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| LES JOYNES | American b. 1963 Santa Barbara, California |
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Lives and works in New York
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| Les Joynes is a graduate of the MA programme in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, London and visiting scholar in contemporary art at Columbia University, New York 2008-2010. His work has been exhibited at Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York; South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles; Sandra Buergel Gallery, Berlin; Nylon, London; Amotgaard, Norway; New General Catalog; Peer/ Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York; Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo; Museum of Modern Art Wales; The AIT Tactical Museum and The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and is currently exhibiting new work from his series Form Laboratory at Treignac Projet, Limousin, France.
Upcoming exhibitions include The Psychedelic Nomad and the 2012 Apocalypse in Nagano, Japan and Painting Zombies at the Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, curated by Clarence Morgan. Joynes has given lectures, and critiques at Otis College of Art, Los Angeles (2000); Pictura, Dordrecht, Netherlands (2007); University of California Santa Barbara (2009); La Salle School of Art, Singapore; Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore (2009). He was co-curator of Networking, at P-House Gallery, Tokyo (as part of the '98 Japan-UK cultural year). He was a Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Fellow in Norway (2008) and an artist fellow at the Bauhaus Kolleg in Germany (2009) for their Cities of Tomorrow Programme in Dessau, Berlin and Singapore. He has written for Art in America and Springerin and is founder of TransContemporary - a cross-cultural platorm for creative discourse and exhibiiton. |
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| education | |
| 2010 | Visiting Scholar in fine art, Columbia University Visiting Scholar and Scientists Program, New York 2008-2010 |
| 2001 | M.A. Sculpture, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan, MEXT Scholar |
| 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 |
| 1988 | M.Sc. Boston University, Boston, US |
| Joint degree with Faculteit van de Economische, Sociale en Politieke Wetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit-Brussels | |
| 1986 | B.A. History, Boston University, Boston, USA |
| 1985 | Asian Studies Program, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan |
| grants, fellowships, awards, residencies | |
| 2010 | Harlem Arts Alliance, New York |
| 2009 | Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fellowship, National Academy 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 | |
| 2012 | International Centre for Research and Observation, Pavia, Italy |
| 2011 | The 2012 Apocalypse and the Psychedelic Nomad, Tokyo, 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, curated by Sonja Mesher | |
| Exit 11, curated by Luc Fierens and Benoit Piret, Grand-Leez, Belgium | |
| San Diego State Univeristy, cur. 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. Curated by L. Oates | |
| 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. Curated by L. Oates | |
| 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 |
| Tactical Museum/ AIT, 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” Creative Loafing, 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 | |
| M.A. Fine Art Thesis: An exploration of the Uncanny as evoked by contemporary artists | |
| Goldsmiths College, 1997 | |
| B.A. Fine Arts Honours Thesis: The abject in contemporary art | |
| Central Saint Martins College of Art, London 1996 | |
| collections | |
| Private collections in the USA, Europe and Japan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles | |