12 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!
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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 on7 September 2022
Oki will be performing at Glad Cafe in Glasgow on 11 November, at the White Hotel in Salford on 12 November and at Cafe Oto in London on 14 November. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting travel to the UK by Ainu artist Oki on a debut UK tour with Rumiko
Read on6 September 2022
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
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 on25 March 2014
Project Haiku Prelude – Haiku Kami is dedicated to the victims of the Great Eastern Tohoku Earthquake at 11th March 2011. It consists series of paintings inspired by haiku. The project’s publication, proceeds from which are donated annually to Momo – Kaki Orphans Fund, is chaired by Tadao Ando (www.momokaki.org). It is the first publication of its kind and as such it has received support and encouragement from all the living authors, whose haiku is included in the project as well as institutions and organisations.
Read on24 March 2014
Discover the work of contemporary American artist Richard Hawkins in Richard Hawkins: Hijikata Twist, his first museum exhibition in the UK. The exhibition at Tate Liverpool brings together new works by the artist, exploring the ways in which classic Western figurative painting can be interpreted or ‘twisted’ to create ideas far beyond the established ideas of art history.
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting educational activities related to this exhibition.
Read on21 March 2014
This spring’s FIELD STUDIES 2014 Spring Worskhops at the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design (London Metropolitan University) include masterclasses with sound artist, AKIO SUZUKI and electronic musician, composer and visual artist, AKI ONDA.
Tickets are still available, but applications need to be submitted by 1 April 2014.
Read on17 March 2014
Two special Japanese music events at SOAS, University of London on Saturday and Sunday, 22 and 23 March 2014:
Read on16 March 2014
On Wednesday 2 April at 7:30pm, the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta, comprised of young musicians from schools in Fukushima, Japan will perform a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre.
Read on10 March 2014
The Welsh School of Architecture and the School of Psychology were delighted to present a 2-day seminar at Cardiff University, on 19-20 September, bringing together academics from the UK and Japan in the area of energy policy, media studies, and risk perception.
Read on4 March 2014
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures – Third Thursday Lecture Series, 20 March 2014 with Professor Joy Hendry.
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