Jon Sasaki, Curriculum Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 (upcoming)
2012 (upcoming) Southern Alberta Art Gallery,
(upcoming) MacLaren
Art Centre,
(upcoming) Gallery 101,
(upcoming)
2011 KW/AG
Pine, Art Gallery of Ontario, in partnership with Images
Festival
Good Intentions,
2010 Comedown, Access,
Holding Pattern, 126,
On Purpose, Eastern Edge,
Unabashed Optimism, Jessica Bradley Art +Projects,
Good Intentions, Doris McCarthy Gallery,
2009 Crossroads, Centre Clark,
Warmup, AUDIO OUT project space, Art
Gallery of York University,
Some Unabashed Optimism, Latitude 53,
2007 Six Shaggy Dog Stories, Video Wall,
Blackwood Gallery,
Moving the Goal Posts, The New
Gallery,
Wishing for Three More Wishes, Gallery TPW,
Antihero Décor, The Centre for
Culture and Leisure No. 1,
2006 Instant Coffee: One is Never
Enough, OR Gallery,
2005 Instant Coffee: Year of Perfect Days, Sparwasser HQ,
2004 Guest Book, Satchel Gallery,
2003 Instant Coffee + Everyone. The
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 From One Side To
Another, ESAM,
(upcoming)
Electric Speed, Urban Screen video commission, curated
by Kate Armstrong and Malcolm Levy
(upcoming) Cabin Fever, Neutral
Ground,
2010 Cabin Fever, Platform: Centre for
Photographic & Digital Arts,
Some Enchanted Evenings, Nuit Blanche retrospective curated by Fern Bayer
Move Me! The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts Trust,
Perdre Le Nord, curated
by Marie-Eve Beaupré, Est-Nord_Est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec
FAX,
“Proposal (Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown) for
for Canadian Art, Spring 2010.
CUE,
Alternorthern, The Lab,
2009 We Are Sailing, Masterworks
The Projects, Blackwood Gallery,
The Old College Try; The William Huffman Award exhibition,
381 Projects,
Road-Runners, VOX, Centre de l’image
contemporaine,
New Beginnings, curated by Pamela
Meredith, Susan Hobbs Gallery,
Here Now or Nowhere,
2008 Vanish,
I Promise It Will Always Be This Way, Nuit
Blanche,
Stories, In Pieces, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery,
The Constant Search for a
Vanities and Vandals, AGO Massive Party,
A Little Art Every Day as Directed,
NYNYNY, Flux Factory,
2007 Limited: artist editions and multiples,
Jessica Bradley Art + Projects,
PLAY/GROUNDS,
My Square Foot, The Koffler Gallery,
2006 Welcome to the limelight, (Instant
Coffee) CCS Bard, Curator: Natalie Woyzbun,
Instant Coffee: Peer Pleasure 1,
Dark Hart, Instant Coffee + Fastwürms,
JMB Gallery,
2004 Geostash, in
collaboration with Paola Poletto, Year01 and YYZ Artists’
Outlet,
Instant Coffee: Printable. San Juan Triennial,
Instant Coffee: Sorry We’re Open. Southern Exposure Gallery,
Robot Landscapes, Case Studies, York Quay Centre,
2003 Instant Coffee: CAFKA 03
:Probing Into the Distance,
Psychotopes, with Instant Coffee, YYZ Artists'
Outlet,
Buy–Sellf – IMPORT/EXPORT, with
Instant Coffee. Quartier Éphémère,
Montréal
Soundtracks, with Instant Coffee,
Selected Screenings
2010 Disembodied Bodies Pt. 1, (Images festival touring
programme) ECC Hall, Seoul, Korea, followed by venues
in Bangalore, Baroda, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Thailand and Taipei.
Ok. Quoi? Arts Festival, Struts
Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre,
Disembodied Bodies, Images Festival 23,
Ex-Territory,
2009 'Let Us Play', 126,
2008 At Play,
Video Now: Artists Working in the Spirit of Bruce Nauman, Aurora Picture Show and The
Menil Collection,
2007 Haptic, CAFKA,
Rooftop TV,
2006 Trapped Inside the Machine, Rooftop
Films,
2004 Let’s Get Tested, Oberhausen Film
Festival; Independent Film Show 4th edition,
How to be a Canadian, Eyebeam Gallery, NYC; Vox Populi Gallery,
2003 +System, Short Videos from the World,
Selected Bibliography, Interviews,
Reviews.
Jon Sasaki:Good
Intentions, exhibition catalogue co-published by Doris McCarthy Gallery,
Kenderdine Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Southern Alberta Art
Gallery, MacLaren Art Centre, Prairie Art Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery. Essays by Ann MacDonald, Crystal Mowry
and Ben Portis, 2011.
Christof Migone editor, WOOD, catalogue, Blackwood Gallery programming compendium, 2011
Bart Gazzola. The Road To Hell… review,
Planet S (
Earl
Miller. Jon Sasaki,
Kenneth
Baker. Review, Alternorthern, The
San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 2010.
Gary
Michael Dault. An unabashed
optimist’s view of the world, review, The Globe and Mail, January 23, 2010.
Marie-Ève Charron. L’art de l'échec
- Le Torontois Jon Sasaki célèbre l'homme
ordinaire. review, Le
Devoir, (
Betty Ann
Jordan. Where the Art Is, Fashion Magazine, Winter
2010
Gabrielle
Moser. Jon Sasaki, Jessica Vallentin, The Old College
Try, review, Esse Arts + Opinions, #67, Fall 09
Nicholas
Brown. Against Their Better Judgement: Jon Sasaki and
Jessica Vallentin mix hope, futility, and outright
lunacy. Exhibition text for The Old College Try, Red Bull 381 Projects,
Canadian
Art Online, Jon Sasaki: Positive Thinking, review, April 30, 2009
Adam Waldron-Blain, Some Unabashed Optimism, review, Vue Weekly (
Mandy Espezel, Jill Stanton. The Sadness of
NORK, The Glory of Bumblebee, review, SEE Magazine (
Nicholas
Brown. Enthusiasm at the Limit, (and front cover) C Magazine,
issue 100, winter 2008.
James Bradshaw.
A long night’s journey into art, The Globe and Mail, Monday
October 6, 2008.
Sarah
Milroy. A night crawler’s guide to Nuit
Blanche. The Globe and Mail, Saturday October 4, 2008.
Fran
Schechter. Duelling Mascots. (and front cover) NOW weekly, October 2-8, 2008.
Peter
Goddard. Critics’ Choice.
Scott
Rogers. There's that word “existentialism.” Jon Sasaki's wry and funny
installations come to The New Gallery. Review, FFWD weekly,
October 25, 2007.
Nicholas
Brown. The Artist as Failure, Jon Sasaki Won’t Help Me And He Won’t Help You.
Art Feature article in: Color Magazine, volume 5 issue 4, fall 2007, p. 94-95.
Dan
Adler. Exhibition Text for Moving the Goal Posts, The
New Gallery,
Dave Dyment. Jon Sasaki, Antihero Décor, The
Centre for Culture and Leisure No. 1; Wishing for Three More Wishes, Gallery
TPW;
Jennifer McMackon. Jon Sasaki,
Jesse
Birch. Interview and studio visit, Art Gallery of York University Studio Blog, www.yorku.ca/agyu/index
Gary
Michael Dault. Buster Keaton, high
up in the sky. Review, The Globe and Mail,
Saturday, June 30, 2007.
Brian
Joseph Davis. Monsieur Sasaki's
Education
1996 B.F.A,