Nālani Sato is an oil painter based in Honolulu whose work explores animism, eroticism, ritual, and postcolonial symbolism through complex, narrative compositions. Trained in classical painting, Sato's figurative work is deeply shaped by personal mythology, spiritual inquiry, and her lived experience in an Americanized, Christian household in occupied Hawai‘i. Her ongoing painting cycles—Modern Animism, Resurrection, Atonement, and Assimilation—draw connections between midcentury Americana, indigenous iconography, and the body as a political site. Sato has collaborated with sociopolitical artist Masami Teraoka, and her work has been featured in solo and commissioned exhibitions across Hawai‘i, including Bishop Museum, Royal Hawaiian Center, and HGTV’s Renovation Aloha.
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