The 2nd Winds of Artist in Residence 2000

The exhibition showcases works of four invited artists in residence for 2000, created during their residency in Fukuoka.

Kim Youngjin (Korea) made a video installation featuring women in Fukuoka. Rafi Haque (Bangladesh) presents paper lithograph and etching works of anti-war concept. Sujith Rathnayake (Sri Lanka) displays an installation made of paintings, sculptures, and photography. Tengku Sabri Tengku Ibrahim (Malaysia) visualizes a labyrinth-like space incorporating wood sticks and sea shells collected in Fukuoka, as well as ropes, wires and original poems.

Participating Artists

Kim Youngjin (Korea)
Born in 1961. Received M.F.A. in Sculpture,Graduate School of Hong-Ik University 1992. Resided in New York 1994-95, participating in PS-1 International Studio Program. Held Asian Artist Today-Fukuoka Annual IX: Kim Young-jin Exhibition at the Fukuoka Art Museum in 1995. Active in many international exhibitions, including The 3rd “Asia Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 1999.

Rafi Haque  (Bangladesh)
Born in 1965. Received MFA from Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka 1991. Has participated in many international exhibitions, including the 9th Asian art Biennale Bangladesh 1999 (Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, 1999). Visited Hiroshima, Kyoto and Tokyo in 1998 under the South Asia Youth Invitation Program, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan. Work primarily lithographs and etchings on the Bangladesh war of independence and anti-war themes.

Sujith Rathnayake (Sri Lanka)
Born in 1971. Majored in fine arts and sculpture. Received BFA from Institute of Aesthetic Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in 2000. Participation in numerous exhibitions, including New Directio (Mount Castle Gallery, 1998), New Artists Exhibition (National Art Gallery, Colombo, 1999), and The 9th Asian Art Bangladesh Biennale 1999 (Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, 1999).

Tengku Sabri Tengku Ibrahim (Malaysia)
Born in 1961. Received BFA in Art & Design, University Technology MARA in 1986. Studied wood sculpture. Received MA in Art & Education from De Montfort University (UK) in 1999. Has participated in many international project in UK, Japan, Singapore, and more. Some of the shows Ibrahim participated include Innenseite: Installation Project, Kassel, Germany in 1997, Rupa Malaysia: A Decade of Art, 1987-1997, Brunei Gallery, London in 1997, and Flow: Contemporary Electronic Media Art from Australia and Malaysia held at National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur in 2000.