Naoki Sutter-Shudo

Naoki Sutter-Shudo was in residence at LUMA Arles in may 2022.

Naoki Sutter-Shudo is born in Paris in 1990 and grows up in Tokyo. After a stint at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (California), he joins and co-runs Shanaynay, a now-defunct project space in Ménilmontant (Paris). Since 2015 he has been living and working in Los Angeles, where he founded Bel Ami gallery in 2016. As an artist, he mainly works in sculpture and photography, and is interested in the relationship between langage and materials. He also writes short fiction. His art is represented by Derosia (New York) and Crèvecœur (Paris).