Kensuke TodoSculptor

PICTURED WORKS

Untitled, 2007, Mild steel, 79.3 x 88 x 42 cm

Seibu (Seibu department store Tokyo), 2006, Mild steel, 31.6 x 17.6 x 116 cm

JR Osaka station, 2006, Mild steel, 37.3 x 31.2 x 165 cm

Exit, 2007, Mild Steel, 81.1 x 41.5 x 36 cm

A Height, 2006, Mild Steel, 71 x 54 x 52 cm

Born   1975, Kyoto, Japan

EDUCATION

2004   Master of Arts (Visual Arts), Canberra School of Art, ANU, Canberra

2002   Master of Visual Arts, Canberra School of Art, ANU, Canberra

2001   Bachelor of Arts, Kyoto Seika University, Japan

1999-2000  Exchange program, Canberra School of Art, ANU, Canberra

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010   Time, distance, speed, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

2008   Gradient, King Street Gallery on William

2006   confined spaces, king street gallery on burton, Sydney

2004   Ambiguity, M16 Gallery, Canberra

2000   Kensuke Todo: The works in Australia, Gallery ITEZA, Kyoto, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012   Lyricism:[the abstract in art], King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

2011   2011 Korea International Art Fair, 1F Hall A&B, Coex, Seoul

          Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney

          The 60th Blake Prize, The National Art School Gallery, Sydney

          Charlatan Ink Art Prize,  Manhattan Art Hotel, New York

          Prometheus Visual Art Award, The Prometheus Foundation Gallery, Gold Coast

2010   Audible Surface, M16 Artspace, Canberra

2009   Prometheus Visual Art Award, The Prometheus Foundation Gallery, Gold Coast           

          Urban, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

          Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council Chambers, Sydney

          City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

          Phoenix Prize, Canberra School of Art, ANU, Canberra

2008   Compositions, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney

          Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra

          Wilson HTM National Art Prize, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne; Grantpirrie Gallery,
          Sydney; Jan Manton Art, Brisbane

2005   Sculpture 2005, Defiance Gallery, Sydney

2004   33rd Alice Prize, The Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment, Alice Springs

          The Annual 6” Miniature Sculpture Show 2004, Defiance Gallery, Sydney

          Horizons, Canberra School of Art, ANU, Canberra

2003   The Annual 6” Miniature Sculpture Show 2003, Defiance Gallery, Sydney

          Witnessing to Silence: Art and Human Rights, Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art,
          ANU, Canberra

          New Sculpture New Contemporaries, Sydney

2002   Oxygen,  Canberra School of Art, ANU, Canberra

COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS

2009   Phoenix Prize

2008   Wilson HTM National Art Prize- Highly commended

2004   Bronze gum leaf for Blue Gum Community School, Canberra

          Graduate residency, Canberra School of Art, ANU

          Emerging Artist Support Scheme M16 studio residency and exhibition

COLLECTIONS

Artbank, Australia

Arthur Roe Collection, Melbourne

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Blue Gum Community School, Canberra

Canberra Museum and Gallery

Jackson Lalic Lawyers, Sydney

Resolution Capital Ltd, Sydney

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012   Dr Meehan, Olivia: ‘AN IDENTITY RE-FORGED IN MILD STEEL: THE WORK OF
          KENSUKE TODO,’ TAASA Review (The Journal of The Asian Arts Society of Australia),
          June 2012

2011   Roelants, Altair: ‘EXPERIENCES OF SPACE,’ australian ART REVIEW, issue 29, Sept 11

2009   Cerabona, Ron: ‘Space and spirit win religious art prize,’ The Canberra Times, Apr 11

          Norris, Yolande & Broker, David: ‘Artnotes: Final Phoenix’, Art Monthly, Issue 219, May

2008   Dunn, Jackie: Across the country, state by state, Artbank Catalogue, March

          Ham, Sofie: Wilson HTM National Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, ArtsHub Australia, Feb 6

          Wellington, Robert: ‘The shape of things to come,’ Art Market Report, Issue 29

          Wilson HTM National Art Prize, artworkers, Feb

          Street Shift, Wins Wilson HTM National Art Prize, artworkers, Feb 14

2007   Bevan, Robert: Art & Events, Vogue Living Australia, Jan/Feb. p74

          Adolph, Fiona: Artbank, Insite Magazine, p50

2004   Barron, Sonia: ‘Steely shapes of nihilism,’ Canberra Times, Dec 14