EDUCATION
2012 BFA First Class Honours, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1999 BA in German Literature, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 (UPCOMING) MHC Gallery, Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2025 (UPCOMING) Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2025 (UPCOMING) Gallery in the Park, Altona, Manitoba
2024 Gathering, Mary E. Black Gallery, Centre for Crafts Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2020 I hear it well but scarcely grasp it, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Gallery in the Park, Altona, Manitoba
2017 Blue Vessel, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2015 Required Reading, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Each Piece, Each Bead, Each Story, Nocturne Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2023 The Kingston Prize 2023, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON
Bloom, curated by Gita Joshi, Create Magazine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2019 The Kingston Prize 2019, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON
2017-18 The Kingston Prize 2017
Firehall Theatre, Gananoque ON
Peel Art Gallery (PAMA), Brampton ON
Harbourfront Centre - Artport Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 The Salt Spring National Art Prize 2017, Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, BC
2016 TEN, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2015-16 The Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture
Firehall Theatre, Gananoque ON
Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton NB
Galerie d'art Desjardins, Drummondville QC
2015 BARA: Creation, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg Young Adult Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2015 ARRIVAL, Gurevich Fine Art at McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, Manitoba
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2024 Explore and Create: Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario
2024 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2024 CREATE Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2024 Arts Across Canada Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario
2023 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2023 Finalist, the Kingston Prize 2023, Kingston, Ontario
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Riding Mountain Artist's Residency, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2023 Manitoba Craft Council Victoria Beach Retreat, Manitoba Craft Council, Victoria Beach, Manitoba
2021 Explore and Create: Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario
2021 CREATE Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2020 Colart Artist Relief Initiative, the Colart Collection, Monreal, Quebec
2019 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Riding Mountain Artist's Residency, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 Finalist, the Kingston Prize 2019, Kingston, Ontario
2019 Finalist, Jackson's Open Painting Prize 2019, London, United Kingdom
2019 CREATE Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2018 Finalist, Jackson's Open Painting Prize 2018, London, United Kingdom
2017 Individual Artist Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2017 Finalist, the Kingston Prize 2017, Kingston, Ontario
2017 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2017 Finalist, the Salt Spring National Art Prize 2017, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
2015 Finalist, the Kingston Prize 2015 , Kingston, Ontario
2015 Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
2024 Artists in Conversation, moderated by Dr. Julie Hollenbach. NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Riding Mountain Artist's Residency, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2023 Manitoba Craft Council Victoria Beach Retreat, Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 Artist-in-Residence, Riding Mountain Artist's Residency, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2018 Critical Discussion, Theory and Beer, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), Winnipeg, Manitoba
2017 Research Assistant to Curator of Modern Japanese Art, Fukui Museum of Fine Art, Fukui, Japan. Research conducted in the Vatican, Rome, Florence, Milan and Paris
2011-2016 Sessional Instructor, Urban Media Lab, Environmental Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba
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
2012 Research Assistant to Curator of Modern Japanese Art, Fukui Museum of Fine Art, Fukui, Japan. Research conducted at New York Historical Society, New York Public Library, National Archives and Congress Library (Washington D.C.)
2007-2012 Marker/Grader Level II, Department of Environmental Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba
2002-present Art Director/Board Member, RESPECT International, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 The Kingston Prize, Donville Creative/Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2024 Art Seen, Autumn 2024 issue curated by Gita Joshi, London, U.K.
2020 Artist Interviews: Kae Sasaki: Paintings with Layered Meanings by Lisa Takahashi. Jackson's Art, London, U.K. March 27, 2020.
Galleries Closed Due to COVID-19, But the Art Must Go On! by Danijela Krha Purssey. Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Armidale, Australia.
March 17, 2020.
2016 Literary Magazine Reviews: WomenArts Quarterly Journal Vol.4 Issue 6, review by Valerie Vieland, News Pages. December 15, 2016.
WomenArts Quarterly Journal Fall 2016 Volume 6 Issue 4, University of Missouri - St. Louis. Cover and artwork feature (pages 29-40)
WomenArts Quarterly Journal Summer 2016 Volume 6 Issue 3, University of Missouri - St. Louis. Cover and artwork feature (pages 39-40)
Galleries West Summer 2016 Volume 15 No. 2 review by Portia Priegert (pages 17-18)
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CATALOGUES
2019 The Kingston Prize Portraits 2019, Kingston Prize Committee, Kingston, Ontario
2017 The Kingston Prize Portraits 2017, Kingston Prize Committee, Kingston, Ontario
The Salt Spring National Art Prize 2017, Salt Spring National Art Prize Committee, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
2015 The Kingston Prize Portraits 2015, cover artwork credit, Kingston Prize Committee, Kingston, Ontario
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COLLECTIONS
The Province of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba
The School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba
Private and Corporate Collections, Canada and U.S.A.
COMMISSIONS
Sculptural Experience, Collaboration to Promote Art and Music (CPAM), University of Manitoba
Private Commissions