Bio
Ryan Takatsu is a sansei, designer, emerging video artist and cultural equity advocate. Born in Winnipeg and studied at the University of Manitoba – Faculty of Architecture: Interior Design graduate; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Toronto Publishing Workshop; the University of Toronto: ITDC ADMC; and the University of Winnipeg.
During the 1980s and 1990s, he was active in the visual arts community who developed and coordinated culturally diverse projects in Winnipeg: Plug-In Art; founder, Midcontinental: Charm, Good Thinking, News and Culture; co-founder, Video Pool; co-founder, Block-O-Rama/Black-O-Rama (Reggae-Soca-Urban Dance festival); and founder, the Cultural Equity Group (Cultural Equity for the Media Arts); in Toronto: Full Screen Coalition; Trinity Square Video; Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto – Racial Equity Fund; Images Festival; Canadian Film Centre; and in Montreal: IFVA (Independent Film and Video Alliance/AVCI (Alliance de la vidéo et du cinéma indepéndent).