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Born in Mie prefecture in 1981, she grew up in a family deeply involved in research in esoteric Buddhism and Shintoism, especially in divination techniques. From a very early age, she was attracted by the beaux-arts and started to dream about becoming a painter one day. This dream took a more definite shape around the end of her secondary school years, and she talked to her family about it, but her plans were not welcomed at all by her parents, who worried a lot about my career. This opposition made her hesitate to follow her heart’s desire. However, thanks to the unconditional support and encouragement of her grandmother Seiun, founder of the Kototama Institute in Mie prefecture, and whose early studies into esoteric research had stopped her from becoming an artist. She decides to leave her hometown and settle down in Tokyo to start her art studies at the university. She enrolled in the Art School of Tachikawa in 2000, but after a while, she, unfortunately, had to return to her hometown because of family circumstances. During this time at her parents’ home, she concentrated on her esoteric studies in Buddhism and Shintoism. A year later, she returned to Tokyo, but lacking the financial support to continue her studies at the art school, she had to join a less renowned university, and at the same time try to clear herself a path into the difficult world of art. In the beginning, she would do little jobs such as selling pictures on the street, sidewalk painting, sporadic collaborations for photographers and dynamic art techniques such as skin painting combined with rhythmical dance. After her graduation in 2006, her financial situation started, at last, to get better, for she succeeded in doing several expositions in some emblematic Tokyo districts in Ginza and Asakusa. This new recognition leads in the end to the signature of a contract with a company specializing in artistic research. She started to experiment in 2010 with LEDs and solvents or “art repel”, an innovative technique combining water-repelling canvas with luminescent backgrounds. This encounter will mark a milestone in her career. Indeed, fascinated by the wide range of possibilities offered by this new technique, she would dedicate herself to this research until today. Concerning the themes of her works, she has a deep interest in representing a big palette of motifs related to Buddhist and Shinto traditions. She is fond of innovation and esthetical research, which always provides a very particular touch to her original works.

Daijo has exhibited in Sweden, Denmark, Portugal and Taiwan as well as in her own gallery in Tokyo.