Satoshi Kanai was born in 1951 in Gunma and is currently a professor at Ryotokuji University Faculty of Arts and a member of the Dokuritsu Art Association.
He expresses his gentle view towards nature and humans witty and unconventional in the technique of bordering contours with gold leaf and by reducing the line to a minimum, which is the characteristic of this artist. In the past he chose plants as a theme, but now his attention is drawn towards human faces. His “people’s faces” differ from the plants, because by joyfully experimenting with various sections and depending on the arrangements of every segment, spirit and emotion become visible. For Satoshi Kanai there are no superiorities or inferiorities in comparison to the modeling of natural vegetation, because “orchids and weeds are beautiful as well”. There is no pointlessness for being alive and there is no most efficient form. He admires the beauty of form of living things in general.

2007
"The Dokuritsu Eight Artists" (Gallery Unicon, Kawagoe City; again in ‘08)
The 40th Anniversary of The Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists provided by the Agency for Cultural Affairs “ Journey ” (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
“ Journey ” (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
2004
Hirofumi Adachi and Satoshi Kanai Exhibition (Shiramizu Gallery, again in 2006)
2003
"EVOLUTION 16" Exhibition (Nihonbashi Takashimaya and other locations; participated again every year since)
“Daegu Art Expo” (Daegu, Korea)
2002
Participated in The Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists provided by The Agency for Cultural Affairs (in Italy)
2000
“Japan Excellent Work Exhibition” (Nihonbashi Takashimaya and other locations; again in 2001)
"Exhibition of Modern Young Japanese and Western-style Painters '' (Nihonbashi Takashimaya and other locations)
"The Picture is the Landscape'' (Yomiuri Newspaper)
Featured on Nihon TV’s "World of Art" program
1997
1st “Koma no Kai” (Nihonbashi Takashimaya and other locations, until 2001)
3rd “Sense of Beauty” Exhibition (Nihonbashi Takashimaya and other locations )
1995
Received Award for Excellence at “1995 Oil Painting Grand Prix Exhibition” (Tokyo Central Museum of Art)
Work purchased by The Agency of Cultural Affairs as an Outstanding Work of Art
1994
One Man Exhibition (Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo; again in ‘96, ‘99, ‘02, ‘04, ‘06 and ‘08)
1993
“Akira Kato and Satoshi Kanai Exhibition” (Takasaki Museum of Art)
1992
“Kanji Maeda Grand Prize Exhibition” (Kurayoshi Museum, again in ‘95)
“Best Contemporary Art Exhibition” (The Agency of Cultural Affairs)
1991
“Yasui Prize Exhibition” (again in ‘92, ‘93, and nominated for awards in ‘94, and ‘95, ‘97)
1983
One Man Exhibition (Huyze Grote Sterre, Belgium)
1980
Received Dokuritsu Art Association Award at “The Dokuritsu Exhibition” (participated again, receiving the 60th Anniversary Award)
1951
Born in Gunma Prefecture

Currently a member of the Dokuritsu Art Association and a professor at Ryotokuji University Faculty of Arts