WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2001

The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum conducts the Residential Program in which various art exchange activities such as residential art making and workshops are done by artists invited from Asian countries and region.  For this year, Alfredo D. Esquillo, Jr. (Philippines) and Khamtanh Saliankham (Laos) are invited from May and Le Thanh Duc (Vietnam) and Diyanto (Indonesia) from September for three months period.  In order to present the achievement of the four artists, the Winds of Artist in Residence 2001 is held.

Esquillo spent his three months in making the work in the shape of Jeepney (a public bus in the Philippines) under the title, ‘Trip to Heaven’.  He used a bicycle and a rear-car, constructed the structure with wood, and decorated the side and roof with iconographies of Jesus, photographs of Philippinos in Fukuoka and woven paintings.  Khamtanh made oil paintings of Laotian people and temples based on the paintings he brought from Laos and then made the series of paintings of shrines and the see that he saw in Fukuoka.  He thus compared the two cultures, Laos and Japan.  Duc painted abstracted Vietnamese people and festivals at an amazing speed.  Diyanto painted the walls making a space in the corner of the Artists’ Studio and composed an installation, ‘Growing up in Bitterness’.

The four artists met many people, discussed with them various things and experienced different things through exchanges during their stay in Fukuoka for three months.  And we will see the outcome of those exchanges in the exhibition.

Alfredo D. Esquillo Jr. (Philippines)
Born in Quezon City, Philippines 1972. Graduated from Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting; University of Santo Tomas 1993. Lives and works in Cavite. Has participated in The 1st Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 1999. For this exhibition, the artist made an artwork inspired by shuttle buses in the Philippines.

Kham Tanh Saliankham (Laos)
Born in Vientiane, Lao 1973. Graduated from National Fine Art School. Teaching painting at National Fine Art School from 1996. The artist primarily works on oil painting depicting Laotian culture, tradition, and landscape. Lives and works in Vientiane.

Le Thanh Duc (Vietnam)
Born in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam 1973. Graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts Institute 1996. Lives and works in Hanoi. Works on oil painting featuring people’s lives in Vietnam as well as lacquer painting which employs gold and egg. Stayed in Fukuoka for three months from September 3.

Diyanto (Indonesia)
Born in Kadipaten, Indonedsia 1962. Graduated from Fine Art Department, Bandung Institute of Technology 1991. Lives and works in Bandung. Works on painting and installation featuring social contexts of Indonesia. Diyanto has also started developing performance work since the 1990s. Stayed in Fukuoka for three months from September 3.