Kotodama

ARTAK 2 Kotodama
an exhibition of painting

Takashi Hara was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His Japanese upbringing influenced his love of art, and began at the tender age of 7, when he realized his passion for Japanese calligraphy. He moved to Regina, Canada in 2004 as an ESL student and continued his undergraduate studied of BFA at the University of Regina. He was the visiting instructor of calligraphy and ceramics for communities. He studied under Master Koshin Soeda, a distinguished Japanese Calligrapher. Presently, he is working under renowned artist Victor Cicansky, who has become his mentor. In 2009, Takashi has been published in Japanese magazine Nasukogen Kaijo and Vancouver’s Skewed Magazine.

ARTAK is Takashi’s solo exhibit series. His paintings and sculptures are inspired by own life experiences, created using the street culture and Japanese art mediums, such as Japanimation and calligraphy. He finds the basketball street culture to be vibrant and energetic, seeing inspirations in street graffiti and sneakers. For Takashi, street graffiti is a form of calligraphy, in which words are used to create art, to convey a message, and yet the words are carefully created. Sneakers are an integral part of basketball street culture, that conveys a person’s personality.

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July 7
Opening Reception
art+music performance by the Dudes from Japan
No cover - 7 pm

July 7th is a day the Japaneses culture celebrates an old story of the milky-way in Japan. DJ 2nd will create strange atmosphere once again with actual instruments.