Asialink

taiwan

Kelli McClusky & Steven Bull (2003), taiwan

Founded in 1996, pvi collective produce art combining elements of performance, video & installation with public acts of intervention. In 2002 pvi collective undertook a residency at Taipei Artists’ Village in Taiwan. Involving the public, local art students, other artists and staff from the village, pvi worked towards orchestrating a live art event at the underground rail network stations in Taipei. From this event flowed a new media installation, Panopticon: Taipei which attempted to actively reclaim a sense of control over the public spaces we inhabit and the technologies we use.

Funded by Arts Western Australia, The Australia Council and ANAT.

Jayne Dyer

Jayne Dyer (2008), taiwan

Jayne Dyer's practice is multi-disciplined with an installation focus. Extensive national and international exhibitions and awards include regular participation in curated exhibitions and projects in Asia; residencies in Hong Kong (Lingnan University), Beijing (Asialink), Paris (Art Gallery of NSW) and Italy (Monash University) and commissions for the 2006/7 Sydney Writers Festival. In 2005 she received an Australian Public Service Medal for contributions to the arts and education. At Taipei Artist Village Dyer developed new work for the projects Treasured Possessions and I Wish - photographic and text essays addressing perception and identity through intersecting personal narratives from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.

Supported by Arts NSW and the Australia Council.

Simon Cooper

Simon Cooper (2010), taiwan

Based in Darwin, Simon Cooper is a multi-disciplinary artist who works primarily in sculpture and photography. He has participated in residencies and exhibitions in Australia and abroad, including Thailand, India and Vietnam. Cooper completed his Masters at the College of Fine Art, Sydney, in 2007 and currently teaches in the School of Creative Art and Humanities, Charles Darwin University. He is also a board member of 24HR Art, NT. As artist in residence at Taipei Artists Village, he will produce sculpture in response to Taiwan’s unique relationship to clothing and costume.

Supported by Arts NT and the Australia Council.
Julie Bartholomew

Julie Bartholomew (2009), taiwan

An artist and educator in the inter-disciplinary practice of sculptural porcelain and digital media, Julie Bartholomew has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Australia and Asia including Tokyo (Australia Council), Beijing and Shanghai (Australia Council and Australia-China Council). Her work was shown in the Wollongong City Gallery exhibition Zhongjian:Midway, which tours China and Australia during 2009-10. Bartholomew completed her Doctorate at the College of Fine Arts, Sydney, in 2006. At the Taipei Artists Village she developed new work for Vanishing Ground, a digital/object installation documenting community life in public spaces across Asia. It examines the impact of rapidly expanding consumerism on communal spaces that are central to cultural identity.

Supported by Arts NSW and The Australia Council. 

Megan Keating

Megan Keating (2006), taiwan

Megan Keating’s practice includes painting, installation and paper cutting.  She has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and her work is held in the collections of Artbank, BHP Billiton and the Australian Embassy, Beijing.  At the Taipei International Artists Village, Keating undertook a broad range of activities, extending her practice to include performance, collaboration and site-specific outdoor installation work.  She participated in two major exhibitions, Loop and In Dreams Begin Responsibilities as well as two performances.  Keating also gave workshops, artist talks and held an open studio.

Funded by the Australia Council and Arts Tasmania.

Ella Barclay

Ella Barclay (2011), taiwan

Ella Barclay is concerned with the impulsive and intuitive behaviours brought about by new technologies. She is a board member at runway magazine and has recently exhibited throughout regional New South Wales. At Treasure Hill Artist Village Ella will explore the city’s complex Asian, European and Polynesian cultural and political past. She will produce a site-specific installation that employs projection, water tanks and fog, and will use the city of Taipei as her muse. (SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS)

Paul Caporn (2004), taiwan

Working primarily in the fields of sculpture, animation, video and installation, Paul Caporn‘s work engages with scientific themes within the museum. During Paul Caporn’s residency at the Taipei Artists’ Village in Taiwan he mounted a solo exhibition at the Taipei Arts Festival, collaborated in a short film, participated in a group exhibition and developed new video works where he explored robotics and made collaborative work with Taiwanese artists.

Fund by the Australia Council.

Penny Cain (2007), taiwan

Penny Cain is a cross-disciplinary artist who works primarily with video, photography and installation, exhibiting widely across Australia. She is interested in the effect of contemporary culture and the built environment on the human condition. Cain has been using the ‘city' as a frame of reference and has been examining the adaptive expression of basic human instincts to contemporary life and urban environment. At the Taipei Artists Village Cain completed an installation piece for the Winter artist-in-residence exhibition “Citylogue”. She also developed new video and multimedia work reflecting on the language and environmental differences between Australia and Taiwan.

Supported by Arts NSW and the Australia Council.