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Keiko Sakamoto is a photographer and artist based in Japan.
After many years working in the medical field, she transitioned into a career in photography.Her work transforms scenes emerging from the familiar natural world and the inner landscape of life into visual expressions through light, color, and contour.Her practice expands beyond photography and frames, extending into moving-image installations, canvases, and spatial environments that can unfold across entire spaces, including ceilings.Working across both photography and contemporary art—from commissioned projects to independent artistic practice—her work is guided by a consistent philosophy rooted in reverence and love for life. Through her work, she seeks to reveal the essence that lies beyond visible form.The works created from her distinctive perspective—both flat and imbued with warmth—invite viewers into a world of introspection and memory, where they encounter the quiet yet undeniable presence that breathes within.

坂本慶子/ Keiko Sakamoto

湘南在住

医療業界での長年におよぶ経験を背景にし、写真家へと転身。 身近な自然界と命の内から見えてくる光景を 光や色彩、輪郭で投影するように昇華する。 制作は、癒すように破壊していくことと自らが見たい世界から写真と額縁にとどまらず、映像のインスタレーション、キャンバス、天井に広がる空間全体にも自在に広がる。 写真・アートの両領域におけるクライアントワークから表現活動まで、生命への畏怖と愛という一貫した哲学で繋ぎ、目に見える形を超えた本質を掬い上げる。独自のフラットでかつ体温のある視点が生み出す作品からは、その中に息づく確かな存在に、観るものを内省と記憶の世界へと誘います

2026

・Solo Exhibition: “Orbit – love devotion”

| Maison Palmo, Kanagawa

  • Project Organizer: “Five Senses & Sensibility Photo Walk”

| Jointly planned with Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Tourism Department

2025

  • Solo Exhibition: “Clear Gaze” (透きとおる眼差し) | Enoshima International Art Festival,

UMIYAMA Gallery, Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden, Kanagawa

  • Group Exhibition: “o”

| UMIYAMA Gallery, Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden, Kanagawa

  • Project Organizer: “Five Senses & Sensibility Photo Walk”

| Jointly planned with Enoshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Tourism Department

2024

  • Solo Exhibition: “Breathe”

| UMIYAMA Gallery, Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden, Kanagawa

2023

  • Solo Exhibition: “Echoes”

| UMIYAMA Gallery, Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden, Kanagawa

  • Nude Photography Exhibition: “Love & Devotion II”

| womb house, Kanagawa

2022

  • Group Exhibition: “Enjoy the Viewpoint vol.4” | Nine Gallery, Aoyama, Tokyo

Awarded: Kunihiro Takuma Special Prize

  • Nude Photography Exhibition: “please / Love & Devotion”

| womb house, Kanagawa