13 October 2022
News category: Scholarships
12 October 2022
'The Smell of the Earth After the Rain' by Symy Ong - on until 30 October 2022
The current exhibition at Klei in London is of work by Daiwa Scholarships alumna Symy Ong. Currently Oxford-based, artist Symy Ong is exhibiting her first body of work back in the UK since spending time in Japan on the Daiwa Scholarship!
Read on18 September 2022
Daiwa Scholarships alumna Kathleen Reilly has been shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2022
Very many congratulations to Daiwa Scholarships alumna Kathleen Reilly who has been shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards. ‘Oku’ is a new knife design produced in collaboration with highly skilled craftsmen in Tsubame City – an area renowned for over 400 years of metalworking in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2022/shortlists/oku/
Read on16 September 2022
The 2022 Ian Nish Prize has been awarded for former Daiwa Scholar in Japanese Studies - Warren Stanislaus
Very many congratulations to former Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies Scholar Warren A. Stanislaus who was awarded the 2022 Ian Nish Prize for his article “From Cool Japan to Cold Japan: Grime Cyborgs in Black Britain” (2022). The Ian Nish Prize is awarded annually for the best article by an early career researcher in any
Read on6 September 2022
16 Daiwa Scholars arrive in Tokyo!
16 Daiwa Scholars from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 cohorts have arrived in Japan! The start of the programme has been delayed by two years in the case of the 2020 Scholars and by one year in the case of the 2021 Scholars. We wish them a great twelve months of language study (at Waseda),
Read on4 September 2022
Artist talk by Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Carl Randall
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and figurative painter Carl Randall was invited by the Japan Society London to give a talk on 4 July 2022. (Link to the video of the talk is below.) The talk took place at the Swedenborg Society in Bloomsbury, central London. In this illustrated lecture Carl gave an insight into his series
Read on24 June 2022
'Painting Modern Japan', with artist Carl Randall for the Japan Society on 4 July 2022
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall has been invited by The Japan Society London to give a talk about his Japan paintings and decade spent in Japan as an artist. The talk with take place on Monday 4 July 2022 from 6.45pm, at The Swedenborg Society, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH. It will be
Read on6 June 2022
Carl Randall oil painting to feature in Brixton exhibition - Contemporary British Portait Painters Exhibition 2022
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall has been invited to exhibit his oil painting ‘Hairdressers at Night’ at the 2022 Contemporary British Portrait Painters exhibition, 11 to 18 June, at The Department Store Brixton, London, SW9 8FR. The Contemporary British Portrait Painters collective are proud to hold this major new exhibition of work, including
Read on26 April 2022
Carl Randall's 'Hairdressers at Night' is on show at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2022 exhibition
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus Carl Randall will exhibit his new oil painting Hairdressers at Night at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2022 exhibition, at the Mall Galleries London, 5 to 14 May 2022. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition is one of the world’s most extensive contemporary portrait exhibitions, forming a showcase of
Read on22 April 2022
Documentary on Navalny
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Edmund Stenson was associate editor on the thrilling documentary, Navalny. It is being shown at cinemas around the world and on BBC2 on Monday, 25 April at 9pm.
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