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Marcel CousinsBorn, 1972, Melbourne Australia
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| QUALIFICATIONS |
2000 - 2002 Japanese Government "Monbusho" Scholarship Award to study printmaking under Professor Nakabayashi at Tokyo National University of Music and Fine Art, Masters
Student [received First Class Honours]
1999 Research Student/Printmaking at Tokyo National University of Music and Fine Art, Monbusho Scholarship
1994 - 1996 Bachelor of Fine Art, Major Printmaking, Victoria College of The Arts Victoria (First Class Honours 95/96)
1993 Bachelor of Graphic Design, Swinburne University, Victoria (incomplete) |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
2004 Official Language, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2003 Fishing in a Bath Tub, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2002 Looking in the Rear Vision Mirror, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2002 Please Pass The Pepper, Miyuki Gallery, Tokyo
2001 If You Want To Be Moved Take The Bus, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1999 Careful!, I know judo and four other Japanese words Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1998 Insert Coins Maki Gallery, Tokyo
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| CURATED EXHIBITIONS |
2005 Co-curated End, Kings A.R.I, Melbourne
2004 Co-curated 33 Degrees, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2005 Half-Life, Kings A.R.I, Melbourne
2005 Orientalism, curated by Renai Grace, Blindside, Melbourne
2005 10th Anniversary Show, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2004 New Social Commentaries, Warnambool Art Prize, Warnambool Art Gallery
2004 33 Degrees, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2003
Royal Rumble, Kings artist run space, Melbourne
2003
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
2002 The Mysteries of Japan, Satelite Gallery, Paris
2002 D'lan contemporary art space, Brisbane
2001 this is me, ddm gallery, Shanghai, China
1999 Trash live exhibition Tokyo waterfront site - curated by Mr Yamagishi, owner/director Maki Gallery
1998
Victoria College of the Arts, Union Grant Exhibition
1998 Larger Than Life Gallery Chika, Ebisu Tokyo with Daisuke Deguchui, Ikuyo Kawaguchi, Trinh Vu
1998 Fremantle Print Award Exhibition Fremantle Western Australia
1997 ActivArt Asiz Gallery, Tokyo (supported by the Australian Embassy)
1997 Fremantle Print Award Exhibition Fremantle, Western Australia
1997 Australian Printmedia Award Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Sydney
1996 Annual Summer Print Show Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1996 Hong Ik University 50th Commemorative Exhibition Hong Ik University, Seoul, South Korea (including work from Japan, America and China)
1996 Faraway So Close Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
1996 Computer Art and Technology Exhibition Stop 22 Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Fremantle Print Award Exhibition Fremantle, Western Australia
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| AWARDS |
2005 Prometheus Visual Arts Award, Gold Coast, Queensland
2005 Hobart City Council Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania
2004
Finalist in Alice Springs Art Prize
2004 Finalist in Geelong Art Prize
2004 Kao Foundation Grant, Japan
2003 Acquistion Award, Conrad Jupiters Art Prize 2003
2000/02 Monbusho Scholarship, Japanese Ministry of education, Masters Student
2002 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize finalist
2001 Fremantle Print Award, finalist, Western Australia
2000 Dyson Bequest awarded by the Director of the National Gallery of New South Wales
1999 Japanese Monbush Scholarship, research project, National University of Fine Art, Tokyo
1998
Victoria College of the Arts, Student Union Grant
1998 Queens Trust Young Achievers Award to undertake an internship at Shin Nishon Zokei Co. print studio Tokyo, Japan under print master Masao Ikeda
1996
Principal Lecturer's Award VCA, Melbourne
1996 T'gallant wine label award, work placed on the Chardonnay 1996
1996 Queens Trust Young Achievers Grant
1996 Logan City Art Award Finalist, Logan Queensland
1996Canson Print Award work exhibited in Melbourne and Sydney
1995 Victoria College of the Arts, National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association Encouragement Award
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| COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS |
2005 BHP Billiton, Melbourne
2003
Artbank
2003 Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2003 The Michael Buxton Collection
2002 Illustrated "Cheelin the Giraffe Who Went To China" A Silk Road Project
2001 Artbank Australia Collection
2000 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1998 Artbank Australia Collection
1996 Victoria College of the Arts Collection
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
2005 Orientalism, Catalogue essay, Kirsten Matthews
2005 Half-Life, Catalogue essay, Mark Penny
2004 The Sunday Age Preview, Ashley Crawford, October 2004, pg 32-33
2004 Imprint, Spring 2004, Vol 39, number 3, pg 25
2004 Official Language, Catalogue essay, Ashley Crawford
2003 Catalogue No 18, full page image in Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Catalogue
2003 Vogue Mag, Nov 2003, FRAMED
2003 ABC TV, Asia Focus, closing the progamme, Sunday Nov 19
2003 Cream, oct/nov/dec 2003, artofficial, 'Kissing Cousins'
2003 Monument Issue #57, Nick Dent, Site Exhibition
2003Australian Art Collector Issue #26, Edward Colless
2002 The Age, Domain, Holly Evans, diary with image
2002 MVC, Micheal Magnusson, June, full page with image
2002 Oyster Magazine Issue 40 June /July,full page with image
2002 Australian Style, July, full page article with images, Holly O'Neil
2002 Black and White, Issue 61 June/July. Pg 6 mixed media Felicity Loughrey
2002 Catalog Magazine, www.catalogmag.com/futureshock78.html, Ishil Ishytar
2002 Art Monthly, March, Neilton Clark
2002 Monument Issue 47 April/May 02, Listing with Image,
2002 Australian Art Collector, Andrew Frost [Review] Issue 20, April-June 2002
2001 Australian Style, June Issue Ticket To Ride Andrew Frost
2001 Printmaking Today, Vol10No1, London E2 8AG, Learning To Look Both Ways
1999 The Sunday Age Kay Stewart [Review] 28 November
1999 Asashi Evening News[Japan], Debut Leaves lasting Imprint Monty Dipietro
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| CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLICATIONS |
2005 Sesame #3, Melbourne
2002 Australian Art in the National Gallery of Australia
2000 Printmaking Today, London, United Kingdom
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| RESIDENCY |
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2003 Three month residency in artist studio, Japan. April/June 2003
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