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Multidisciplinary expression for me are the possibilities that lie in between media and channels. When different discipines and ideas are brought together, there is an opportunity for the unexpected to develop.
AWARDS
2005 Foundation "M" Award, Transart Institute, Krems
2004 UTNE Independent Press Award (Design), Kyoto Journal
2004 Graham Foundation, Adv. Studies in Fine Arts (book support)
2004 Nissho Iwai Foundation Tokyo, book making grant
2003 Photo Contest Award of Honorific Mention
Village Photo Series of the Japanese Ministry for Agriculture
2002 HOW Magazine's 3rd Interactive Design Prize (winner)
Interactive Ad for Intel's Fall Campaign 2001, Santa Clara
2001 Fashion Photo Contest Award of Honorific Mention
Crossroads Photo Contest, San Francisco
2000 Robert Bell Outstanding Achievement Award
Multimedia Studies Program, San Francisco
1991 Modelia Men Fashion Poster Design Prize (winner)
Swiss Advertising Week Gazette, Zurich
EDUCATION
2005~ Graduate studies (low-residency) in Fine Arts
TransArt Institute, Danube University
2000 Multimedia Studies Certificate Program
San Francisco State University
1997 Fine Art Vocational Program
Medieval Painting Techniques Basel School of Art
1995 Fine Art Vocational Program
Fleisher Art Academy Philadelphia
1994 Visual Design degree
Zurich School of Art
1990 Jewelry Design degree
Zurich School of Art
EXHIBITIONS
2006/6 SLOW – Kansai Int. Photographers Association
2005/12 PEACEworks – Kansai Int. Photographers Association
Int. Community House, Kyoto
2005/9 Sento – The Japanese Bath House
The Noodle Gallery, San Francisco
2004/6 Asian Treasures, Street Impressions from China
Honenin Noriba Gallery, Kyoto
2004/5 Garden Photos Redefined
Swiss Embassy Tokyo
2004/4 Garden Photos Redefined
Kyoto Art Center
2001 Photo Work Show
Usine Gaupillat, Paris
1994 Annual Student Show
Fleisher Art Academy Philadelphia
1993 Fine Art Talent Exposée
Culture Center Brugg, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS
2007/3 Photo doc for Transart Institute, Linz, school's DVD presentation
2006/11 Cover photo design for Kyoto Journal Magazine #64 (Unbound, Gender in Asia)
2006/3 Photo feature for Hors Ligne magazine, Geneva; The Spirit of Skinship
2006/2 Photo feature for Kansai Timeout Magazine, Wholesale Market Kyoto
2005/8 Photo feature for Kansai Timeout Magazine, Kamogawa: One River, Many Faces
2005/4 Full Photo & Design Work for Shigemori garden book, Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley
2005/3 Photo & Design Concept for Kyoto Bridges
Japanese Religions Study Center, Kyoto
2004/7 Photo Contribution for SMOKE - History of Smoking
Reaktion Books, London
2004/7 Special Feature on Chinese Tobacco Culture
Monitor Magazine, London
2004/6 "Kyoto Moments" Photo Card Series
Kamibashi Paper Store
2004/5 Photo Report on Tea Picking
Kyoto Prefectural International Center
2004/3 Photo Report on Multicultural Japan 3/04
Kyoto Journal Magazine #56
2004/2 Photo Contribution on Asian Streetlife
Creative Treatment, No. 5 Street(life)
2003/11 Installation on Chinese Cicarette Packs
Kyoto Journal Magazine #55
2003/4 Photo Documentary on Country people in Japan
Kyoto Visitor's Guide, April Issue
2001 Concept photography for CD jackets
Record Label DreamsByDegrees.com
2001 Project “Guardian Angel”
Ongoing Self Portrait Series
1998 “Seven Songs on Armenia”
Documentation on a nation shacken by disaster
1995 “Friends for Life” A Visual Log
Life in the 5th poorest town in America (Camden, New Jersey)
REVIEWS
DailyGood.org, “Inspiring Goodness” feature, 02/26/07
NonstarvingArtists.com mag, Art+Life in Kyoto, 02/05/07
Kansai Timeout, An Artist At Work and Play, 01/07
Japan Design Net, Public Creative Treatments, 12/06
Performing Arts Blog, A Moment For Art, 10/06
Get The Message Across, City Canal Tour, 10/06
Pacific Tides, You're Part of It, 10/06
Presentation Zen, Life as Art Practice, 09/06
Swiss Radio International, Performance Art for Democracy, 07/06
Soc. of Writers, Editors & Translators, Tokyo; book design, 3/06
Total Image Nation, event review, London, 11/05
The Japan Times, interview, Tokyo, 11/05
Kyoto Journal no. 61, Kyoto 10/05
Journal of Japanese Gardening, Rockport, ME, 9/05
Things Asian Magazin, San Francisco 8/05
iKjeld, book review, Ashiya, 04/05
Presentation Zen, event review, Osaka, 04/05
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS
remo media center, Osaka, video screening 06/18/07
Venturous Vanguard Video Festival'07, selected film, Los Angelos
NIPAF'07, Nagoya, performance contribution, 03/01/07
Studio 27, San Francisco, Oral Action, video screening, 02/23/07
Miyako Eco Fair, Kyoto, I-Love-Trashdays video contribution 02/07
Point B Studio, Williamsburg, Brooklyn/NY, artist talk 02/06/07
HachiHachi, Kyoto, video screening At-Your-Service, 01/26/07
Kid Ailack Hall, Tokyo, Performance Art Today, artist talk 12/06
Apple Store Osaka, Design Matters, guest speaker 11/06
Int. Art Exchange, Zokei University of Art, Kyoto, artist talk 11/06
Apple User Society of Melbourne, Book Design, guest speaker 03/06
The Foreign Correspondent's Club, Tokyo, Book Break speaker 01/06
Good Day Books, Tokyo, Book Notes guest speaker 01/06
Apple Store San Francisco, Book Design, guest speaker 09/05
Apple Store London, Book Design, guest speaker 08/05
Apple Store Osaka, Design Matters, guest speaker 04/05
Art Harbor Gallery Hakodate, artist-in-residence 11/04
Future University Hakodate, guest speaker 10/03
Erika Shuch Dance Project, San Francisco, photographer 7/01
Take Five Theater Company, Zurich, guest photographer 11/98
ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS
2006 Environmentability Symposium, Future University Hakodate
2006 At-Your-Service, participatory public interventions
2006 Tactile Islands, documentary film with DOEI Taoist Movies
2004 Art Harbor Hakodate, artist-in-residence, sound installation
2001 Erika Shuch Dance Project, onstage
photo doc of motion and choreography
2001 Shane O'Neill and Keith Ingram
Photographic explorations of artistic portraits.
Further info and work samples upon request: hello@markuz.com
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