Alberta

Tomo Ingalls

Tomo Ingalls is a woman, mother, potter, clay artist, and immigrant. She started pottery training in 2014 and obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Craft Media from Alberta University of the Arts in 2022. She has provided her wares to galleries and stores in maritime provinces. Currently, she is an artist in residence at […]

Meg Ohsada

Meg Ohsada is a multidisciplinary artist from Canmore Alberta, who pours passion and feelings into her art to stir up inspiration in all who see it. Meg is passionate in advocating for an inclusive culture and helping others see that the world can be a better place when we share love, beauty, encouragement and kindness […]

Daniel Akira Stadnicki

Daniel Akira Stadnicki is an award-winning, mixed Asian-Canadian drummer, scholar, and popular music educator based in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta) with strong family ties to the Japanese community of Hamilton, Ontario. Specializing in adapted drum kit for a wide range of global folk, roots, and traditional artists—including Farhad Kosravi, Jaron Freeman-Fox, Spencer Murray, Dana Wylie, […]

Daniel Tamagi

With over a decade of experience under his belt, The FloWarrior has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s top fire and flow arts performers. Fusing his passion for dance, martial arts and music, he has created his own unique brand of ‘martial artistry’ through years of training and dedication to his craft. A world […]

Stafford Arima

STAFFORD ARIMA is the Artistic Director at Theatre Calgary. Born and raised in Toronto, Arima thrived in the New York theatre scene for over 20 years. In 2015, he became the first Asian Canadian to direct a musical on Broadway when Allegiance opened at the Longacre Theatre, starring George Takei and Lea Salonga. Arima was […]

Hitoshi Sugiyama

Born and raised in Japan, Hitoshi Sugiyama practiced and performed taiko and shinobue. During university, he started DJing and composing electronic music. In 2009, he moved to Canada and continued composing. He joined a local band and the soundtrack they created forThe Moustachewon awards at the 2017 Edmonton International Film Festival and the Las Vegas […]

Steve Sunao Shigematsu

Steve Sunao Shigematsu was born in Vancouver, British Columbia September 21, 1909. At the age of five, he and a younger brother were taken to Japan where he was raised by an uncle and aunt after their parents returned to Canada. Steve received his formal education in Japan and developed a keen interest in botanical […]

Booming Tree Taiko

Booming Tree is a contemporary drum duo, founded by Gregory Hideo Shimizu and Twilla MacLeod in 2008. Known for their innovative combination of taiko, percussion and vocals, they have performed across North America, from New Orleans to Yellowknife, and from coast to coast in their unique duo format. Booming Tree’s work is firmly rooted in […]

Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull

Jared is an Edmonton-based director, dramaturg, actor, educator and playwright who has focused much of his artistic work on Theatre for Young People. His acting work has been seen on stages across Western Canada in such productions as Mitch Miyagawa’s The Plum Tree, and Marty Chan’s Mom, Dad, I’m Living with a White Girl. Jared’s […]

Yoko Galvin

Yoko Galvin was born in Tochigi, Japan. She travelled around the world in the 1970s, visiting Russia, Europe, and Canada, gaining experiences that she has beautifully incorporated into her art. Her unique perspective on life, love, and relationships results in some of the most captivating and inspiring pieces of musical and visual works. As a […]

Randall Okita

Randall Okita is a Canadian visual artist and filmmaker whose work employs sculpture, technology, physically challenging performances or stunt-work, and rich cinematography. His work has been shown in both group and solo exhibition, awarded internationally, and screened at festivals around the world, including retrospective screenings of his short film catalogue in San Francisco and Toronto. […]

Robert Hideki Uchida

Violinist Robert Uchida has been hailed for his “ravishing sound, eloquence and hypnotic intensity” (Strings Magazine). A regularly featured guest soloist with many of Canada’s orchestras and chamber music festivals, Robert recently had the honour of performing Bottessini’s Grand Duo Concertante with bassist Edgar Meyer under the direction of William Eddins. Concertmaster of the Edmonton […]

Kita no Taiko

Kita no Taiko is a non-profit, volunteer based Japanese Drumming group located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Our group formed in 1986. We have been honoured to play at festivals in Edmonton like the Fringe, K-Days, Heritage Festival and First Night, and at venues like the Jubilee, Winspear and Citadel theatres. We have done collaborative performances […]

Sukeo Mokujin Sameshima

Sukeo Mokujin Sameshima was born in 1915 in New Westminster, British Columbia. He went to be educated in Japan in 1921 and returned ten years later after completing junior high school. Although his experiences in Japan determined much of his personal outlook, the prairies, which he calls his ‘second home’, have influenced him deeply. He […]

Joyce Harumi Kamikura

Joyce H. Kamikura, NWS, SFCA Joyce was one of the first Canadians to be bestowed Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS – U.S.A.). She was also one of the first women to be given the top ranking title in the Federation of Canadian Artists as a Senior Signature Member (SFCA). Exhibitions of her […]