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Suezan
Aikins
Born in
Montreal in 1952, Suezan was influenced early in her life by the works
of modern Japanese woodblock printmakers which hung throughout her parents’
home. She attended the Fine Arts programme at Mount Allison University
in Sackville, New Brunswick (1969-71), The Ontario College of Art (1971-73),
L’ ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts (1974), Nova Scotia College of Art
and Design -BFA (1975) as well as a very intensive year of study with
Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo (1984-85).
She has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries throughout
North America and Japan. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Tokyo,
Osaka, Okinawa, and Boston with group exhibitions at the Wenniger Gallery,
Boston, Royal Canadian Academy in Toronto and the Canadian Museum of Nature
in Ottawa.
Her paintings and woodblock prints are found in many collections such
as The Canada Council Art Bank, The Nickle Art Museum, The Art Gallery
of Nova Scotia, The Royal Bank of Canada, Prince Takamanonamiya Norihito,
the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, The Thomas Moore Institute as well as
private collections.
Suezan Aikins was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant
in 1983, Nova Scotia Department of Culture - Development Grants in 1980,
1987 and 1988. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in
1990 and received the Canadian Progress Club- Women of Excellence Award
for Culture in 1993. Her work has been featured in a number of television
documentaries as well as many Canadian magazines.
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