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Born/Live: Sydney, Australia
EDUCATION
Leanne BFA (Hons) College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
Naomi MArt Candidate College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
BA Macquarie University
GRANTS/AWARDS
2011
Arc@COFA Art and Design Grant
2010
City of Sydney Grant
2009
City of Sydney Grant
2008
Japan Foundation Support Program for New Visual Artists (Invited Recipient)
NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts) Marketing Grant
2007
Arts NSW Projects Grant
Australia Japan Society of NSW Grant
Cowra Japan Society Grant
National Federation of Australia Japan Societies Grant
RESIDENCIES
2010
The Paper Mill, Sydney, NSW
2009
Platform, Melbourne, VIC
2007
Cowra Japanese Garden & Cultural Centre, Cowra, NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (including collaborative projects)
2010
People make Places- Shanghai, Shift, Shanghai, China
Encounter.....New York, galleryeight, Sydney NSW
2009
People make Places- Melbourne, Vitrine, Platform, Melbourne, VIC
The Journey...so far, At The Vanishing Point, Newtown, Sydney, NSW
Putting Sydney ARIs on the Map...your journey starts here, gaffa, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Out and About, Slot, Alexandria, Sydney NSW
2008
Facetnate!: People to People, Place to Place: Australia-Japan, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Match Box Projects, AWEspace II Gallery, UNSW, Kensington
2007
Out & About: Cowra Japanese Garden & Arts Centre, Cowra, NSW
Match Box Galleries – Out & About, Tusculum Gallery, RAIA, Potts Point, NSW
People to People, Place to Place: Sydney Tokyo Nagoya, Gosford Regional Gallery
2006
People to People, Place to Place: Sydney Tokyo Nagoya, Kudos, Paddington, NSW
Match Box Projects; Sydney Tokyo Nagoya: International Design Museum, International Design Centre, Nagoya, JAPAN
Match Box Projects, Sydney Design 06, Space, Alexandria, NSW; Box, Melbourne, VIC
People to People, Place to Place, COFASpace, UNSW, Paddington, NSW
SPECIAL PROJECTS/PEFORMANCES
2011
Yute, Deniliquin Ute Muster/Play on the Plains Festival, Deniliquin
Advisor, CMCA Rally, Deniliquin
2010
Reflections Shanghai, Shanghai
2009-
People make Places: Melbourne, San Francisco, New York, Shanghai, Sydney
Sydney ARI Guide (www.sydneyariguide.com)
2009
Putting Sydney ARIs on the Map, Sydney
Time Capsule: New York, New York
2008
Urban Arts Festival, Darling Harbour
Art in the Park, Nagoya Gardens, Hyde Park, Sydney
Match Box Galleries, Customs House Forecourt, Sydney, NSW
Pecha Kucha, Superdeluxe, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Willoughby Art Festival, Chatswood, Willoughby, NSW
Sakura Matsuri, Cowra Japanese Garden and Arts Centre, Cowra, NSW
Australian Art Collectors 10th Birthday Party, MCA, Sydney, NSW
Journey to Japan, Gosford Regional Gallery/Arts Centre, Gosford
Influence – Japan, Gosford Edogawa Commemorative Garden, Gosford, NSW
Match Box Projects Picnic, Nagoya Gardens, Hyde Park, Sydney
2006-
Match Box Gallery: Sydney Tokyo Nagoya Furudono Osaka Brisbane Melbourne Willoughby Cowra Gosford Yokohama San Francisco New York
Friendship: Sydney Gosford Cwora Fukushima Tokyo
2006
Sydney Tokyo Geidai Exhcange Tour, Sydney
Tokyo Geidai-Imants Tillers Exchange, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED LECTURES/ARTIST TALKS
2011
MOST Art Tour, Art Month, Marrickville
2010
Sydney ARI Tour, Art & About, Sydney
2009
Contempo Arts Alive, Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, Sydney
University of Newcastle, Newcastle
2008
Breaking New Ground, Australia Japan Society of New South Wales, Sydney
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
2007
Sydney Design 07, Pecha Kucha, Customs House Forecourt, Sydney
Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Sydney
Matched, Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney NSW
Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford
Cowra Japanese Garden and Arts Centre, Cowra
2006
Sydney Design 06, Space, Alexandria, Sydney
College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Australia-Japan Business Association Conference, Shangrila, Sydney, NSW
Federation of Australia-Japan Societies Symposium, Maritime Museum, Sydney
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Japanese article titles translated to English)
Matchbox Projects in the name of art", Pastoral Times, 7 October 2011, p3
Rashell Habib, "Follow the new art trail", Inner West Courier, 10 March, 2011, p5
Andrew Taylor, Matchbox Twins, Sun Herald, 13 June, 2010, p32
Laura Pia, Come with us on a Journey... through Sydney's artist run spaces and beyond, Look Magazine, Art Gallery of New South Wales, May 2009, p32-33
Daniel Mudie Cunningham, 'Sydney's ARIs mark the spot', Artnotes, Art Monthly, Issue 217, March 2009
Dominique Angelero, 'Match Box Projects', Incubate, Winter 2008, p26
Tracey Clement, 'Life in a suitcase', Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 March, 2008, p25
Lexi Landsman, '‘Twins’ exhibition strikes a match', Sydney Life, Weekly Magazine of the AJN, 14 March, 2008, p11
David Boyd, 'Focus on New Visual Artists in 2008', Omusubi, The Japan Foundation Magazine, Issue 14, Summer 2008, Cover-p1
Karina Dunger, ‘Have art will travel, as twins think outside the box’, mX, 12 March, 2008, p7
‘Match Box Gallery’ Museum and Galleries NSW, The MAG, Issue 3, 2007, p18
‘Think outside the box at the Japanese Garden’, The Cowra Guardian, September 28, 2007, p8
Tim Elliot, ‘Watch This Face – Leanne Shedlezki and Naomi Shedlezki’, the(sydney)magazine, issue 47, Sydney Morning Herald, March 2007, p32
News, ‘It’s hip to be square’, Gosford City Sun Weekly, 22 March 2007, p16
Tadasu Harada, ‘Match Box Projects Exhibition goes to Gosford’, Nichigo Press, Feb 2007 p23
Kate Moore ‘Match Box Project’ Central Coast Express Advocate, 7 February, 2007 p49
Penny Craswell, ‘People to People – Leanne and Naomi Shedlezki talk about the Match Box Project’, SDQ Magazine, Design Quarterly, January-March 2007 p10
Tadasu Harada, ‘Profile – Australia-Japan Artist Exchange – Sisters Naomi Shedlezki & Leanne Shedlezki’, 2007 Four Seasons (2007 edition)p 23
Tadasu Harada, ‘60 Australian & Japanese artists participate in Match Box Project‘, Nichigo Press, December 2006, p25
Tadasu Harada, ‘Tokyo Geidai Post Graduate Students – Exchange with Sydney Artists’, Nichigo Press, September 2006, p22
Mana Togo, ‘Australia –Japan Art Exchange’ Jams.tv, August, 2006
Carolina Totterman, ‘People to People’, COFA Magazine, Issue 16, Autumn/Winter 2006 p27
SELECTED INTERNET ARTICLES
Links can be found at
http://www.matchboxprojects.com/selected-press.php
For info on Leanne’s individual practice see
http://www.visualarts.net.au/gallery/leanneshedlezki
CONTACT
Leanne Shedlezki and Naomi Shedlezki
PO Box 880
Bondi Junction
NSW Australia 1355
Phone: Australia wide - Leanne 0419 388 108 Naomi 0410 331 600
Phone: Global - Leanne +61 419 388 108 Naomi +61 410 331 600
E-mail: matchboxprojects@gmail.com
