Category: General

with Lynn Kuo

by lucieJuly 7, 2012September 6, 2020

Performed live painting with violinist Lynn Kuo, featuring original composition Interior Design for solo violin by Steven Mackey, at University of Toronto New Music Festival on January 26 2013.

Le Petite Canadian Art Collection launched!!!

by daisukeApril 13, 2012September 3, 2020

I sort of started collecting Canadian art. It is paralleled to my creative process of art making … Artist actually spending money to buy art […]

Light from 311/ Kesennuma: Official project poster painting

by daisukeJanuary 2, 2012September 3, 2020

January 1st, 2012, solitary in my Rosedale residence. It has been good so that I can focus on my commission paintings overdue from Christmas. One […]

with Vernon Regehr

by daisukeAugust 21, 2011September 6, 2020

Performed on Saturday, September 10 2011, at Bianca’s, St. John’s, NewFoundland and Labrador, Canada. Live painting with cellist Vernon Regehr, accompanying the opening of “No. w. here,” an exhibition of landscape paintings at James Baird Gallery.

with deVah String Quartet

by lucieAugust 19, 2011September 6, 2020

” Viva La Vida ~ A Coldplay variation, live painting with musical performance by deVah String Quartet, featuring violinists Emily Hau and Sharon Lee, violist Moira Burke, and cellist Liza McLellan.” Performed on stage on Friday, September 23rd, 2011 for VIP reception at Artbound/ The pARTy : The Evolution of POP!

Clara Venice is a Fiddler Diva on the Roof!

by daisukeAugust 3, 2011September 3, 2020

One evening on the rooftop of a house in Yorkville … ex- punk cultural hip area now a Toronto’s high-end neighourhood with fashion boutiques and […]

Meet me under the willow tree … Music in the garden series in the music garden

by daisukeAugust 3, 2011September 3, 2020

It was raining in the morning … nice and cool in summer but I was a little disappointed because I was looking forward to the […]

Sang Kim … King of Kensington Market and his talented friends!

by daisukeAugust 3, 2011September 3, 2020

Last weekend of every month in Kensington is so much fan! The streets are closed for pedestrians filled with festivities to wonder about and it makes […]

Fencer vs. Samurai … pouring rain made it a real street fight!!

by daisukeAugust 3, 2011September 3, 2020

“Fencer vs. Samurai” was premiered at BIG on Bloor Street Festival’s Bloor Alternative Art Fair(BAAF) on Saturday, July 23, 2011. With my former student, Nils […]

The last Scream Literary Festival guided by A. Rawlings as a ghost in the Park!

by daisukeAugust 3, 2011September 6, 2020

The last Scream Literary Festival was held in Toronto’s High Park on Monday, July 11, 2011. Angela Rawlings as a mysterious ghost from the past, present, […]

Neoist Monty Cantsin, Istvan Kantor’s storage space and summer gallery

by daisukeJuly 10, 2011September 6, 2020

Yesterday I went to the re-opening of Istvan Kantor’s storage space and summer gallery. A small group of artists, writers, poets, and other arty type […]

Meeting with former students … always nice to see you grow!!

by daisukeJuly 10, 2011September 6, 2020

I met with Andrew and Nils, two of my former students from La Citadelle International Academy of Arts and Science. At least it has been […]

BOOK SALE came down to the ground … but Book Making forever!!

by daisukeJuly 8, 2011September 6, 2020

“BOOK SALE,” I saw a sign on Bloor street … on a manhole cover. I read the sign as “Book sale has come down to […]

Gosuke Takeya ~ Daisuke Takeya … Samurai tradition?

by daisukeJuly 8, 2011September 6, 2020

Today, I went to the Canada Post to pick up a parcel that I could not recall who it was from. In the long cardboard […]

Sachiko Murakami and Pivot Readings

by daisukeJuly 8, 2011September 6, 2020

I went to Pivot Readings last Wednesday at the Press Club where I was living across the street from. My British friend Lorna Stewart once […]

Michael Pepa is young at heart!

by daisukeJuly 4, 2011September 6, 2020

Escaping out of the huge Pride Parade in Toronto on Sunday afternoon, with Lynn, Paul, and Jane, I went to a Canadian composer Michael Pepa‘s […]

James Fowler and The White House Project

by daisukeJuly 3, 2011September 6, 2020

I went to the opening of “10 x 10 – 100 Portraits celebrating queers in the arts by 10 Queer Photographers” exhibition at The White […]

Canada Council ART BANK New acquisition!

by daisukeJune 30, 2011September 6, 2020

June 20, 2011, The Canada Council Art Bank acquired 52 new works by Canadian artists, from 1,875 submissions, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, and drawings, worth a […]