From the studio to the community and back. Combining a Private Painting Practice with a Public Art Practice Rooted in Community, Place & History.

Sol Golden Sato plays through painting, architecture, collections and archives towards a new role for art. Sol’s practice sits at the intersection of contemporary history painting, socially engaged art, and public installation. His work draws directly from lived experiences of migration, displacement, and community struggle, transforming them into visual and participatory environments that reconnect forgotten histories—particularly those of neglected stories, migrant and working‑class communities—with contemporary audiences.

Exhibitions:

The Woman Who Entered the City of Mirrors (Mexico City, Salón ACME 13, 2026)

Ancestral Lungs: Movement of Plants, Birds & Peoples (London, Somerset House & 1-54, 2024)

Tales From Lost Souls (London, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, 2022)

Public Art Projects:

Hurlingham Academy, Sol & Bomb Factory Education (2023 – present)

The Vincent Vapalooza (Van Gogh House, Festival of Encounters, 2025)

Opera of the Worm Worlds Communit Art Residency (RuptureXIBIT, 2025)

Nine Elms Arts Ministry – Happy Streets Festival & St George’s CE Primary School (2022-2024)

WE AR’THE CITY (Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, 2024)

Happy Feet (Hawick, Scottish Borders, 2023)