As a native of Japan, having lived in the United States for more than 30 years, she aims to combine Eastern and Western influences in her art and create work that has a modernist, minimal design.
In 1989, Pollack studied with Marie Ann Quette at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.
[3] Junco Sato Pollack received her Masters of Fine Arts degree in textile design from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1991.
In 1992 she began teaching as an Associate Professor of Textiles at The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University until 2012.
Pollack has led workshops on Kudzu processing aimed for weavers, paper makers, knitters, designers and artists.