Kae Sasaki

Kae Sasaki is a Japanese-born visual artist living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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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. 
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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 ...

2012 BFA Honours, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1999 BA in German Literature, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Related Professional Training
2013-2014 Community Collaborative Arts Training Program, the Manitoba Institute for Artists and Community Collaboration/Arts and Cultural Industries Manitoba/Healthy Hive Consulting/Volunteer Manitoba

Solo Exhibitions
2020 I hear it well but scarcely grasp it, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, the Gallery in the Park, Altona, Manitoba
2017 Blue Vessel, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2015 Required Reading, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2013/14 Look/See, Gurevich Fine Art at McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 In Praise of Shadows, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Group Exhibitions
2019 The Kingston Prize 2019
Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario
2017-18 The Kingston Prize 2017
Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario
Peel Art Gallery (PAMA), Brampton, Ontario
Harbourfront Centre - Artport Gallery,
Toronto, Ontario 
2017 Salt Spring National Art Prize 2017 2015-16
2016 TEN, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB
2015-16 Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture
Firewall Theatre, Gananoque ON
Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton NB
Galerie d'art Desjardins, Drummondville QC
2015 ARRIVAL, Gurevich Fine Art at McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2014 To...