Sae Honda is a Japanese designer / artist based in Japan.
Graduating from Musashino Art University in 2010, she pursued further studies in the Jewellery Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, completing her degree in 2016. In 2021, she relocated her base from the Netherlands to Japan. Her work spans self-initiated projects showcased both domestically and internationally, as well as diverse collaborations with companies, educational institutions, and research organizations.
Questioning the existing value system with her poetic approach, she explores alternative aesthetics this modern life has to offer. She moves freely through the realms of art, design, and craft, uncovering the hidden stories behind objects and materials with her keen insight and hands-on research. Through her work, she gives shape to these narratives, creating new and meaningful expressions of value.
Some of her works are included in the permanent collection of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and Museum Arnhem.
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デザイナー/アーティスト。2010 年に武蔵野美術大学工芸工業デザイン学科を卒業後、2013 年からアムステルダムのヘリット・リートフェルト・アカデミーのジュエリー学科で学び、2016 年に卒業。2021年にオランダから日本に拠点を移し、自主的なプロジェクトを国内外で発表する他、企業や教育・研究機関等のクライアントと共に多様なプロジェクトに取り組んでいます。
既存の価値体系に詩的なアプローチでゆるやかに疑問をなげかけながら、オルタナティブな美意識を探究。アート・デザイン・クラフトの領域を自由に縦断しながら、独自の観察眼と実践的なリサーチを通じて、モノや素材の背景に隠れた物語を掬い上げ、新しい価値をかたちにしています。
作品はアムステルダム市立美術館、アムステルダム国立美術館、アーネム博物館に永久所蔵されています。
武蔵野美術大学工芸工業デザイン学科木工専攻非常勤講師。グッドデザイン賞審査員。
・Award
- 2016 Winner, GRA Award, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, NL
- 2017 Creative industries fund NL, Design Grant, NL
- 2017 Mondriaan fund, Presenting&Programming Grant, NL
- 2017 U-50 International Hokuriku Kogei (artisan crafts) Award, selected, JP
- 2019 Creative industries fund NL, Talent Development Grant, NL
- 2020 Cultuur Eindhoven, Snelgeld Grant, NL
・Works in the collection of
- The permanent collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
- The permanent collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL
- The permanent collection of the Museum Arnhem, NL
・Exhibitions (selected)
<Solo>
2024
- Sae Honda Exhibition, IDEE SHOP Roppongi, JP
2023
- Parallel Paradise, Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse, JP
- Cryptid, Seibu Ikebukuro art capsule, JP
2022
- Anthropophyta / 人工植物門, (PLACE) by method, JP
2021
- Tears of the Manmade, MIN jewelry&crafts, JP
2020
- EVERYBODY NEEDS A ROCK 2020, and wander OUTDOOR gallery, JP
- Untitled, IBASHO_Gallery, BE
- 'Anthropophyta' book launch exhibition, San Serriffe, NL
2018
- EVERYBODY NEEDS A ROCK book launch exhibition, Utrecht NOW IDeA, JP
2017
- FUTURE PRIMITIVE, GALERIE ROB KOUDIJS, NL
- EVERYBODY NEEDS A ROCK, IDEE SHOP Roppongi, JP
<Collective>
2025
- PROJECT HINOKI II, KARIMOKU COMMONS TOKYO, JP
2024
- DESIGN TIDE TOKYO, MITSUI HALL, JP
2023
- Material, or , 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, JP
- BEZEL Contemporary Jewelry, BankART KAIKO, JP
- THE THINKING PIECE 'Obscure solutions' (Milan Design Week 2023), Drop City, IT
- NEO MINERALIA, Center for Craft, US
2022
- Beautiful Artifacts, LIVING MOTIF, JP
- IT'S OUR F***ING BACKYARD, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
- Tenminste houdbaar tot, Museum Arnhem, NL
- Counterpoint, De Apotheek Tolhuis, NL
2021
- KATAMARI, CIBONE CASE, JP
-Subsequence Bazaar, visvim omotesando, JP
2020
- New Jewelry TOKYO 2020, Spiral garden, JP
2018
- Into The Great Wide Open 2018, Vlieland, NL
- Frankenstein 2018, Eye of Gyre, JP
2017
- OBJECT ROTTERDAM, NL
- Ventura Lambrate, IT
- WORLDS KOGEI 100, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design, JP
2016
- Marzee international graduation show, Galerie Marzee, NL
- SELECTED, Looiersgracht60, NL
- JOYA Barcelona Art Jewellery Fair, Mònica, ES
- Re importation, Tokyo designers week, JP
2015
- Project27, Sint Lucas University College of Art and Design Antwerp, BE
- Wonder & Wander, Oude Kerk, NL
2014
- EEN ANDER LICHAAM, VU medisch centrum, NL
- SPUTNIK AUCTION, COMMUNE246, JP