Les Joynes

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Santa Barbara, California
Lives: New York

Education
2010
Visiting Scholar in visual art, Columbia University Visiting Scholar and Scientist Program, New York 2008-2010

2001
M.A. Sculpture, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, MEXT Scholar Japan 1997-2001

1997

M.A. Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London

1996
B.A. (Honours) in Fine Art in Sculpture, Central Saint Martins College of Art, London


Solo Exhibitions
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
The 2012 Project and the Psychedelic Nomad, Tokyo, Curated by Roger McDonald

2011
The Global Stage, Bauhaus � Leipzig/ New York
International Centre for Research and Observation, Pavia, Italy (solo)

2010
�The Form Lab II� Treignac Projet, Limousin, France (solo)
Museum of Modern Art, Wales, UK
Um Livro Sobre A Morte, Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, S�o Paulo � Brazil
Painting Zombies, Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Curated by Clarence Morgan

2009
�Dies Seits der Alpen: Hunger/ Jenseits der Alpen: Durst�, Pankow, Berlin. Curated by Klaus Winichner
Trace, Queenstown, Singapore � living sculpture performance (solo)

2008
Agency of Method, (performance), Hansaviertel, Berlin
�motg�rd, Sunnfjord, Norway, (solo)
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, "Les Joynes: Middleworlds" New York, (solo)

2007
Peer Gallery, New York "Locations of Elsewhere", New York,
Sandra B�rgel Gallery, Berlin, curated by Klaus Winichner,

2006
South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, July-Aug. Curated by Kavin Buck
Romo Gallery, Atlanta,
CBGB Gallery, New York,

2005
CTS Gallery, Photo NY, New York,
�Natural Displacement� at Mizuma Gallery for Art Fair Tokyo
Romo Gallery, Atlanta �Working Artists in Brooklyn�
Space Gallery, London "Les Joynes: Strange Birds and Other Curious Manifestations"
Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo �Since 1994�

2004
Triangle/Space, London �Reality Asylum�,

2003
Bergst�bl Projekte Mitte, Berlin �Bang-Bang Berlin�
�Albert Schweitzer spielt Johann Sebastian Bach�, Berlin. Curated by Klaus Winichner
Mars Gallery, Tokyo

2002
Tactical Museum Tokyo �The Moving Exhibition� Curated by Roger McDonald,
Tactical Museum/ Maejima Art Center, Okinawa, Curated by Roger McDonald
Mizuma Gallery at Scope-Art Fair, New York

2001
Mizuma Gallery, Tokyo �Table Manners�
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
Gallery 4a, Sydney, Australia
The Art Center, Art & Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea


Bibliography
2008
Sele, Katrine, Interview: Parallel Universes, Amotgard, Bygstad, and Forde, Norway
Les Joynes an interviewed at Nordisk Kunstnarsenter, Norway
Fujimori, Manami, Featured artists: New York, Boon, Tokyo

2007
Gossart, Severine, Columbia University Oral History Archives, interview, November 2007, New York
Pictura Annual, 2007, Dordrecht, Netherlands

2005
Felicia Feaster �Something Weird Grows in Brooklyn� Creative Loafing, July 2005
Laurence Asseraf, �Appropriated Urban Viewpoints, Recycled city scenes� New York Arts Magazine, April
�Urban Decay - Artistic Response to an Urban Environment� Absolute Arts, Mar

2004
�Les Joynes� Commons & Sense, Tokyo, October

2002
Kujima, Yayoi �Arts Paradise,� Ryoko Tsushin Magazine, January
Savannah, Gae �Scope Art� Sculpture Magazine, December

2001
Tokyo Walker, Dec 2001
McGee, John �Table Manners�, Metropolis, Tokyo Dec 21, 2001
�Table Manners� Japan Design 2001
PlayGraph �Les Joynes� Tokyo, (J)

2000
Charlesworth, J.J. �The Raft�, Art Monthly, London

1999
Bangkok Television (1999) �Bangkok Experimental Film Festival�

1998
Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo �Iru/kiru�

1997
NHK Television - 1997, Japan �New Contemporary Art�
Matsuyama Magazine, �New Body: Les Joynes�
Ehime Shimbun �Les Joynes: All Mod Cons�





Grants/Awards
2010
Harlem Artist Alliance Grant

2009
Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship, National Academy of Art, New York

2008
Artist Fellow, Bauhaus Stiftung, Dessau, Germany, Kulturministerium des Landes Sachsen Anhalt-Magdeburg

NDK Fellow, Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dals�sen, Norway Norden and Cultural Ministry of Norway

2006
Nagasawa Artist Park, Artist fellowship Awajishima, Japan

1997
MEXT Scholar: Japanese Ministry of Culture and Education

1996
Honours in Fine Art, Department of Sculpture, Central Saint Martins College of Art, London

1995
King Sturge Prize in Sculpture, London

1993
Commendation, Central St. Martins College of Art, London

1995
Erasmus scholarship, �cole Nationale Sup�rieure des Beaux-arts de Paris


Projects
Lectures, Publications and Curated Projects

2000 Flash Art, Milan Japanese contemporary art: Yuichi Higashionna; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles �Contemporary 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.


Publications
2009
Soanyway, (ed. Derek Horton) UK, April

2008
NDK artists interview series, Norway


2000
Flash Art, �Japanese contemporary art: Yuichi Higashionna�

1999
Art in America, Critical review of work of Yoshitomo Nara, at Ginza Art Space

1997
Springerin, Vienna � Review of work of David Thorpe and Brian Cyril Griffiths