More about Jon Sasaki
EDUCATION
1996 B.F.A, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Jessica Bradley Art +Projects, Toronto
Good Intentions, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto at Scarborough
126, Galway, Ireland
(upcoming) Access, Vancouver
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
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
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
2002 Oh Canada, Taikang Art Museum, Shanghai, China
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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.
Canadian Art, Preview, Volume 25, Number 3, Fall 2008. p. 58.
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, visual arts section, 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
Nadja Sayej. The Humourously Tragic, An Interview with Jon Sasaki. (author miscredited as James King.) Broken Pencil Magazine, Issue 36, summer 2007, p. 52-53.
Gary Michael Dault. Buster Keaton, high up in the sky. Review in The Globe and Mail, Saturday, June 30, 2007.
Brian Joseph Davis. Monsieur Sasaki's Holiday. Exhibition essay for 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.