Jennifer Sakai is a fine art photographer, and university professor at

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. Jennifer is the winner of the Prix Virginia, the Biennial International Prize for Photography for women. In 2024, she received the Prix Virginia for her series ''When We Return Home''. She was awarded this honor in France in 2024. She is also 2024 winner of an

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Creator Lab Prize for her photography practice.

Biography

She teaches in the MFA program at American University.

Works

Sakai has published as an artist and curator. Her work was featured in M Magazine for ''

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'' issue No.698 with interview by: Claire Guillot for her project "When We Return Home" which details her Japanese family and their time in

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during World War two and their post war life combined with images from her photographic practice. She is also an independent museum curator, she has curated museum shows including ''The Gifts of Tony Podesta'' (2019), ''Border Wall'' at

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(2020), and ''Vertiginous Matter'' (2022), which was listed in the top eight museum shows for 2022 by ''Washington CityPaper''. Her work has been featured in ''W'' (magazine). and ''Vogue'' (magazine)

Awards

Jennifer is the Prix Virginia Laureate Winner, an international prize for women in photography for 2024. The Prix Virginia is a biennial prize awarded every two years in France. Sakai is a multiple recipient of a DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Grant for her photographic practice. She is a recipient of a 2024 creator lab prize from

in New York. She is a winner in the 2023

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Art Photography Awards. She exhibited at

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in May 2023. She was a selected artist for the Charcoal Chico review in 2020 and 2021. She is a multiple fellowship recipient from the

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is an agency of the District of Columbia government. , the Interim Executive Director is David Markey. CAH was created as an outgrowth of the U.S. Congress Act that established the National Fo ...

. Receiving awards in Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship 2024, Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship 2022, Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship 2021.

Exhibitions, galleries, and museums

Jennifer Sakai’s work has been exhibited at: Addison/Ripley Fine Art (2025) (2023)

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(website) (2023
Glen Echo Park (Maryland)
(2022)

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(2017).

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakai, Jennifer Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American University faculty