SAYAKA SUZUKI MIGRATION
Coverand Front image: Back Sayaka CoverSuzuki, Image:To Laurie The Camps: Fisher, Float 19422, ,2021, 2020, Acrylic Oil onon canvas, tags, 36xx25 31 36inches, inches Pages 24 - 25.
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SAYAKA SUZUKI MIGRATION
In her new series, Migration, Sayaka Suzuki explores the experience of her Japanese-American emigrant identity. Her striking assemblages feature a “patchwork of indigo blues” that mimic the Japanese embroidery tradition of Sashiko, a style of functionally reinforcing denim garments in a decorative fashion. Two-fold, these “tag pieces” also connote the tags used to mark Japanese Americans upon being rallied to enter internment camps and relocated for the duration of WWII. In this way, Migration stands as a tome to the history and hardships of immigration in the United States, as well as the bravery and tragedy experienced by those who have found themselves in this new land. Throughout her work, Sayaka “often identifies with the complex psychological journey of immigrants in search of a new ground, while their hearts bleed for their native tongue.” Migration thus exhibits a synthesis of this complex duality by sharing the injustices faced by Japanese-Americans using these tags in the Sashiko style. These “mending stitches” or “little stabs,” as is the direct translation of Sashiko, serve to reconcile these histories and resonate with the profound resilience of the Japanese-American immigrant. Sayaka earned her BFA in Glass Sculpture and Political Science from Tulane University in 2000 and her MFA in Crafts and Material Studies in 2005. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since 2007, with group exhibitions in Portugal, Korea, Italy, China, and Japan. Her work has been acquired by numerous collections, including the Douro Museum Printmaking Biennial Collection (Portugal), Capital One Headquarters (Richmond, VA), The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass (New York), the Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, WA), Erskine Glass School (Paxton, MA), and the National Liberty Museum (Philadelphia, PA).
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To The Camps: 1942, 2021 Acrylic on tags 31 x 25 inches framed p. 24 - 25
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Determination of Cher Ami, 2021 Acrylic and embroidery on drywall 39 1/4 x 49 1/2 inches $4800 framed 6
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Beyond the Fence, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 8
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Destination Nowhere, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 10
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Immigration Nation: bag, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 12
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Immigration Nation: bandana, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 14
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Immigration Nation: jug, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 16
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Immigration Nation: lifejacket, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 18
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In Solidarity, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 20
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Only What You Can Carry, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 22
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To The Camps: 1942, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 24
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Yellow Peril, 2021 Acrylic, tags on paper 31 x 25 inches $1200 framed 26
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Kame and Tamatebako, 2021 Acrylic and embroidery on drywall 24 x 24 inches $2400 framed 28
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Sacrifice of Tsuru, 2021 Acrylic and embroidery on drywall 24 x 24 inches $2400 framed 30
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Soar, 2021 Prisma color on mylar 12 x 20 inches $750 unframed 32
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Deflated, 2021 Prisma color on mylar 16 x 11 inches $750 unframed 34
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Origami Blues: Fold/Unfold: Boat, 2021 Sumi ink, acrylic, and pen on paper 10 x 10 inches $400 framed 36
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Origami Blues: Fold/Unfold: Coat, 2021 Sumi ink, acrylic, and pen on paper 10 x 10 inches $400 framed 38
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Origami Blues: Fold/Unfold: Ronin, 2021 Sumi ink, acrylic, and pen on paper 10 x 10 inches $400 framed 40
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Lives and works in Richmond, VA Education 2005 MFA, Crafts and Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2000 BFA, Glass Sculpture, (Secondary Major in Political Science), Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 1996 The American School in London, England Select Solo and 2-Person Exhibitions 2021 Migration, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2013 Forget Me Not, Lorrie Saunders Gallery, Norfolk, VA 2011 Sayaka Suzuki, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA 2011 Food for Thought, Gateway Gallery, Medical College of Virginia 2010 Shut Up and Cook!, Vault Space, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA 2009 Support Your Right to Arm Bears, Gallery Locker 50B, Richmond, VA 2008 Parallel Existence, Worn Galley at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 2006 That Moment and This Moment: Works by Marya Roland and Sayaka Suzuki, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA 2005 907, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2002 Reconstructing the Hoop, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL 2000 Trickling Effect, Martin LaBorde Gallery, New Orleans, LA Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 10th International Printmaking Biennial, Museu do Douro, Portugal 2020 Particles, Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany, CA 2019 Hand &I, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2019 4th Global Print, Coa Museum in Foz cCoa City, Portugal 2019 Glean, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2018 Concept 2018, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea 2018 Aspire, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2018 140 Characters, Roots Division, San Francisco, CA 2018 VMFA Futures, Fellows Exhibition, Work House Arts Center, Lorton, VA 2018 9th International Printmaking Biennial, Museu do Douro, Portugal 42
Uproot, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY 3rd Global Print, Côa Museum in Foz Coa City, Portugal Convergence, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA YICCA, Fondazione Museo Crocetti Rome, Rome, Italy Drifting Dreamers, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA Radius 250, Artspace, Richmond, VA LaVista, Yokohama, Japan 10th Annual International Exhibition, Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Reading, PA 2016 University of Richmond Faculty Exhibition, Capital One Galleries, Richmond, VA 2016 Monster Drawing Rally, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA 2015 Revival Project, Gallery E05, Beijing, China 2015 30th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, TX 2015 Cross Over and Composites, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC 2014 Scorch, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2014 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA 2013 Future Perfect, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 2013 Evolve, RCBA Gallery, Emeryville, CA 2013 Building Upon the Past, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2012 E-Merge 2012, New Mexico Museum of Art, NM 2012 E-Merge, Biennial Competition, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR and San Francisco, CA 2012 Glass Masters of Japan, Bowling Green State University, OH 2012 I Like Soup, In Conjunction with Andy Warhol Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art 2012 Four Petals, Lorrie Sanders Gallery, Norfolk, VA 2012 National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA: 13th Annual Glass Auction 2012 Phantasmogoria-Allegorical-Glass, Gallery A, Richmond, VA 2011 Made, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA 2011 Asian Heritage Festival, Capitol One Gallery, VA 2011 Achtung, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA 2011 Tacit, Visual Art Center of Virginia, Richmond, VA 2009 Animal Nation, Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2009 The Art of Communication, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA 2009 Art and Artifice, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016
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2008 30th Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ 2007 OPTIONS 2007: Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC 2007 The Green Show, The Show Room, Spartanburg, SC 2006 The Provincial, Grand Forks Art Gallery, BC, Canada 2006 Dispersal Tactics, Artspace, Richmond, VA 2005 3 Cities Against the Wall, Montreal, QC, Canada 2005 Chance Encounters, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 2005 EnvironMent, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA 2004 Top Shelf, The Barrel Factory, Richmond, VA 2004 PYT, Flat International, Richmond, VA 2004 Candid, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA 2003 Made in Virginia, Longwood University, Farmville, VA 2002 Paperwork, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2002 Juried Exhibition Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival, Alexandria, LA 2001 No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2000 100-Mile Radius: New Orleans, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL 2000 Retrograde, Carroll Gallery, New Orleans, LA Related Professional Experience 2017-current Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2005-2016 Adjunct Faculty: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2015-2016 Adjunct Faculty: University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 2009-2011 Virginia Museum of Fine Art: Statewide Workshop, Richmond, VA 2009-2010 Visiting Artist Program: Fox Elementary School, Richmond, VA 2000-2002 Glass Artist: Gaffer and Assistant, Rosetree Glass Studio and Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1999-2000 Gallery Assistant, Martin LaBorde Gallery, New Orleans, LA Grants and Awards 2018 Professional Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 2018 Fellowship (Merit Award), Vermont Studio Center, VT 2017 Project Grant, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA 2012 “Kiln Caster Award” E-Merge Competition, Bullseye Glass 2012 Alumni Award: Dedication to the Field and Education at VCU 2011 Lucy Morgan Scholarship: Penland School of Crafts, NC 2007 Third Place “Radius 250” Artspace, Richmond, VA 44
2003-2005 VCUarts Graduate School Scholarship/ Department of Crafts and Material Studies 2004 Full Scholarship: Pilchuck School of Glass, WA 2004 Full Scholarship: The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass, NY 2003 John Roos Memorial Scholarship (VCU) 2000-2002 Partial Scholarship: Penland School of Crafts, NC 2000 ‘Best in Show’ Pensacola Museum of Art, FL Select Collections Capitol One Headquarters, Richmond, VA Douro Museum Printmaking Biennial Collection, Portugal Erskine Glass School, Paxton, MA National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, NY
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