sawa-pan : Sawako Kaijima and Panagiotis Michalatos
Japanese and Greek, collaborating since 2006
In their work Sawako Kaijima and Panagiotis Michalatos employ digital technology to create subtle ruptures in the culture surrounding art, architecture, and engineering. They studied media and architecture and throughout the years have been involved in research and teaching at academic institutions including Harvard University and Cornell University.
Using a range of media, including digital, painting, sculpture, and installation, the duo explores the productive conflict between human and artificial perception.
Sawako Kaijima
Born 1976 in Tokyo Japan
Lives and works in Massachusetts, USA & Singapore
Education
2001-2005 Master of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
1995-1999 Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Information, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Appointments
2017- : Assistant Professor in Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA
2017-2020: Shutzer Assistant Professor, Harvard University Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, USA
2012-2017: Assistant Professor in Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore
2005-2012: Computational Design Researcher, Adams Kara Taylor, UK
Panagiotis Michalatos
Born 1977 in Athens Greece
Lives and works in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA
Education
2002-2004 Master of Science in Art and Technology, Chalmers and IT-Universitet, Gothenburg, Sweden
1994-2001 Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Selected Appointments
2019- : Visiting Lecturer, Cornell School of Architecture, USA
2015-2021: Senior Principal Research Engineer, Autodesk inc, USA
2010- 2019: Assistant Professor in Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA
2006-2010: Computational Design Researcher, Adams Kara Taylor, UK
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Schoeni Projects at Cromwell Place, de/re CONSTRUCT: an exhibition by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV & Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike, London, UK
Art Fair Tokyo 2022 at Tokyo International Forum, RECIRCULATION artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai VI,, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, ELOGE DE LA LUMIÈRE - IN PRAISE OF LIGHT Pierre Soulages - artwork in collaboration, Geneva, Switzerland
Art Fair Tokyo 2021 at Tokyo International Forum, Shu - Ha - Ri, artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai VI, , Tokyo, Japan
2020
Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko, Tradition is a challenge, artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai VI, Osaka, Japan
2019
TAI Modern, collaboration with Chikuunsai VI, Santa Fe, USA
Asian Art Museum, artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai VI, San Francisco, USA
Asia Week New York, artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai VI, USA
Galleria Renzo, Japanese Bamboo Design, artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai, VI Freschi, Italy
2018
Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac,, artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai, VI, Fendre Paris,France
2017
Takashimaya Art Gallery, artwork in collaboration with Chikuunsai, VI, Osaka and Tokyo, Japan
2016
National Design Centre, Evolving Joinery, Singapore
2015
The Next 50, Design and Research, Singapore
2010
Transformation - World Architecture Festival, TransTale, Computer Animation and works incomputational design, Barcelona, Spain
2009
Beijing International Art Biennale, Computational communication work for Shanghai Expo British Pavilion, Beijing, China
2008
Siggraph - Design and Computation Exhibition, Tensor shades, Interactive use of structural information in design, CA, USA