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Kae Sasaki is a Japanese-born visual artist living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ​ Sasaki grew up in Fukui, an hour away from Kyoto, with a slight detour in El Paso, Texas in her formative years. She graduated from Rikkyo University in Tokyo where she studied German literature as well as education and library science. After moving to Winnipeg she worked full-time in accounting and half-time grading exams and essays on campus while putting herself through School of Art at University of Manitoba, graduating with first class honours in 2012. Sasaki has since taught drawing as a sessional instructor at University of Manitoba faculty of architecture while establishing a full-time studio practice.  ​ Sasaki is a recipient of Alice Hamilton Painting Prize, Cecil C. Richards Memorial Award for achievement in figurative sculpture, Lynn Sissons Memorial Scholarship, and a public art commission award from University of Manitoba Sculptural Experience competition. Her art practice has been generously supported by grants from Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. Most recently she has been shortlisted for the Kingston Prize in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2023, as well as the Salt Spring National Art Prize in 2017, and Jackson's Open Painting Prize in 2018 and 2019.  To learn more, visit