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Daisuke Takeya

Japanese, Canadian, b. 1970
Born and raised in Japan, interdisciplinary artist Daisuke Takeya obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Graduate School of Figurative Art at the New York Academy of Art and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His praxis is comprised of the exploration of nature and plausibility in contemporary society, and hinges on all kinds of double meanings. Currently based in Toronto, Canada and Ishinomaki, Japan, Daisuke has had numerous international solo and group exhibitions. Venues have included the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, Nuit Blanche (Toronto), SVA Gallery (NYC), Wagner College Gallery (NYC), Kyoto Art Center, Sezon Art Program, Roppongi Art Night 2013, Fukushima Contemporary Art Biennale, Canon New Cosmos Exhibition, Yamagata Biennale, the Japan Foundation, Toronto, and the Prince Takamado Gallery at the Embassy of Canada in Japan. Daisuke is also the representative and curator of Field Trip Project/Field Trip Project Asia, Responding Performance Art Initiative, and one of the founders of Transnational Coalition for the Arts (Transnation), and DAIS Ishinomaki. As a performance artist, Takeya has participated in numerous festivals such as; VIVA EXCON, Antique, the Philippines; Flow, Chicago, the USA; PAUSA, New York, the USA; BLACK KIT 40, Koln, Germany; full SUN – the far and the central – Open Field, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Performances en pliegue, Montevideo, Uruguay; ZERO PLATFORM, Yangon, Myanmar; undisclosed territory #11, Solo, Indonesia; ECHT JETZT International Performance Art Festival, Germany; Above the Clouds International Live Art Festival, China; UP-ON, Chengdu, China; SIPAF, Manila, the Philippines; Kathmandu International Performance Art Festival, and erected Responding: International Performance Art Festival and Meeting; Asiatopia (at the BACC), Bangkok, Thailand; Unlimited, Chiangmai, Thailand.
(Biography provided by Christopher Cutts Gallery)
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The Whale
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

Winter Tale
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

At The Bridge
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

Richard Loves You
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snow Country
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

A Forest
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

A Cumulonimbus
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

Sarah Loves You
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled Study of an Anonymous Woman
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Micki Loves You
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

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Canvas, Oil

No Man's Land
Located in Toronto, CA
Daisuke Takeya’s “No Man’s Land” is his 5th solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting a new series distinct from, and yet analogous to, the parts of his practice that have been ex...
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2010s Contemporary Daisuke Takeya

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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