Painting

Taka Sudo

Born and raised in Tokyo, now residing in Vancouver Canada. Taking influences from those totally different environment to create the unique style of artworks.

Angela May

Angela May (neé Kruger) is a visual artist, writer, scholar, and community activist. Across all of these forums, Angela’s work explores the politics of loss, especially in her home of Vancouver, British Columbia, and particularly in the city’s Downtown Eastside. Her first major public artwork, a creative video called dear community, interrogated the politics of […]

Will Shintani

A Yonsei, Will was born and raised in Toronto, ON, Canada. Mom is Japanese-Canadian, and Dad is Ecuadorian. Using both traditional and digital illustration, Will strives to create artworks that examine the human condition. He likes to engage, study and analyze people. Will says, “It’s about asking questions as much as it is about answers.” […]

Justine Wong

hello! I’m Justine Wong, a full-time freelance illustrator based in Toronto and Tokyo. I am also the creator of the project ’21 Days in Japan: An Illustrative Study on Japanese Cuisine’, consisting of 100 paintings of my meals throughout Japan. When I am not illustrating, I am a dedicated member of Lunchroom, a creative collective […]

Shinya Kumazawa

Inspired by the beautiful scenery of High Park, Toronto, Shinya Kumazawa has been living and painting in Toronto since 2000. Mesmerized by the shifting seasons as they unfold on the 400 acres, ranging from blooming cherry blossoms from his homeland to changing fall leaves and glittering snowscapes typical of the Canadian landscape, Shinya has created […]

Alana Keiko Fleming

Alana Keiko Fleming is a yonsei illustrator, graphic designer, and animator who has worked on blockbuster movies such as Ghostbusters (2017), Alpha, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. She is currently working on a board game called DreamWeavers. Her art style is a reflection of her culture, a mix of anime and western […]

Mary Akemi Morris

Mary Akemi Morris is a watercolour and acrylic painter born in the internment camp of Tashme, British Columbia in 1945 and now based in London, Ontario. She is a graduate of Fine Arts, University of Toronto and has taught art in secondary schools in North York and London, Ontario. In 2019, she exhibited her art […]

Elizabeth Hasegawa Agresta

Elizabeth is a painter and third generation artist, carrying on a family legacy in the creative arts which includes: kimono design, Japanese ceramics, classic wooden yacht design, culinary arts, photography, painting, writing, and poetry. Elizabeth studied at The Art Students League of New York and currently dedicates her time to studying contemporary art, experimenting with […]

M.A. Tateishi

M.A.Tateishi is a Vancouver painter inspired by bright colour and geometric form. Her unique creative process involves up to twenty layers of painting and drawing on tissue applied to wood panel. Then the layers are torn away to reveal the history of the artwork. Finally, resin is applied to create translucency. Her artwork has been […]

Eileen Koyama

Eileen Koyama earned her B.Sc. in Research Psychology at the University of Toronto before moving to Tokyo to work as an editor of academic journal articles. After returning home, she worked as a freelance editor of non-fiction books. Years later, when trauma and PTSD turned her world upside down, art therapy was there to catch […]

Fumiko Greenaway

Fumiko Greenaway (née Endo) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on April 16, 1929, the eldest child of George Chohei Endo and Tomie Endo, formerly of Miyagi-ken, near Sendai, in northern Japan. A cook, George had come to Canada and followed the railroad east, finding a job with the CPR hotel in Moose Jaw. Setting […]

Camille Kiku Belair

Camille Kiku Belair is a Toronto based composer, classical guitarist, artist and writer. Interested in working with field recordings, experimenting with mixed media within visual arts is also a large part of their practice. Articles have appeared in the WholeNote Magazine. They are currently pursuing an MFA in Composition and Experimental Sound Practices at California […]

Kayoko Tanaka

1998-2005 Ontario College of Art and Design (Ceramics, Professional Development) 1993-1995 Ontario College of Art and Design (Painting) 1989-1991 Centre Saidue Bronfman (Montreal, Master Painting) 1988-1989 Centre des Arts Visuels (Montreal, Painting) 1986-1987 Emily Carr College of Art (Vancouver, Painting) 1978-1988 Vancouver Community College (Vancouver, Painting) Workshops 1995 Atelier-Voyage Le Perigord (France) 1994 Virginia Center […]

Norman Takeuchi

Norman Takeuchi is a painter. Shortly after graduating from the Vancouver School of Art, he moved to London, England, for one year to concentrate on painting. While there, a chance encounter with a gallery owner resulted in his first solo exhibition. Back in Canada, he found employment in Ottawa as a graphic and exhibition designer, […]

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 […]