Kae Sasaki

Kae Sasaki

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

About Kae Sasaki

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 and Manitoba Arts Council. Most recently she has been shortlisted for the Kingston Prize in 2015 and 2017, 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 www.kaesasaki.com

Education:

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

Events:

May 30, 2019 7:30PM, Opening Gala, the Gallery in the Park, Altona, Manitoba

The Kingston Prize 2017 | www.kingstonprize.ca
Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario | Gala Preview on October 5, 2017 | Preview exhibition open to public October 6 – 22, 2017
Peel Art Gallery (PAMA), Brampton, Ontario | Prize announcement on November 4, 2017 | Public Exhibition November 4, 2017 - January 21, 2018
Harbourfront Centre - Artport Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | Gala Opening on February 1, 2018 | Public Exhibition February 2 - April 22, 2018
 
Salt Spring National Art Prize 2017 | www.saltspringartprize.ca
Gala Opening of Finalist Exhibition | September 22, 2017 Public Exhibition opens daily | September 22 – October 22, 2017
The Creative Mind: Creativity in the Arts and Sciences | October 14, 2017
Prize Announcement on Gala Awards Night | October 21, 2017

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions
2020 (upcoming) 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
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 Toronto International Art Fair, via Gurevich Fine Art Gallery (exhibitor),Toronto, Ontario
2014 Celebration of Women’s Art, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2014 Secret from the Vault II, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2013 Secret from the Vault, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2013 Small Works Show, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 Nouvelle 'peg II, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 Painting and Ceramics Thesis Group Exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba