Kanbara, Bryce

Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Kanbara, Bryce

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

        Identifiers for corporate bodies

        Description area

        Dates of existence

        1947 -

        History

        Bryce Kanbara was born in 1947 in Ontario. He attended McMaster University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and Art History in 1971. He was a pivotal figure in the arts community in Hamilton, and a founding member and first administrator of Hamilton Artists Inc. He is currently the curator and proprietor of You Me Gallery in Hamilton. Throughout his career as a visual artist, he has held many curatorial positions, including those at Burlington Art Centre, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, JC Gallery at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. He has been the Visual Arts, Crafts & Design Officer at the Ontario Arts Council, and Co-chair of the Board of Directors, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre. In 2021, he received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for outstanding contribution.

        Kanbara has also been an active member of the Japanese Canadian community. He has been the Executive Director of the Toronto Chapter of the National Association of Japanese Canadians, Chair of the NAJC Endowment Fund and National Executive member.

        Places

        Legal status

        Functions, occupations and activities

        Mandates/sources of authority

        Internal structures/genealogy

        General context

        Relationships area

        Access points area

        Subject access points

        Place access points

        Occupations

        Control area

        Authority record identifier

        http://viaf.org/viaf/104102269

        Maintained by

        Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

        Institution identifier

        Rules and/or conventions used

        Status

        Level of detail

        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Created March 19, 2024 by E Carroll.

        Language(s)

          Script(s)

            Sources

            Japanese Canadian Artist’s Directory. “Bryce Kanbara.” Accessed March 18, 2024, https://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/bryce-kanbara/
            Kanbara, Bryce. “Bryce Kanbara: Radical Community Building.” Interview by Aaron Murphy. Building Cultural Legacies Hamilton, August 23, 2018. https://buildingculturallegacies.ca/artist/bryce-kanbara/

            Kanbara, Bryce. “Interview with Bryce Kanbara.” Interview by David Fujino. Greater Toronto Chapter of the National Association of Japanese Canadians, August 21, 2012. https://torontonajc.ca/bryce-kanbara/

            Kanbara, Bryce. “Interview with Bryce Kanbara.” Interview by the Royal Ontario Museum. March 25, 2021. https://www.rom.on.ca/en/collections-research/magazine/interview-with-bryce-kanbara

            Maintenance notes