Takao Tanabe – 100th Birthday Exhibition
May 2- June 27, 2026
Opening Reception: May 2, 2026
Mira Godard Gallery – 22 Hazelton Ave.
On Saturday, May 2nd, Mira Godard Gallery is pleased to open a 100th Birthday Exhibition of paintings and works on paper by TAKAO TANABE.
Mira Godard Gallery has been representing Takao Tanabe’s work for 65 years and the relationship continues to this day. The current exhibition includes paintings and works on paper, many of them directly from Tanabe’s studio.
TAKAO TANABE, an important figure in Canadian painting and printmaking for almost 80 years, was born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia in 1926. Takao Tanabe studied in Canada, Europe, the United States and Japan. Following a decade as head of the art program and artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre, he returned to British Columbia in 1980 where he lives and works.
Long considered one of Canada’s most important artists, Takao Tanabe’s work is in numerous international, public, corporate and private collections including: Audain Art Museum, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Art Gallery of Ontario; Canada Council Art Bank; Glenbow Museum, Calgary; McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton; National Gallery of Canada; Tate Museum, U.K.; Vancouver Art Gallery; Borden, Ladner, Gervais; Four Seasons Hotels; Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd.; Scotiabank; UBS Canada Inc.
Takao Tanabe is the recipient of several honorary degrees and awards including Order of British Columbia (1993); Order of Canada (Member, 1999); the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2003) and Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts (2013).
“Skeena Series K”, 1971, acrylic on canvas, 34 x 34 in.