About the Gallery

The Rufus Lin Gallery of Japanese Art is the realization of one man's vision of a world that is becoming increasingly borderless in many senses of the word, a world in which not just scholars but the public in general can have access to the largely inscrutable, rarely seen and little understood aspects of Japanese fine art and contemporary Japanese ideas about beauty. In making this vision a reality, the gallery refreshingly counteracts the ubiquity of popular Japanese culture, and demonstrates that contemporary Japanese culture goes far deeper than manga and anime.

For over 20 years, Rufus Lin has nurtured the hope that one day, he would be able to introduce to the general public in Canada and the USA some of the characteristic Japanese esthetic sensibility embodied in contemporary Japanese painting, particularly work based on themes about Japan, Japanese people and Japanese culture. After achieving some measure of success with his English-Japanese translation firm, Kakkazan Innovations Inc., Rufus Lin went on to focus on his painting, writing and music activities, eventually culminating in the establishing of the Rufus Lin Gallery of Japanese Art in 2009.

By setting stringent criteria that are applied during the jury selection of work to be exhibited, the gallery steers clear of the many Japanese painters that have been schooled in the European tradition and that work in a clearly Western style. The selection criteria place no emphasis on the fame and experience of the artist, focusing instead on the work itself, and so even paintings by amateurs and art students are exhibited.

Unlike many commercial "art galleries", which are no more than retail stores selling art, the Rufus Lin Gallery of Japanese Art is a proper fine art museum that does not operate as a commercial gallery, but instead uses its spacious layout, including several small rooms, to exhibit splendid works of art from Japan, all of which are on loan from their respective artists. A selection of paintings from the permanent collection of work by Rufus Lin is also always on display.

 

Rufus Lin Gallery

A division of Kakkazan Innovations Inc. (a Canadian federal corporation established in 2000)

Registered business licence with the City of Richmond, BC.

Address: 415-5811 Cooney Road, Richmond BC, CANADA V6X 3M1

Phone: 604-303-6330

E-mail: info@rufuslingallery.com

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri, 10 AM to 5 PM
*Sometimes closed for special events, etc., so please call in advance to check.