EXHIBITIONS + ART
Artist Profile
Art of Ink, 1999 Los Angeles
The Art of Ink International Society (AIIS) is a group of calligraphers dedicated to the appreciation of contemporary calligraphy.AIIS works to promote understanding of different cultural expressions of calligraphy and facilitates dialogue between traditional and new styles. Frequently exhibiting with this and similar groups.
CODE Club, 1997 Tokyo
"Be what you would seem to be" Installation of a collection of works for first month of opening.
Homesick, 1993 Tokyo and Kyoto
Celebrate Australia Events in Japan, November 1993, Inkslinger Art's first 3 exhibitions in Japan generated considerable press, and I was interviewed at the Tokyo exhibition at Wisma Gallery on NHK TV nightly news.
Sho and Tell, 1995 Osaka
Gallery Kamigataginga, Osaka. Demonstration.
Sho me the Way, 1995 Tokyo
- Las Chicas Gallery - Morphe '95 Event
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Alien Mentality, 1997 Sydney
Gai-Shin meaning Doublemindedness or Foreign Heart/ Alien Mentality. Michael Nagy Fine Art, Potts Point. Showing the Coffee Ceremony collection. Folding screens, 4 Scrolls and zabuton cushions. Below: Nagy invitation.
Exhibited Pieces
The thing that makes an Inkslinger original unique is the squiggly brush writing found somewhere in the artwork. It is almost always English alphabet calligraphy which looks like Chinese or Japanese. Just like Asian scripts, it is read from top to bottom and right to left. Most of these are sold.
"Happy day, don't you?", Ink on washi mounted on mizubari, 1992
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Poem on six panels: "Andy's Gone with Cattle", Homesick, 1993
"We Love the Opera House" (List of ten quotes describing the Opera House.) Ink on Paper, 55 x 80cm, 1992
"But I'm not so think as you drunk I am" > Sir John Squire. Hari-e and ink mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997, Harajuku Graphic Station.
3 Panes Series.
Pain of Love/Kokoro/heart mind spirit
Pain of The End is the Beginning is
Pain of Truth/Shin/Makoto
Perspex sandwich framing, Large calligraphies Washi Sumi, 1997 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
Le Petit Prince, Commission. The poem in English and in French for twin kids, raw silk scrolls.
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Drizapoem - "The man from Snowy River" > Banjo Patterson. Inscribed onto a real-size oiled rice-paper Drizabone(tm), Homesick 1993
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Me Nashi (No Eyes) Merissa Dreaming, Handmade paper, ink paint, hankos, 60 x 85cm Homesick 1993
"There's more enterprise in walking naked" > W. B. Yeats. Mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997
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Three handmade paper lamps, 1994
Tokonoma-no-mono 1995. Objects to replace the tokonoma alcove, which are multifunctional.
Left: Moonlight with 4 seasons artworks and an ikebana vase.
Right: Starlights with 4 seasonal haiku panels and an ikebana vase on a shelf.
Change the art and the flowers - use this if you don't have a tokonoma space or a tatami room.
"And ye shall dispossess..." 1994. - Part of the Recognising the Republic exhibition at Michael Nagy Fine Art in Potts Point. Gilded gokko prints of my British and Australian passports surrounding the quote.
"36 views of Ayres Rock" (After Hiroshige's 36 views of Mt. Fuji) Ink and watercolour on paper, A1 size, Homesick, 1993
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Folding Fly-screen. Ripped and patched like a traditional shoji paper screen. The quote is Australian advertising jingle "Louie the fly". Wood, washi, paper, ink & nylon mesh. Homesick, 1993
"An eel a day keeps the doctor away" > Japanese Midsummer proverb, we say Apple a day... Hari-e and ink mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997
East/ West Series. 4 Pairs of Feng Shui inspired works - Metal/west/city and Leaf/East/country framed with small calligraphy. 1997 Sydney.
Earth (Chi): Resource/Spirit
Wind (Kaze): Fashion/Breeze
Fire (Hi): Destruction/Rebirth
Water (Mizu): Views/Life
Setsu-Ge-Ka, Kiki Exhibition, Gallery Ku, 1995 Odawara, Japan. I exhibited with the local woodcraft group for a few years with Hiroko Horiguchi.
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Tokyo Love - swansong. 1998 - 100x200cm acrylic and suede sandwich piece commissioned for FM America radio station lobby, last work created before I was evicted from my studio in Aoyama, and I returned to Australia after 7 years.
"What does it all mean", Ink and watercolour on washi paper, mounted on mizubari panel, 1992
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"Love" or Kokoro, meaning heart/mind/spirit love. Ink on washi, rough silk mounted on mizubari (wooden panel), 1996
Soba; Rice ball; Tea (Square, triangle, circle - the 3 perfect Zen enclosures) Panels of shoe cupboard doors designed to look like a folding screen. Sumiroku, Aoyama. 1998
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"Sacred cows make great hamburgers" > Robert Reisner. Hari-e and ink mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997
Salaryman Dreaming - the yin/yang of Moku/Silence and Kan/Scream. Carving and dot paint on timber, reverse sides plastered with notes about voicelessness and the frustration of conformity. Homesick 1993
Poem for Scattering my grandparents Ashes at Wentworth Falls, Panels, 1996
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Itadakimasu wall hangings 1996. - Eat, Drink and Inkslinger Exhibition at Las Chicas, Tokyo. Left: Soba, Riceball, Tea. Right: Spaghetti, Risotto, Espresso. This series is available as postcard prints.
List of Exhibitions
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1993.7 Turning Over a New Leaf. Hanacho Ohanazaka, Umegaoka, Tokyo.1993.10 Celebrate Australia - Homesick I. Kreisel Forum, OAG Haus, Akasaka, Tokyo.1993.11 Celebrate Australia - Homesick II. Wisma Gallery, Jingumae, Tokyo.1993.11 Celebrate Australia - Homesick III. Daimaru Department Store, Kyoto.1995.11 Sho and Tell. Gallery Kamigataginga, Osaka.1995.12 Sho me the Way. Vision Network Gallery, Jingumae, Tokyo. Morphe'95.1996.12 Eat, Drink, and Inkslinger. Las Chicas, Jingumae, Tokyo.1997.5 Gai-Shin: Alien Mentality. Michael Nagy Fine Art. Sydney, Australia.1997.10 Sacred Cows Make Great Hamburgers. Gallery APJ. Laforet, Harajuku, Tokyo.1998.1 Be What You Would Seem To Be. Installation, Code Club. Shinjuku, Tokyo.1998.6~ Sumiroku Restaurant (Permanent Collection) Aoyama, Tokyo
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 1994~7 The International Calligraphers Association Exhibition. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ueno, Tokyo.1994.10 Living With Wood. Odawara, Japan.1994.11 Recognizing The Republic. Michael Nagy Fine Art. Sydney, Australia.1995.1 Kiki. Gallery Ku. Odawara, Japan.1996.9 Message From The Forest. Odawara, Japan.1996.8 300 Artists for Aids. (Charity Auction)1997.10 Celtic Art Now. ASIZ Gallery. Aoyama, Tokyo.1999.4 '99 Moolpha/Neowave. Doul Art Centre. Seoul, Korea.1999.10 Art of Ink in America. JACCC Diozaki Gallery. Los Angeles, USA2000.5 Art of Ink in America - 2000: International Contemporary Calligraphy The Newark Museum. New York, USA2000.10 Art of Ink in America - 2000: International Contemporary Calligraphy National Taiwan Arts Education Institute. Taipei, Taiwan.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 1994~7 The International Calligraphers Association Exhibition. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ueno, Tokyo.1994.10 Living With Wood. Odawara, Japan.1994.11 Recognizing The Republic. Michael Nagy Fine Art. Sydney, Australia.1995.1 Kiki. Gallery Ku. Odawara, Japan.1996.9 Message From The Forest. Odawara, Japan.1996.8 300 Artists for Aids. (Charity Auction)1997.10 Celtic Art Now. ASIZ Gallery. Aoyama, Tokyo.1999.4 '99 Moolpha/Neowave. Doul Art Centre. Seoul, Korea.1999.10 Art of Ink in America. JACCC Diozaki Gallery. Los Angeles, USA2000.5 Art of Ink in America - 2000: International Contemporary Calligraphy The Newark Museum. New York, USA2000.10 Art of Ink in America - 2000: International Contemporary Calligraphy National Taiwan Arts Education Institute. Taipei, Taiwan.