2017
The Residency Program is made possible by the generous support of our funders. In 2017 Asialink Arts awarded residencies to 33 individual artists, supporting 28 Australian arts professionals to Asia. Five inbound residencies were awarded to artists from Japan, Taiwan, India and Korea.
Australia
Rui Mizuki is a Kyoto based artist who interprets the urban environment through drawing and sculptural photography. Mizuki will spend three months at RMIT SITUATE, making use of RMITs extensive facilities and presenting new work. This residency is part of a new Creative Industries Exchange between Tokyo Wonder Site and RMIT.
While in residence ceramic artist Alice Lin will experiment with local clays and produce new ceramic sculptures. Her residency is part of the ongoing Fremantle Arts Centre-Taipei Artist Village exchange.
Glass artist Ayano Yoshizumi will be based at Canberra Glassworks for six weeks. Treating her sculptures as three-dimensional canvases, Yoshizumi will combine Fauvist influences with glassblowing techniques to create a series of new objects. Her residency is part of a three-year exchange between Canberra Glassworks and Toyama Glass Studio, Japan.
Abhishek Hazra will extend his interest in the history of science by conducting a series of biochemical experiments at SymbioticA. Based in Bangalore, Abhishek Hazra has exhibited at high profile institutions and events such as the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Science Gallery, Dublin, Reykjavik Art Museum and MAXXI Museum, Rome.
Korean artist Heo Subin’s artistic practice is based around the exploration of light, which he expresses through sculptures, installations and photographic light boxes. Heo Subin will spend 10 weeks at Art Space before joining Australian artist Khadim Ali at BigCi in the Blue Mountains.