomoko Sawada. This exhibition will be on view from 20 February 2016 through 9 April 2016.
As one of the leading contemporary artists in conceptual photography, Tomoko Sawada’s work explores cultural identification and gendered societal norms through self-created portraiture.

This work, produced during a residency with The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is both a startling departure from the past and an innovative use of her iconic style honed over the past decade. In 2012 she was invited by the museum to work with a local business and produce a new body of work based on the unique materials, history and processes associated with the host institution, which in this case, was Heinz, a brand synonymous with the city’s legacy. Sawada, who is acclaimed for her humorous and extensive self-portraits, collaborated with Heinz to investigate branding as a form of portraiture.

ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present REFLECTION our second exhibition of photographs by renowned Japanese artist, Tomoko Sawada. In her series, Mirrors, Sawada once again tackles the issue of identity by questioning the boundary between one’s own appearance and the self-image reflected in a mirror. The dual images in each photograph are presented like twins and while they bear a striking resemblance to one another, a closer inspection reveals how different they truly are.

ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present Tomoko Sawada’s newest work, BRIDE, a meditation on the dichotomies of old and new, east and west, tradition and fashion, and the instability of one’s identity when confronted with these divisions. This will mark the first exhibition of this work, and Sawada’s first exhibition on the west coast.