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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 >
      • 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)
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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)
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    • 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
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other projects

audio, visual, & with community

audio

From The Prairies to the Pacific Rim, producer & editor

a poetic exchange & artist conversation with Rita Wong, Emily Riddle & Sacha Ouellet

ericahiroko ยท From the Prairies to the Pacific Rim (with Rita Wong, Emily Riddle & Sacha Ouellet)
A poetic storytelling piece to connect listeners with the spirit of language, land, water, and each other. Created for the 45th annual Powell Street Festival.

visual

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visual notes from a recording session of "From The Prairies to the Pacific Rim" (2021)
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excerpt of a diary comic (2020)
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'Remember Resist Redraw' poster for the Graphic History Collective (2021)
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Talk to your neighbours: a window poetry project (2020)

in community

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mentor & workshop facilitator for emerging creatives at Vines Art Festival

a queer eco-poetics offering for emerging creatives & youth artists in this free performing arts program.
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organizer of ensoku ("field trip")

a four-day unconference for young-ish Japanese Canadians, & friends with kikiai collaborative. an opportunity for community building through shared food, dialogues, art-making, local history walks, and more.
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assistant curator & programmer for Hastings Park 1942

an exhibit to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian internment at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre with expressive arts programming through writing and body movement.
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coordinator & workshop facilitator of Check Your Head's Inclusion & Anti-racism Project

a youth racial justice program with Check Your Head featuring place-based history, art as activism, and other educational workshops with multi-generational community members who are leading local anti-racism work.

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  • 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