JAZMIN SASKY
Visual Artist
"Back in the 70s, in my room in Buenos Aires, I witnessed abuse that left deep scars and lasting trauma. That room was my safe place, yet hostility lived just beyond the door. Each night, I created escape plans with my Snoopy suitcase.
Today, I return to that space to examine the emotional wounds I still carry. From my childhood room, I expand outward, exploring the concept of space in both its micro and macro forms, and understanding how my identity shifts within them. Through my books, I investigate the emotional and energetic imprints each space holds, and the different versions of myself that emerge from each one." Jazmín Sasky
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the artist develops a visual language that merges selfies, black-and-white photocopies, illustration, and collage on paper to create limited series of intimate books. Told as screenplays and based on true stories, these books position her both as protagonist and narrator. The settings are deeply personal- her childhood room, kitchen and atelier, or Buenos Aires, Vancouver, Oaxaca, spaces she has inhabited, and that, in turn, inhabit her.
Using her own image as a recurring subject, Sasky turns the camera inward to examine memory, trauma, and transformation. Her work invites viewers into moments of introspection, vulnerability, and self-inquiry, offering a window into dilemmas rooted in lived experience. Through these layered visual narratives, she explores the expectations and evolving realities of being a woman in her fifties, the complexities of childhood trauma, identity and belonging, and her ambivalence toward religion.
Jazmín lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada since 2004. She alternates her life between Vancouver and Oaxaca, Mexico.
The artist is currently collaborating with photographers in Vancouver and Oaxaca, expanding her visual narratives into performative works that continue to explore place and selfhood.
Exhibitions
Solo
2025
A Collage of Memories & Urban Expression, Cuatrosiete Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2019
Oaxacan Magic, Cuatrosiete Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2015
Hawaiian Sisterhood, Tamara Catz Boutique,
Paia, Hawaii
2015
Home Is Love, West Side Grand Art Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
2015
Women, Raw Canvas,
Vancouver, Canada
2014
Women, Waterfront Theater,
Vancouver, Canada
2013
Honouring Women, The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
Group
2024
Mujeres Artistas, La Mano Mágica Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2023
Día de Muertos, ART VallARTA, Art Gallery,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2022
Día de Muertos, Group Show, Proyecto Murguía Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2022
Día de Muertos, Arte de Oaxaca Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2022
Día de Muertos, Arte de Oaxaca Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2022
Divina Proporción, Arte De Oaxaca Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2022
Día de Muertos, Arte de Oaxaca Art Gallery,
Oaxaca, Mexico
2016
Go Figure, The Federation of Canadian Artists,
Vancouver, Canada
2016
Canvas Unbound, Federation of Canadian Artists,
Vancouver, Canada
2014
Summer Gallery, Federation of Canadian Artists,
Vancouver, Canada
2014
Envisioning Women, The Sidney and Gertrude Zack Art Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
2014
Summer Gallery, Federation of Canadian Artists,
Vancouver, Canada
2014
Canvas Unbound, Federation of Canadian Artists,
Vancouver, Canada