July 30 - August 30, 2010
Tenten... Kropki... Dots... (Two-person Exhibition)
Works by Ewa Tarsia and Takashi Iwasaki
Opening reception:
Friday, July 30, 7:00pm until late
Golden City Fine Art
211 Pacific Avenue,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
+1-204-416-7789
http://goldencityfineart.blogspot.com/

Iwasaki's embroidery works is on the Jessica Stuart Few's CD album Kid Dream.

Visit Jessica Stuart's website to listen to the music:
http://jessicastuartmusic.com/

July 15 - August 7, 2010
Charcoal and Thread (Two-person Exhibition)
Drawn works by Mary Hrbacek and Takashi Iwasaki
Curated by Lynn Ruscheinsky
Opening reception:
Wednesday, July 21, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Curator talk:
Saturday, July 24, 4:00pm
Elliott Louis Gallery Inc.
#1-258 East 1st Avenue,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
+1-604-736-3282
http://elliottlouis.com/

New paintings and embroidery pieces are added to the website.

March 30 - May 02, 2010
Drawing in Thread: Contemporary Embroidery (Group Exhibition)
Curated by John Tricomi & Kathleen Driscoll
Opening reception:
Thursday, April 08, 5pm - 7pm
Mount Ida College - the Gallery
777 Dedham Street
Newton, MA 02459, U.S.A.
1-617-928-4768
http://www.mountida.edu/sp.cfm?pageid=3158

Traditionally, embroidery is a decorative embellishment made with a needle and thread on textiles. This exciting exhibition includes the work of 19 contemporary artists who push the boundaries of the traditional meaning of embroidery. Traditional and non traditional techniques of embroidery are used to explore historical, political, personal and humorous iconographies. Works include a bounty of color and line as found in drawn landscapes, Miro like paintings and wall and floor installations held together in space by thread. These artists offer an exciting new vision of embroidery. Curated by John Tricomi and Kathleen Driscoll.

Iwasaki's three collages will be shown as a part of member group exhibition at aceartinc.

Guy Maddin's new film the Little White Cloud that Cried will be shown from 10pm. It's the Winnipeg premiere! (Free admission)

November 28 - December 12, 2009
Winter Warmer (Member Group Exhibition)
Opening reception:
Saturday, November 28, 8pm - late
aceartinc.
2nd Floor, 290 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3B 0T2
http://aceart.org/

October 10 - November 22, 2009
Sur le fil, deviances textiles (Group Exhibition)
Maison folie Wazemmes
70, rue des Sarrazins
59000 Lille, France
http://www.mairie-lille.fr/

I Make Stuff
Works by 29 artists
140 pages, full color, softcover limited edition
Available through handmadelife (Australia)

Lines & Shapes Volume Nine
Works by 7 artists
15.2 x 23.5cm, 68 pages, perfect bound, digital output, full color throughout
Available through Lines & Shapes (USA)

November 6 - December 6, 2009
Over and Under (Group Exhibition) (Curated by Jenny Hart)
Opening reception:
Friday, November 6, 7pm -
Yard Dog Gallery
1510 S. Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas
U.S.A 78704
http://yarddog.com/

November 10, 2009 - January 15, 2010
Legends, Heroes, Myths, and Such... (Group Exhibition)
Opening reception:
Tuesday, November 10, 8pm - 11pm
Graffiti Gallery
109 Higgins Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3B 0B5
http://graffitigallery.ca/

Iwasaki's embroidered piece Kazagurutarpawadendou will be on display among other artists' works at Edward Day Gallery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and will be auctioned through Art with Heart: A Fundraiser for Casey House.

Visit the website of Art with Heart: A Fundraiser for Casey House for more details.

Auction:
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Reception: 5:30pm / Auction: 7:00pm The Carlu
444 Yonge Street, 7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tickets $125

Free Public Previews:
October 27 - 29, 2009
10:00am - 6:00pm Daily
Edward Day Gallery
952 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Iwasaki's three embroidered pieces are featured in June 2009 issue of Air Canada's enRoute Magazine to accompany Invertebrate Poems by Jim Johnstone.

Visit the online version of enRoute Magazine to read the poems and view the images.

The solo show scheduled from April 11 to May 2, 2009 at Atelier Gallery in Vancouver is cancelled for an unprecedented circumstance.

50 embroidery pieces are added to the Embroidery sectoin of this website.

February 06 - March 01, 2009 LE CINQ (Group Exhibition) Opening reception: Friday, February 06, 7pm - 10pm LE Gallery 1183 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada M6J 1X3 http://le-gallery.ca/

Canceled
April 11 - May 02, 2009
Solo Exhibition
Opening reception: Saturday, April 11
Atelier Gallery
2421 Granville Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6H 3G5
http://ateliergallery.ca/

October 11 - November 5, 2008
Hold Tight (twelve-person group show)
Giant Robot NY
437 East 9th Street
New York, New York
USA 10009
http://grny.net/

September 25 - October 19, 2008
A Visual Diary (Solo Exhibition)
LE Gallery
1183 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6J 1X3
http://le-gallery.ca/

December 4 - December 7, 2008
Aqua Art Miami - Aqua Wynwood
42 NE 25th Street (at North Miami Avenue)
Miami, Florida, USA 33137
http://aquaartmiami.com/
with Conduit Gallery
http://conduitgallery.com/

Iwasaki has illustrated the cover of Canadian Dimension Magazine September/October issue. The magazine will be in store soon. For more information about the magazine please visit thier website http://www.canadiandimension.com/

Iwasaki has illustrated the CD cover of a musical bank the Duhks. Their CD will be released on August 19, 2008. For more information about the band, please visit thier website http://duhks.com/

Iwasaki's works and articles about Iwasaki were / will be published through the following media:

ELLE Decoration UK
A two-page-spread embroidered illustration for an article, decor/interior magazine in the UK

Portland Center Stage
A brochur cover design for the 2008/2009 season, a theater company in Portland, Oregon, USA
http://www.pcs.org/

G.Love Magazine
Appears as a featured artist, a Winnipeg-base art and culture magazine in Canada

Selvedge Magazine
A featured article, a textile magazine in the UK
http://www.selvedge.org/

Textiel Plus
A featured interview article, a textile magazine in the Netherlands
http://www.textielplus.nl/

Once More with Feeling
A limited edition art magazine, Melbourne, Australia

New Abbies are added to the webstie.

June 21 - July 19, 2008
Embroidered Memories (Solo Exhibition)
Opening reception: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 17:00 - 20:00
Conduit Gallery
1626 C Hi Line Dr.
Dallas, Texas, USA 75207
http://conduitgallery.com/

June 12 - August 14, 2008
Solo Exhibition
Opening reception: Thursday, June 12, 19:00 - 23:00
Gallery 803
803 Erin Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3G 2W2
http://gallery-803.com/

June 07 - End date TBA, 2008
HQ Turns Two! (Group Exhibition)
Opening reception: Saturday, June 07, 2008, 18:00 - 23:00
Headquarters Galerie + Boutique
1649 rue. Amherst
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2L 3L4
http://www.hqgalerieboutique.blogspot.com/

May 30 - June 01, 2008
Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (Art Fair)
333 First Avenue
Dallas, Texas, USA 75227
http://www.caddallas.net/
with Conduit Gallery
1626 C Hi Line Dr.
Dallas, Texas, USA 75207
http://conduitgallery.com/

April 25 - May 7, 2008
In Transit (Group Exhibition)
Outworks Gallery
3rd Floor, 290 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3B 0T2
http://outworksgallery.com/

April 18 - May 20, 2008
Colors (Solo Exhibition)
McGarry Guild Gallery
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
400 South Dr.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T 3K5
http://www.sjr.mb.ca/

New Paintings and Embroidery pieces are added to the webstie.

Iwasaki's work will be a part of group show in Toronto, Canada:

February 1 - 24, 2008
Oh Eight!
Opening reception: Friday, February 1, 7PM - 10PM
LE Gallery
1183 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6J 1X3
http://le-gallery.ca/

Iwasaki has been posting blog entries in conjunction with the University of Manitoba, where he has completed his fine arts education from. There are total of 16 current students and alumni from the univeristy who are participating to this blogging to write about their daily lives - how it is like to be the students or graduates of the University of Manitoba. If you got some time, take a peek at thier lives at http://itsmyfuture.ca.

Iwasaki's work will be a part of group shows in Hollywood, CA., U.S.A. and Vancouver, B.C., Canada:

January 28 - February 16, 2008
Isolating Inspiration (Group Exhibition)
Opening reception: Saturday, February 2, 2PM - 4PM
Atelier Gallery
2421 Granville Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6H 3G5
http://ateliergallery.ca/

January 19 - February 23, 2008
First Anniversary Group Show - Time Flies (Group Exhibition)
Opening reception: Saturday, January 19, 5PM - 8PM
Tinlark Gallery
Crossroads of the World
6671 Sunset Boulevard, #1512
Hollywood, CA., U.S.A. 90028
http://tinlark.com/

New Paintings and Embroidery pieces are added to the webstie.

Iwasaki's artworks will appear/have appeared in 6 different places/media in a row! Please check out the ones you can!
Iwasaki has attended the opening reception at Giant Robot NY (New York) on Saturday, September 15th.

September 14, 15, and 16, 2007
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel (Art Fair in Portland, Oregon, USA)
http://www.affair-jupiterhotel.com
Through Motel Gallery (http://motelgallery.com)

Septermber 15 - October 17, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, September 15, 6:30PM - 10:00PM
A group exhibition "Snack Isle" at Giant Robot NY (New York, NY, USA)
http://www.grny.net
Giant Robot NY
437 E. 9th St.
New York, NY 10009

Fall/Winter 2007 (September)
GalleriesWest Magazine
(Western Canada - interviewed and written by Amy Karlinsky)
http://www.gallerieswest.ca
PDF version is also available on the web: http://www.gallerieswest.ca/ftp/PDFArchives/GWest_Fall07.pdf

October 2007
Walrus Magazine (Illustration in October issue)
http://www.walrusmagazine.com

October 11 - December 06, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, October 11, 8:00PM - 12:00AM
A group exhibition "Drawing Attention" at Graffiti Gallery (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
http:graffitigallery.ca
Graffiti Gallery
109 Higgins Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3B 0B5
+1-204-667-9960

October 25 - 29, 2007
Toronto International Art Fair (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.tiafair.com
Through LE Gallery (http://le-gallery.ca)

Iwasaki's embroidery piece is going to be published in Sunday, June 17th issue of New York Times Magazine, in a section called "The Funny Pages" as an illustration for an article. It's a weekly magazine, so it'll be only available for the week! Search bookstores and kiosks in your village for a copy! Ready, set, go!!! - not yet until June 17th, by the way :)

It should be available for viewing on the web of New York Times Magazine at http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/ between June 17th and 23rd too.
(Search under "The Funny Pages")

ULTRA: Fashion Design Culture PDX in Portland, Oregon also has written a comment about Iwasaki with a short review of the group show "White Light" at Motel Gallery, which Iwasaki is currently a part of.

To read the article, go to
www.ultrapdx.com/zero/2007/04/06/pretty-in-pink-takashi-iwasaki/

Canadian Filmmaker Guy Maddin has written a nice comment about Iwasaki and his gallery Semai Gallery for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a part of his experiences in Winnipeg. To read the full article, and know more about Winnipeg through Guy's eye, go to www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/winnipeg.html

... In the afternoon I rise to visit one of my favorite art spots in this drizzly burg, Takashi Iwasaki’s Semai Gallery, oddly located within another gallery - the Keepsake - or rather in the long narrow hallway leading to the Keepsake’s washrooms. Takashi’s ingenious use of this overlooked and unwanted space is heartbreakingly charming, and the watercolours by Patrick Dunford look all the more wonderful for this curious mounting.

Sorry for not updating this website for a long time - too long! I was busy working on different projects, including my new collaborative project with a writer Aldona Dziedziejko, called WFI & Co.

Now (as of March 29th) I'm in Chelsea, Michigan, visiting my friends, then from April 2nd till 6th, I'm going to be in Portland, Oregon to attend an opening reception for a group exhibition, of which I'm a part of, at Motel Gallery, Portland, Oregon. If you live near the gallery, please drop by! I'll be there for the opening.

Well, this is my news for now! I'll upload more images of my work when I'm back from the trip! I've got a lot to update.

Cheers!
--- Takashi

Three Abbies are going to be exhibited and auctioned out at Platform Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts (121-100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) for fundraising for the gallery on Dec 15, 7PM. Works by over 50 artists (three pieces each) are donated to this event. Ticket is $40 at Platform.

All the works for the auction are viewable on December 13, 14 & 15. For details, visit http://platformgallery.org

Semai Gallery, directed by Iwasaki, is presenting a collection of small works by over 10 local artists at a time. Opening reception takes place during the same hours as Ace Art Inc.'s opening reception for the Winter Warmer (which is happening only half a block away from Semai Gallery), so you can easily check out both galleries at a night. Get two birds with one stone, and find the best Xmas gifts ever!

Semai Gallery's affiliating gallery, Keepsakes Gallery of Winnipeg Inc., which is right next door, is also having Christmas Openhouse from 3 - 7PM this day, featuring local musicians and their gallery members' eclectic works! This is definately worth checking too! With this, now you can get three birds with one stone!

For more information about Before-Xmas Exhibition, visit Semai Gallery's website: http://takashiiwasaki.info/semaigallery/

Before-Xmas Exhibition
December 02 - 16, 2006

Opening reception:
December 02, 7PM - Late!

Works (available for sale) by
Jennifer Arenson
Derek Brueckner
Paul Butler
Daphne Enns
Cliff Eyland
Adrian Gorea
Takashi Iwasaki
Leala Katz
Kazu
Craig Love
Shaun Morin
Paul Robles
Don Ritson
Cyrus Smith
Leslie Supnet
Seth Woodyard

Semai Gallery
Basement Corridor, 264 McDermot Avenue,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0S8
+1-204-943-2446 (Keepsakes Gallery of Winnipeg, Inc. - the affiliated gallery)
+1-204-275-5471 (after hours)
Web: http://takashiiwasaki.info/semaigallery/
Location on the map: Google Map

Ace Art Inc.'s popular annual member exhibition, the Winter Warmer is back this year again! Over 75 members of Ace Art Inc. are participating to this art exhibition. The display format is going to be the traditional salon style: a bunch of works hung on walls right next to each other! Most of the works on display are for sale. Iwasaski will have three paintings in this exhibition.

Every year a lot of local artists and people who are interested in art come to the opening night. You're all invited! Join us and get together - make our winter warm! Or rather hot?!

The Winter Warmer
December 02 - 09, 2006

Opening reception:
December 02, 7PM - Late!

Ace Art Inc.
2nd Floor, 290 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0T2
Tel: +1-204-944-9763
Fax: +1-204-944-9101
Web: http://aceart.org
Location on the map: Google map

This year's theme for the annual fundraiser for Plug In ICA, one of the most important contemporary art institutions in Winnipeg, is Pop Art and the 60's art. Various local, national, and international artists created works for this event with a "twist" of historical pop artists' ideas, forms, and visual elements.

Silent auction is the format of this fundraising, and bidding is already taking place on Plug In ICA's website: http://plugin.org. Most of the works are viewable on the website, so click your mouse and go on! And be sure to attend the party for this event, where the winners of the auction will be called, and you can see the real works in front of you, on November 25th! Chatting, looking at works, mingling..., it'll be a fun night! Come all!

Iwasaki's work Lichtenten, shown on the official poster for this event, is one of the auction items. All the items starts from $250 with an incriment of $10.

Fabulous Fakes 2006
November 23 - 25, 2006
Bidding started on Plug In ICA's website: October 25, 2006

Reception: November 25,

Plug In ICA
286 McDermot Avenue,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0T2
Phone +1-204-942-1043
Fax: +1-204-944-8663
Web: http://plugin.org
Location on the map: Google Map

Iwasaki's award-winning painting Boomcity is reviewed by Gary Michael Dault in the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Web version of the article is also available: see under BMO 1st Art! Exhibition 2006

Iwasaki is interviewed by an Italian artist/journalist Claudio Parentele. The Q&A format interview is available at his website The eXTra finGer. Iwasaki's interview can be found in the entry on Octobe 24, 2006.

Iwasaki's painting Boomcity will be exhibited as a part of a group exhibition, BMO Financial Group's 1st ART! Exhibition.

First Canadian Place Gallery
100 King Street West,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Exhibition runs
October 16 - November 10, 2006

One of the most prominent young filmmakers in Canada, Noam Gonick has presented films at the Venice International Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, TIFF, Sundance and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Semai Gallery, directed by Iwasaki, is currently showcasing 135 pieces of his location scouting photographs, photos taken for selecting locations for his films. Take a look at the film locations (all in Winnipeg) of Hey, Happy! (2001) and Stryker (2004) from a filmmaker's point of view!

More information and some images from the exhibition are available at Semai Gallery's website.

New website design! Over 20 works added!

Semai Gallery , managed by Iwasaki, officially opened on July 28th, 2006!

From July 3rd to 30th, an exhibition entitled "Abbies" is going to take place at the entrance hall of Shimizu Public Library in Iwasaki's hometown, Shimizu, Hokkaido, Japan. Approximately 15 Abbies are going to be exhibited in the show.

Shimizu Public Library
1-4 Minami, Shimizu, Hokkaido, Japan 089-0112
Phone: +81-156-62-3030
Fax: +81-156-62-4849
E-mail: tosyo@town.shimizu.hokkaido.jp
Web: http://tosho.town.shimizu.hokkaido.jp (Japanese)

Hours: 10:00 - 18:00
Closed: Tuesdays, holidays

Six paintings of Iwasaki's are featured in the issue No.6 of Ruby Mag, a monthly online art magazine launched by an artist Irana Douer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

10 artists from 7 different countries are featured in this issue of Ruby Mag: Ellie Davis, Andy Dixon, Irana Douer, John Kersey, Shinpei Kusanagi, Anne Michaux, Marcus Oakley, Julien Pacaud, Ana Laura Perez, and Takashi Iwasaki.

To view the magazine, visit http://ruby-mag.com.ar/, enter the site, and click on "current issue" on top of the page!

Eleven Abbies are added to Abbies Page 04:
Asafort, City360, Patrollerbanners, Kaiteishower, Globship, ETconet, Deconiwa, Dancingtothedoorway, Colorreactor, Checkermark, Activo

Iwasaki's proposal for a mural painting project was accepted by the University of Manitoba Student Union (UMSU) earlier this year. The painting called Direction is located in the tunnel which connects the University Center and the Science Complex at the University of Manitoba.

Iwasaki was interviewed by CBC Television (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) as a graduating fine arts student of the University of Manitoba on April 25, and it was broadcasted nationally on April 26.

Three of Iwasaki's painting are going to be exhibited in a group show, the Ace's High, the University of Manitoba Fine Arts Students Annual Juried Show, at Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, Canada from Friday, May 5 until May 20, 2006.

Opening Reception
Friday, May 5, 7pm - late

FREE ADDMISSION

Ace Art Inc.
2nd Floor, 290 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0T2
Tel: (204) 944 9763
Fax: (204) 944-9101
Location on the map: Google map