SAYAKA SUZUKI
suzukis@vcu.edu/ sayakasuzukijr@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
2003 – 2005 Masters of Fine Arts: Crafts and Material Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1996 – 2000 Bachelors of Fine Arts: Glass Sculpture, (Secondary Major in Political Science)
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1993 – 1996 The American School in London, England
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS:
2018: Professional Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, VT
2017: Project Grant, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012: Kiln Caster Award, E-Merge Competition, Bullseye Glass
2000 Best in Show, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL
***Nominated for The Joan Mitchell Grant & Borowsky Prize ***
ARTIST RESIDENCY:
2018 Vermont Studio Center, VT.
2015 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME
2014, 05 Corning Museum of Glass, NY
2007 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, NE
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2013 Forget Me Not Lorrie Saunders Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2011 Sayaka Suzuki Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2010 Shut Up and Cook! Vault Space, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002 Reconstructing the Hoop Pensacola Museum of Art, FL
2000 Trickling Effect Martin LaBorde Gallery, New Orleans, LA
SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2020 10th International Printmaking Biennial Museu do Douro, PORTUGAL
2019 Hand &I Dorsky Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 Concept 2018 Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, KOREA
Aspire Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
140 Characters Roots Division, San Francisco, CA
2017 Uproot Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Convergence Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
YICCA Fondazione Museo Crocetti Rome, ITALY
Drifting Dreamers 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 LaVista Yokohama, JAPAN
2015 Revival Project Gallery E05, Beijing, CHINA
Cross Over and Composites A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
2014 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
2013 Future Perfect Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
2012 E-Merge 2012 New Mexico Museum of Art, NM
Glass Masters of Japan Bowling Green State University, OH
2009 The Art of Communication Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
Art and Artifice Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2008 30th Annual Contemporary Craft Exhibition Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2007 OPTIONS 2007, The Corcoran: Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2017: CAST by Jen Townsend and Renee Zettle-Sterling, Schiffer Publishing
2012: E-Merge Biennial International Glass Competition
2011: New Glass Review 33 International Glass Competition
2009: 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse by Garth Johnson, Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books.
2008: Art Papers: January/February 2008
2003: Kansas City Review Vol. 5. No 6: “Unnatural Materials”
SELECTED PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS:
2017 Smack Mellon, Brooklyn NY
2016 Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, ME
2013 Penland School of Crafts, NC
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (Governor School for the Arts)
2012 Bowling Green State University, OH
2007 Toyama Glass School, Japan
2003 Centro Studio Vetro, Venice, Italy
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:
2018 Committee Member, Richmond CURRENT Books (Art Fair)
2011 Xu Bing: Artist Assistant, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
2009 Curator: “Co-Efficiency of Expansion”, Petersburg Area Art League, Petersburg, VA
2008-07 Board Member: 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (Education & Outreach Committee)
SELECTED PUBLIC WORKSHOPS TAUGHT:
2020: Scheduled: The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, NY
2019: Penland School of Crafts, NC
Bullseye Glass Resource Center, Portland, OR
2018: Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PE
2017: Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2014: Haystack Mountain School of Craft, ME
2012: Bowling Green State University
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTION:
Douro Museum Printmaking Biennial Collection, PORTUGAL
Capitol One Headquarters, Richmond, VA
The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass, NY
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Erskine Glass School, Paxton, MA
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA