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Artist Rui Sasaki working at Bullseye Glass’s Research and Education Studio. Photo by Hanmi Meyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Japan Institute\u2019s first Artist-in-Residence prepares for her exhibition at Portland Japanese Garden in March<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In the balmy days of summer\u2019s end, artist Rui Sasaki strode Portland Japanese Garden with gardeners and a garbage can in tow. Stuffed with plant trimmings, the can\u2019s contents might have otherwise been left for a compost pile. Now, the needles from a mugo pine, limbs of a dancing peacock maple, leaves of a sword fern, and more, will live on to tell a new story through fired glass. If there is anyone who can use glass to transform the ephemeral into the timeless, it is Rui Sasaki, Japan Institute\u2019s first Artist-in-Residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden announced that the internationally-acclaimed Sasaki had been selected as the organization\u2019s very first Artist-in-Residence. Over two separate journeys east from her homebase of Kanazawa, Japan, Sasaki will be collecting Portland Japanese Garden\u2019s plant life for a 2023 exhibition \u2013 Subtle Intimacy: Here and There<\/em> on show from March 18 through June 12, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist Rui Sasaki working at Bullseye Glass’s Research and Education Studio. Photo by Quincy Woo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How is the art created? Sasaki places the plant cuttings between panes of glass and then fires it in a kiln at an impossibly hot 1490\u00b0F. The leaves, roots, and stems burn, but an impression is left almost like a fossil in stone. \u201cI call it portable intimacy,\u201d says Sasaki. \u201cIt is so important to bring back any memories or intimacy from wherever I travel. I always bring physical objects back home, but I can\u2019t bring back plants [to Japan]. I want to make something out of glass and bring it back home so I can always have something from Portland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rui Sasaki\u2019s journey to Portland began near New York\u2019s Finger Lakes. In 2018, Sasaki was awarded the 33rd<\/sup> Rakow Commission ahead of her piece, Liquid Sunshine\/I am a Pluviophile<\/em>, being featured at the Corning Museum of Glass. This stunning work, which led to the New York Times<\/em> calling Sasaki \u201cexpert at activating her installations,\u201d<\/a> captured the attention of Bullseye Glass Company\u2019s Lani McGregor and Dan Schwoerer. The pair would connect Sasaki with Portland Japanese Garden\u2019s leadership and a relationship quickly blossomed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist Rui Sasaki working at Bullseye Glass’s Research and Education Studio. She is using plant life she took from Portland Japanese Garden. Photo by Quincy Woo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sasaki had initially been scheduled to participate in a residency for Portland Japanese Garden in September of 2020. However, when the global pandemic took root in spring of that year, the residency and exhibition were shelved. In 2021, as the world began to re-emerge, a new opportunity presented itself for both the organization and Sasaki in the form of the Japan Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan Institute, established in 2020 as a sibling organization of Portland Japanese Garden, includes a Center for Japanese Arts & Culture among its three programming centers. A key feature of this center is an artist-in-residency program. When the Garden\u2019s Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, & Education, Aki Nakanishi, offered Sasaki the opportunity to be the Japan Institute\u2019s first artist-in-residence, she was surprised. \u201cIt’s such an honor to be the first artist-in-residence,\u201d Sasaki shared. \u201cWhen I heard it from Aki I asked, ‘What? Are you sure it’s okay? Making me the first person?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rui Sasaki taking notes on the plant life during her previous visit to Portland Japanese Garden in 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sasaki\u2019s captivating work belies her humility. It also exemplifies her interest and curiosity in the natural world around her. Japan Institute\u2019s vision of creating deliberate connections between nature and art was appealing to Sasaki. \u201c[Aki] said the Japan Institute will have a training center for gardeners and facilities for artists so culture, nature, and art can mix together,\u201d Sasaki recalled. \u201cIt\u2019s a great idea\u2014everything should be connected together. No other institute has that kind of system, it\u2019s a fantastic idea\u2026I like to collaborate with more than just artists. People in different professions give me so much inspiration, and a different perspective.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasaki has taken full advantage of the opportunity to work alongside people outside the world of glass art, including Hugo Torii, Garden Curator of Portland Japanese Garden, and his gardening department. Her gathering of garden flora is more than a means to an end, it\u2019s something Sasaki describes as \u201cmedication.\u201d \u201cI lived in the United States for five years,\u201d Sasaki shared. \u201cAfter I came back to Japan, I got reverse culture shock. My sense of place was different. I felt I lost my home. I started to collect plants to recover my five senses.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in Portland for the second part of her residency, Sasaki will enjoy her garden strolls and time in the United States, a nation she describes as a second home. She is looking forward to trips to Cannon Beach on Oregon\u2019s coast, hikes in the wilder areas beyond Portland\u2019s city limits, and donuts. \u201cThere are so many donut shops here!\u201d she laughed. \u201cDonuts are not big in Japanese culture. When I was living in New England, there were so many donut shops. I know donuts are big here. I want to explore donut shops!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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