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| LES JOYNES |
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| American b. Santa Barbara, California |
| Lives and Works in New York |
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| education |
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| 2001 Master of Fine Art, Musashino Art University, Tokyo - Monbusho Scholar |
| 1997 Master of Art in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London |
| 1996 Bachelor of Art (Hons) in Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art, London |
| 1988 Bachelor of Art (cum laude) in History and M.Sc. Boston University, Boston |
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| additional programs |
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| 2012 Research in Fine Art, Leeds School of Contemporary Art, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK |
| 1995 Erasmus scholar: École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris - studio Jean Cardot |
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| residencies, workshops and international projects |
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| 2008 Nordic Artists Centre, Dale | Sunnfjord - NDK-Fellowship |
| 2007 Welcome to the Entropics (Amsterdam), Project at Pictura, Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| 2007 Toosneger Stichting artist-in-residence Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| 2006 Nagasawa Artist Park - artist-in-residence, Awajishima, Japan |
| 2005 "Debris-Fields-Night-Vision, Installation at Elisabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York |
| 2001 "Proto-civilization" (Strange flowers), project at Yong Du Art Festival, Pusan, Korea |
| 1994 Inner Spaces, Artist residency in Skoki/Poznan (phase 2) |
| 1993 "deconstructing factories project" Inner Spaces, Artist residency in Skoki/Poznan (phase 1) |
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| selected exhibitions |
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| 2009 |
| Apocalypse Project for 2012 (a burial project), Tokyo |
| University of Minnesota, Katherine Nash Gallery cur. by Ryuta Nakajima |
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| 2008 |
| Amotgaard, "Les Joynes: Parallel Universe" New York, August |
| Michael Steinberg Fine Art, "Les Joynes: Middleworlds" New York, Feb-March |
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| 2007 |
| Peer Gallery, New York "Locations of Elsewhere", New York, May-June |
| Sandra Bürgel Gallery, Berlin "Unsere Affekte fliegen aus dem Bereich der menschlichen Wirklichkeit |
| heraus"curated by Klaus Winichner, April-May |
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| 2006 |
| South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, July-August |
| Romo Gallery, Atlanta, July |
| CBGB Gallery, New York, Feb-March |
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| 2005 |
| CTS Gallery, Photo NY, New York, October |
| 111 Front Street, New York “Dark Nature” Curated by Leah Oates. Sept 7-Oct14 |
| “Natural Displacement” at Mizuma Gallery/ Art Fair Tokyo |
| Romo Gallery, Atlanta “Working Artists in Brooklyn” July-August |
| Space Gallery, London "Les Joynes: Strange Birds and Other Curious Manifestations" Aug |
| Spike Gallery, New York “New '05” June-July |
| Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo “Since 1994” Feb -March |
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| 2004 |
| Triangle/Space, London “Reality Asylum”, August-Sept |
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| 2003 |
| Bergstübl Projekte Mitte, Berlin “Bang-Bang Berlin” Nov 27-Dec 19 |
| Gallery Pugh Pugh, Berlin “Pugh Pugh Anniversary Exhibition” December 3-Dec 17 |
| “Albert Schweitzer spielt Johann Sebastian Bach”, Berlin Curated by Klaus Winichner |
| ArtSee, New York "transmutation and formlessness" October |
| Mars Gallery, Tokyo “Mars Gallery Artists” |
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| 2002 |
| A.I.T. Tokyo “The Moving Exhibition” January-February |
| A.I.T. Maejima Art Center, Okinawa |
| Scope-Art Fair/ Mizuma Gallery, New York “Nebraska” |
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| 2001 |
| Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo “Table Manners” December 2-January 4 |
| The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney “Highchair” (videoworks) |
| Gallery 4a, Sydney |
| The Art Center, Art & Culture Foundation, Seoul “Bible of Networking-Seoul” Jan-Feb. |
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| 2000 |
| Nylon Gallery, London “The Raft,” January-February |
| Asahi Gallery, Tokyo “Asahi Contemporary Art 2000”. June 2-20 |
| YongDu International Art Festival, Pusan, Korea “Strange Flowers” |
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| 1999 |
| Japan Foundation, Bangkok “Bangkok Experimental Film and Video” Dec-Jan |
| Tatsumi Orimoto Space Kawasaki “The Tatami Exhibition” |
| P-House Gallery, Tokyo “Networking/ British Council UK '98 -Tokyo” Nov-Dec |
| 1998 Casa Gallery, Tokyo "Contemporary Ranting" (solo) Oct-Nov |
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| 1997 |
| Espace 21, Matsuyama, Japan "All Mod Cons" (solo) Jan-Feb |
| Milch Gallery, London “The Toolroom Salon” February |
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| 1995 |
| Barbican Concourse Gallery, London “Fatman” |
| Galerie Gauche, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris, “Fresh” |
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| selected bibliography |
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| 2008 |
| Fujimori, Manami, New York contemporary artists, Apr 2008 |
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| 2007 |
| Wee, Jason “Candy Markmaking” Art, Alternatives & Politics, May 2007 |
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| 2005 |
| Feaster, Felicia “Something Weird Grows in Brooklyn” Creative Loafing, July 2005 |
| Asseraf, Laurence “Appropriated Urban Viewpoints, |
| Recycled city scenes” New York Arts Magazine, April |
| “Urban Decay - Artistic Response to an Urban Environment” Absolute Arts, Mar 2005 |
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| 2004 |
| “Les Joynes” Commons & Sense, Tokyo, October |
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| 2002 |
| Kujima, Yayoi “Arts Paradise,” Ryoko Tsushin Magazine, January |
| Savannah, Gae “Scope Art” Sculpture Magazine, December |
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| 2001 |
| Tokyo Walker, Dec 2001 |
| McGee, John “Table Manners”, Metropolis, Tokyo Dec 21, 2001 |
| “Table Manners” Japan Design 2001 |
| PlayGraph “Les Joynes” Tokyo, (J) |
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| 2000 |
| Charlesworth, J.J. “The Raft”, Art Monthly, London |
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| 1999 |
| Bangkok Television (1999) “Bangkok Experimental Film Festival” |
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| 1998 |
| Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo “Iru/kiru” |
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| 1997 |
| NHK Television - 1997, Japan “New Contemporary Art” |
| Matsuyama Magazine, “New Body: Les Joynes” |
| Ehime Shimbun “Les Joynes: All Mod Cons” |
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| awards and honors |
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| 2000 Asahi Competition, Tokyo |
| 1997 Monbusho Scholarship, Japan 1997-2001 |
| 1996 2.1 Honours in Fine Art, St. Martins College of Art, London |
| 1993 Commendation, Central St. Martins College of Art, London |
| 1995 King Sturge Prize, London |
| 1995 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris | Erasmus Award |
| 1986 Boston University, B.A. in History with cum laude distinction. |
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| publications, projects and teaching |
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| 2007 Presentation on the informe, Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| 2000 Flash Art, Milan “Japanese contemporary art: Yuichi Higashionna” |
| Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles “Current trends and developments in contemporary fine art in Japan” Guest Lecture |
| 1999 Guest Panelist, Japan Foundation, Bangkok (1999) “Bangkok Film and Video Biennial” with the Japan Foundation and Alliance Francaise |
| 1998 British Council and P-House Gallery, Tokyo “Networking” curated exhibition of 200 artists and their drawings. |
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| research |
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| Masters Thesis: Positing the uncanny in popular culture, Goldsmiths College, 1997 |
| Honours Thesis: The abject in contemporary art, Central St Martins College of Art, London 1996 |
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| collections |
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| Private collections in the USA, UK, Switzerland and Japan |
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