Events Sakai’s Memory Paintings at Richmond Art Gallery

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The “Memory: International Mail Art Exhibition” will be open at the Richmond Art Gallery from November 17, 2013 to January 12, 2014. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 16th from 3 – 5pm. The Richmond Art Gallery is also creating an online gallery of the exhibit, and it will be on their website for one year.

For this exhibit, I created three paintings of memory neurons, to go with the ‘memory’ theme. I’m looking forward to seeing all the different representations of ‘memory’ that artists have sent from around the world!

Once the show opens, I’ll be posting images of my paintings, and a link to Richmond Art Gallery online gallery!

Events Photography exhibit at the historical Wing Sang Building in Chinatown, Vancouver BC

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Today, I attended Malcolm Parry’s photography exhibit. The Wing Sang Building in Chinatown (Bob Rennie’s private gallery for his art collection) showcased 365 photographs by Malcolm Parry, who has documented over 40 years of Vancouver’s social scene. It was amazing to see the people and events he has captured over the years. In 2009, Malcolm wrote a piece in the Vancouver Sun about my Spaced Out! art show.

Malcolm Parry Vancouver 365

Malcolm Parry’s photography exhibit

Sakai with Malcolm Parry

Stacy Sakai with Malcolm Parry at his show

Hallway inside the Wing Sang Building

Hallway inside the Wing Sang Building…previous building structure is blended with the modern design of the gallery.

 On the rooftop

The view from the rooftop of the Wing Sang Building.

Looking through the sky light into the exhibit below

Looking through the sky light into the exhibit below

Press, Video Stacy Sakai interviewed by Ioulia Reynolds for the Art Collective Network!

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On April 9, 2013, I was involved in an art show organized by Ioulia for her Creative Art Management company. The show was at the beautiful Waterfall Building in Vancouver, BC. During the evening, a videographer captured parts of the event, including Ioulia’s interviews with each of the artists.

You can view the video at Ioulia’s Art Collective Network on YouTube.

Enjoy!

Events, Pictures Sakai Paintings in Art Show by Ioulia Reynolds of RHOV!

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On Tuesday, April 9th, Ioulia Reynolds of RHOV had her art show ‘Antithesis of Digital Sickness’ for her Creative Art Management company. It was at the beautiful Waterfall Building, and three of my paintings were part of the show. The final episode of Real Housewives of Vancouver was also aired at the event. It was such a fun night, and below is a selection of photos.

Magellanic Cloud painting by Stacy Sakai

My Magellanic Cloud painting at the Creative Art Management event


Ioulia Reynold's Creative Art Mgmt event

Creative Art Management event at the Waterfall Building. Photo by Xelha Photography


Stacy Sakai

Stacy Sakai in front of her ‘Enlightened’ painting. Photo by Dan Poh


Sakai interviewed by Ioulia Reynolds

Being interviewed by Ioulia Reynolds. Photo by Dan Poh


Interview by Ioulia

Describing the painting process during interview by Ioulia Reynolds. Photo by Xelha Photography


Stacy Sakai and Wesley

With my friend Wesley Yuen in front of my ‘Enlightened’ painting. Photo by Xelha Photography


Stacy Sakai and Ioulia Reynolds

Stacy Sakai with Ioulia Reynolds at her Creative Art Mgmt art show. Photo by Xelha Photography


Ioulia Reynolds of Creative Art Mgmt

Creative Art Mgmt CEO Ioulia Reynolds. Photo by Dan Poh


Waterfall Building after art show

The beautiful Waterfall Building after the event

Events, Video Video from SR Auto Group Opening Gala

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The SR Auto Group opening gala on March 9th was a fabulous event! Very elegant, and a lot of fun. I already posted pictures from that night, and below is a link to the post on the SR Auto Group website with their video. Enjoy!

SR Auto Group Opening Gala

Art Installations, Events Treadz Tire Art Featured at SR Auto Group Grand Opening!

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The new Richmond location for SR Auto Group is featuring one the Treadz Tire Art paintings, created by Stacy Sakai and Raymond Chow.

On March 9, 2013, SR held a grand opening event. It was a fantastic evening of meeting new people, music, art, and of course – awesome cars! Below is a selection of photos from the event.

Photos provided by SR Auto Group (as watermarked), and Stacy Sakai.

Red carpet at SR

Red carpet entrance for SR Autogroup grand opening

SR outside

SR Autgroup

Treadz Tire Art at SR

Treadz Tire Art by Raymond Chow and Stacy Sakai

SR showroom

SR showroom

White Lamborghini at SR

White Lamborghini at SR

 Inside Lamborghini

Stacy Sakai trying out the driver’s seat…

White Lamborghini at SR

White Lamborghini with light display

Raymond Chow and Stacy Sakai

Raymond Chow and Stacy Sakai at SR Autogroup grand opening in front of the beautiful Fazioli piano

Raymond Chow, Stacy Sakai, and Tony Yuen

Stacy Sakai with Raymond Chow and Tony Yuen in front of the Treadz Tire Art painting!

Events Fabulous Event at Arthur Erickson’s Beautiful Waterfall Building

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On Thursday, February 14th, I participated in a special event put on by Luvngrace Entertainment & Hennessy Cognac at the Waterfall Building! There was plenty of fashion, live music, fancy cupcakes by Lyttle Bake Shop, Hennessy Cognac cocktails, and of course, art!

I had a great time at this fantastic event! So much fun…

Here is a small selection of photos…

Artwork installed in Waterfall Building

Sakai paintings ‘The Dream’ and ‘Enlightened’ installed at the Waterfall Building.

Guests arriving at event

Guests arriving at the event. Photo by Dan Poh

Hive Mind Millinery at Waterfall event

Dominique of Hive Mind Millinery (on the right), and Momona Komagata in one of Dominique’s designs. Photo by Dan Poh

Fashion at the Waterfall

Kristi Mahé on the fashion runway. Photo by Dan Poh

Jim Cummins performing

Jim Cummins performing. Photo by Dan Poh

Singing performance

Sarah Karkouch performing, with Sakai’s ‘Enlightened’ painting in the background. Photo by Don Wilson

Getting ready to be interviewed. Photo by Barry Ostash

Stacy Sakai being interviewed

Stacy Sakai being interviewed on her paintings at the event, and the concept for the One And The Same series they are part of. Photo by Barry Ostash

Stacy Sakai being interviewed

A fun interview with Kendra for Hemstock Films. Photo by Hush Magazine

Stacy Sakai at the Waterfall event

Stacy Sakai in front of her ‘Enlightened’ painting. Photo by Dan Poh

Events Sakai Exhibiting Paintings at the Waterfall Building

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On February 14th, I will be exhibiting select paintings at the LA SAINT VALENTIN event, presented by Luvngrace, Hennessy Cognac, and the Waterfall Building.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14-2013
8:30 pm-11:30pm
1540 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC
(nearby the entrance to Granville Island)

It’s going to be a beautiful evening of fashion and art!

Tickets $50 Advance on sale now for one of Vancouvers most fabulous VALENTINES Events at the gorgeous Waterfall Building! $50 Includes 2 cocktails by Hennessey (Cognac) & appetizer. Tickets available at www.luvngraceaffair.com
& at Bella Garnet Beauty Salon-1042 Hamilton Street, Yaletown, Vancouver BC.

The Waterfall Building was designed in 1996 by the legendary Arthur Erickson.

La Saint Valentin event at the Waterfall Building

La Saint Valentin event at the Waterfall Building

Press, Video Stacy Sakai Featured on Shaw TV’s ‘go! Vancouver’ show

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On Wednesday, January 30th, I will be featured on ‘go! Vancouver‘ on Shaw TV!

I was filmed in my studio discussing my artwork in general, and explaining the technique and meaning for some specific paintings. To check out my studio, and hear about my art, please tune in! The episode will air at 5pm, 7pm, and 11pm.

UPDATE: The episode is online, and can be viewed on the go! Vancouver TV show website.

go! Vancouver

‘go! Vancouver’ on Shaw TV

Events ‘Eggshells on Rice’ paintings by Sakai Featured At Dine Out Vancouver Event

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I was invited to display food related paintings at a special event for Dine Out Vancouver at Pink Elephant Thai. None of my existing paintings were food related, so I decided to create new pieces. After a lot of contemplation on what to do, I chose to mix eggshells and rice into the paint rather than paint food as a subject matter.

At Pink Elephant Thai restaurant, I displayed the paintings like dinner settings with black napkins and chopsticks. It was a fun night, with music by DJ Jeremy Slattery, and live painting by Bill Higginson and Olga Rybalko, as well as great food!

Below are photos, courtesy of Norm Lee Photography.

Stacy Sakai with the Eggshells on Rice paintings at Pink Elephant Thai restaurant.

Sakai with 'Eggshells on Magenta Rice'

Sakai with ‘Eggshells on Magenta Rice’

Dine Out event at Pink Elephant Thai

DJ on the upper level, with the Dine Out guests below.