15 December 2017
The featured two miniature paintings are included in the group exhibition Small is Beautiful at Flowers Gallery, Cork St. Central London, 14th December 2017 – 6th January 2018. Flowers is one of the UK’s leading commercial galleries, with galleries in New York, Central London and East London, representing prominent British figurative painters such as Peter Howson, Ken
Read on10 November 2017
The Experience Japan Exhibition is now in its seventh year. The event gets bigger each year with more and more people taking part to find out about the growing range of study and work opportunities available in Japan. Experience Japan 2017 will take place at the Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG on Saturday, 18 November, 12:00 – 18:00. Admission is free of charge.
Read on12 October 2017
Representatives of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and members of the Daiwa Scholars Alumni Association will be giving hour-long presentations about the Daiwa Scholarships at universities around the country during Autumn 2017.
Read on11 August 2017
Last chance to see Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall’s ‘London Portraits’ hanging at the National Portrait Gallery in London. They will be on display until the end of August 2017.
Read on28 July 2017
Perspectives on Hijikata Research Collective invite you to join them for a week-long event in Hijikata’s hometown Akita this September! We will kick-start the week with a tour of Mount Haguro, led by a mountain monk [yamabushi], and a visit (for those who are not too squeamish) to the self-mummified Buddhist monks [sokushinbutsu] of Yamagata prefecture.
Read on3 May 2017
Carl Randall’s portraits of actress Julie Walters and comedienne Jo Brand are exhibiting at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition at The Mall Galleries London, May 4th – 19th. The oil paintings were made as a result of sittings with Julie Walters (Academy Award nominated and BAFTA/Golden Globe, best known for roles in Educating Rita,
Read on24 February 2017
Two of Daiwa Scholarship alumnus Carl Randall’s oil paintings, “David Mitchell and the Whispering Gallery” and “Katie Leung and the Shed” have been shortlisted for this year’s Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize at The Mall Galleries London, March 6th – 18th.
Read on4 January 2017
Even in the post-war, as Japan first rebuilt from the ruins of the Pacific War and then underwent a process of economic and industrial growth that brought with it pollution, urban dislocation and rapid technological development, the myth and reality of Japan as a land of beautiful objects has persisted and in turn continued to inspire artists and makers abroad.
Read on25 November 2016
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus Carl Randall was recently commissioned to paint Miho no Matubara by The Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum for their collection (of this World Heritage site in Shizuoka, also depicted by Hiroshige).
Read on25 October 2016
Japan has it all. It integrates a perfect balance of East and West, of tradition and modernity, of order and chaos. And now there are more opportunities than ever before to study and work in this unique country.
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