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18Jul

Summer 2016 Japanese Calligraphy Group Lessons for Beginners “礎” Schedule Announced!

Summer season’s Japanese calligraphy lessons for adult beginners “礎 (ishizue)” is now open for registration! As summer season is busy time, we have three lesson schedule dates to choose from, from

16May

Calligraphy Title & Credits for the Film “Garm Wars The Last Druid” by Mamoru Oshii

Excited to announce that I worked on calligraphy title and credits for director Mamoru Oshii, the world-renowned Japanese film director known for his work "Ghost in the Shell." His new

31Mar

Spring 2016 Japanese Calligraphy Workshops for Beginners “礎” Dates Announced: Starts April 9

Spring is here! There’s something about the Springtime that makes us feel so fresh and inspired to begin anew. I love this feeling. I’m happy to announce that a series of

20Mar

“New Traditions: Buhay x Sei” at Asian Art Museum

“It’s Golden!” — San Francisco Asian Art Museum is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. On the first weekend of March, Saturday March 5th and Sunday March 6th, 2016, I

17Mar

陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows on Hokkaido Newspaper / SHIFT

My on-going solo exhibition “陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows” was featured in Hokkaido Newspaper, evening edition on March 1st.  The article briefly summarizes my background and artist activities in

5Mar

Live Calligraphy Performance + Presentation + Studio Talk at Asian Art Museum

Tomorrow & Sunday, I'll be back at San Francisco Asian Art Museum for a large-scale live calligraphy performance, accompanied by Japanese taiko drummers Galen Rogers & Aleo Mok of Jiten Daiko,

1Feb

Solo Exhibition & Live Performances in Japan “陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows”

I'm proud to announce that my solo exhibition, titled "陰翳 IN-EI: The Resonance of Shadows", is opening on Friday, February 19th at Cross Hotel Sapporo, Hokkaido.  All artworks for this

25Jan

Atelier Towa in Winter Hokkaido

I’m working in Hokkaido from January 20th until the end of February. I have a few more weeks until my solo exhibition opens on February 19th… I love Winter with snow

2Jan

“掌” Tanagokoro: Season’s Greetings from the Atelier

  SEASON’S GREETINGS from  ATELIER TOWA Hope everyone had a great start of the New year! My resolution for this year is “掌 (Tanagokoro)”: In Zen teaching, there is this

31Dec

“Kakizome” Workshop: First Writing of the Year

  Kakizome (書き初め) is the term for the first calligraphy writing of the new year, traditionally performed on the second day of January. This event is also called 吉書 (kissho), 初硯