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| LES JOYNES | American born Santa Barbara, California |
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Lives and works in New York
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| education | |
| 2012 | PhD in Fine Art |
| Leeds Metropolitan University, UK | |
| 2008-2012 | Visiting Scholar, Visual Art (2008-10); Philosophy (2011-12). Visiting Scholar and Scientists Program |
| Columbia University, New York | |
| 2001 | M.A. Sculpture |
| Musashino Art University, MEXT/ Japanese Ministry of Education & Culture Scholar, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1997 | M.A. Fine Art |
| Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK | |
| 1996 | B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art |
| Central Saint Martins College of Art, London, UK | |
| other programs | MBA |
| Cal Poly, California State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA | |
| B.A. cum laude, History and M.Sc. Management | |
| Boston University, Boston. | |
| grants, fellowships, awards, residencies | |
| 2010 | Harlem Arts Alliance, New York |
| 2009 | Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fellow, National Academy Museum School of Art & Design, New York |
| 2009 | Artist Fellow, Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau, Germany |
| Bauhaus Kolleg, Kulturministerium des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt Magdeburg, Germany | |
| 2008 | NKD-Fellow, Nordisk Kunstnarsenter, Dalsasen - Norway, Cultural Ministry of Norway |
| 2007 | Toosneger Foundation, Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| 2006 | Artist Fellow, Nagasawa Artist Park - Awajishima, Japan |
| 2001 | Postgraduate Selection for Sculpture, Musashino Art University, Tokyo |
| 1997-2001 | MEXT Scholar, Japan (Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture), Japan |
| 1995 | King Sturge Prize, London |
| Erasmus Scholarship, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris | |
| 1993 | Commendation, Central Saint Martins College of Art, London |
| 1993 - 1994 | Inner Spaces, artist-in-residence Skoki/Poznan, Poland |
| selected exhibitions | |
| Upcoming | Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, São Paulo – Brazil |
| 2011 | Gallery 532 Thomas Jaeckel, New York (solo) |
| 2012 | 2012, Nagano, Japan, curated by Roger McDonald |
| 2010 | University of Minnesota, Katherine Nash Gallery - curated by Clarence Morgan |
| The Form Laboratory, Tokyo (September) | |
| The Form Laboratory, Treignac Projet, Limousin, France | |
| Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, São Paulo – Brazil, curated by Angela Ferrera | |
| Museum of Modern Art, Wales | |
| Exit 11, curated by Luc Fierens and Benoit Piret, Grand-Leez, Belgium | |
| San Diego State University, curated by Bibiana Padilla Maltos | |
| Queens Museum of Art, Partnership Gallery, New York | |
| Museum of Modern Art, Wales, United Kingdom | |
| 2009 | The Form Laboratory, Chashama, New York (Collaborative project with Tom Bogaert) |
| Ghost Trace, Form as event performances, Queenstown, Singapore | |
| Die Seits der Alpen: Hunger -Jenseits der Alpen: Durst, Pankow, Berlin | |
| Curated by Klaus Winichner | |
| 2008 | Agency of Method, Akademie der Künste and Niemeier Building, Berlin |
| Human Trace in InterBau - performance | |
| Amotgaard, "Les Joynes: Parallel Universes", Bygstad, Norway (solo) | |
| Michael Steinberg Fine Art, "Les Joynes: Middleworlds", New York (solo) | |
| 2007 | New General Catalog, "The Guy Debord Show", Brooklyn. Curated by Dan Levenson |
| Peer Gallery, New York, Locations of Elsewhere, New York | |
| Sandra Bürgel Gallery, Berlin "Unsere Affekte fliegen aus dem Bereich der menschlichen Wirklichkeit | |
| heraus" Curated by Klaus Winichner | |
| 2006 | South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Kavin Buck |
| Romo Gallery, Atlanta | |
| CBGB Gallery, New York | |
| 2005 | CTS Gallery, Photo NY, New York |
| 111 Front Street, New York, Dark Nature | |
| Natural Displacement at Mizuma Gallery/ Art Fair Tokyo | |
| Romo Gallery, Atlanta, Working Artists in Brooklyn | |
| Space Gallery, London, Les Joynes: Strange Birds and Other Curious Manifestations | |
| Spike Gallery, New York, New '05 | |
| Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo, Since 1994 | |
| 2004 | Triangle/Space, London, Reality Asylum |
| 2003 | Bergstübl Projekte Mitte, Berlin, Bang-Bang Berlin. Curated by Cornelia Brintzinger |
| Gallery Pugh Pugh, Berlin, Pugh Pugh Anniversary Exhibition | |
| Albert Schweitzer spielt Johann Sebastian Bach, Berlin. Curated by Klaus Winichner | |
| Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Mars Gallery Artists | |
| 2002 | Tactical Museum/ AIT, Tokyo, The Moving Exhibition. Curated by Roger McDonald |
| Maejima Art Center, Okinawa. Curated by Roger McDonald | |
| 2001 | Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo, Table Manners. Curated by Roger McDonald |
| The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Highchair, (videoworks). Curated by Emil Goh | |
| Gallery 4a, Sydney. Curated by Emil Goh | |
| The Art Center, Art & Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea. | |
| 2000 | Nylon Gallery, London, The Raft. Curated by Klega |
| Asahi Gallery, Tokyo, Asahi Contemporary Art 2000 | |
| YongDu International Art Festival, Pusan, Korea, Strange Flowers | |
| 1999 | Japan Cultural Center | Goethe Institut | Alliance Francaise |
| Bangkok Experimental Film and Video. Curated by Project 304-Bangkok | |
| Tatsumi Orimoto, Kawasaki, The Tatami Exhibition | |
| P-House Gallery, Tokyo, Networking/ British Council UK '98 -Tokyo | |
| 1998 | Casa Gallery, Tokyo, Contemporary Ranting (solo) |
| 1997 | Espace 21, Matsuyama, Japan, All Mod Cons (solo) |
| Milch Gallery, London, The Toolroom Salon | |
| Barbican Concourse Gallery, London, Fatman | |
| Galerie Gauche, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris (solo) | |
| selected bibliography | |
| 2008 | Ewald, Gritte, Beeldende Kunstbeelde, Rotterdam |
| 2008 | Sele, Katrine, "New work by Les Joynes", Firda, Norway, August |
| Fujimori, Manami, "New York contemporary artists", April | |
| 2007 | Wee, Jason “Candy Markmaking” Art, Alternatives & Politics, May |
| 2005 | Feaster, Felicia “Something Weird Grows in Brooklyn”, July |
| Asseraf, Laurence “Recycled city scenes” New York Arts Magazine, April | |
| "Urban Decay - Artistic Response to an Urban Environment", Absolute Arts, March | |
| 2004 | “Les Joynes” Commons & Sense, Tokyo, October |
| 2003 | Kujima, Yayoi “Arts Paradise,” Ryoko Tsushin Magazine, January |
| Savannah, Gae “Scope Art” Sculpture Magazine, December | |
| 2001 | Tokyo Walker, December |
| McGee, John “Table Manners”, Metropolis, Tokyo December | |
| "Table Manners” Japan Design, January | |
| PlayGraph “Les Joynes” Tokyo | |
| 2000 | Charlesworth, J.J. “The Raft”, Art Monthly, London, October |
| 1999 | Bangkok Television “Bangkok Experimental Film Festival”, July |
| 1998 | Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo “Iru/kiru”, June |
| 1997 | NHK Television - Japan “New Contemporary Art”, February |
| Matsuyama Magazine, “New Body: Les Joynes”, January | |
| Ehime Shimbun “Les Joynes: All Mod Cons”, January | |
| professional experience and teaching | |
| 2009 | Artist Grant Selection Panel, Harlem Arts Alliance, New York |
| Artist Moderator, Cue Art Foundation, New York | |
| 2009 | Visiting Artist Lecture |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 2009 | Artist Mentor, College Arts Association Conference, Los Angeles |
| 2009 | Director and choreographer, GhostTrace, Singapore |
| 2009 | Visiting Artist Lecture to BFA photography, La Salle College of Art, Singapore |
| 2009 | Visiting Artist Lecture to BFA dance, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore |
| 2008 | Director/ choreographer, Ghost Trace, Berlin |
| as part of Cities of Tomorrow: Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau | |
| 2008 | Artist Moderator, Art of Public Speaking, Cue Art Foundation, New York |
| 2007 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Pictura Gallery, Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| 2000 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles |
| Current trends and developments in contemporary fine art in Japan | |
| 1999 - 2001 | BFA and MFA critiques |
| Musashino Art University, Department of Sculpture | |
| 1999 | Guest Panelist, Japan Foundation, Bangkok |
| Bangkok Film and Video Biennial” with the Japan Foundation and Alliance Francaise | |
| 1998 | British Council and P-House Gallery, Tokyo |
| Networking, Curated by Les Joynes, Klega and Konstakuten, Stockholm | |
| Exhibition of 200 artists and their drawings. | |
| publications | |
| 2009 | Trace, Soanyway, Leeds, UK |
| 2008 | Launched Artists Talk, Nordic Artists Centre, Dale, Norway |
| Cultural Ministry of Norway Fund | |
| 2000 | Flash Art, Milan “Japanese contemporary art: Yuichi Higashionna" |
| 1999 | Art in America, Review of work of Yoshitomo Nara at Ginza Art Space, Tokyo |
| 1999 | Springerin, Vienna, Review of work of David Thorpe and Brian Griffiths |
| research | |
| "Uncanny ain contemporary art: Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, and filmmaker David Lynch" | |
| Goldsmiths College, Written Thesis, University of London, 1997 | |
| "Evocation of the abject in contemporary art" | |
| Central Saint Martins College of Art, Written Thesis, London 1996 | |
| collections | |
| Private collections in the USA, Europe and Japan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles | |