Jennifer Sakai
{{Short description|American artist and photographer}}
Jennifer Sakai is a fine art photographer,{{Cite news |date=2025-02-08 |title=The life of dreams and nightmares Arizona's Japanese Americans lived during the Second World War |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2025/02/08/the-life-of-dreams-and-nightmares-arizona-s-japanese-americans-lived-during-the-second-world-war_6737931_117.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=2022-03-31 |title=Jennifer Sakai and Philip Taplin Capture American Landscapes |url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/552778/jennifer-sakai-and-philip-taplin-capture-american-landscapes/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Washington City Paper |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=2025-05-28 |title=The Color of Monochrome: Three Gallery Exhibits Consider Color |url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/764898/the-color-of-monochrome-three-gallery-exhibits-consider-color/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Washington City Paper |language=en-US}}and university professor at American University.{{Cite web |title=Profile Jennifer Sakai |url=https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/sakai.cfm |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=American University, Washington, DC}} Jennifer is the winner of the Prix Virginia, the Biennial International Prize for Photography for women.{{Cite web |last=noe_noviant |title=2024 winner – Jennifer Sakai – Prix Virginia |url=https://www.prixvirginia.com/2024-winner-jennifer-sakai/?lang=en |access-date=2024-11-07 |language=en-US}} In 2024, she received the Prix Virginia for her series When We Return Home.She was awarded this honor in France in 2024.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=1GI0_U9YmJw&embeds_referring_euri=https://www.prixvirginia.com/&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&themeRefresh=1 |title=Prix Virginia 2024 Edition live ceremony |date=2024-11-04 |last=Prix Virginia (Prix Virginia) |access-date=2024-11-07 |via=YouTube}} She is also 2024 winner of an Aperture Foundation Creator Lab Prize for her photography practice.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-25 |title=Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Creator Labs Photo Fund |url=https://aperture.org/editorial/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2024-creator-labs-photo-fund/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Aperture |language=en-US}}
Biography
She teaches in the MFA program at American University.{{Cite web |title=Adjunct Professorial Lecturer |url=https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/sakai.cfm |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=American University |language=en}}
Works
Sakai has published as an artist{{Cite news |title=Artists bring light out of the darkness |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/01/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/}} and curator. Her work was featured in M Magazine for Le Monde issue No.698{{Cite news |date=2025-02-08 |title=The life of dreams and nightmares Arizona's Japanese Americans lived during the Second World War |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2025/02/08/the-life-of-dreams-and-nightmares-arizona-s-japanese-americans-lived-during-the-second-world-war_6737931_117.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en}} with interview by: Claire Guillot for her project "When We Return Home" which details her Japanese family and their time in Poston War Relocation Center{{Cite web |title=POSTON INTERNMENT CAMP |url=https://www.postonpreservation.org/poston-internment |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Poston Preservation |language=en}} during World War two and their post war life combined with images from her photographic practice.{{Cite news |date=2025-02-08 |title=The life of dreams and nightmares Arizona's Japanese Americans lived during the Second World War |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2025/02/08/the-life-of-dreams-and-nightmares-arizona-s-japanese-americans-lived-during-the-second-world-war_6737931_117.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en}} She is also an independent museum curator, she has curated museum shows including The Gifts of Tony Podesta (2019),{{Cite web |title=The Gifts of Tony Podesta |url=https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2019/gifts-of-tony-podesta.cfm |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=American University |language=en}} Border Wall{{Cite web |title=Allan Gerson: Border Wall Exhibit |url=https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2020/allan-gerson-border-wall-exhibit.cfm |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=American University |language=en}} at Katzen Arts Center (2020),{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=2020-10-19 |title=City Lights: Border Wall Is Timely and Affecting |url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/461964/city-lights-allan-gerson-border-wall/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Washington City Paper |language=en-US}} and Vertiginous Matter (2022),{{Cite web |title=Vertiginous Matter: Jason Horowitz |url=https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2022/vertiginous-matter-jason-horowitz.cfm |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=American University |language=en}} which was listed in the top eight museum shows for 2022 by Washington CityPaper.{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=2022-12-20 |title=2022 Was a Standout Year for Local Photography |url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/582743/2022-was-a-standout-year-for-local-photography/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Washington City Paper |language=en-US}} Her work has been featured in W (magazine).{{Cite web |date=2024-11-05 |title=13 Artists Share the Stories Behind Their Creator Labs Photographs |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/google-pixel-creator-labs-2024-photos |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=W Magazine |language=en}} and Vogue (magazine){{Cite web |last=Biasio |first=Caterina De |date=2024-09-24 |title=The 30 winners of the 2024 Creator Labs Photo Fund |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/the-30-winners-of-the-2024-creator-labs-photo-fund |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
Awards
Jennifer is the Prix Virginia Laureate Winner, an international prize for women in photography for 2024.{{Cite web |title=Prix Virginia – Prix international décerné à une femme photographe |url=https://www.prixvirginia.com/?lang=en |access-date=2025-02-18 |language=en-US}} The Prix Virginia is a biennial prize{{Cite web |title=Prix Virginia – Prix international décerné à une femme photographe |url=https://www.prixvirginia.com/?lang=en |access-date=2024-11-07 |language=en-US}} awarded every two years in France. Sakai is a multiple recipient of a DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Grant for her photographic practice.{{Cite web |title=FY 2024 Grantees - Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP) {{!}} dcarts |url=https://dcarts.dc.gov/page/fy-2024-grantees-arts-and-humanities-fellowship-program-ahfp |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=dcarts.dc.gov}}
She is a recipient of a 2024 creator lab prize from Aperture Foundation in New York.{{Cite web |title=Creator Labs Photo Fund Announces Season Three Winners |url=https://aperture.org/press-release/creator-labs-photo-fund-announces-season-three-winners/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Aperture |language=en-US}}
She is a winner in the 2023 LensCulture Art Photography Awards.{{Cite web |title=lensculture winners |url=https://www.lensculture.com/photo-competitions/art-photography-awards/2023/winners}} She exhibited at Photo London{{Cite web |title=photo london winners |url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-lensculture-exhibition-at-photo-london-2023}} at Somerset House in May 2023. She was a selected artist for the Charcoal Chico review{{Cite web |title=2020 |url=https://www.chicoreview.com/2020 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Chico Review |language=en-US}} in 2020 and 2021.
Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship 2024, Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship 2022,{{Cite web |title=FY22 Grantees - Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP) {{!}} dcarts |url=https://dcarts.dc.gov/node/1564797 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=dcarts.dc.gov}}
Exhibitions, galleries, and museums
Jennifer Sakai’s work has been exhibited at:
Addison/Ripley Fine Art (2025) (2023)
Artsy{{Cite web |title=Jennifer Sakai - Biography, Shows, Articles & More |url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/jennifer-sakai |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Artsy |language=en}} (website) (2023)
[https://www.glenechophotoworks.org/exhibitions-21 Glen Echo Park (Maryland)] (2022)
Corcoran Gallery of Art (2017).
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.jennifersakai.com/}}
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