My paintings are a part of my life, born from life experience. I create works on canvas by carefully blending my philosophy and thoughts, sensibility and feelings, everything received through the five senses, and even the forms and colors that emerge spontaneously.

Life and death, love, happiness, suffering, temperature and light, sound, solitude, nature, time, people, cities, plants, animals and other living things — these are always the themes of my creative work. I believe that art conveys emotion without the need for words.

I hope that through my works, people may find something that touches their hearts.
Rie Sawabe
Rie Sawabe. Japanese Artist.
Born February 9, 1991. From Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Her talent for painting was inherited from her father and grandfather, who both created numerous works. After graduating high school, she trained in traditional theater performance while developing an interest in stage design. She enrolled in the Painting Department at Tokyo Zokei University in Hachioji, Tokyo, graduating in 2017. She began studying Russian independently while still a student.

In 2017, she graduated from Tokyo Zokei University and exhibited at the Gobi Exhibition at the National Art Center Tokyo. That same year she visited Russia for the first time (Volgograd and Moscow), gaining new inspiration for her painting.

In 2018, she held her first solo exhibition at B-Tokyo Gallery in Ginza. That same year she made her second visit to Russia, this time to Saint Petersburg.

In 2019, she held her first solo exhibition in Russia, in Saint Petersburg, attending the opening in person. The exhibition featured both early works and her latest pieces.

She continues to pursue her creative work with great enthusiasm.
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