Umami: Savouring Artistic Nikkei Identity

Part 1: Feb 8 – May 17, 2025

  • Todd Inouye
  • Brian Kobayakawa & Annie Sumi
  • Ken Mizokoshi
  • Wendy Tanaka

Part 2: May 27 – Sept 27, 2025

  • Molly JF Caldwell
  • Yoshiko Hirano
  • Marlene Howell
  • Bryan Kobayakawa & Annie Sumi
  • Vivien Nishi
  • Reiko Pleau

Exhibit Opening + Artists’ Conversations: Feb 13 and May 29, 6 – 8pm

In our 25th anniversary year at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, we celebrate artists of Japanese ancestry with the Umami: Savouring Artistic Nikkei Identity exhibition from February through September in the Karasawa Gallery. Many are Japanese Canadian Legacies Art fund awardees and/or artists who are exhibiting at the NNMCC for the first time. From traditional to contemporary art practice, the Umami exhibition shares the rich essence of our Japanese Canadian creative community.