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Selected group exhibitions 2009 Once Removed The 53rd Venice Bienniale 2009 in the Australian contingent curated by Felicity Fenner 2008 Uncertain Landscapes Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Heat: Art and Climate Change at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia East Wind curated by Mitsuo Shoji, Cudgegong Gallery, NSW Australia 2006 Verge 11th National Ceramics Conference/ Exhibition, QLD Australia 2005 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, selected as finalist, Gold Coast City Arts Gallery, Australia The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2005, selected as finalist, Sydney, Australia The Art of Flowers a part of Sydney city event, Art & About , Government House, Sydney Australia Valency CSIRO Discovery, Canberra, Australia Dimensions Variable ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia Present Tense, The ANU School of Art gallery, Australia 2004 "Asian Traffic" The official parallel event 2004 Sydney Biennale, gallery 4a, Sydney, Australia Selected solo exhibitions 2005 Sweet Barrier Reef curated by Nicholas Tsoutas, Art Space, Sydney, Australia fumie-butterfly mandala West Space, Melbourne, Australia Sugar Project-Underwater Phatspace, Sydney, Australia 2003 fumie-tiles at CSIRO Discovery, Canberra, Australia Artist Residency 2005 Gunnery Studio, Sydney Education 2008 PhD candidate, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney 2003–05 Master of Arts (Visual Arts), School of Art, Australian National University 1992-96 Bachelor of Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, Chiba, Japan Work Experience 2007-08 Contract Ceramicist of Dinosaur Designs 2006 Dinosaur Design, Principal Mould Maker and Production Developer 2000-03 Toshio Kinjo Pottery, Okinawa, Japan Apprentice under Pottery Master Toshio Kinjo, oldest son and master of the kiln of Jiro Kinjo, a National Living Treasure of Japan 1996-99 Meitan Tradition Co, Ltd. Tokyo Office. Financial broker in the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market. US dollar and Japanese Yen trading (Tokyo Derivative Dealing Desk 97-99) Reviews 2008 ‘Sunday Arts" ABC TV, Heat: Art and Climate change, ABC1, 5:30pm 12 October 2008 "Sunday Arts" ABC TV, feature story of Ken Yonetani, ABC1, 5pm 16 March 2008 "Sugar point sugar-coated" written by Tim Lloyd, The Advertiser March 5 2008 2007 "The nature of art" written by Felicity Fenner, Art and Australia Autumn issue 2005 "Sweet revenge" written by Julia Yonetani, Artlink Vol 25 No 4 "Art competition attracts the cream…and sugar" written by Jenny Rogers, The Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin, December 3-4 "Sweet tooth" written by Andrew Taylor, Sydney Weekly, October 26 "The subject that’s not so sweet" written by Kim’ O’conner, Wentworth Carrier, October 19 2005 "Artist tasting sweet success" written by Kate Crawford, The Mosman Daily and The North Shore Times ctober 19 2005 "Dimensions Variable" written by Erica Seccomble, Un Magazine, issue 5 "Sweet Barrier Reef" interview with David Jobling, 2SER FM Radio July 19 Ken Yonetani exhibition in "Critic’s picks" written by Tracey Clement, The Sydney Morning Herald, Metro May 6-12 "Present Tense" written by John Stockdill, Artlook issue #08 "shifting gears: asian traffic" written by Felicity Fenner, Artlink Vol 24 2004 "Ken Yonetani’s fumie-tiles, The Art of Destruction" written by Julia Humphry, Ceramics Art and Perception, issue 57 "’fumie-tiles’ Ken Yonetani’s exhibition at CSIRO Discovery, ACT" written by Jeff Doyle The Australian Ceramics, issue 43 2003 "Exhibition highlights our fragile environment" written by Megan Doherty, The Canberra Times, November 21 Collections 2009 Art Bank, private collections Grants, Sponsorship, and Awards 2007 New Work Grant for Established Artists from Australia Council for the Arts 2005 The Gunnery Studio Residency from NSW Ministry for the Arts/ NAVA Marketing Grant 2004 Arts ACT Quick Response Grant/ Walker Ceramics Company/ Hazelbrook nursery/ R.E.C. Landscape Supplies/ ANU School of Art Material Award 2003 The Pat Corrigan Artist’s Grant (managed by NAVA with financial assistance from the Australia Council)/ CSIRO Discovery/ANU
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