CV
ceramics, drawing, photography, animation
- Selected
Solo Exhibitions
or Two Person-Shows - p:ear gallery Portland, OR, Oct 2012, “Each reflection of myself echoes a different emotion at me”
- new ceramics painted and photographed based on interviews with 20 street youth from Portland, OR
- JARFO Kyoto/ Japan, Apr/May 2011, a collaboration with Yaso Imai, “What is the difference if I am
here or not here?” (two person-collaboration)
JOHNNYSOLE, Portland/ OR, March 2008, “Second Thoughts”
P:ear Gallery, Portland/ OR, Nov 2007, “21st Century Wolf”
KOBO at Higo, Seattle/ WA, Mar/Apr 2007, “New Big Bottles”
P:ear Gallery, Portland/ OR, July 2006, “Bottled Up”
511Gallery (formerly Miller/Geisler Gallery), New York/ NY, Apr 2005, “Brobdingnag”
Goethe-Institut Kyoto (German Cultural Institute Kansai Kyoto)/ Japan, Sep 2004, “Berlin Memory”
Miller/Geisler Gallery, New York/ NY, Jan/Feb 2003, “New Work”
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland/ OH, Apr 2002, “A Dinner Party”
Gallery Zihukan, Kyoto/ Japan, Feb 2001, “Horizon”
Gallery FREVD, London/ UK, Jun 2000, “Country Virgin” - Selected Group Exhibitions
- National Exposure re-visited/ ARC Gallery Chicago/IL, national photography show
“juror commended”, juried by Charles Osgood, Dec 2012 - Re-Invention /ARC Gallery Chicago/ IL, Apr 2012
- Art in the Underbelly/ STEW Artist Group, Norwich/ UK, Jan 2012
- Intimacy / ARC Gallery Chicago/ IL,
- juried by Andrea Green (director of visiting artist program at the School of Art institute of Chicago), Mar/Apr 2011
Art in the Underbelly/ STEW Artist Group, Norwich/ UK, Dec-Feb 2010/11
Stumptown Comic Festival 2010 / Stumptown Comic Art Show, Portland/ OR, Apr 2010
Stumptown Comic Festival 2009 / Stumptown Comic Art show, Portland/ OR, Apr 2009
Sequential Art Gallery Portland, Pulp Fiction Show, Portland/ OR, Dec 2008
511Gallery (formerly Miller/Geisler Gallery), New York/ NY, Summer Group Show, Jul 2004
Gatwick International Airport, “London Photographic Awards 1-5
/selected finalists”, London/ UK, 2002/04
Miller/Geisler Gallery, New York/ NY, Summer Group Show, Jul 2003, - Art Miami 2003, Miami/FL, Aug 2003
Ida Branson Memorial Show 2002, Atkinson Gallery Somerset/ UK, Feb 2002
Royal Society of Edinburgh/ UK, Nov 2001
Gallery Rosso Ikedaya, Osaka/ Japan, Jan 2001
Gallery Zihukan, Kyoto/ Japan, Aug/Sep 2000
Gallery Dohjidai Kyoto/ Japan, Aug 2000
“PEACEHAND EXHIBITION 2000”, Okinawa/ Japan, Jul 2000
ARTSMILL Wakefield (now Hepworth Wakefield), Int. Women’s Show “SHINE” with Paula Rego a.o., Wakefield/ UK, Mar 2000
I.B.M. Show 2000, Atkinson Gallery Somerset/ UK, Jan/Feb 2000
Trongate Studios, “AGORAPHOBIA”, Glasgow/ UK, Jun1999
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, “KYOTEN”, Kyoto/ Japan, May 1999
Gallery Rosso Ikedaya, Osaka/ Japan, Jan 1999
Gallery Rosso Ikedaya, Osaka/ Japan, Jan 1998
Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto/ Japan, Dec 1997 - Awards
- National Exposure re-visited/ ARC Gallery Chicago/IL, national photography show
- “juror commended”, juried by Charles Osgood, Dec 2012
- UCN Barclaycard Drawing Award, “highly commended”,
Northampton/ UK, Feb/Mar 2000
London Photographic Awards 1999, Finalist, Imagination Gallery London/ UK,
traveling through: Photofusion Gallery, Alchemie Gallery London/ UK,
Melkweg Gallery Amsterdam/ Holland, Barbara Green Fine Art Gallery New York/ USA,
Streetlevel Gallery Glasgow / UK, Bates Germany Frankfurt/ Germany - Reviews
- Lab71 International Art Content, www.lab71.org, issue 03 / EXPOSED
- Collections
- MaraJayne Miller, 511Gallery, New York/NY, USA
Gallery Rosso Ikedaya, Osaka/ Japan
Private collectors in UK, Japan and USA - Collaboration
- Tony Chen, Taiwan, contemporary theatre director, group “Fingers On The Feet”,
scenography assistance & stage documentation (photo and video production),
Bretton Hall, University of Leeds/ UK, 1999-2000 - Curating
- Pete Theophanes, head-thrown ceramics, Outsider-Art show,
Leslie’s Ceramic Supply & Gallery, Berkeley/ CA, Nov-Jan 2005/06
Hawthorn Artists: ‘Begin where you are’, Outsider Art show,
DIVA Community Arts, Eugene/ OR, Jun-Jul 2005 - Writing, Publications
(selection) - “Going to the Moon”, http://www.soanyway.org.uk/josianekeller.htm
“Utopia”, http://www.slashseconds.org/issues/002/003/articles/jkeller/index.php
“Minako Kimura”, Toepferblatt 3/2006
“Pete Theophanes”, Toepferblatt 2/2006 - Animation “SHALAM” short film by Muawia Attalah/ www.Joodfilms.com(stop-motion), Nov 2012“Seriously” commercial for Muawia Attalah/ www.Joodfilms.com (stop-motion),
30 sec commercial for “Crush the Super Bowl” Nov 2012
- Illustration
- “Murmel Comics” Vienna, regular contributor since 2010
- “Urashima Taro” Japanese folk tale, 2009/10
“It’s your own fault, that’s all I have to say to that! – A Manual for Falling Women and Others,
who Appreciate Them”, Collection of Cartoons, 2008
“The Interview – an environmentally conscious graphic novel”, mini-comic, 2008 - Conventions
(Comic/Cartoon) - Murmel Comics @ Third Independent Publisher and Art Zine Fair Vienna, Sep 2012
- Fumetto 2011, Int. Comic Festival, topic: “Energy”, Lucerne/ Switzerland, http://www.fumetto.ch/
Stumptown Comic Festival 2009, Portland, USA, http://www.stumptowncomics.com/
Fumetto 2009, Int. Comic Festival, topic: “Virus”, Lucerne/ Switzerland, http://www.fumetto.ch/
Stumptown Comic Festival 2008, Portland, USA, http://www.stumptowncomics.com/
Fumetto 2008, Int. Comic Festival, topic:”CLIMATE”, Lucerne/ Switzerland, http://www.fumetto.ch/ - Teaching
- Ceramic workshop with homeless youth, P:ear, Portland/ OR, Oct 2007
“Expressive Acrylics III” (independent), Eugene/ OR, Oct-Nov 2005
DIVA Community Arts, “Artability workshop”,
4 weeks ‘mixed ability’-workshop drawing & painting, Eugene/ OR, Jul 2005
DIVA Community Arts, “Expressive Acrylics II”, Eugene/ OR, Jun-Jul 2005
DIVA Community Arts, “Expressive Acrylics”, Eugene/ OR, Apr-May 2005
ShelterCare / Hawthorn program (clients with mental illness),
Outsider Art class, Eugene/ OR, Feb-Jul 2005,
Stage Design BA students, Drawing 1 for Theatre, University of Leeds/ UK, Nov-Dec 1999 - Visiting Artist
- MA Ceramics department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln/ NE, Mar 2002/ class of Roxanne Jackson,
- one week visit, slide presentation and grad student critiques
- Internships,
Apprenticeships,
Assistances - Shigaraki Seinenryo, Outsider Art Studio, ceramic studio assistant,
Shiga/ Japan, Jan-Apr 1998, http://www.shigaraki.or.tv/index02.html
Akira Okamoto, traditional Japanese ceramics, live-in apprenticeship,
Uji/ Japan, Jan-May 1997
Tao Hong Tai Ceramics Factory, traditional Thai ceramics, live-in apprenticeship,
Muang Rajburi, Ratchaburi/ Thailand, Mar-May 1992, http://www.thtceramic.com/history.htm - Workshops,
Performance-based
(selection) - Steve Tiplady, ShadowPuppetry/Performance, Norwich Puppet Theatre, Norwich/ UK, Oct 2009
Anne Geddes / London Laban Institut, Choreographie, Laban Zentrum Zuerich/ Switzerland, 1996
ImPulsTanz, Vienna International Dance Festival (winter), Vienna/ Austria, 1995/96
Ko Muroboshi /Butoh
ImPulsTanz, Vienna International Dance Festival (summer), Vienna/ Austria, 1995 - Charlotta Ikeda/ Butoh, Iwana Masaki (Le Maison du Butoh Blanc)/ Butoh
Bernie Feldcamp, Expressive Dance Workshop, Amsterdam/ Holland, one semester 1994/95 - Residences
- Internationale Sommerkademie Salzburg/ Austria, Prof. Bernd Zimmer / Painting, Aug 1998
Internationale Sommerakademie Salzburg/Austria, Prof. J. Zenzmaier / Sculpture, Aug 1993
Internationale Sommerakademie Salzburg/ Austria, Prof. E Nele / Body-based Jewelry, Aug 1989 - Research
- kenkyusei (“postgraduate research student”) Manga department,
Cartoon class / Comic Class, Seika Art University, Kyoto/ Japan, 2008/09
International exchange student at Cleveland Institute of Fine Art, Cleveland/ OH/ USA, Jan-Apr 2002 - Education
- Edinburgh College of Art, Postgraduate Diploma Painting, Edinburgh/ UK, 2001-2002
Leeds Metropolitan University, Master of Fine Arts, Leeds/ UK, 1999-2001
Herta Bahmert (*died July 1996), Ballettakademie Zuerich/ CH,
Ballet, Jazz dance, Choreography, professional class 1995/96
Gerrit Rietfeld Academie Amsterdam/ Holland,
Foundation Year Contemporary Studio Arts, 1994-1995
Keramikfachschule Landshut/ Germany, Keramik-Gesellin, 1989-1992