Saori was born and raised in Japan, and is currently based in both Japan and Los Angeles.

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She specializes in forming strategic art collections by leveraging her 8 years of experience as a marketing and branding specialist at a major Japanese advertising agency. Moreover, she is an art consultant skilled in connecting clients and artists in the U.S. and Japan by utilizing her fluent bilingual skills in English and Japanese.

 

Thanks to her art-loving parents, she has had many opportunities to visit art museums since childhood and has been exposed to a wide range of art genres. 

 

After spending time in Los Angeles starting in 2014, she recognized that the art market in Japan is relatively small compared to that in the U.S. With a strong desire to introduce the work of emerging artists, she developed connections with local artists in LA and began working as an art consultant.

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It is also one of her missions to introduce Japanese artists who aspire to expand globally to her American clients. In Japan, where contemporary art is still unfamiliar to many, she is passionate about art education for children, aiming to foster future art lovers as well.

 

She worked as an art consultant at Bruce Lurie Gallery in 2016-2017 and Mouche Gallery in 2017-2018 and has been working as a private art consultant since 2018.