Education
1989-1992 |
Craft Design, Metal Work course, College
of Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan work |
1997-1999 |
First Class Honours, Bachelor of Art, Silversmithing,
Jewellery and Allied Crafts course, London Guildhall University
in London, UK |
1999-2001 |
Master of Art, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalsmithing
and Jewellery course, Royal College of Art in London,
UK |
Experience
1995-1996 |
Planner and Designer, Gallery Nakama Co.,
Ltd. Tokyo, Japan |
1997 |
Japan Craft, Matuya Department store, Tokyo, Japan |
1997 |
Asahi Craft, Seibu Department store, Tokyo,
Osaka, Japan collections |
1998 |
Jewellery commended, Goldsmiths' company selected exhibition |
1999 |
Innovation, Goldsmiths' company |
1999 |
Innovation, British Jewellers' Association |
2001 |
Artist in Residence at London Guildhall University |
Avards
1992-1995 |
Designer, Design Department, Sasaki Glass
Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan awards |
1999 |
Lesley Craze Gallery Award |
2002 |
Jannet Fitch Jewellery award, finalist of George Little
Management,LLC international Marketing Award, Chelsea
Crafts Fair |
She has won several jewellery prizes and was shortlisted
for the UK's Art Foundation Awards in 2010. Her work has been
presented in many European high-end galleries and art fairs.
Some of her works are also found in collections, such as the
Worshipful at Goldsmiths' Company.
Exhibitions
1999 DJG, The Barbican Centre, London, UK
1999 Emerging Talent, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK
1999 Graduation works, Galerie Marzee, Holland
1999 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London, UK
2000 First prize, Bombay Sapphire Martini glass competition
2000 SOFA 2000, presented by Lesley Craze Gallery, Chicago,
USA
2000 Jewels for the New Millennium, Lesley Craze Gallery,
London, UK
2000 Inhorgenta 2000, Munich, Germany
2001 Commended, Fashion Jewellery section, Goldsmith Company
Award
2001 ‘ICE’, Crafts Council shop at the V&A
Museum, London, UK
2001 Solo exhibition, Lesley Craze C2+, London, UK
2001 Significant, Simmons Gallery, London, UK
2001 Winterreise, Galerie Slavik, Vienna, Austria
2001 Goed Werk, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Villa de Bondt, Gent, Belgium
2001 Graduation works, Galerie Marzee, Holland
2001 Selected works from RCA, at General Trading Company,
London, UK
2001 Nomade, Oslo, Norway
2001 Accessories, Craft Centre, Leeds, UK
2001 Alice & Louis Koch Coll ring Collection
2002 Graduation Show, New Ashgate gallery, Surry, UK
2002 CDA exhibition, Sotheby’s. London, UK
2002 Peggy Ross Prize, New Ashgate Gallery
2002 SOFA Chicago, presented by The David Collection, USA
2002 Kim Jung Vu et Kayo Saito, Orfeo, Luxembourg
2002, UK Jun. 2002 Schmuch-Scottland
2002 SOFA 2002 New York, presented by The David Collection,
New York, USA
2002 Schmuch 2002, Munich, Germany2003 ‘Jewellery meets
textile’, Contemporary Applied Art, London, UK
2003 Solo exhibition, Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal
2003 ‘Kogei’, Crafts Council shop at the V&A
museum, London, UK
2003 SOFA 2003 New York, presented by The David Collection,
New York, USA
2003 Rings, Scottish Gallery, Scottland, UK
2003 Adorned to perfection, Platform Gallery, Lancashire,
UK
2004 ‘COLLECT’ presented by Lesley Craze Gallery,
V&A museum, London, UK
2004 ‘Raewfind Spring exhibition‘, New Ashgate
Gallery, Surry, UK
2004 ‘Landscape Jewellery’, Alternatives gallery,
Rome, Italy
2004 |
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA |
2005 |
DAVID WATKINS AND STUDENTS Contemporary Applied Arts,
London, UK |
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CONTEMPORARY BRITISH JEWELLERY Galeria Bielak, Krakow,
Poland |
2006 |
CLAUDE SCHMITZ AND KAYO SAITO Galerie Slavik, Vienna,
Austria |
2007 |
RISING STARS |
2008 |
KIM JUNG VU ET KAYO SAITO Galerie Orfèo, Luxembourg |
2009 |
KEIWA KOBAYASHI AND KAYO SAITO Gallery C.A.J, Kyoto,
Japan |
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SOLO EXHIBITION Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal |
2012 |
COLLECT Saatchi Gallery, presented by Adrian Sassoon |
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MAASTRICHT 2012 presented by Adrian Sassoon |
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GOLD: POWER AND ALLURE 4500 YEARS OF GOLD TREASURES
FROM ACROSS BRITAIN The Goldsmiths' Hall, London, UK |
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THE GOLDSMITHS' FAIR 2012 The Goldsmiths' Hall St Paul,
London EC2V 6BN |
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PAVILION OF ART & DESIGN LONDON 2012
Berkeley Square London W1 |
2013 |
Kayo Saito, Kazumi Nagano, Yu Hiraishi Galerie Orfèo,
Luxembourg |
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