Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Jana Sasaki is a BFA graduate from Thompson Rivers University, and a recipient of the Helen Pitt award. Jana has exhibited her work locally and internationally in venues located in Japan, USA, UK and the Netherlands. She currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC
2021 Injustice & Indentity – The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery – Curated - Craig Willms
2012 Wabi-Sabi…Hafu – Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier, The Netherlands
2010 Hapa Family – Kamloops Art Gallery – The Cube, Kamloops, BC, Curated - Craig Willms
2002 Yonsei – Further Explorations – Clearwater, BC
1997 Yonsei – UCC Gallery – Kamloops, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS - SELECTED
2021 Collective Memories: Japanese Canadian Reflections, Kamloops Museum & Archives,BC
2020 Window Art Show, Heart of the City Festival, Japanese Hall, Vancouver, BC
2018 ANIMA Casa Rural AIR Annual Exhibit, Galeria Daniel Diaz, Guadalajara, MEXICO
2018 Emerge Festival, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC
2017 AlterNation, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC (Curated by Adrienne Fast)
2017 DTES SAG Group Show, Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Curated by Jen Castro)
2016 International Mini Print Exhibit, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY, USA (Juried)
2016 Green Door IPE, Banks Mill Studios, Derby, UK
2014 Betwixt me and i, Red Gate Arts Society, Vancouver, BC
2014 HYPHEN, @thisopenspace, Vancouver, BC
2013 UBCO Fina Gallery, Kelowna, BC (Juried)
2012 Manhattan Graphics Center Show, MGC, New York, NY, USA (Juried)
2012
Navigating Currents, SGCI, Sheraton, New Orleans, LA, USA
2012 BIMPE VII, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Juried)
2012 Re-Story: Works from the Permanent Collection, Kamloops Art Gallery (Curated)
2012 Bearing Witness, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC (Curated)
2011 3rd Annual International Printmaking Exchange, Green Door Printmaking Studio, Derby, UK
2011 Cascade Print Exchange V, Fairbanks Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
2011 Here and There, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON (Juried/Curated)
2009 Living Between Two Cultures, CityScape Art Space, North Vancouver BC (Juried/Curated)
2009 Mod Pop - Kamloops Printmakers, The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery, BC (Curated)
2008 Curator’s Choice, The Cube, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC (Curated)
2008 Hot Off the Press, Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 BIMPE V, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Juried) Honourable Mention Award
2008 Across Disciplines, TRU Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC (Juried)
2007 The Extravagantly Unsane – Gallery 181 – Iowa, USA
2001 Prevalent Concerns – Kamloops Art Gallery – Kamloops, BC (Curated - Andrew Oko )
2000 Cheju International Prints Art Festival – Cheju Culture Center, Cheju, Korea
1999 International Mini-Print Biennial – National Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Juried)
1999 4th Kochi International Exhibition of Prints – Ino-Cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan (Juried)
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE / LECTURES / CONFERENCE
2020 "Puertografico: the Tracing of History" Southern Graphics Conference, Puerto Rico, USA
2017 "Identity and Belonging" Thematic Art Residency, ANIMA, San Isidro Mazatepec, Mexico
2012 Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier - Printmaking Residency
2012 “Re-Story” Exhibit - Community Perspectives Tour, Kamloops Art Gallery
2012 “Navigating Currents” Southern Graphic Conference, New Orleans, USA
