Sabrina Horak, PhD
Lives and works in Tokyo
1983: Born in Mödling, Austria
2002-2007: Academy of fine Arts Vienna, Painting department, graduated with Mag.art
2004-2010: Japanese Studies, University of Vienna
2005-2007: Tokyo University of Art and Design, painting department
2014-2017: Tokyo University of the Arts, Oil Painting Department w/ Mext Scholarship of the Ministry of Education
Japan, graduated with a PhD
Teaching Appointments
2024- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art Undergraduate Program, Temple University Tokyo
2014- 2017: Teaching Assistant Tokyo University of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2025: So close to Paradise, Yu Harada, Tokyo
2022: I’m climbing a mountain and I’m never looking back, SYP Gallery, Tokyo
2019: Visions, Neptune Gallery, Taipei
2016: One perfect moment, Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
2014: Halcyon, Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
2011: Urban Crowds, Suppan Contemporary Gallery, Vienna
2008: Crowds refigured, Suppan Contemporary Gallery, Vienna
2007: Strange Days, Otamachi Gallery, Yokohama
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2024: Weekenders, Tiny Little Art Fair, Sansiao Gallery, Tokyo
2023: Osaka Art Festival, Osaka, Japan
2022: Hyper Contemporary, Hasbrook Galleries/ Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, USA
Overview Vol.3, SYP Gallery, Tokyo
2021: Overview Vol.2, SYP Gallery, Tokyo
2020: Morning Call, Buoy, Tokyo
2019: Intermedia Art Project Exhibition, Neptune Gallery, Taipei
2018: “Liminal Structures”, Art Studio Dungeon, Tokyo
2017: "Star Tale", Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
"Blossom Blast", Ultra Super New Gallery, Tokyo
“Shim Invitational 5”, Shim Gallery, New York
2016: "Hommage", Sansiao Gallery, Tokyo
2015: “Necessarius” Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
”Garo Romance", NICA, Nihonbashi Institute of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2014: Taro or Alice, Vol.5, Turner Gallery, Tokyo
2013: "Muestra Paralela. Aqui y Ahora/ Parallel Exhibition ", No Space, San Jose, Costa Rica
"Zeichnung! Zeichnung!// Drawing! Drawing!", Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna
2012: "Face it", Yoshi's Contemporary Art Gallery, Vienna
"k/ Haus 18- Malerei der Gegenwart", Artemons Museum, Hellmonsödt, Austria
2011: "Borders", Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010-2011: "Participants of the art camp", Ara Art Gallery, Ordino, Andorra
2009: Share your Dreams-Young art from the EU, Suppan Contemporary Gallery, Vienna
2007: Constructing reality, Austrian Cultural Forum, Tokyo
Residency Programs
2012: Artist in Residence, Domus Artium, Paliano, Italy
2011: Tehran, Iran// supported by the Federal Ministry for Art and Culture, Austria
2011: Galleria Budapest via Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, Hungary
2010: "Colors per al Planeta" Art Camp of UNESCO, Ordino, Andorra
Art Fairs
2021: Art Tainan, Taiwan
Art Taichung, Taiwan
One Offs Art Fair, Taipei
2020: One Art Taipei, Taiwan
Art Taichung, Taiwan
2019: Art Taichung, Taiwan
2015: 3331 Art Fair, Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2008: KUNSTart, Bolzano, Italy+ Miart, Milano, Italy
Collections
2008: Collection of the Federal Ministry for Art and Culture for the Artothek in Austria
Private collections
Awards
2017: 9th Kinutani Koji Award for figurative Painting (encouragement award), Japan