Jon Sasaki
Jon Sasaki’s practice of “romantic conceptualism” incorporates film, objects, performance for video, installations/interventions, and so on. His time-based work has been presented at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, the Blackwood Gallery, the Aurora Picture Show (in Houston, Texas), and CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Area). He has completed projects for C Magazine, Art Metropole editions, the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Massive Party event, and the Playlist Thursday event series at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, in Toronto. Solo exhibitions include Gallery TPW, in Toronto, the New Gallery, in Calgary, and (upcoming) Latitude 53, in Edmonton. Sasaki has participated in recent group exhibitions at Susan Hobbs Gallery, the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, the Owens Art Gallery (Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New Brunswick), Simon Fraser University Gallery, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, the Koffler Gallery, as well as the 2006 and 2008 editions of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. Jon was an active member of the Instant Coffee art collective between 2002 and 2007. He currently lives and works in Toronto.
Credit: Jon Sasaki, I Promise It Will Always Be This Way, 2008
An all-night performance for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2008, Saturday, October 4, 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. Sunday morning, Lamport Stadium, Toronto.
Jessica Vallentin
Jessica Vallentin is an interdisciplinary artist currently exploring photography, print media, video, sound, and performance. She is interested in using art as a tool to connect with individuals in an attempt to understand the human condition. She is very indecisive and this creates a variety of projects that are barely related. (OR: Her openness to ideas and willingness to explore new mediums have created a portfolio of diverse projects.)
Jessica Vallentin was born in Cayuga, Ontario. She is completing a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History at the University of Toronto Mississauga, and a Diploma in Art and Art History from Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.
Credit: Jessica Vallentin, Smithissauga, 2008
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