Our Grantees
Grantee Network
They come from all over Asia and the United States. They are today’s established masters in their fields and tomorrow’s rising stars. They are archeologists, architects, artisans, arts administrators, art critics, choreographers, composers, conceptual artists, conservators, craftspeople, dancers, film makers, installation artists, musicians, new media artists, painters, photographers, printmakers, sculptors, video artists, video conservators, and also artists and scholars whose work defies categorization. They are the carefully selected grantees of the Asian Cultural Council.
With the curatorial care and assistance of the ACC team, these artists work intensively, rise to new challenges, and discover the possibilities and implications of their work as experienced in entirely new and different settings. Each is defined by a singularly inspiring talent and vision, and each redefines the cultural landscape through meticulously crafted explorations and projects.
For almost 50 years, the ACC has nurtured over 6,000 artists. Here is a rich archive of their extraordinary work, which beautifully reflects our mission to provide meaningful cultural exchange and to create limitless, lifelong opportunities for artistic collaboration among our network of alumni grantees.
Grantees: 2012 (year)
Takeshi Ikeda
Japan2012 | Film, Video, & Photography | United States
ACC funding allowed Mr. Ikeda to travel to New York City and reasearch contemporary art, meet artists and curators, and create new work while participating in an artist residency profram at NARS Foundation in Brooklyn, NY.
Independent Curators International
United States2012 | Museum Studies | China
to support the participation of Martha Soemantri in the ICI Curatorial Intensive training program in Beijing this summer.
ISSUE Project Room
United States2012 | Arts Administration | United States
ACC funding supported Voices and Echoes from Japan, a unique tour featuring performances by four influential Japanese artists in September 2012. Voices and Echoes from Japan is a landmark tour introducing North American audiences to the influential but under-recognized work of pioneering Japanese artists renowned for their unique, interdisciplinary approaches to sound-based practices: Akio Suzuki, Ami Yoshida, and Gozo Yoshimasu in collaborations with Yoshihide Otomo. The performances span an array of artistic disciplines including literature, sound art, conceptual performance, and improvisation- all converging around a theme of highly personalized, experimental approaches to sound perception, production, and presentation. The tour included performances at Vancouver New Music (Vancouver, B.C.), REDCAT (Los Angeles, CA), Nameless Sound (Houston, TX), Time-Based Art Festival (Portland, OR), and two performances at ISSUE Project Room (Brooklyn, NY). In addition to six total performances, the touring musicians also hosted four workshops and lectures, all free and open to the public.
Paul Jett
United States2012 | Conservation | Cambodia
with the Jane Norman Conservators, to support a three-week research trip to assess collections needs for five provincial museums in Cambodia.
Shi Jin
China2012 | Visual Art | Taiwan
ACC provided funding for Mr. Shi to enrich his experience of the world and to seek inspiration for new work while conducting cultural exchange and observing contemporary art in Taiwan over a two-month period.
Ryo Kabasawa
Japan2012 | Theater | United States
for a supplement to Mr. Kabasawa's 2011 fellowship grant.
Taiyo Kimura
Japan2012 | Visual Art | United States
ACC supported Mr. Kimura in his research of contemporary art, which involved discussions with artists and curators to learn more about the context in which they work and their philosophies regarding lifelong practices. Additionally, Mr. Kimura created new work while participating in an artist residency program with NARS Foundation in Brooklyn, NY.
Vollack Kong
Cambodia2012 | Visual Art | United States
ACC supported Mr. Kong in a four-month creative residency program at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council on Governors Island. In addition to his residency, Mr. Kong also observed contemporary art activities in New York City.
I-Chen Kuo
Taiwan2012 | Visual Art | United States
With ACC support, Mr. Kuo travelled to the United States spending three months meeting artists, seeing works, observing art activities, and exploring in New York City. While in New York, Mr. Kuo partook in a residency program with PointB Worklodge in Brooklyn.
Tung Pang Lam
Hong Kong2012 | Visual Art | United States
ACC allowed Mr. Lam to travel to the U.S. and observe contemporary developments in art as well as conduct research on Asian art collections in the U.S. at a critical juncture in his artistic development.
Man Lok Davie Law
Hong Kong2012 | Visual Art | United States
to participate in a residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.
Oi Yee Heidi Lee
Hong Kong2012 | Arts Administration | Hong Kong
ACC funded Ms. Lee in her quest to observe arts adminstration practices in the U.S. and to broaden her experience and enhance her leadership ability.
Chin Fung Jeff Leung
Hong Kong2012 | Museum Studies | United States
ACC provided a grant to support Mr. Leung in a five-month residency program at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York to refresh his direction and develop his work as an arts writer and curator. During his residency, Mr. Leung focused on writing an in-depth record of Hong Kong's art history over the past 30 to 50 years.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
United States2012 | Dance | China
ACC funding supported performances by Beijing's TAO Dance Theater at the Lincoln Center Festival in summer 2012. In 2012, Lincoln Center presented the 17th annual season of the Lincoln Center Festival, reflecting the rich cultural diversity of New York City and highlighting performing arts traditions from around the globe. The Festival has commissioned, co-commissioned, co-presented, or co-produced 82 new works, and presented more than 155 New York, United States, North American, and world premieres. Strengthening the Festival's commitment to presenting artists from Asia, a key component of Festival 2012 was the presentation of the groundbreaking work of TAO Dance Theater. Under the direction of Tao Ye, they quickly gained foothold within the international dance scene, and its performances at Lincoln Center in the summer of 2012 was the first time that the company will present full works in New York.
Ping Liu
China2012 | Art History | United States
to participate in the Advanced Workshop in American Art History to take place in New York City in August 2012.
Cai Li
China2012 | Art History | United States
to participate in the Advanced Workshop in American Art History, to take place in New York City in August 2012.
Location One
United States2012 | Arts Administration | United States
to support residencies by Japanese artists Hiraku Suzuki and Motohiko Odani in spring 2012.
Hsiu-Chih Lo
Taiwan2012 | Art History | Burma
With ACC funding, Ms. Lo launched a study investigating emerging artists in mainland Southeast Asia. The focus of her project is to meet and interview women artists working in this region, with additional phases conducting research in Cambodia and Burma. Particularly interested in the presentation of both national and gender identities in these developing countries, Ms. Lo's interviewees are artists associated with 2004 ACC grantee Aye Ko's New Zero Art Space in Yangon, Burma, and the new Sa Sa Bassac Gallery in Phnom Penh. Ms. Lo will produce a film using the findings of her research, which will be an important tool for increasing the awareness of and appreciation for the art of these neighboring countries in Taiwan.
Mark Morris Dance Group
United States2012 | Dance | United States
ACC supported the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) performance tour in China and Macau in summer 2012. On May 25 and 26, 2012 MMDG performed at the newly opened Guangzhou Opera House, in Guangzhou, China. The program included Mr. Morris's Festival Dance, Grand Duo, and V. Then, on June 1 and 2, the company presented Eleven and Double from Mr. Morris' Mozart Dances, in the Macau Cultural Centre's Grand Auditorium as part of the 23rd Macau Arts Festival. Activities in both cities included a Q & A with Mr. Morris, master classes, the acclaimed Dance for Parkinson's Disease program, and dance and music workshops at local schools and dance companies, as part of the Company's cultural exchange and outreach efforts.
Hadrian Mendoza
United States2012 | Crafts | Asia General
ACC provided support to allow Mr. Mendoza to travel and research in the Philippines, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, and Laos to plan and organize a second Southeast Asian ceramics festival.