Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 1977. After completing the foundation course at the University of East London in 1997, Sawa graduated with his BFA in 2000 from the same university, and an MFA in Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art, University College London in 2003. He invokes fictitious elements into filmed real-world spaces, such as his early representative work “dwelling,” in which small airplanes flying around in a room. In recent years, he has been working on the expression of installation in which video and space interfere with each other. The major solo exhibitions include Center for Maine Contemporary Art (US) in 2021, KAAT (Kanagawa Arts Theater) in 2018, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in 2014, and Dundee Contemporary Arts (UK) in 2013. Also, he has participated in various large-scale international and group exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum) in 2019, Roppongi Crossing (Mori Art Museum) in 2016, the 12th Lyon Biennale in 2012, the Chengdu Biennale in 2011, and the 17th Sydney Biennale in 2010. His works are held in the collections of prominent museums worldwide, such as Hirshhorn Museum (Washinton D.C.), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), The Israel Museum (Jerusalem), Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Mori Art Museum, and Takamatsu Art Museum.