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TADANOBU (TAD) SUZUKI "Urban Realism" Address: #3-2360 Oakville Avenue, Sidney, BC, Canada V8L 1V5 Phone: (250) 655-1134 E-mail: info@urbanrealism.com BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Tadanobu (Tad) Suzuki is a self-taught, award-winning artist. He was born and raised in Japan, and came to Canada in the early 1980s as a university student. While attending university, he began painting from photographs in his spare time.  But it was not until 1994 when he completed his masters degree in library science that he started to paint "more seriously." Since then, he has shown his work in various group and solo exhibitions, and received numerous regional and international awards, including the Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic Award for Best in Show at Sooke Fine Arts Show in British Columbia, Finalist at the American Artist 1998 Emerging Artist Competition, The Daler-Rowney Purchase Prize at Art Methods & Material Show in Pasadena, California, and Liquitex Artist of the Month in November 1999. His feature article was published in the American Artist magazine in March 2002. While his inspiration mostly comes from the subject themselves, he admires a number of modern Canadian and American realistic painters such as Christopher Pratt, Mary Pratt, Edward Hopper, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, and John Register, as well as not-so-modern realists of the East and West, namely, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Canaletto, and Vermeer. Suzuki is a Signature Member of National Acrylic Painters' Association (UK). His work is included in private and corporate collections in Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States.
Born in Tokyo, Tadanobu (Tad) Suzuki now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. A self-taught artist, Tad works at the University of
Victoria as a librarian for sociology, Asian studies, and indigenous governance.AWARDS AND HONOURS
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CURRATING EXPERIENCE Assistant Currator. Journeys and Transformations: Four Japanese Artists in Victoria--Harumi Ota, Yoko Takashima, Yumie Kono, and Tad Suzuki, at The University of Victoria Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery (Victoria, BC), August 2002. Chief Currator: Astri Wright. PUBLICATIONS IN BOOKS AND JOURNALS T. Suzuki, Two illustrations ("Barbershop at Sunset" and "Bread Broken") with technical comments, in Exploring Illustration, 1st ed., by Michael Fleishman. Alberny, NY: Delmar/Thomson Learning, 2004. T. Suzuki, "Urban Realism, The Traveler, and Homecoming: Reflections of An Immigrant Artist," in Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada, edited by J.F.Kess, et al. Victoria: The University of Victoria, Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives (in press): pp. 145-156. T. Suzuki, Book cover design and cover art in Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada (see above), featuring two illustrations ("Going Home" and "Vancouver Japanese Language School, ca. 1912"). T. Suzuki, "Reflecting Light on Photo Realism." American Artist, March, 2002, pp.46-51. T. Suzuki, Reproduction of "Castro Theatre, San Francisco" with comments in "Master Painters of the World: Canada Show Case." International Artist, June/July 2001, p.104. T. Suzuki, Reproduction of "Robson Street, Vancouver" with comments in "10 Finalists of the American Artist Emerging Artists Competition." American Artist, October 1998, p.18. SELECT ARTICLES Amos, Robert. Visual Arts. Times Colonist, October 19, 1996, p.C14. "Artist of the Month, November: Tad Suzuki." (1999 November). Liquitex [Online]. Available: http:// www.liquitex.com/aotm/tad/. Jaques, Emily. "Suzuki Recreates Victoria Streets." The Martlet, Vol.36 no.14, October 31, 1996, p.13. Kondo, Christine. Art & Antiques. Where Victoria, September-October, 1997, pp.36-37. Kumamoto, Akemi. "AIM for Arts' Kokusai kaiga-ten" (in Japanese). Vancouver Shinpo, September 14, 2000, p. 35. Lavin, Laura. "Fine Art Show -- A Winner." Penninsula News Review, September 24, 2003, p.1. Liscomb, Robie. "Librarian's First Commercial Painting Exhibition a Success." The Ring, October 3, 1997, p.5. Moneo, Mitch. "Fine Arts '98 Gets Off a Fine Start." Sooke News Mirror, August 5, 1998, p.1. Shand, Marg. "Show Features Life, Realism." The Salmon Arm Observer, March 1, 2000, p. B4. SELECT CATALOGUES Allen, Jan. EyeCandy: Victoria Open 2001. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C., March 9-May 21, 2001. Aim for Arts: An International Art Exhibition. The Federation of Canadian Artists, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C., September 1-October 6, 2000. Fall Fling '98. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C., October 17, 1998. Fine Arts '98. Sooke Region Museum, Sooke B.C., August 1-9, 1998. Lam, James. ArtWork. The B.C. Festival of the Arts, Powell River, B.C., May 21-25, 1997. Shefrin, Sima Elizabeth, ed. Images & Objects XIV. The B.C. Festival of the Arts, Penticton, B.C., May 22-26, 1996. Sidney Fine Art Show. Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula / Sidney Community Development Office, September 19-21, 2003. CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Private collections in Belgium, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Corporate collections in Canada and the United States. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member, The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria (Canada). Member, The Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts (US). Signature Member, The National Acrylic Painters' Association (UK). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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