Born
Hayama-machi Miura-gun, Kanagawa, Japan
Place of Residency: Toronto, ON

Education
New York Academy of Art- M.F.A.-New York, NY, 1993-1995
School of Visual Arts-B.F.A.- New York, NY, 1990-1993
Wagner College- Liberal Arts Studies- New York, NY, 1989-1990

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Kon Art Space – Kungming, China (upcoming)
2020 untitled studies of anonymous women, Galeri Youn – Montreal, Canada
2018 Beautiful Yamadera, Yamagata Retorokan (former Yamadera Hotel) – Yamadera, Japan
2016-2017 Breaking the Waves (opening live performance by Clara Venice; closing performance by Isntvan Kantor featuring Louise Liliefeldt, Vivian Wilder, Blattella Germanica and Alexander Braun, poetry reciting by Eldon Garnet and Daisuke Takeya), Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto Canada
2017 Fukushima NO ALICE, Yamagata Central Library – Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
2016 Indoor Playground, The Ruins and on the streets, Escolta- Manila, the Philippines (organized by 98B COLLABoratory)
2015  Tunnel to Jomon, Jomon Period Natural History Museum – Tsunan, Nigata Prefecture, Japan
2013   Gold~exspando(-over the letter o, organized by Naoaki Bab), Block House, Tokyo, Japan
Beautiful Singapore, INSTINC, The Republic of Singapore
2012   GOD Loves Japan, The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
2011   No. w. here, James Baird Gallery (opening live painting with cellist Vernon Regehr), St. John’s, NL
Everybody Loves You 2, St John’s downtown Water Street storefronts, St. John’s, NL
2010   PERFECT WORLD (opening performances: deVah String Quartet/sushi by the artist), Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
Beautiful Japan, Showcase/Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Beautiful Kyoto, Shibunkaku Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2009   Roppongi Hills Club-Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 51^st floor, Tokyo, Japan
2008   Pouch Cove Foundation, St. John’s, NL
The Embassy of Japan in Canada, Ottawa, ON
The Japan Foundation, Toronto, ON
2007   Pages Window Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006   Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005   Wagner Collage Art Gallery, Staten Island, New York, NY
Galeria Punto Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, Japan
Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Annex-Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
2004   Prince Takamado Gallery at the Canadian Embassy-Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)
2001   Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000   Saison Art Program Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014   Showcase, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (Upcoming)
2013   subtleties~exspando(-over the letter o, organized by Naoaki Bab), Block House, Tokyo, Japan
Cloud Museum 2013 (directed by Isamu Muto), Nogoya TV Tower, Nogoya, Japan
NIPPOOUUNPO- GODZILLA and the PHEONIX, a curatorial project presented by Hüttner and Samon Takahashi, initiated in collaboration with Vision Forum, Global Art and the Museum (at ZKM) in Karlsruhe and Linköpings Universitet in Sweden), Japan
Bridge Over Troubled Water ~ Izushima Project, Ishinomaki Art Line Project, Town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Bell of Hope Shopping Street Art Museum, Town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Fuskushima Alice Project, a book project inspired by Lewis Carol’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass”, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Paint the Halls, Women’s College Hospital Foundation and Art Battle Canada, Toronto, ON
Love~Life~Laugh: Field Trip Project (with Alex McLeod & Krystle Tabujara, david Trautrimas and Michael Toke, coordinated by Makiko Sato), Roppongi Art Night, co-presented by the Embassy of Canada in Japan and the Grand Hyatt Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2012   Fukushima Biennale, Fukushima International Airport, Fukushima, Japan
A Day in the Park @ Kwun Tong (curated by Cybil Chiu), OSAGE Foundation, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Field Trip (Canada-Japan joint project), traveling mobile exhibitions at the city of Ishinomaki, Town of Onagawa, city of Kesennuma and more location (Japan/Toronto), Toronto, ON
Light from 311/Kessennuma Memorial Exhibition (coordinated by Michael Saito), Kessennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
2011   Tohoku Daishinsai Tsunami Relief Charity Exhibition~Art for Life (organized by Fumio Nanjyo), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo Japan
Looking Backward to the Future: 50 Years of Art at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, an exhibition of selected award winners (curated by Jennifer Rudder),  First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, ON
Artbound Project,  Kisaruni School for Girls, Masai Mara, Kenya
Bakers Dozen, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
Galerie St Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON
2010   Star Portraits Wrap-Up Party and Exhibition, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
Confessions of Love (with Tad Hozumi),  XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
TITLES VI (traveling artist book exhibition, organized  by WAY UP WAY DOWN collective), Musée d’art de Joliette, QB
Artists’ Book of the Moment, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON
NO ISBN, Salon für Kunstbuch. An Artwork as Enterprise, Neue Kunst Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Galerie St Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON
2009-2010   BAGART (with BIRDHEAD), Art Metropole, Toronto, ON
Galerie St Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, ON
2008   Art in Hospital Project, Okayama Municipal General Hospital-Okayama prefecture, Japan
Galerie St Laurent+Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2007   Everybody loves you 2, Nuit Blanche (curated by Michelle Jacques), Toronto, ON
Super PHAT (curated by Marshal Arisman), School of Visual Art Gallery-New York, NY
2006   Humans, James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, NL
Nuit Blanche, Island Hopping (with A Collection of Foreign Objects), My Secret city, Toronto, ON
Generated Habitat (a site-specific installation), A Collection of Foreign Objects, Toronto, ON
2005   Galeria Begona Malone-Madrid, Spain
Good in Bed, James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2003   Woman, James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, NL
2001   Et in Arcadia Ego, milk, bedroom gallery, Toronto, ON
2000  Figuratively Speaking, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Still/Motion, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
HUGS-Self Reflection, Art System, Toronto, ON
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto City Hall, Toronto, ON

Art Fairs
2010   Art Toronto, with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Up Art Contemporary Art Fair, with BAGART/Gendai Gallery
2009   SCOPE Miami, with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Fair Tokyo, with Christopher Cutts Gallery
Art Chicago, with Christopher Cutts Gallery

Selected Collections
Canada Art Council Art Bank Collection, Ottawa, ON
Jeffrey E. Epstein Collection, New York, NY
Taylor Thompson Collection, Toronto, ON
Yoshiko Mori Collection, Toronto, ON
Dr. Horst Melcher, Berline, Germany
Josh Coger, UK
Craig Kielburger, Toronto, ON
Seamus O’Reagan, Toronto, ON
Dale Haddon, New York, NY
Ron Murphy, Toronto, ON
Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, ON
William Halkiew, Toronto, ON
Fumio Nanjyo, Tokyo, Japan
Sanae Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan
Dai Tanaka, Kyoto, Japan
Art Collector Magazine, Tokyo

Awards & Grants
2013   Grant in Support of Art-Related International Exchange(curator, Field Trip Project), Pola Art Foundation, Japan
2012   Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2011, 2009   Canada Art Council Art Bank Purchase Award, Canada Arts Council, Canada
2009   Mid career grant (Visual Arts), Ontario Arts Council, Canada
2000   Ken Purvis Best Portrait Award, The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
1997   Special Prize, Tama Sogo Bijutsuten Competition
1995, 1991   Liquitex Excellence in Art Award
1993-1995   New York Academy of Art Scholarship
1993   Dean’s Award, School of Visual Arts
1992   Hachette Filipacci Award, Society of Illustrators

Bibliography
2013  Tokushima Shimbun Newspaper: “ Kamiyama Artist In Residence exhibition starts tomorrow,” section 17, October 28 – Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Tokushima Shimbun Newspaper: ” Backpacks as relief suplies reused as artworks – exhibition starts tomorrow at Kamiyama,” section 18, October 26 – Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Sankei News Paper: ” Backpack artwork makes cities and its people energetic – relief supplies for the Great East Japan Earthquake reused,” p20, August 7 – Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Japan Today: ” Grand Hyatt Tokyo joins Roppongi Art Night in support of Tohoku recovery effort,“ March 22 – Tokyo, Japan
Fukushima Art Biennale 2012 Book – Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
TORJA, “ New Music Festival: Chamber Music of Steven Mackey II,”  p29, January 2013 issue – Toronto, ON
2012   Lee, Kyungmin: Special feature: ‘ Making as Living,’ After 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Takeya Daisuke, Wolganmisool Monthly Art Magazine, p94-95, March issue – Seoul, the Republic of Korea
Toronto To Japan: Hope Blossoms: “God Loves Japan,” installation by Daisuke Takeya, March 6 – Toronto, ON
White, Heather: On Now >> God Loves Japan @ MOCCA, ArtSync – Toronto, ON
Fane, Kate: On Now >> Tasman Richardson, Peter Doig, Tim Gardner, Sarah Anne Johnson, and Daisuke Takeya at the MOCCA, ArtSync – Toronto, ON
Grigorescu, Alexsandra: Hot Art: Immersive Experiences at MOCCA, Where.ca, February 3 – Toronto, ON
Reheel, Jason: Five things to do this week: Feb.4-10, POSTED TORONTO, National Post, February 3 – Toronto, ON
Museum Publicity.com: Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art announces Daisuke Takeya. GOD Loves Japan, January 28
ART TORONTO: Daisuke Takeya: GOD Loves Japan – Toronto, ON
Art Knowledge News: The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Features Three New Exhibitions
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art: Newsletter winter 2012 – Toronto, ON
Iromoto, Nobuo: Daisuke Takeya, GOD Loves Japan, an exhibition on a theme of The Great East Japan Earthquake, Nikka Times, February 23 – Toronto, ON
BITS Magazine: GOD Loves Japan, February 17 – Toronto, ON
Iromoto, Nobuo: Toronto artist Daisuke Takeya creates official poster for ” Light from 311/ Kesennuma,” Nikka Times, February 23 – Toronto, ON
TORJA: GOD Loves Japan, April issue – Toronto, ON
Wén, J.C.: God Loves Japan raises awareness about Japan’s recovery efforts, Nikkei Voice, REVIEW, p10, March issue – Toronto, ON
2011   Haire, Cecil: “I Love You,” interview with Daisuke Takeya, The St. John’s Morning Show, CBC Radio, September 9 – NewFoundland and Labrador, Canada
Bradbury, Tara: Daisuke Takeya, Japanese artist presents three new works, Entertainment section, The Telegram, September 9 – NewFoundland and Labrador, Canada
Uddin, Farhana: Art Show benefit victims of Japan earthquake and tsunami, The Toronto Observer, March 28 – Toronto, ON
Chen, Marcia: Drinking tea, buying art for Japan, City TV News Toronto, March 24 – Toronto, ON
Iromoto, Noriko: Soul for Japan, Nikka Times, March 31 – Toronto, ON
Hirata, Makoto: ASHITA: Artists for Japan, Nikka Times, March 31 – Toronto, ON
Hirata, Makoto: PechaKucha Night in Toronto, Nikka Times, April 21 – Toronto, ON
2010   Interview with an artist Daisuke Takeya, Star Portraits, Bravo TV – Toronto, ON
Purvis, Matthew: Daisuke Takeya at Christopher Cutts, Art Agenda, BlogTO, July – Toronto, ON
Dick, Terence: Daisuke Takeya at Christopher Cutts, AKIMBLOG, June 24 – Toronto, ON
Sandals, Leah: Unedit my heart, June 01 – Toronto, ON
Neave, Marissa: Confessions of Love: Interview with Tad Hozumi & Daisuke Takeya by Marissa Neave, XPACE Cultural Centre, February – Toronto, ON
Dick, Terence: Daisuke Takeya at XPACE, AKIMBLOG, March 04 – Toronto, ON
KALONSNET: Daisuke Takeya: Beautiful Japan, March 25 – Tokyo, Japan
BITS Magazine: Confessions of Love, Topics, February – Toronto, ON
Iromoto, Nobuo: 10th Anniversary in Toronto, 40 years old, Daisuke Takeya at Christopher Cutts Gallery, Nikka Times – Toronto, ON
2008   Milanovic, Maja: On a journey with curious mind, Current, cover story, September 4-15 – St.John’s, NL
Milanovic, Maja: On a journey with curious mind, exhibition catalogue, The Japan Foundation, Toronto – Toronto, ON
Jager, David: Outsider Takeya looks in, Japanese artist bridges cultures in works full of double meanings, NOW MAGAZINE, ART section, March 20-26 – Toronto, ON
Thérrien, Marie-Josée: Interview with Daisuke Takeya, Metro Morning, CBC Radio, March – Toronto, ON
2006   BITS Magazine: Special Dialogue: Artist Daisuke Takeya x York University professor Ted Goosen, cover story, March – Toronto, ON
2005   Visual Arts Briefs: Book ‘Em, School of Visual Arts, December 16th – New York, U.S.A.
Zushi Hayama Akiya Newspaper: Welcome back elder brother as a teacher, p11, March 1st – Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
2004   Satterthwaite, Julian: Artist’s inner child comes out to play, THE DAILY YOMIURI, ART section p7, December 2nd-  Tokyo, Japan
Kuriyama, Fumiko: Daisuke Takeya’s eyes of a child, MADO -The Window of Arts, Exhibitions Preview, p169, October 21 – Tokyo, Japan
Croissant: Welcome to exhibitions, p147, November 25th – Tokyo, Japan
Asahi News paper: Exhibitions, November 30th – Tokyo, Japan
The Japan Times: Artist views world with child’s eyes, December 17th – Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo News Paper: Take a walk with art, eyes of a child: by Daisuke Takeya, p22, October 28th – Tokyo, Japan
2001   Farkas, Suzanne: TORONTO’S WINDOW GALLERIES- All you need is love  – YEAR 01 FORUM: ISSUE#8, Spring 2001 – Toronto, ON
Sato, Sumi: Everybody Loves You: Mixed media installation by Daisuke Takeya, The New Canadian, English p1, February 15th – Toronto, ON
Sato, Sumi: Everybody Loves You: Mixed media installation by Daisuke Takeya, The New Canadian, Japanese p7, February 8th – Toronto, ON
Gordon, D: Sheets come off &, Toronto Star, February 25th-Toronto milk.bedroom gallery: Bravo! News, March 22nd – Toronto, ON
2000   Purvis, Jennifer: Untruly, unmadly, shallowly in love, The Japan Times, Art section, August 6th – Tokyo, Japan
Ishii, Masanobu: Everybody Loves You, Saison Art Program exhibition catalogue, Saison Museum of Modern Art, August – Tokyo, Japan
Saison Museum of Modern Art: Everybody Loves You, Newsletter #14, August – Tokyo, Japan
Neumann, Peter: Everybody loves you, Art Reviews(independent) – Tokyo, Japan
Zushi Hayama Akiya Newspaper: Emerging Artist Daisuke Takeya, August – Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Other Activities
Artist in Residence
Pouch Cove Foundation – St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (2008, 2006)

Curatorial Studies
2012   Co- curator, “Field Trip (Canada – Japan joint project, with Chie Kajiwara),” traveling mobile exhibitions at city of Ishinomaki, town of Onagawa, city of Kesennuma, and more locations TBA – Japan/ locations TBD – Toronto, ON
2012   Coordinator, “A Day in the Park @ Kwun Tong (with Cybil Chiu),” OSAGE Foundation – Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
2011    Co- director, “DAICHI Projects (with Daichi Takeya),” on going disaster relief projects for children in Japan – Japan/ Canada
2011   Co- director, “Ashita: Artists for Japan, a disaster relief event for Japan (with Rafi Ghanaghounian),” The Great Hall- Toronto, ON
2010   Co- curator, “New Creators Series 03: Bungalow Colony (with Siya Chen),” Gendai Gallery – Toronto, ON
2009   Co- curator, “New Creators Series 02: EXTENSIONS (with Meiko Maruyama),” Gendai Gallery – Toronto, ON
Co- curator, “Extension II: SKETCHES, MODELS + PROTOTYPES Documentation (with Meiko Maruyama),” The Japan Foundation, Toronto library – Toronto, ON
2007   Co- curator, “New Creators Series 01: Photo Lab (with Maiko Tanaka),” Gendai Gallery – Toronto, ON

Additional Education
2012   “ Poetry Chapbook Workshop (led by James Dewar),” The League of Canadian Poets – Toronto, ON
2011    “Influency Poetry Salon (led by Margaret Christakos),” Continuing eduction, University of Toronto – Toronto, ON
2006    Bachelor of Education in Adult Education course, the Brock University – St.Catherine, ON
“Building Effective Programs from Quality Assessment,” Certificate of Professional Learning, Curriculum Services Canada – Toronto, ON
2006, 2002   International Baccalaureate Visual Art Instructor Workshop – Toronto, ON
2005   “Seikatsuga wo Kangaerukai,”  pedagogy workshop for art teachers, Hayama International Exchange Centre – Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
2003   The 10th Summer Pedagogy Workshop for K-12 Teachers of Japanese Language in North America, The Japan Foundation Language Centre – Los Angeles, CA

Teaching Experience/ Lecture/ Workshop
2014   Art workshop for children with Artbound in support of Free The Children, Kisaruni School for Girls – Masai Mara, Kenya
2012   Art workshop for children, ” Smiling City Project,” OSAGE Foundation – Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
“DAICHI Projects,” -Tohoku region, Japan
“A year after : Artists talk on activities for recovery from Tohoku quake (with Katsuhiko Hibino, Yoshiaki Kaihatsu, Kensuke Miyazaki, moderated by Toshio Shimizu, and coordinated by Takahide Tsuchiya),” Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo Midtown Atrium – Tokyo, Japan
Guest presenter, ” Pechakucha 14 (coordinated by Vivien Leung),” The Gladstone Hotel – Toronto, ON
Art workshop for children, ” GOD Loves Japan ~ We will build our city! (coordinated by Katy Laird),” The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art – Toronto, ON
Lecture, ” GOD Loves Japan,” The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art – Toronto, ON
Art workshop for children, ” Listen with your eyes, A Musical Life-Drawing Class (featuring Music in the Barns Chamber Ensemble, coordinated by Carol Gimbel),” Music in the Barns/ Theatre Direct – Toronto, ON
2011   “DAICHI Projects,” -Tohoku region, Japan
“Best painting ever! – first time in life,” painting workshop and mural for children with Artbound in support of Free The Children, Kisaruni School for Girls – Masai Mara, Kenya
Guest presenter, ” Global Pechakucha Day + Inspire Japan/ a presentation of ASHITA: Artists for Japan (with Rafi Ghanaghounian, coordinated by Vivien Leung),” Toronto Design Exchange – Toronto, ON
2010   Panelist for a symposium, “Extracurricular Part I: Panel 1 – Between the Classroom and Studio (with Amos Latteier, Stephanie Springgay on Diane Borsato’s work, organized by Maiko Tanaka, moderated by Carmen Mörsch),” Justina M Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto – Toronto, Canada
2009   Co- moderator for a panel discussion, “Extension I: Natural/ Intervention, featuring works by Heather Keung, John McMinn, Yam Lau, and Haji Nakamura (with Meiko Maruyama),” The Japan Foundation, Toronto – Toronto, ON
2007 – 2008   Faculty (painting and figure structure),  Avenue Road Arts School – Toronto, ON
2008    Lecture,” Artist Daisuke Takeya, On a journey with curious mind,” The Japan Foundation, Toronto – Toronto, ON
Lecture,” Artist Daisuke Takeya, On a journey with curious mind,” The Embassy of Japan in Canada – Ottawa, ON
2006   Workshop and lecture “The Third Annual Okayama Children’s Art Book Festival” – Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Lecture “eyes of a child (with Laura Horne),” Christopher Cutts Gallery – Toronto, ON
2005   Lecture “eyes of a child,” Wagner College Gallery – Staten Island, New York, the U.S.A.
Workshop and lecture ” Nihongo Art Contest 2005,” The Japan Foundation, Toronto – Toronto, ON
Art workshop, Galeria Punto – Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Art workshop, Kyoto Art Center – Kyoto, Japan
Art workshop for G1-G9 students, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art – Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Invitational lectures on self-portrait, Hayama Municipal Elementary School – Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
2002 – 2007   Faculty (visual art: pre-kindergarten – Grade 12), La Citadelle International Academy of Arts & Science – Toronto, Canada
1997 – 1999   Faculty (anatomical drawing, painting, figure structure), Tokyu Seminar BE Shibuya – Tokyo, Japan
2010 – Present
Artist and Ambassador, ARTBOUND
2001– Present
Executive member, {president (2002, 2003), advisor (2004- present)}, Japanese Visitors Association (JAVA) – Toronto, ON
1991– Present
Freelance interpreter/ translator, Japanese and English
1991– Present
Independent art writer
2012
Official interpretor for Ando Masanobu, Mjölk  – Toronto, ON
2006 – 2010
Executive member, {member of the board of directors (2006-2009), programming director (2010), the programming committee member (2006- 2010)}, Gendai Gallery – Toronto, ON
2005 – 2009
Executive member, {chair judge (2005), vice president (2006, 2008), president (2007)}, Nihongo Art Contest Organizing Committee, The Japan Foundation Toronto (2005), Gendai Gallery (2006 – Present) – Toronto, ON
2009
Official interpretor/ assistant for Kyohei Sakaguchi, ” Nuit Blanche (curated by Makiko Hara),” Liberty Village – Toronto, ON
2007 – 2008
Japanese language instructor, Toronto District of School Board – Toronto, ON
2008
Official interpretor/ assistant for Takahiro Fujiwara, ” Nuit Blanche (curated by Gordon Hatt),” Eaton Centre – Toronto, ON
2002 – 2007
Japanese language instructor, the third language department {department head (2004 – 2006)},  La Citadelle International Academy of Arts and Science – Toronto, ON
2002 – 2004
Japanese literature and history instructor, Nisshu Gakuin Japanese Heritage School – Toronto, ON
2004
Official translator/ interpreter of Shoichi Aoki lecture, ” No Kimono ( Japan – Canada fashion show curated by Rafi Ghanaghounian)” Toronto Design Exchange – Toronto, ON
2002
Assistant painter, Jeff Koons Studio – New York, the U.S.A.
Official interpretor/ assistant for Hiroyuki Matsukage, Takahiro Fujiwara, and Risa Sato, ” BIG in Japan (curated by Catherine Osbourne),”  Cambridge Gallery – Cambridge, and Gendai Gallery – Toronto, ON
1998 – 1999
Gallery assistant, Nishimura gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1996 – 1998
Art director, Yomi Studio – Osaka, Japan
1995 – 1996
Mural painting specialist, MODE WORKS – New York, the U.S.A.
1991 – 1995
Apprentice, sushi and tempura chef, Genji Japanese Restaurant – New York, the U.S.A.