Tomoko Nakayama

Tomoko completed courses in European art, Australian art, Modern art and Australian Indigenous art and then in her MA thesis focussed on Japanese Avant-Garde art from 1950 - 1970. Her thesis was entitled: The Post-War Japanese Avant-Garde Movements: The Distinct Phase of Anti-Art 1954 - 1970. Gutai, Neo-Dada, Hi Red Centre and Mono-ha. She completed much of the primary research for the thesis in Tokyo, working from Japanese language texts.

She is currently continuing to study Contemporary art in Japan and is taking a Critical Reading course which focuses on a close reading of various theoretical and critical texts on contemporary art practices. She lives in Tokyo, where she enjoys a rich exposure to art exhibitions and lectures.

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