Born and raised in Japan and based in Toronto-Tokyo, Daisuke Takeya is an interdisciplinary artist, and ofttimes curator, collector, art educator and community advocator. Takeya’s praxis is comprised of the exploration of nature and plausibility in contemporary society, and hinges on all kinds of double meanings. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally, including shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto Canada; the Japan Foundation, Toronto, Canada; Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada; SVA Gallery, New York, US; Wagner College Gallery, New York, US; and the Chongqing Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art, China. Takeya has had work exhibited across Japan, including at the Fukushima Contemporary Art Biennial; the Saison Art Program / Saison Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo; and the Prince Takamado Gallery, Embassy of Canada, Tokyo. He is the representative and the curator of Field Trip Project / Field Trip Project Asia, POWER TO THE PEOPLE, Fukushima NO ALICE, Multi Layered Surfaces, and DAICHI Projects. In 2018-2019 season Takeya participated in the Yamagata Biennale, Yamagata, Japan; Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Bali, Indonesia; SIPAF (Solidarity in Peace Performance Art Festival), Manila, Philippines; ZERO PLATFORM: A FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE ART 2018, Yangon, Myanmar; undisclosed territory #11, Solo, Indonesia; Canon New Cosmos of Photography 2018 (Honorary Mention Award), Tokyo Photographic Museum; ECHT JETZT International Performance Art Festival, Stuttgart – Tübingen – Reutlingen, Germany; Above the Clouds International Live Art Festival, Nanchang – Kunming – ChuXiong – Lijiang, China; Kathmandu International Performance Art Festival 2019, Nepal and erected and directed Responding: International Performance Art Festival and Meeting, Tokyo – Fukushima 2018 and Osaka – Manila 2019. Daisuke obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Graduate School of Figurative Art at the New York Academy of Art and received Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Daisuke is represented by Christopher Cutts Gallery.
