Hear artists Ken and Julia Yonetani discuss their life's work and installation at National Gallery. Ken got his first full-time job soon after as a broker on the Tokyo Financial Exchange market. Julia kept on studying and eventually got a job as a lecturer in Asian cultural studies at an Australian university. They gave it all up for their passion, art, Ken first and then Julia, and they began collaborating together in 2008.
PEOPLE | KEN + JULIA YONETANI - SHIFT
Ken+Julia Yonetani are collaborative artists who love life, beauty, dreams and the planet. Ken and Julia were both born in Tokyo, but from world’s apart. Ken grew up in a typical Japanese household, Julia travelled the world with her ex-pat family eventually settling in Australia. On Uranium Art: Artist Ken + Julia Yonetani in Conversation ...
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米谷健 + ジュリア ⁄ Ken + Julia YONETANI – MIZUMA ART GALLERY
Ken + Julia Yonetani’s work explores the interaction between humans, nature, science and the spiritual realm in the contemporary age, unearthing and visualizing hidden connections between people and their environment. Ken + Julia Yonetani （米谷 健＋ジュリア）
Japanese-Australian artist duo/couple Ken + Julia Yonetani display an uncanny sensibility in their artworks. By successfully bringing together their environmental and socio-political concerns with a sophisticated sense of elegance, the Yonetanis juxtapose the warmth of nature, the human touch of a ceramicist and the objectivity of science. The conceptual art duo Ken and Julia Yonetani spark vigorous dialogue through sociopolitical content. They were both born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Japan and Australia. They are currently living and working globally. Ken + Julia Yonetani exhibited in such venues as the National Gallery of Australia, the National Museum of Singapore (Singapore Biennale 2013), Abbaye de Maubuisson in France, Art Gallery of NSW and Art Gallery of South Australia.
Walking into Ken + Julia Yonetani's "Wishes" is like stepping into a bad dream. Ken + Julia Yonetani’s work explores the interaction between humans, nature, science and the spiritual realm in the contemporary age, unearthing and visualizing hidden connections between people and their environment. Their installations work within an interdisciplinary field, inspiring responses through all five senses – sight.
Ken + Julia Yonetani's Art For Sale, Exhibitions & Biography
Article summary: In this interview, Asato Ikeda speaks with artists Ken and Julia Yonetani, the creators of uranium art. The Yonetanis share with us emotions that have motivated them to create the uranium art and their interests in Aboriginal stories and worldviews, and in post-war Japanese cultural images of nuclear power and catastrophe.
Ken and Julia | Biography - MutualArt
Like Ai Weiwei, Jenny Holzer and Sebastien Preschoux, the conceptual art duo Ken and Julia Yonetani spark vigorous dialogue through sociopolitical content. Engaging and beautiful, their installations bravely take on issues threatening our natural environment. Swimming Against the Tide: Ken and Julia Yonetani - artscape
Ken Yonetani. Born in Tokyo. Bachelor of Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, Chiba, Japan. Master of Arts (Visual Arts), School of Art, Australian National University. PhD (Visual Arts), Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney. Julia Yonetani. Born in Tokyo (Australian citizen). Fumie-Tiles – Ken + Julia Yonetani 米谷健＋ジュリア
Ken+Julia Yonetani on What the Birds Knew Exhibition (Das Platforms) In , a rich deposit of Uranium was discovered at Nabarlek in the Northern Territory, Australia. It was close to the Aboriginal site known as Gabo Djang (Green Ant Dreaming).