Biography
Based in Toronto, Emma Nishimura works with a range of media, including printmaking, photography, sculpture and installation. Her work addresses ideas of memory and loss that are rooted within family stories and inherited narratives. For the past decade, Nishimura’s research and art practice has focused on the experiences her family and thousands of other Japanese Canadians endured throughout their forced incarceration during the Second World War. Her work explores this history and the reverberations these experiences have had throughout the subsequent generations.
Emma Nishimura has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is in a number of public and private collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Japanese Canadian National Museum and the Library of Congress. She is the recipient of the Queen Sonja Print Award 2018. Emma Nishimura received her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her BA from the University of Guelph, and is an Assistant Professor at OCAD University.
Works
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Ellis Avenue, 202514 x 17 in.
Varied edition of 3Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on gampi with thread, framed in natural woodCAD 3,000.00 -
Shikata ga nai: It is what it is, 202524 x 24.5 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on gampi with thread, framed in whiteCAD 5,400.00
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Carrying On, 202417 x 14 in.
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Frederick Avenue, 202414 x 17 in.
Artist ProofEmma NishimuraPhoto etching on gampi with thread, framed in natural woodCAD 3,000.00 -
A Present Absence, 202214 x 17 in.Emma NishimuraPhotogravure etching and thread, framedCAD 3,000.00
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Generations of an Archive I, 202230 x 40 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in bleached mapleSold
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Generations of an Archive II, 202230 x 40 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in bleached mapleCAD 5,900.00
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Bay Farm, 20195 x 11.5 in.
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Generational Echoes I, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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Generational Echoes II, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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Generational Echoes III, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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Generational Echoes IV, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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Generational Echoes V, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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Generational Echoes VI, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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Generational Echoes VII, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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Generational Echoes VIII, 201923 x 28 in.Emma NishimuraPhoto etching on hahnemuhle paper, framed in whiteCAD 2,600.00
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New Denver, 20194.5 x 11.5 in.
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Emma NishimuraPhoto etching and gampi chine collé, framed in whiteCAD 1,800.00 -
Slocan City, 20197.75 x 11 in.
Edition of 9Emma NishimuraPhoto etching and gampi chine collé, framed in whiteCAD 1,800.00
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Tashme, 201818.75 x 21.75 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,600.00
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Frank Moritsugu, 201717 x 22 in.
Emma NishimuraEtching and hand painting on gampi with wax, framed in whiteCAD 3,600.00
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Harold Miwa, 201717 x 22 in.
Emma NishimuraEtching and hand painting on gampi with wax, framed in whiteCAD 3,600.00
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Lillian Michiko Blakey, 201717 x 22 in.
Emma NishimuraEtching and hand painting on gampi with wax, framed in whiteCAD 3,600.00
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Mary and Kay, Vernon 1945, 20163 x 3 x 2.5 in.
(223 unique bundles available)Emma NishimuraPhotogravure on flax and abacaCAD 300.00 -
Matsuoka Girls, Japan 1931, 20163 x 3 x 2.5 in.
(223 unique bundles available)Emma NishimuraPhotogravure on flax and abacaCAD 300.00 -
Kaslo, 201420.75 x 15.5 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,500.00
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Lower Arrow Lake, 201317.5 x 12.75 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,200.00
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Lumby to Echo Lake, 201320.5 x 11.75 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,200.00
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Nakusp, 201312 x 14.25 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,100.00
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Revelstoke, 201320 x 14.25 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,200.00
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Salmon Arm to Malakwa, 201324 x 24.5 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 2,300.00
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Slocan Lake, 201325.5 x 15 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,600.00
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Upper Arrow Lake, 201322.5 x 15.75 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,500.00
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Vernon, 201313.5 x 15.25 in.Emma NishimuraEtching on gampi with wax and thread, framed in whiteCAD 1,200.00
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Vestige: Navigating the Layers (dress with yolk in waist), 201131 x 42 x 6 in.Emma NishimuraGampi and thread
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Vestige: Navigating the Layers (shirt with working buttons), 201119 x 28 x 6 in.Emma NishimuraGampi and thread
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Vestige: Navigating the Layers (vest & jacket), 2011Vest - 16 x 22 x 4 in.
Jacket - 21 x 27 x 5 in.Emma NishimuraGampi and thread -
Vestige: Navigating the Layers (women's jacket, one button), 201121 x 25 x 9 in.Emma NishimuraGampi and thread
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Exhibitions
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Emma Nishimura & Linda Sormin
Gestures of Remembering 22 Aug - 28 Sep 2024Through their distinct artistic practices, Emma Nishimura and Linda Sormin use their chosen mediums as languages to delve into family ancestries, histories of displacement, and personal identities. In Gestures of...Read more -
Emma Nishimura
Rememory: Echoes and Archives 30 Mar - 6 May 2023Through a collection of printed and installation-based works, Rememory: Echoes & Archives by Emma Nishimura addresses ideas of memory and loss that are rooted within family stories and inherited narratives....Read more
