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Aiko Suzuki
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Vancouver-born artist, Aiko Suzuki, has exhibited extensively since her first solo show in 1967. In 1977, she won a Provincial purchase award to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee and the same year was selected to create a major fibre sculpture for the Metro Toronto Library lobby. Her work is in the collections of major museums across Canada and she has been included in numerous international touring exhibitions. In 2003, a retrospective of her work was exhibited at Gendai Gallery and in May 2005, a solo show of video/sound installations will be held at A Space Gallery in Toronto.
In 1993, Aiko compiled and published Japanese Canadians in the Arts: A Directory of Professionals, a comprehensive listing of Canadian artists of Japanese heritage working in all disciplines. She is a founding member and former chair of Gendai Gallery, a not-for-profit public art gallery which opened in 2000. She has co-curated numerous exhibitions including 'Tashme2: Early Works of Kazuo Nakamura'.
Aiko has also collaborated with major Canadian modern dance choreographers since 1969 designing sets that have toured internationally.
In 1994, she was selected by the YWCA of Metropolitan Toronto for their Women of Distinction Award, arts category, received Salute To the City (Arts) Award for her contribution to Toronto's cultural life and in 2004 became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.
Aiko Suzuki
(photo: Kaz Ehara)
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Art piece from Aiko’s exhibit
“Bamboo Grove”.
(photo: Aiko Suzuki)
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Aiko Suzuki
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