Eri Saito
Eri SAITO
Born 1991 in Fukushima, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo
EDUCATION
2011-2015 B.A. in Art, Faculty of Expression Studies, Wako University (Tokyo/JP)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Disabled Documentation, Fei Arts Museum, Guangzhou, CN
2025 Before the Haze Disperses, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Kanagawa, JP
2025 HUG HUG TREE TREE, Hangzhou, CN
2025 Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2025, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, JP
2025 Artists in FAS 2024, Fujisawa City Art Space, Kanagawa, JP
2023 Visitor Cue, Yamanaka Suplex Annex MINE, Osaka, JP
2023 how to make friends, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo, JP
2023 Whenever Wherever Festival 2023, SHIBAURA HOUSE, Tokyo, JP
2022 WVlog: personal, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo, JP
2021 Until it gets dark, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, JP
2020 Glory of 2020, YUMI ADACHI CONTEMPORARY+Awoba Soh, Tokyo, JP
2020 1GB, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, JP
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2026 Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival [SPIEXFF], Lectorium Sevcable Port, Saint Petersburg, RU
2026 FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter, ACUD Kunsthaus, Berlin, DE
2025 EASTEAST_TOKYO 2025, Science Museum, Tokyo, JP
2025 Beijing International Short Film Festival, Hey Town Art Center, Beijing, CN
2025 29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, CZ
2025 AFTER THE NEW ORDER, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, JP
2025 50th Toronto International Film Festival, Wavelengths, TIFF Lightbox, Toronto, CA
2025 Images Festival, Innis Town Hall, Toronto, CA
2024 Beijing International Short Film Festival, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, CN
2024 21st Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul, Korea Film Archive, Seoul, KR
2024 Prismatic Ground, Anthology Film Archives, New York, US
2024 e-flux Film Award, e-flux Screening Room, New York, US
2023 European Media Art Festival, Cinema HASETOR, Osnabrück, DE
2022 Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2022, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, JP
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
2024 Katsurao AIR, Katsurao, Fukushima, JP
2024 Artists in FAS 2024, Fujisawa City Art Space, Kanagawa, JP
2024 The Backers Foundation and AIT Artist in Residence Programme (London, Leipzig, Seoul)
WORKSHOPS
2025 Artists in FAS 2024 Related Program Workshop, Fujisawa City Art Space, Kanagawa, JP
2022 Kisarazu Minatoguchi Art Project 2022 “Minato”, Art Workshop for Primary School Children (Chiba)
GRANTS & AWARDS
2025 Tokyo Artist Accelerator Program [TAAP]
2024 Matsuura Art and Culture Foundation, Contemporary Artist Grant Program *Momoyo Iijima + Eri Saito
2024 Kumagai Masatoshi Culture Foundation, Contemporary Art Creator Grant Program
2024 i-Style Art and Sports Foundation, Contemporary Arts Promotion Grant
2024 e-flux Film Award, Second Prize
2023 Ogasawara Toshiaki Memorial Foundation, Research and Investigation Grant *Momoyo Iijima + Eri Saito
2022 Matsuura Art and Culture Foundation, Contemporary Artist Grant Program *Momoyo Iijima + Eri Saito
PRESS & ARTICLES
"The Capital of Cinephilia: The Toronto International Film Festival at 50" by Kohei Usuda, January 2026, Issue 116, Senses of Cinema, https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2026/festival-reports/the-capital-of-cinephilia-the-toronto-international-film-festival-at-50/
“Time Isolated from the Outside World, Images Rooted in Inner Experience: The Private Vessels of Japanese Women’s Experimental Cinema” by Cheng-Yuan Chao, Nov. 14, 2025, Filmaholic, https://filmaholic.tw/films/69163c3dfd897800018f1b18/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPNfaRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqc1FJNk5mMG9YcVhUNlNOc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHu5vD9RQNnRes4kEaoJMDnMuCyb4wuhtMDNbUJdz2G04gQi-gWP1DM_JlWyJ_aem_ecSpJKuhVo4iaUrybY7hsQ
“Wavelengths 3: Slightest Pretense — Various Directors [TIFF ’25 Review]” by Michael Sicinski, Sep. 16, 2025, In Review Online, https://inreviewonline.com/2025/09/15/wavelengths-3-slightest-pretense-tiff-25-review/
“Wavelengths’ Slightest Pretense Boasts the Daring Artistry that Festivals Deserve” by Alexander Mooney, Sep. 14, 2025, POV Magazine, https://povmagazine.com/wavelengths-slightest-pretense-boasts-the-daring-artistry-that-festivals-deserve/
“The 2024 e-flux Film Awards” by Florence Woolley, Jan. 18, 2024, Screen Slate, https://www.screenslate.com/articles/2024-e-flux-film-awards
“e-flux Film Award Winners” Jan. 4, 2024, e-flux, https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/581469/e-flux-film-award-winners/
“Festival as a Transitional Intervention into the City | Part 4” by Kanji Miyashita, Sep. 24, 2023, Body Arts Laboratory Report, https://bodyartslabo.com/report/kanji-miyashita.html/4 *JP