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太田奈緒美 |
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Naomi Ota is a fibre installation artist. Her work
is a complex cross-over between textile and contemporary art. Her field
also extends into theatrical installations. Ota is a core member of a
dance performance unit, Tony Yap Company. Her broad experience as a professional
artist has contributed a unique cultural context to the discipline.
Ota
has been involved in various national and international exhibitions /
events / performances, such as 'Scent of whiteness' (solo installation
exhibition, Esplanade, Singapores), the '3rd Biwako Biennale' (Oumi-hachiman,
Japan), '5th Triennial International Textile Exhibition' (Tounai, Belgium),
'Brisbane Arts Festival' (QUT), 'pins & needles' (National Gallery of
Victoria), 'Flax & Linen Biennial' (Normandy, France), 'Tamworth Fibre
Textile Biennial' (touring Australia), 'Diaphanous II' (Nokia Singapore
Arts Festival, Singapore), 'the 4th International Textile Fair' (Kyoto,
Japan) which she received the award grand prix. Her works are included
in public collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Museum of Victoria,
Art Bank, The Royal Brand Association in NSW and Kyoto Nishijin Textile
Industrial Association.
Ota
has an MA by research (sculpture) from RMIT University, Melbourne, and
an MA (Textile) from Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan. She is currently
a PhD candidate at RMIT (Textile).
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| Qualifications |
| Currently |
PhD
candidate - Faculty of Art, Design and Communication,
RMIT University, Melbourne
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| 1993
- 1996 |
M.A.Fine
Art by Research - Sculpture, RMIT University, Melbourne |
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| 1986
- 1988 |
M.A.Fine
Arts - Fibre, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 1982
- 1986 |
B.A.Fine
Arts - Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan |
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| Grant
/ Award |
| 2008 |
Arts
Development (tyc) - Arts Victoria |
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| 2008 |
Key
Orgabisation Grant, Emerging (tyc)- Australia Council for the Arts |
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| 2008 |
City
of Melbourne Art Funding (tyc) |
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| 2008 |
Cultural
Exchange (tyc) - Arts Victoria |
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| 2008 |
Skills
and Arts Development - Australia Council for the Arts |
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| 2008 |
International
Market Development - Arts Victoria |
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| 2007 |
The
Australian International Cultural Council (tyc), 2007 |
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| 2007 |
Kultour
- touring grant for Australian Multicultural Arts (tyc) - Australian Council
for the Arts |
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| 2007 |
International
Market Development (tyc) - Australia Council for the Arts/Arts Victoria |
| 2007 |
Multicultural
Festivals & Events - Victorian Multicultural Commission |
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| 2005 |
The
Nomura Cultural Foundation grant |
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| 2004 |
International
Program - Arts Victoria |
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| 2004 |
Artists
in Schools - Department of Education & Training/Arts Victoria |
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| 2002 |
The
Japan Foundation, local grant |
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| 1994 |
First
Prize - Grand Prix, the 4th International Textile Fair (Kyoto, Japan) |
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| 1993 |
Subsidy
for Young Artists - Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
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Public
Collections
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| National
Gallery of Victoria / Art Bank / Museum of Victoria |
| Nishijin
Textile Industrial Association / The Royal Blind Association in NSW |
| Membership
- Professional bodies |
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| Craft
Victoria / Multicultural Arts Victoria / Asia-Australia Art Centre, Sydney
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| City
of Melbourne Public Arts Committee Board |
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| Selected
Exhibitions / Performance / Projects |
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| 2009 |
The
Buddha my body - A Palimpsest, International
collaborative performance, 45 downstairs |
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Buddha
body series 1 - Melangkori, Multi-modal performance, Northcote Town
Hall, Melbourne |
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Edge
- Pulse, site-specific multimedia art performance, City Village Rooftop,
Melbourne |
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| 2008 |
The
Buddha my body - A Palimpsest, International
collaborative performance, Arko Arts Theatre, Seoul, Korea |
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The
Buddha my body - A Palimpsest, International
collaborative development and performance, Miroto, Indonesia |
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Scent
of Whiteness, Solo installation exhibition, Esplanade Theatre, Singapore
>>See
details |
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| 2007 |
Palimpsest
- International collaborative development stage-one
with Nottle
Theatre
- Hooyong Performing Arts Centre Artist-In-Residency, Sth Korea >>See
details
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| E1-Aether
- Performance / Installation project, Biwako
Biennale, Oumi-hachiman, Shiga,
Japan >>See
details |
| E1-evocation
of a lost boy - Performance at Asian Arts Mart, Esplanade, Singapore
>>See
details |
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Ikat
weaving demonstration - National Gallery of Victoria |
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| 2006 |
Ether
- @ accented body, Brisbane Arts Festival >>See
details
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Waterhouse-natural
history art prize - South Australian Museum, Adelaide |
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in
the stillness - Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney |
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| 2005 |
Ether
(development preview) - collaborative performance project, QUT, Brisbane
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in
the stillness - Craft Victoria Gallery 1&2, Melbourne >>See
photos |
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The
5th Triennial International Textile Arts Exhbition, Tournai, Belgium |
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Japonica
ecletica - miwa cybele gallery, Melbourne |
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| 2004 |
Japanese
garden project - Artist in School at Broadford secondary college >>See
details |
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Saji
& Yoji - Gallery Hanare, Hyogo, Japan |
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The
Space Between - International conference, Perth Institute of Contemporary
Arts |
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Pins
& Needles - National Gallery of Victoria |
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| 2003 |
National
Conference - Federation of Ethnic Communitiesﾕ
Councils of Australia - Melbourne Museum |
| 2002 |
Innovative
Textile - Ararat Gallery, Ararat, Victoria |
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Silence
Descends - Gabriel Gallery, Footscray Community Art Centre, Melbourne |
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| 2001 |
Spirit
of Beehive - Collaboration with ess//Hoshika, Melbourne Spring Fashion
Week |
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| 2000 |
Chinese
Whispers - The Study Gallery, UK |
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The
5th In Our Hands - Nagoya Trade & Industry Centre, Japan |
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2on.
Mini-Textile International Contemporary Art Exhibition - M.X.Space,
Barcelona, Spain |
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| 1999 |
Diaphanous
II - Nokia Singapore Arts Festival, Singapore |
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The
First Tactile Arts Exhibition - Customs House, Sydney |
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Diaphanous
I - Span Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1998 |
13th
Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial - Touring interstates, Australia |
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Mapping,
Streaming, Accumulating - Arts Victoria |
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| 1997 |
Drawing
Exhibition - Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 1996 |
The
1st Flax&Linen Biennial in Upper-Normandy - Normandy, France |
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| 1995 |
To
Read An Accumulated Recollection - RMIT Gallery in Storey Hall, Melbourne |
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Australian
Decorative Arts - Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne |
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| 1994 |
The
11th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial - Touring interstates, Australia |
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| 1993 |
Simile
- Craft Victoria, Melbourne |
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| 1992 |
A.C.A.F.
3 (The 3rd Australian Contemporary Art Fair) - Royal Exhibition Building,
Melbourne |
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Joint
Exhibition - Gryphone Gallery, University of Melbourne |
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| 1991 |
To
Find a Ground - Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 1989 |
3cm
above the Ground - Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 1988 |
Selected
Works in Kyoto - Kyoto City Museum, Japan |
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| 1987 |
Untitled
(Solo Exhibition) - Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan |
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