Wayne Andrew Crothers
●career
1961/Born Melbourne Australia
1980-82/Victoria College Melbourne, Australia, Diploma in Art and Design.
1992-94/Kyoto Seika University, Japan. Printmaking Research.
1994-96/Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan. Master of Fine Art.
1997/Artist in Residence (January, February, May), The Bundanon Trust, Nowra, Australia.
1997/Part-time teaching (May), Sydney College of the Arts.
1997-99/Visiting artist/part-time teaching, Australian National University, Canberra School of Art.
2001/Artist in Residence (March). The Pilar i Joan Miro Foundation, Majorca, Spain.
2002/Visiting lecturer (August). The Pilar i Joan Miro Foundation, Majorca, Spain
2003/Visiting artist and lecturer (March), Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, USA.
2001-03/Lecturer at Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan.
●selected individual exhibition.
2003/William's Art Center, Visual
Pennsylvania, USA.
2001/Continental Gallery, Sapporo. (August).
2000/Gallery Saoh-Tomos, Tokyo. (June). Continental Gallery, Sapporo. (August).
1999/Gallery Space 21, Tokyo (April). Art Space 201, Sapporo (December).
1998/Melbourne Fire Station Print Workshop. Australia
1997/Sherman Galleries, Hargrave Street. Sydney. Australia
1996/Rikugien Gallery, Ginza. Tokyo. Japan
1995/Setagaya Art Museum. Tokyo. Japan
1994/Shorin-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
1989/Girgis and Klim Gallery. Melbourne. Australia.
1986/Gallery Koto, Kyoto, Japan.
●selected group exhibitions.
2003/4th Egyptian International Print Triennial.Cairo.
2003/3rd Lithuanian International Artists Book Triennial.Vilnius, Lithuania.
2003/7th International Drawing & Print Biennial, Gyor, Hungary. (+1997, 99, 01)
2003/Cracow International Print Triennial, Poland.
and Drawing Exhibition.
Bangkok, Thailand.
2001/Estampa Art Fair,The Pilar i Joan Miro Foundation Booth.Madrid, Spain.
2001/Biennial de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe.PuertoRico.
2001/International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Prague. Czech Republic.
2000/Cracow International Print Triennial, Poland. Nurnberg, Germany.
2000/Hutchins Art Prize. Hobart, Australia.(+1999)
2000/5th Sapporo International Print Biennial,Japan.(+1998)
2000/10th Gielniak Grafic Competition, Poland.
1999/5th International Drawing & Print Biennial, Gyor,Hungary.(+1997)
1999/Australian National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula.(+1998)
1998/Slovakia International Woodcut & Engraving Triennial.
1998/11th Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia
1998/"Intergraphica" ; Katowice, Poland.Sofia,Bulgaria.Varna, Bulgaria.Bratislava, Slovakia.
1997/Cracow International Print Triennial, Poland. Nurnberg. Germany.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Selected group Exhibitions (cont)
1997/Fremantle Print Award, Australia.
1996/8th Finnish Print Triennial, “Grafica Creativa”, Finland.
1996/10th Seoul International Print Biennial, Korea.
1996/3rd Kochi International Print Triennial, Japan.
1996/64th Japan Print Association. Tokyo, Japan.
●Awards
2001/The Pilar i Joan Miro Foundation, Majorca, Spain. Experimental Project Grant.
2000/5th Sapporo International Print Biennial, Japan. Jury 's Award.
2000/"Intergraphics 2000". Katowice, Poland. Mayor of Katowice Award.
2000/10th Gielniak Grafic Competition, Poland. Distinction.
1998/Slovakia International Woodcut & Engraving Triennial. Ex Aequo Award.
1997/Cracow International Print Triennial, Poland. Statutory Award.
1997/Australian Printmedia Awards.
New Printmakers Award. 1997/International Drawing & Print Biennial, Gyor, Hungary. Honorary
1996/8th Finnish International Print Triennial “Grafica Creativa”. First Prize.
1996/64th Japan Print Association. First Prize
●selected collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
The Pilar i Joan Miro Foundation, Majorca, Spain.
Museum Central Finland, Jyvaskyla.
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Australia
Casula Powerhouse Centre, Sydney, Australia.
Bratislava State Gallery, Slovakia.
Art Museum of Warsaw, Poland.
Museum of Jeleniej Goze, Poland.
Art Museum of Tallinn, Estonia.
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Machida International Print Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kyoto Seika University, Japan.
Sannohe Municipal Collection, Aomori, Japan.
Itsukaichi Municipal Collection, Tokyo, Japan.
●selected bibliography
*“The Japan Times” February 20, 2002.“Reinventing Woodblock”
*Dairo de Mallorca,, September 5, 2002 “Printed Ideas on Japanese Paper” J. Cortina.
*El Mundo/El Dia De Belears. November 22, 2001. ”Tradition and innovation of the hand at the Miro Foundation”
Paula Estaben.
*"Grapheion "(European Review of
Modern Prints, Book and Paper Art) July-Sept 1999, “A man from the forest of forgotten sensations”. Morokawa Haruki.
*"Imprint Australia", Spring 1997,. Dissolving Memory”Ralph Kiggell..
*"The Art of Print" Japan, Autumn 1996, Uchida Keizo.
*Keskisuomalain News, Finland, 27th July 1996, Jukka Komppa.