Born Brisbane, Australia. Living in Tokyo, Japan
Professor, Joshibi University of Art & Design, Japan
女子美術大学芸術学部、共通専門 / 芸術文化専攻 教授
EDUCATION
2006 – 2010 Doctorate of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department, Tokyo University of the Arts
2004 – 2006 Master of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Department, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
2003 – 2004 Research studies, Oil Painting Department, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
2000 – 2001 Research Studies, Sculpture Department, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
1999 – 2002 Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honours, Awarded First Class Honours. Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
1994 – 1998 Bachelor of Visual Arts in Fine Art, (Part-Time) Graduated 1998. Painting – Major, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University , Brisbane
1991 – 1993 Bachelor of Arts (Visual) Ceramics – Major. Sculpture – Sub Major. Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra (Discontinued)
1988 – 1990 Arita College of Ceramics, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
1982 – 1985 Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, Graduated June 1985. University of Queensland, Brisbane
Note: The English name of “Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music” was officially changed to “Tokyo University of the Arts” in 2008
AWARDS
2010 Tsumizuken Commemoration Cultural Promotion Foundation Grant. For Artline Kashiwa Project – Linda & Kyumakobo
2007 & 2008 Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship, Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation, Japan
2005 Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students. Administered by Japan Student Services Organization
2005 May Excellence Award, The Recent Moving Image Projects, Beijing Film Academy, New Media Art Festival, China (work – Closed Position)
2004 Hakumon scholarship, Administered by Chuo University, Tokyo
1999 The Dyason Bequest, Administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1999 Mar The 1999 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Category of Sculpture. Administered by Arts Management, Sydney
1998 Dec Hobday and Hinkston Bursary. Awarded by the Queensland Art Gallery. For the most outstanding graduate of 1998, chosen from Queensland tertiary art institutions
1998 Australia Council Grant, New Media Arts – New Work. Group Name – Meme. Members – L.Dennis, R.Davidson, E.Goodrich, S.Monkivitch, T.Nagamura, I.Thompson
1998 Dec Highly Commended Certificate, 1998 ADFAS Student Prize, Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society, Brisbane
1998 Mar Judges Commendation, Artistcare Drawing Prize, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Dec Second Prize – $1000.00, National T-shirt Design Award, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin
1996 May Golden Key National Honour Society, Griffith University Chapter. Granted membership in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement
1990 Oct Special Judges Prize. Kyoto Exhibition ’90 of the “Articles for Daily Use for Disabled Persons” Design Competition, Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan
1980 Academic Awards for Modern History, Economics and Biology. Everton Park State High School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Apr “On Touch: Coexist”, Omuro Museum, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2016 Apr “On Touch: Extend”, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Yanagihara Yoshitatsu Memorial Gallery B & Inner Courtyard, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2016 Apr “On Touch: Gather”, SEA – FOLK MUSEUM, Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2012 Jan “Hand Stands”, Gallery Zero Hachi, Ginza, Tokyo
2011 Feb “Pressions”, Youkobo Art Space, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
2009 Aug “Escort“, Gallery Zero Hachi, Ginza, Tokyo
2007 Jul “Revolution 1”, Gallery 58, Ginza, Tokyo
2006 Nov “Don’t Forget Your Handkerchief”, Youkobo Art Space, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
2004 Nov “The End”, Youkobo Art Space, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
2003 Apr “Closed Position”, Youkobo Art Space, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
2002 Sep “Touch and Go”, Gallery Chika, Ebisu, Tokyo
2001 Aug “Terra Nullius”, Yamaguchi Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
1998 Oct “Letting Through”, Metro Arts Development Space, Brisbane
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Dec Joshibi Isetan Oil Painting Major Christmas Exhibition, Sagamihara Isetan, Kanagawa
2017 Sep Kameyama Triennale 2017, Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2017 Jul Uta to Naru Kotoba to Katachi Art Exhibition, Field Museum, Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
2017 Mar Kumano Kodo Art Exhibition presents “The Art Festival”, Kihoku-cho, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2016 Oct The 1st Toba Art Exhibition, Toba Marine Terminal & Toba Shimin no mori Park, Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2016 Jun Honeycomb Catalogue, Gallery Senbyakudo, Ueno, Tokyo
2016 Mar Kumano Kodo Art Exhibition in Kii-Nagashima 2016, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2015 Nov Beginning from Keiichiro Kume ─ Medical Art & Illustration of the History and the Present, Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno
2015 Oct Complex Topography: The Garden, Shōkō Shōreikan, Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan
2015 Mar (Exhibition Co-organization) Kumano Kodo Art Exhibition in Kii Nagashima 2015, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2014 Oct CAVE -KANDA PROJECTION-, Trans Arts Tokyo 2014, Tokyo
2014 Sep Accidental Tools, presented by GALAXY Lab, The Open Lab. Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. Shibuya HIKARIE 8 COURT, Tokyo
2014 Jul Thoughts on Painting – Oil Painting Teaching Staff of Tokyo University of the Arts. Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo
2013 Dec Orality in the Moving Image, presented by GALAXY Lab, The Open Lab at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Shibuya HIKARIE 8 COURT, Tokyo
2013 Aug Thoughts on Painting – Oil Painting Teaching Staff, Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2013 Aug Oil Painting Teaching Staff of Tokyo University of the Arts, 6th Floor Art Gallery B, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo
2013 Jun NEWS 2013, Oil Painting New Staff Exhibition, Art Space 1 & 2, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Jun Tohoku Earthquake Charity Exhibition, Organized by the Painting Department of Joshibi University of Art & Design, Gallery Anita, Zama, Japan
2012 Sep Oui Oui, Level, Brisbane, Australia
2012 Sep Garland, collaborative Project, WATARASE Art Project 2012 “PARADE”, Tochigi, Japan
2010 Dec Joshibi 110 years, Resistance & Obedience, The Ueno Royal Museum
2010 Oct Clayskins, Artline Kashiwa 2010, Kashiwa, Chiba
2010 Jul Trans, Art works by Linda Dennis & Zoe Porter, Gallery Zero Hachi, Ginza Tokyo
2010 Jun The Searcher, Atsuo Ishii Retirement Commemoration Exhibition, Tamabi Art Museum, Tama Center, Tokyo
2009 Dec Doctoral Program Final Exhibition, Works and Thesis Summaries, Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno, Tokyo
2009 Oct Tsuzuki Art Project, Centa- Kita, Yokohama
2008 Dec Carnivale Illuminata, Woodford Folk Festival, Australia
2008 Nov Trolls in the Park, Outdoor Art Exhibition, Zenpukuji Park, Tokyo
2008 Oct Kiryu Saien 14, Kiryu Moriyoshi Studio, Kiryu City
2008 Sep Planet Ueno, Australia-Japan exchange exhibition, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music & Griffith University, QLD College of Art. Held at the former Sakamoto Elementary School, Shitaya
2008 Jul textbook, Galleria Nike, Shin Nakano
2008 Jul Video Relay 07051830, Muzz Program Space, Kyoto
2008 Mar Machi ni Art, Open Studio, Kojima Art Plaza, Okachimachi
2007 Nov KINCO – walking museum, Bank of Japan, Nihonbashi
2007 Nov Trolls in the Park, Outdoor Art Exhibition, Zenpukuji Park, Tokyo
2007 Oct Kojima Art Project 2007, Open Studio, Kojima Art Plaza, Okachimachi
2007 Apr KEREN – colors be, The Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Ueno, Tokyo
2006 Dec Inter Image II, Australia-Japan exchange exhibition, University Student Hall Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Ueno, Tokyo
2006 Nov Expanding Media Art – gleaming, moving, feeling, playing, Joshibi Art Museum, Kanagawa
2006 Oct Inter Image Collaboration Presentation, Australia-Japan exchange exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia
2006 Aug Inter Image I, Australia-Japan exchange exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane Australia
2006 Aug The Creation and Voice of the Woods 2006, Outdoor sculpture exhibition, Yokohama, Japan
2006 Jul Happiness Stone House, Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata
2006 Feb 2006 The Graduation Works Exhibitions, Master’s Course, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Ueno, Tokyo
2005 Dec Chizu Ato, Joint project between Waseda University and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Kojima Art Plaza, Okachimachi, Tokyo
2005 Sep Rosa, the exposed colour: Pink, The Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Ueno, Tokyo
2005 Apr Lines Of Sight, Video Works by Three Australians, Part of the Alibabart event in the Nishiogi Machi Media Festival, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
2004 Apr Trolls in a Metropolitan Green Park. Unique Art Installations in Zempikuji Park. Nishiogi Machi Media Festival, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
2003 Jul The Creation and Voice of the Woods 2003, Outdoor sculpture exhibition, Yokohama, Japan
2002 Mar 2002 Inaugural Thiess Art Prize, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
2001 Nov Launch, Queensland College of Art Honours Students Graduation Exhibition, Southbank Campus, Brisbane
2001 Oct Tachikawa International Art Festival 2001, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Mar Exhibition of Graduation Works, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Dec Exhibition by International Students at T.A.U., Design Gallery, Tama Art University, Tokyo
2000 Sept Exhibition of Finished Works, Sculpture Gallery, Tama Art University, Tokyo
1999 Feb Artistcare Student Drawing Prize” Exhibition, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
1999 Feb Art and the Automobile, painting competition, Brisbane International Motor Show, Convention Centre, South Bank, Brisbane
1998 Dec 1998 ADFAS Student Prize Presentation, Queensland College of Art foyer, Morningside, Brisbane
1998 Dec Ocular, Exhibition of 1998 painting major students, Smith and Stonely, Newstead, Brisbane
1998 Nov Impact, QLD College of Art Graduation Exhibition, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1998 Aug Riding the Creative Boundaries, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Mar Artistcare Drawing Prize, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Jan The Post-Postcard Show 1998, Linden Arts Centre & Gallery, St.Kilda, Melbourne
1997 Dec National T-shirt Design Award, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin
1997 Aug Champagne Box Lid Auction, donated artwork, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, South Brisbane
1997 Jun Who Better Found, Doggett Street Studio, Newstead, Brisbane
1997 May Off the Wall” An innovative exhibition of 3 dimensional prints, Gallery Aesthete, New Farm, Brisbane
1996 Dec The inaugural (Art) T-shirt Prize Exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland
1996 Jul Solitary Confinement, A Site Specific Installation Exhibition, Boggo Road Gaol Second Division, Dutton Park, Brisbane
1990 Oct Kyoto Exhibition `90 of the “Articles for Daily Use for Disabled Persons, Design Competition, Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Feb Graduate Students’ Exhibition of Arita College of Ceramics, Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Japan
1989 Feb Exhibition of Thrown Work from the Traditional Ceramic Throwing Course, Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Japan
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
2004 Aug 19 Moving Stories, dance performance and video presentation, Queen Street Mall Upper Stage, Brisbane, Australia
2000 Dec 15 Tamabi Wall Foundation Party, and performance, Sculpture Department, Tama Art University, Tokyo
1998 Oct 16-22 Machines, Processes and Transmissions, Hybrid art event, presented by Meme, Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Sept 9-13 DUST , part of Volt, Brisbane Festival, Old Transport House 381 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
1998 May 9 Flux Concert, Hybrid art event, performed by Meme, Metro Arts Theatre, Brisbane
CURATION, PROJECT CREATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2017 May-Aug Curriculum and Project Development: Art Nets in Toba Nakamachi Exhibition, Toba Art Stories. Service Learning Subject at Joshibi University of Art & Design
2017 Feb Curriculum Development, Project Development & Co-teaching, Overseas Art Studies Trip 2B for Joshibi University of Art & Design students. Location: Loughborough University School of Art, Education and English, UK
2016 Oct Curation & Project Development: The 1st Toba Art Exhibition, Toba Marine Terminal & Toba Shimin no mori Park, Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2016 Sep Co-Curation & Project Development: DRAWING WATER (DIG TOKYO 2016). An exchange project between students from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, Tokyo University of the Arts, and Joshibi University of Art and Design. Venue: AIR 3331 Nishikicho Studio, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Aug Workshop: Net Bag Making, Sea-Folk Museum, Toba, Mie, Japan
2016 Mar Organization: 3.11 Film Festival in Kii-Nagashima. (Satellite event of the 3.11 Film Festival)
2016 Mar Advisor: Kumano Kodo Art Exhibition in Kii-Nagashima 2016, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2016 Feb Curriculum Development, Project Development & Co-teaching, Overseas Art Studies Trip 2B for Joshibi University of Art & Design students. Location: Loughborough University School of Art, Education and English, UK
2015 Feb- 2016 Mar Project Co-ordination and Teaching: Global Art Joint Project between Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London and Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Classes were held in London, Tokyo, and Takamatsu City. Related Exhibition: Complex Topography: The Garden, Shōkō Shōreikan, Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan
2015 Jul Organised “Touch Base (at Geidai)” Meeting. Presentations were made by participating artists of Touch Base related project: Kumano Kodo Art Exhibition in Kii Nagashima 2015.
2015 Mar Exhibition Co-organization: Kumano Kodo Art Exhibition in Kii Nagashima 2015, Mie Prefecture, Japan
2014 Apr – Dec Organised “Touch Base (at Geidai)” Meetings in the Oil Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts. Total of 8 meetings. The meetings were open to students and other Touch Base members. They consisted of short presentations by guest artists, curators, and researchers, and collaborative activities aimed at stimulating interaction between the attendees.
2014 Oct Exhibition Curation: Video Art Station – Accidental Possibilities, Experimental Mobile Video Art Exhibition in Shibuya station. Part of Accidental Tools, presented by GALAXY Lab, The Open Lab. Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Shibuya HIKARIE 8 COURT, Tokyo
2014 Apr Established “Touch Base Creative Network”. Connecting people, ideas, and information. A platform for creative research, and project development. http://touch-base-create.net
2013 Nov Symposium Co-design with Prof Hirotoshi Sakaguchi, and Keith Whittle, Art School Futures: What does it mean to be an art graduate in 2013? A one-day International Symposia at Tokyo University of the Arts in collaboration with Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
2013 Nov Workshop Facilitation, Graham Ellard Workshop, Things to Come: Camera Vision and Material Objects, Tokyo University of the Arts in collaboration with Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
2013 May Exhibition Co-curation with AIRPLANE Gallery, New York: “Transmissions” an international, artist-run exhibition held simultaneously in Brooklyn and Tokyo at 3331 Art Chiyoda.
2012 Jul Project Creation & Curation: Joshibi Spring School 2012 Exhibition, Held at Joshibi University of Art & Design, Sagamihara Campus. Exhibition of works made by students during the 2012 Spring School art program at Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia
2006 Project Creation: Inter Image Collaborations, Australia-Japan Exchange, Initiated and co-managed collaborative art projects between graduate students of Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music, Queensland College of Art Griffith University. Activities included three exhibitions, online discussions, and group visits to Japan and Australia. An official exchange agreement was signed by the the universities following these projects.
2005 Apr Project Creation & Curation: Lines Of Sight, Video Works by Three Australians, Alibabart event, Nishiogi Machi Media Festival, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2022 Apr – present Professor, Joshibi University of Art & Design, Japan
2016 Oct – 2022 Mar Associate Professor, Joshibi University of Art & Design, Japan
2015 Feb – 2016 Sep Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan. Working on the Global Art Joint Project between Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London and Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2004 Apr – 2016 Sep Part Time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design, Japan
2014 Apr – 2015 Mar Part Time Lecturer (full academic year), Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
2014 Apr – 2015 Mar Part Time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design, Japan. Subjects: Introductory Contemporary Art Theory, Introduction to Gender Art, International Art Seminar, Installation Art (co-teaching), Art Practice 1 & 2 (co-teaching), Workshop Seminar (co-teaching), Global Communication 1.
2014 May Guest Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design Junior College, Tokyo. Lecture Title: Tactile Sense, Feeling, and Art. For Common Program II
2013 Apr – 2014 Mar Part Time Lecturer (full academic year), Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
2013 Apr – 2014 Mar Part Time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design, Japan. Subjects: Introductory Contemporary Art Theory, Introduction to Gender Art, International Art Seminar, Installation Art (co-teaching), Art Practice 1 & 2 (co-teaching), Workshop Seminar (co-teaching).
2013 May Guest Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design Junior College, Tokyo. Lecture Title: Tactile Sense, Feeling, and Art. For Common Program II
2013 Jan Guest Viewer, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan. Second Year Undergraduate Painting Student Exhibition for the End-of-Year Projects
2012 Apr – 2013 Mar Part Time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design. Subjects: Introductory Contemporary Art Theory, Introduction to Gender Art, International Art Seminar, Installation Art (co-teaching), Art Practice 1 & 2 (co-teaching)
2012 May Guest Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design Junior College, Tokyo. Lecture Title: Tactile Sense, Feeling, and Art. For Common Program II
2012 May & Nov Guest Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts. Title: International Artwork Presentations. Intensive Course (four sessions) organized by the Department of Oil Painting
2012 Jan – Feb Part Time Lecturer. Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia. Classes: Aspects of the Landscape Project, Plein Air Project. For Joshibi Spring School Program.
2011 Sept – 2012 Mar Part Time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design. Subjects: Introduction to Gender Art, International Art Seminar, Installation Art (co-teaching), Art Practice 1 & 2 (co-teaching)
2010 Sep – 2011 Mar Adjunct Professor, Art Department, Temple University Japan, Tokyo Campus. Subjects: Introductory and Intermediate Drawing, Introductory Computer Imaging, Conceptual Development Workshop
2010 Apr – 2011 Mar Part Time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design. Subject – Art Practice 1 & 2. Department of Fine Arts, Art Theory and Practice Concentration. Co-teaching with Fram Kitagawa, Mizuki Endo
2009 Oct – Dec Adjunct Professor, Art 101- Drawing 1, Lakeland College Japan, Shinjuku, Japan. Curriculum development and instruction
2009 Mar Guest Speaker on Japanese ink painting & Zen, Artalking #1 – Art Encounters Before Dinner, Nonaca Co., Ltd
2009 Feb 2-4 Art Program Instructor, for Joshibi Spring School. Held in Griffith University, Q.C.A., Australia
2008 Sep – 2009 Mar Art Teacher, Tokyo Jogakkan Junior High School & Tokyo Jogakkan High School, Hiroo, Tokyo. Taught JH 1 and H1 art courses.
2008 Nov 16 Instructor, “Touch The World” community art workshop, Ueno Town Art Museum Program
2008 Oct 11 & 18 Instructor, “Blood Sweat & Tears” art workshop, for students of Joshibi University of Art & Design
2007 – 2008 Teaching Assistant in Oil Painting Department, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
2006 Oct – 2007 Mar Teaching Assistant for Professor Michio Hayashi, Sophia University, Tokyo. Preparing powerpoint presentations and materials for undergraduate art history courses
2006 Oct-Dec Tokyo Memories Art Class, Lakeland College Japan, Shinjuku. Developed and instructed a ten week evening class, exploring various ways of visually recording the experience of living in Tokyo.
2006 Jul Conducted “Touch” Art Workshops, in English, Open College Program, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Suginami campus and Sagamihara campus
2005 Sep Conducted “Touch” Art Workshops, in English, Open College Program, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Suginami campus and Sagamihara campus
2005 – pres Freelance proofreading and co-translation work with Yuki Okumura
2004 Aug Video Documentation Design, vision and editing, Moving Stories, community dance /reminiscence project, for Helicon Dance, Brisbane, Australia
2004 – 2010 Part Time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art & Design, Art-Related English classes – curriculum development and instruction
1999 Mar Relief work at Queensland College of Art Gallery, Morningside, Brisbane
1998 Mar-Apr Art worker in Access Arts Inc. Workshop Program. Conducted Computer Art Workshops. (Two Classes)
1998 Feb-Mar Support worker in Uniting Church / Access Arts Reminiscence Banner Project Workshops, Brisbane
1997 Mar-Apr Art worker in Access Arts Inc. Workshop Program. Conducted Ceramic Art Workshops. (Six Classes)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2017 Mar Co-teacher, Shuni-e: Transcultural Feedback Project in Nara, for students of Tokyo University of the Arts x Zürcher Hochschule der Künste x Joshibi University of Art and Design. Location: Nara, Japan
2017 Feb Co-teacher, Overseas Art Studies Trip 2B for Joshibi University of Art & Design students. Location: Loughborough University School of Art, Education and English, UK
2016 Feb Co-teacher, Overseas Art Studies Trip 2B for Joshibi University of Art & Design students. Location: Loughborough University School of Art, Education and English, UK
2015 Sep & Oct Co-coordinator, Tokyo and Takamatsu Classes for Global Art Joint Project between Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London and Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2015 Aug Independent Research Venice, Italy
2015 Jul Co-coordinator, London Classes for Global Art Joint Project between Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London and Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2014 Oct Artist in Residence, Yugakutei, Kihoku-cho, Japan
2014 Sept Independent Research, Paris & Camargue, France
2014 Aug/Sep Academic Advisor, Joshibi Summer School (four week art program), Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England
2014 Mar Artist in Residence, Yugakutei, Kihoku-cho, Japan
2013 Sep Independent Research, Venice Biennale, Italy
2013 Aug/Sep Academic Advisor, Joshibi Summer School (four week art program), Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England
2013 Mar Independent Research, New York, USA
2013 Jan/Feb Resident Advisor, Joshibi Spring School (four week art program), School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
2012 Sep Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany (independent research trip)
2012 Aug/Sep Resident Advisor, Joshibi Summer School (four week art program), Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England
2011 Mar 9 Instructor, Thank You Art Day workshop, Youkobo Art Space, Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo
2011 – pres Established an independent artist studio, Sagamihara, Tokyo
2010 Member of Boice Studio, group artist studio, Sagamihara, Tokyo
2007 May Frottage, Touch the Town. (enjoy art in English) Workshops. For residents of Taito Ward, Tokyo, as part of Ueno Town Art Project, Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music. Assisted in the development and running of the workshops.
2006 Australia/Japan international exchange activities between Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and QLD College of Art, Griffith University. Initiated and assisted in the development of collaborative activities, exhibition program, and research trips.
2006 Mar Research Trip to China: Shanghai and Hanzhou. Participant in exchange project of China Art Academy and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
2005 Aug Speech, My Experiences Studying Fine Art in Tokyo. For groups of undergraduate and graduate students, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Australia
2005 Apr 14 Speech, Pursuing a Career in the Fine Arts, Queensland Week Creativity/Innovation Education Seminar, Australian Pavilion, Aichi World Expo, Aichi, Japan.
2004 – 2005 Participant in “Rosa” exchange project between Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music and Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar
2003 – Youkobo Art Space, English/Japanese interpreting and proofreading. Volunteer.
2002 Member of Boice Studio, group artist studio, Sagamihara, Tokyo
2001 Oct Conducted community workshop, display design for Oceania team Tachikawa International Art Festival 2001, Tachikawa, Tokyo
1999 Fine Art Advisory Committee, student representative, Queensland College of Art, Morningside, Brisbane
1998 Metro Arts, Brisbane. Voluntary work in the Art Gallery
1996 Dec Pausing for Effect Conference, Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia, QLD Division, Queensland Cultural Centre, South Bank, Brisbane
1996 Sep Queensland Art Gallery, Volunteer for the installation of ” The Second Asia-Pacific of Contemporary art Triennial ” exhibition.
1996 Jul Access Art Inc.,Nundah. Japanese Interpreter
1995 Dec Work experience with Neal Price, Artist in Residence, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside.
1994 Nov The Arts in Health Conference. Exploring the Role of the Arts in Health. Baillie Henderson Hospital, Toowoomba
1990 Dec Certificate of Japanese-Language Proficiency,level 3. The Japan Foundation and Association of International Education, Japan
1987 May – 1988 Mar Buzen Takano-Yaki Studio,Tagawa, Japan. I received general training in pottery related techniques at a small family run pottery studio for a ten month period, five days a week.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PRINT MEDIA
Exhibition Catalogues
Youkobo Art Space Tenth Anniversary Catalogue, It’s Only Just Begun, 2012
Joshibi 110 years, Resistance & Obedience, The Ueno Royal Museum, 2010
The Searcher, Atsuo Ishii Retirement Commemoration Exhibition, Tamabi Art Museum, 2010
2009 Doctoral Program Final Exhibition, Works and Thesis Summaries, Tokyo University of the Arts
Tsuzuki Art Project, Centa- Kita, Yokohama, 2009
Carnivale Collaborata 08/09, Woodford Folk Festival, Griffith University QLD College of Art, Australia, ISBN 0-9757021-7-3
Closet 2009, Artist Critic Program Magazine, Joshibi University of Art & Design
Machinakaart, Ueno Town Art Museum, 2008, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music & Taito Ward
Trolls in the Park 2008, Open Air Art Exhibition, Nishiogi Machi MEDIA
Trolls in the Park 2007, Open Air Art Exhibition, Nishiogi Machi MEDIA
Kojima Art Project 2007, Ueno Town Art Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music & Taito Ward
KEREN – colors be, GEISHO COMPANY, 2007, ISBN978-4-915790-30-0
Inter Image, Art Encounters, Contemporary Japan + Austra;ia, 2006, Queensland College of Art Griffith University & Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Expanding Media Art – gleaming, moving, feeling, playing, Media Art Forum, Joshibi Art Museum 2006
The Creation and Voice of the Woods 2006, Outdoor sculpture exhibition, Yokohama, Japan
Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Niigata, Happiness Stone House Project
The Graduation Works Exhibitions 2006, Master’s Course, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Ueno, Tokyo
the exposed colour: Pink, 2005, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music
Trolls in a Metropolitan Green Park 2002 – 2006, Nishiogi Machi MEDIA
The Creation and Voice of the Woods 2003. Outdoor sculpture exhibition, Yokohama, Japan
Inaugural Thiess Art Prize 2002, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
Launch, Queensland College of Art Honours Students, Graduation Exhibition Catalogue, 2001
Impact, QLD College of Art Graduation Exhibition Catalogue, 1998
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
DENNIS Linda, Grasping the Notion of Touch, Focus: Touching the World, KIYO Research Publication, Joshibi University of Art and Design, 2014
DENNIS Linda, Grasping the Notion of Touch, Focus: Conventional Touch, KIYO Research Publication, Joshibi University of Art and Design, 2013
DENNIS Linda, Grasping the Notion of Touch, Focus: Emotional Touch, KIYO Research Publication, Joshibi University of Art and Design, 2011
HIRAMATSU Hiroshi, アボリジナル・アートの現在 (Aboriginal Art of the Present Day), book title -大人が旅するオーストラリア, Australia Comfortably Yours, Shinchosha, 2005, pp 142 – 145
BOYLE Francis, Disembowelled nostalgia, Real Time 28, Open City Inc, Sydney, December-January 98/99, P41
CALLIGHAN Julian, Reel Time as Art , Courier Mail 22.10.98
MASON Carolyne, One QCA Students Road to Funding, Gravity, 3rd Edition, Griffith University Student Representative Council Brisbane, 1998, pp53 &55
NADENSON T, Meme, Flux Concert, Metro Arts Theatre, Semper 4, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 1998
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
2003 Dec Appeared with a selection of my art work on “Takeshi’s Dare Demo Picasso, an art entertainment television program, broadcast nationally around Japan
1998 Oct 18 Linda Dennis and Robert Davidson (MEME), Machines, Processes and Transmissions event. Art To Lunch program, ZZZ Radio Station. Interviewed by Anna Marsden, David Broker
MEMBERSHIPS
Art Access, Tokyo, Japan
Access Arts Inc., Brisbane, Australia
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Golden Key National Honour Society
COLLECTIONS
Art Access Permanent Collection (Tokyo, Japan)
Queensland College of Art Permanent Collection (Brisbane, Australia)
Arita College of Ceramics Permanent Collection (Saga,Kyushu,Japan)
Private Collections – Japan, New Zealand, U.S.A., Australia