British Columbia

Shizuka Kai

Shizuka is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on set design and puppetry. She also works as a trained puppeteer on tv/film, an illustrator/graphic designer, director, and earring maker. She is a three-time Jessie Richardson award winner with multiple nominations, the recipient of the Earl Klein Memorial Scholarship / Bill Millerd Artist Fund / Steven […]

Yukiko Onley

Yukiko was born and grew up in Osaka, Japan, but has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada since 1976. She has been surrounded by art for most of her life. Her grandmother was a master of the tea ceremony and of flower arrangements, and one of her aunts is an accomplished painter in Japan. Yukiko’s […]

Uminari Taiko

Uminari Taiko is Vancouver Island’s first taiko drumming ensemble. Its mission is to share and promote the art of Japanese taiko drumming through teaching and performances. Uminari is a Japanese word that can be translated as “roaring sea” – the sound of the crashing waves and the silence in between. It is a name that […]

Kayo Hosaka

Kayo Hosaka is a craft person. She currently lives in Vancouver, where she sells her original jewelry, leather accessories, and Kimono recreations. Born in Yamanashi Japan, Hosaka moved to the USA and then Mexico-city after graduating high school. She studied BA of fine art at University of Las Americas in Mexico city. Living in Japan, […]

Yuriko Iga

Blim retail consists of unique cosmic apparel handmade and hand printed exclusively by Blim. All product is made in our Blim studio and print shop. Imagined at age 4, Blim founder Yuriko Iga created her imaginary animal kingdom of humanized animals wearing funky clothes called Blim Blim. She kept her imaginary world a secret until […]

Kokoro Dance

Kokoro Dance Theatre Society was incorporated as a non-profit society in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 31, 1986. Its mandate is to re-define the meaning of Canadian culture through teaching, producing and performing new dance theatre with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary collaboration and cross-cultural exploration. Taking its name from the Japanese word kokoro – meaning […]

Kasha Konaka

Kasha is a circus artist from Vancouver, Canada. She specializes in contortion acrobatics and has performed extensively in the Greater Vancouver Area for various corporate events and productions.

Danielle Jette

Danielle Jette is a Vancouver based graphic designer and illustrator. She studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in illustration. Since graduation she has completed a number of freelance contract projects with a variety of local organizations including Vancouver Opera, Translink, Dish […]

Marlene Howell

MARLENE HOWELL (née Seki) marlenehowellgallery.com Marlene was born in Toronto and moved to Vancouver Island in 1996. Since then she has lived in and has exhibited her artwork in Khartoum, Sudan, New York City, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia before settling in Victoria, BC. Her artistic development is a result of the influential instructors at the […]

Nicole Yukiko

Nicole Yukiko (Sekiya) is a Vancouver-based performer and creator. She has earned a BFA in acting from UBC as well as a diploma in performance studies from Mount Royal University. Nicole’s focus as a storyteller is sharing the experiences of underrepresented communities. She is proud to be part of the ensemble with JAPANESE PROBLEM in […]

Cindy MOCHIZUKI

Cindy Mochizuki creates multi-media installation, animation, drawing, audio fiction, performance, and community-engaged projects. She has exhibited her work in Canada, US, Australia, and Japan. Recent exhibitions include the Surrey Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Burrard Arts Foundation, Richmond Art Gallery, Frye Art Museum, and Yonago City Museum. In 2015, she received the Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts […]

Laura Fukumoto

Laura Fukumoto grew up on Toronto’s East Lakeshore, but relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia in 2009, where she now works as a costume designer and wardrobe professional, graduating from the University of British Columbia with a BFA in Theatre Production and Design. She has worked with many theatre companies such as The Arts Club and […]

Joan Fairs

Joan has been practising Ikebana for over 35 years and has obtained her top level of teaching with the Sangetsu School, headquartered in Atami, Japan, in 2013. She is also a qualified florist, with a certificate in Commercial Floristry from Kwantlen University (1997). Joan teaches beginner and continuing ikebana students at her townhouse complex in […]

Mark Takeshi McGregor

Described as a “mind-blowing” musician of “huge physical energy” (Victoria Times Colonist), flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor is widely regarded as one of Canada’s leading interpreters of contemporary, avant-garde, and experimental music. As a soloist, chamber musician, improvisor, interdisciplinary artist, and as flutist of the Victoria-based Aventa Ensemble, McGregor has performed extensively throughout North and South […]

Jeff Hamada

Jeff Hamada is second generation Japanese Canadian artist living and working in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2008 he created Booooooom which quickly became one of the most prominent art blogs on the Internet and is the largest of its kind in Canada.