Jon Sasaki, Curriculum Vitae

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012 (upcoming) Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB.

2011 (upcoming) Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

(upcoming) KW/AG Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery

2010 (upcoming) Comedown, Access, Vancouver

Holding Pattern, 126, Galway, Ireland

On Purpose, Eastern Edge, St. John’s Nfld

Unabashed Optimism, Jessica Bradley Art +Projects, Toronto

Good Intentions, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto at Scarborough (catalogue forthcoming)

2009 Crossroads, Galerie Clark, Montreal

Warmup, AUDIO OUT project space, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto

Some Unabashed Optimism, Latitude 53, Edmonton

2007 Six Shaggy Dog Stories, Video Wall, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga

Moving the Goal Posts, The New Gallery, Calgary

Wishing for Three More Wishes, Gallery TPW, Toronto

Antihero Décor, The Centre for Culture and Leisure No. 1, Toronto

2006 Instant Coffee: One is Never Enough, OR Gallery, Vancouver BC

2005 Instant Coffee: Year of Perfect Days, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany

2004 Guest Book, Satchel Gallery, Toronto

2003 Instant Coffee + Everyone. The Americas Society, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 (upcoming) Cabin Fever, Platform: Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts, Winnipeg, MB

(upcoming) Perdre Le Nord, curated by Marie-Eve Beaupré, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec.

FAX, Burnaby Art Gallery, touring exhibition originating at the Drawing Center, NY, and iCI.

“Proposal (Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown) for Toronto” an exhibition-in-print by Vincent Honoré,

for Canadian Art, Spring 2010.

CUE, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC

Alternorthern, The Lab, San Francisco

2009 We Are Sailing, Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art

The Projects, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga. (offsite: City of Port Credit.)

The Old College Try; The William Huffman Award exhibition, 381 Projects, Toronto

Road-Runners, VOX, Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montréal, QC

New Beginnings, curated by Pamela Meredith, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto

Here Now or Nowhere, Grande Prairie, AB

2008 Vanish, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina

I Promise It Will Always Be This Way, Nuit Blanche, Toronto

Stories, In Pieces, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto

The Constant Search for a Better Way, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Vancouver

Vanities and Vandals, AGO Massive Party, Toronto

A Little Art Every Day as Directed, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

NYNYNY, Flux Factory, New York

2007 Limited: artist editions and multiples, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto

PLAY/GROUNDS, Toronto.

My Square Foot, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto

2006 Instant Coffee: Peer Pleasure 1, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Dark Hart, Instant Coffee + Fastwürms, JMB Gallery, University of Toronto, for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche

2004 Geostash, in collaboration with Paola Poletto, Year01 and YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto

Instant Coffee: Printable. San Juan Triennial, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Instant Coffee: Sorry We’re Open. Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Robot Landscapes, Case Studies, York Quay Centre, Toronto, co-production with the Design Exchange

2003 Instant Coffee: CAFKA 03 :Probing Into the Distance, Kitchener, ON

Psychotopes, with Instant Coffee, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto

Buy–Sellf – IMPORT/EXPORT, with Instant Coffee. Quartier Éphémère, Montréal

Soundtracks, with Instant Coffee, Edmonton Art Gallery, The Blackwood Gallery, Toronto, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina SK , Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Selected Screenings

2010 Ok. Quoi? Arts Festival, Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, NB

Disembodied Bodies, Images Festival 23, Toronto

Ex-Territory, Tel-Aviv, Israel

2009 'Let Us Play', 126, Galway, Ireland

2008 At Play, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia

Video Now: Artists Working in the Spirit of Bruce Nauman, Aurora Picture Show and The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

2007 Haptic, CAFKA, Kitchener, ON

Rooftop TV, New York

2006 Trapped Inside the Machine, Rooftop Films, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

2004 Let’s Get Tested, Oberhausen Film Festival; Independent Film Show 4th edition, Napoli, Italy

How to be a Canadian, Eyebeam Gallery, NYC; Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003 +System, Short Videos from the World, BizArt Art Center, Shanghai and Vitamin Creative Space, Canton

Selected Bibliography, Interviews, Reviews.

Earl Miller. Jon Sasaki, Scarborough, Canada. Review, Art Papers, July/August 2010, p. 58-59.

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.

Murray Whyte. Selling hope in the face of fact, review, The Toronto Star, January 21, 2010.

Marie-Ève Charron. L’art de l'échec - Le Torontois Jon Sasaki célèbre l'homme ordinaire. review, Le Devoir, (Montreal) November 14, 2009.

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, Toronto

Canadian Art Online, Jon Sasaki: Positive Thinking, review, April 30, 2009

Adam Waldron-Blain, Some Unabashed Optimism, review, Vue Weekly (Edmonton) issue #705, April 23 2009.

Mandy Espezel, Jill Stanton. The Sadness Of NORK, The Glory Of Bumblebee, review, SEE Magazine (Edmonton) April, 2009.

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. Toronto Star, Thursday, January 10, 2008.

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, Calgary, October 2007.

Dave Dyment. Jon Sasaki, Antihero Décor, The Centre for Culture and Leisure No. 1; Wishing for Three More Wishes, Gallery TPW; Toronto. Review in C Magazine, issue 95, Fall 2007, p. 39-41.

Jennifer McMackon. Jon Sasaki, Toronto, review in: Art Papers, September/October 2007, p. 72.

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 Holiday. Exhibition essay, Wishing for Three More Wishes, Gallery TPW, June 2007.

Angela Antle. “Is it Art?” interview on CBC Radio 1 program Socket, July 26 2006.

Catherine Osborne. Beyond the White Cube, Design Lines Toronto, Spring 2005.

Education

1996 B.F.A, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB