Aki Sasamoto works in sculpture, performance, video, and more. In Sasamoto’s installation/performance works, she moves and talks inside careful arrangements of sculpturally altered objects, activating the bizarre emotions behind daily life.

Her installation/performance works have been shown at odd sites as well as at numerous international and domestic venues, including SculptureCenter, the Kitchen, and the 2010 Whitney Biennial in New York; the National Museum of Art in Osaka; the 2012 Gwangju Biennale in South Korea; and the 2016 Shanghai Biennale. Her work includes collaborations with musicians, choreographers, mathematicians, and engineers.

She is an assistant professor in the Sculpture Department at the Yale School of Art. Sasamoto likes food; donuts, grapefruits, potatoes, coffee, and well drinks appear in some of her works.