Zodiac in Sydney

We are very excited to present our new suite of prints ZODIAC at Sofitel Sydney Wentworh.

Zodiac series is inspired by the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac at Sanjusangendo in Kyoto when we visited Japan together in 2011 and 2013 with a Facetnate! Artist's Travel Grant from Japan Foundation, Sydney.

This exhibition is officially opened by Me Masato Takaoka, Consul General of Japan in Sydney.

Opening 

Wednesday 25 March

6:30-7:30pm

at The Library

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

Exhibition will continue until 26 June 2015.

If you are able to attend please RSVP to Emma Wilson by 15 March.

Here are some of the prints from the series!

Dragon

Dog

Claude

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year of Ram!

Wishing you a safe and prosperous year!

We are having two exhibitions on our new suite of prints ZODIAC in March in Sydney, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand.

ZODIAC

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

Opening Wednesday 25 March, 6:30 - 8pm

Library Walkway

Exhibition will run until the end of June

61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW Australia

Solander Works on Paper

Opening Saturday 28 March afternoon

218c Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Looking forward to meeting you there if you are in town.

Artists' Talk in Sri Lanka

We are in Sri Lanka at the moment and we are going to give Artists' Talk on Tuesday 10 February, 5:30 - 7:30pm at Theertha Red Dot Gallery, Theertha International Artists' Collective.
Please join us if you are in town!!

Progress of Zodiac Print Project

Dragon

Here are some images of what we've been up to at the Art Vault.

Sheep

Snake

Rabbit

Zodiac Print Project

We have been working on a new project called Zodiac.
It's a suite of 12 etchings based on Damon's figurative drawings with Kyoko's animals inspired by the deity statues that bear the characteristics of the twelve zodiac animals in Sanjusangendo in Kyoto.

Damon thought about this project while we were in the Art Vault last year for our Along the River project.

We started the production in late June this year and now we are back in the Art Vault in Mildura for printing the editions.

We've done 3 editions of Rat, Ox and Tiger so far in 3 days.

Tomorrow is a RABBIT day! :)

Along the river in Melbourne

We are very excited to present Along the River in Sofitel, Melbourne in July.
After travelling from Mildura, Tokyo and Hong Kong, we are finally able to exhibit the suite in Melbourne!

8 July - 5 October 2014

Opening Wednesday 9 July, 5:30 - 7:30pm
To be officially opened by The Hon. Heidi Victoria MP, Minister for the Arts, Consumer Affairs and Women's Affairs.

Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
Atrium Gallery, Level 35
25 Collins Street
Melbourne 3000
RSVP essential to Michael Baldwin on 03 9653 7738

'Along the River' was produced at The Art Vault Mildura with the support of the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria and the Japan Foundation Sydney

     

Words for Missing type exhibition

We were involved in an exhibition 足りない活字のためのことば (Tarinai Katsuji no tame no Kotoba) 'Words for missing types' in October last year in Tokyo.

Now this exhibition has travelled to Kamaishi, Iwate, where the types were discovered in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

Exhibition shows poems by 12 poets using limited types found at a printer in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and works by 6 printmakers responding to some of these poems.

Words for Missing types
4 May - 1 June

Minna no ie Cadatte
1-3-2 Tadakoecho, Kamaishi city, Iwate, 026-0021
10am - 6pm
Closed on Mondays

足りない活字のためのことば」展
会　期：2014年5月4日(日)～6月1日(日)
　　　　月曜休館　※5月5日(月)は開館
時　間：10：00～18：00
　　　　最終日は16：00まで
会　場：釜石商店街「みんなの家 かだって」
　　　　〒026-0021 岩手県釜石市只越町1-3-2

Along the River Kyoto

Our prints and a new zine with a story by Jon Williams with a translation by Noriko Tabei will be on an exhibition in Aesop Kawaramachi from Friday 18 April to 11 May.

If you are in Kyoto, please pop in and get a copy of your zine!

Along the River story

We are very excited to introduce a story for our prints Along the River!

Melbourne based writer Jon Williams produced a story to accompany our images.

Noriko Tabei, freelance writer, also based in Melbourne provided a Japanese translation.

This zine will be available for pick-up at Aesop Kawaramachi store in Kyoto, Japan from 18 April to 11 May while we are exhibiting a selection of our Along the River suite.

Zines will be available at Sticky Institute or contact us at mail@damonandkyoko.tk

Special thank-you to my lovely Irwin and McLaren bookbinders for letting me use the space!

Chicago Printmakers Collective

Some of our prints are showing at Chicago Printmakers Collective along with prints from the NY Society of Etchers!

Prints from the NY Society of Etchers
Until 26 April

Chicago Printmakers Collective

4642 N. Western Ave.
Chicago IL 60625 
info@chicagoprintmakers.com

Life Along the River at Odd One Out

Exhibition at Odd One Out

Thank you so much for everyone who came to the opening of Life Along the River at Odd One Out.

Exhibition is on until 30 March - please visit Odd One Out and say hi if you are in Hong Kong!

This exhibition and installation / exhibition at Aesop head office in Hong Kong wouldn't have been possible without the support of Phemie Chong, Margaret Liu and Cherri Ng.

Thank you so much!

Life Along the River

7- 30 March

Odd One Out

G/F 34 Sau Wa Fong

Wan Chai

Hong Kong

info@oddoneout.hk

Aesop Hong Kong

New installation at Aesop head office in Hong Kong!

Exhibitions at Aesop and Odd One Out are well under way. Exciting times ahead.

Phemie at Odd One Out and Damon!

Permanent installation and exhibition of selected prints at Aesop Head office in Hong Kong from 4 March.

Please join us see the installation with refreshments on 6 March, 6:30 - 8:30pm.

The complete suite of Along the River can be viewed at Odd One Out from 6 - 30 March.
You are all welcome to come to the opening party on 7 March, 7:00 - 9:00pm.

Life Along the River

Our set of etchings called Along the River is going to Hong Kong for an exhibition titled Life Along the River from 6 to 30 March at Odd One Out and Aesop Hong Kong.

Life Along the River is our collaborative suite of 14 etchings and an accompanying zine. The prints and zine are based on Damon's drawings of the riverside architecture of Kyoto, Japan with artistic interventions by Kyoko.
The drawings were made during our research trip to Japan in 2011 and 2013.

There will be a permanent installation at Aesop Head office in Hong Kong too.
Permanent installation and selected prints from the suite will be at Aesop Head office in Hong Kong from 4 March.
Please join us see the installation with refreshments on 6 March, 6:30 - 8:30pm.

The complete suite of Along the River can be viewed at Odd One Out from 6 - 30 March.
You are all welcome to come to the opening party on 7 March, 7:00 - 9:00pm.

Life Along the River
6 - 30 March
Aesop head office, Hong Kong
22 Upper Station Street
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong

Odd One Out
G/F 34 Sau Wa Fong
Wan Chai
Hong Kong

Along the River at Aesop Shibuya

Happy New Year to you all!

Thank you so much for everyone who supported us last year and we look forward to working / meeting you again this year.

We are very excited to announce our first exhibition of the year at Aesop Shibuya store in Tokyo on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 January.

Late last year, we installed another interior wall at Aesop Shibuya store.

This exhibition is to showcase both the wall installation as well as selection of our Along the River print suite. 

If you are in Tokyo, please pop into the store and look at our works with the refreshments!

Along the River
Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 January

Aesop Shibuya store
6-18-12 Jingu-mae, Shibuya, Tokyo
Japan
+81 3 5774 4761
aesop.shibuya@aesop.com

あけましておめでとうございます！
昨年は本当にお世話になりました。
いろいろな面でサポートして頂けたことを本当に感謝しております。
本年もよろしくお願い致します！

この度イソップ渋谷店にて１月１１日、１２日と展示会をさせて頂くことになりました。
是非その２日間店頭で飲み物と一緒に作品と、昨年末に行った壁のインスタレーションとを拝見してくださると光栄です。

イソップ渋谷店
東京都渋谷区神宮前６−８−１２

Words for missing type exhibition

We are very excited to be part of the exhibition 足りない活字のためのことば - Words for missing type in Japan from 1 October.

Using limited types found at a printer in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, 12 poets were asked to create poems. 6 printmakers made images to accompany some of these poems.

Exhibition runs from 1 October - 2 November.
Bakuro-cho Art + Eat
202 Agata-Takezawa Bldg. 1-2-11 Higashi-Kanda
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

There will be a reading session and talk by the poets and printmakers on 12 October at the gallery.
Information is on the website but in Japanese so if you need more information, please contact Kyoko.
I can get in touch with the curator.

Catching light, 2013

Exhibition - Along the River

After over two weeks of printing marathon, finally we've printed all 14 editions.
We are now getting ready for the exhibition next Wednesday 17 July!

We would love to meet you if you are around!

Along the River
Opening Wednesday 17 July from 6 to 7 pm

Exhibition continues until 5 August 2013

THE ART VAULT 
43 Deakin Avenue
Mildura
03 5022 0013
juliechambers@theartvault.com.au

Here is a picture of all the 14 proofs...

14 proofs on the wall

We are relieved that the most labour intensive part of this project has completed, though there are still few things to do for the show such as making zines and signing over 250 prints.

Last two prints

Thank you Sunraysia Daily for covering our project!

Never mind the unfortunate placement of the scam article :p Looks like we made lots of money with our prints!

McLeod G. Sunraysia Daily July 11 2013 p2

Progress - Day 11

9 proofs - 5 more prints to go

We have continued to print for our exhibition Along the River opening on Wednesday 17 July.
So far we made 9 editions, 5 more to go.

We are having the best printmaking time at the Art Vault, meeting lots of daily visitors, enjoying working with the director Julie Chambers and staff members, Robert, Tracy, Mia, Andrew and Julian.
Thank you so much Art Vault!

new edition

Near where Murray and Darling rivers meet, Wentworth, NSW

We caught up with Anne Spudvilas who moved to Wentworth last year.
Wentworth is a small but important town about 35km from Mildura where two of the Australia's greatest rivers meet. She took us around the town and an antique fair where I bought an old typewriter!!!!

Lagoon, Wentworth, NSW