Hiroya Sakurai was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1958 and graduated from the University of Tsukuba [ M.F.A.] in 1985. Sakurai has taught at Seian University of Art and Design since 2012 as a professor. Exhibitions include The 4th Sydney Biennale (1982), Postwar Art in Japan, The Getty Center, Los Angeles (2007), the 62nd Melbourne International Film Festival (2013), the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival (2015), and the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival (2018). Sakurai’s work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and J. Paul Getty Trust.
