TADANOBU (TAD) SUZUKI
"Urban Realism"
Address: 314-2520 Wark Street, Victoria, BC V8T 5G6 CANADA
Phone: (778) 433-2888 E-mail: urbanrealism(at)ymail.com
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Tad Suzuki is a self-taught, award-winning artist. Born in Tokyo and finished high school in Japan, Tad came to Canada in the early 1980s to attend university. While in university, he began painting from photographs in his spare time.  In 1994 he completed his graduate degree in library science, and began to paint professionally. Specialized in urban subject matters in highly realistic style, Tad has shown his work in various group and solo exhibitions, received numerous regional and international awards, and has been featured in international art magazines. In 2006 Poems Art Publishing (Salt Lake City, Utah) started to publish his café images as open-end posters. Although inspirations for his painting come from the subjects themselves, Tad admires a number of contemporary realists such as Edward Hopper, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, and John Register, as well as not-so-contemporary realists of the East and West, namely, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Canaletto, and Vermeer. His original works are included in private and corporate collections in Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, and the United States.
Education: BA (Anthropology and Linguistics), Trent University; MTS, St. Andrews College, Saskatoon; MA (Biblical Studies) and MLS, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
AWARDS AND HONORS
| 1999 |
Jurors’ Choice Award, Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, BC.
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| 1999 |
Liquitex Artist of the Month (November).
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| 1998 |
Daler-Rowney Purchase Prize, The American Artist Art Methods and Material Show, Pasadena, California.
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| 1998 |
Finalist, The American Artist Emerging Artist Competition.
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| 1998 |
Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic Award, Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, BC.
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| 1997 |
Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine Art Competition.
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| 1997 |
Jurors’ Choice Award, Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, BC.
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| 1996 |
Jurors’ Choice Award, Sooke Fine Art Show, Sooke, BC.
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| 1996 |
Jurors’ Choice Award, South Island Regional Exhibition, Sidney, BC.
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| 1996 |
People’s Choice, South Island Regional Exhibition, Sidney, BC.
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SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
| 2010 |
Illuminating Moments in Urban Realism. Winchester Galleries, Victoria, BC.
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| 2005 |
Urban Landscapes. Winchester Galleries, Victoria, BC.
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| 2000 |
Creative Dialogue: Intimate Figures by Elaine Holmes and Urban Realism by Tad Suzuki (Duo exhibition). SAGA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC.
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| 2000 |
Images of California. BC Ministry of Health, Victoria, BC.
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| 1999 |
West Coast Urban Realism. Winchester Galleries, Victoria, BC.
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| 1998 |
Urban Colours, Urban Forms. BC Ministry of Health, Victoria, BC.
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| 1997 |
Urban Landscapes. Winchester Galleries, Victoria, BC.
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| 1996 |
Sidewalks of Victoria. McPherson Library Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2011 |
Auto Art. Plus One Gallery, London, UK.
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| 2006 |
International Realities. Whitfield Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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| 2002 |
Journeys and Transformations: Four Japanese Artists in Victoria (with Harumi Ota, Yoko Takashima and Yumie Kono). McPherson Library Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC.
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| 2001 |
Eye Candy: Victoria Open. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC.
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| 1998 |
The American Artist Art Methods and Material Show, Pasadena, California, USA.
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| 1997 |
Vancouver International Art Exhibition, Vancouver, BC.
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| 1997 |
BC Festival of the Arts, Powell River, BC.
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| 1996 |
BC Festival of the Arts, Penticton, BC.
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| 1995 |
Save the Sooke Hills Art Exhibition, Victoria, BC.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA FEATURES
| 2010 |
Krista Boehnert, Illuminating Moment in Urban Realism: Creative Conversations / Tad Suzuki. Solo exhibition catalogue. (Victoria, BC: Winchester Galleries).
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| 2009 |
Victoria Vital Signs Annual Report (Victoria: The Victoria Foundation), pp.14-15.
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| 2005 |
Interview by David Lennam, The Daily, Shaw TV Channel 11, Victoria, BC, September.
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| 2004 |
M. Fleishman, Exploring Illustration (Clifton Park, NY: Thompson/Delmer Learning). Content advice and illustrations.
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| 2003 |
T. Suzuki, “Urban Realism, the Traveler, and Homecoming” in Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada, edited by J.F. Kess, et al. (Victoria: University of Victoria), pp. 145-55.
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| 2002 |
T. Suzuki, “Reflecting Light on Photo Realism.” American Artist, March, pp. 46-51.
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| 2001 |
“Master Artists of the World: Canada Showcase.” International Artist, June/July, p. 104.
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| 1998 |
“10 Finalists of the Emerging Artists Competition.” American Artist, October, 1998, p. 18.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND ART-RELATED WORKS
| 2006 |
“Popular Café,” “Red, Yellow, and Green Chairs,” and “Red Table” (open-end posters) (Salt Lake City, Utah: Poems Art Publishing).
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| 2005 |
Book cover design and cover photographs for: Why Japan Matters!, edited by Joseph F. Kess and Helen Lansdowne. Proceedings of the Japan Studies Association of Canada 2004 Conference. (Victoria, BC: Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria).
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| 2003 |
Book cover design and cover illustrations for: Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada, edited by Joseph F. Kess, et al. (Victoria, BC: Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria).
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