Erica writes, makes art, teaches with/in community
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Family History (2025)
mapping unknown futures (2025)
A vessel for the past/future (2024)
we missed you (2024-)
Talking With All The Lonely Trees (2024)
Family History (2024)
Grapes (2024)
Mouse House (2024)
untitled accordion (2024)
68 books I read (2024)
Mata Ashita: Talking Across Generations zine (2024)
Dee's Mental Health Bucket List zine (2024)
Foods we ate at the cottage (2023)
handmade notebooks (2012-)
collage & mixed-media
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ASAHI: Japanese Canadian Baseball Heroes (2026)
Let's Go Blue Jays series (2025)
Mini Collage Notebook series (2025)
Portraiture
comics
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Sifting (poetry comic)
Ducks to Watch Out For (comic)
Observations on a Sunday bike ride (comic)
Diary Comics
graphic design
installation
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Talk To Your Neighbours (2020)
Altar for Qingming (2026)
live event drawings
mural design
printmaking
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botanical prints
POETRY REMINDS ME TO INSIST ON ONE'S FREEDOM (2025)
Sumo Sundays (2025)
Year of the Dragon (2024)
sound
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From the Prairies to the Pacific Rim (2021)
writing
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poetry
excerpt of 'language is' on CBC Books (poetry)
'MOTION' in Vallum magazine (poetry)
'Haibun for Feb 19' in Nikkei Uncovered (poetry)
three poems on ArtsEverywhere.ca
non-fiction
'FOR THE DREAMERS' in Briarpatch (essay)
'Lessons For Future Ancestors: Reflections on Mentorship' for ROOM Magazine (essay)
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
teaching portfolio
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artist talks, readings & other events
past community events
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haymarket poetry: heaven looks like us x the gate of memory
ensoku 2023: tashme
ensoku 2019: a gathering for young-ish japanese canadians
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artist books + zines
FAMILY HISTORY (2025)
MAPPING UNKNOWN FUTURES (2025)
A VESSEL FOR THE PAST/FUTURE (2024)
we missed you (exquisite corpse, work-in-progress)
TALKING WITH ALL THE LONELY TREES (2024)
FAMILY HISTORY (2024)
RAISINS / GRAPES (2024)
MOUSE HOUSE (2024)
68 BOOKS I READ IN 2023 (2024)
UNTITLED (2024)
FOODS WE ATE AT THE COTTAGE (2023)
MATA ASHITA ZINE (2024)
DEE'S MENTAL HEALTH BUCKET LIST ZINE (2024)
NOTEBOOKS + JOURNALS (2012-2017)
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2026 Erica H. Isomura
HOME
BIO
WORK
artist books & zines
>
Family History (2025)
mapping unknown futures (2025)
A vessel for the past/future (2024)
we missed you (2024-)
Talking With All The Lonely Trees (2024)
Family History (2024)
Grapes (2024)
Mouse House (2024)
untitled accordion (2024)
68 books I read (2024)
Mata Ashita: Talking Across Generations zine (2024)
Dee's Mental Health Bucket List zine (2024)
Foods we ate at the cottage (2023)
handmade notebooks (2012-)
collage & mixed-media
>
ASAHI: Japanese Canadian Baseball Heroes (2026)
Let's Go Blue Jays series (2025)
Mini Collage Notebook series (2025)
Portraiture
comics
>
Sifting (poetry comic)
Ducks to Watch Out For (comic)
Observations on a Sunday bike ride (comic)
Diary Comics
graphic design
installation
>
Talk To Your Neighbours (2020)
Altar for Qingming (2026)
live event drawings
mural design
printmaking
>
botanical prints
POETRY REMINDS ME TO INSIST ON ONE'S FREEDOM (2025)
Sumo Sundays (2025)
Year of the Dragon (2024)
sound
>
From the Prairies to the Pacific Rim (2021)
writing
>
poetry
excerpt of 'language is' on CBC Books (poetry)
'MOTION' in Vallum magazine (poetry)
'Haibun for Feb 19' in Nikkei Uncovered (poetry)
three poems on ArtsEverywhere.ca
non-fiction
'FOR THE DREAMERS' in Briarpatch (essay)
'Lessons For Future Ancestors: Reflections on Mentorship' for ROOM Magazine (essay)
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
teaching portfolio
EVENTS
artist talks, readings & other events
past community events
>
haymarket poetry: heaven looks like us x the gate of memory
ensoku 2023: tashme
ensoku 2019: a gathering for young-ish japanese canadians
MEDIA & INTERVIEWS
CONTACT
