Louise Rouse is an artist, printmaker, educator and long term resident of Tokyo. Exhibitions in Tokyo, New York, London, Seoul, she has taught at Temple University, Japan Campus in the undergraduate art program since 2013, and since 2019 she has also been funded by the Japanese National Government for a five year doctoral research award at Tokyo National University of the Arts in the Printmaking Department with the supervision of Michael Schneider
Exhibitions
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2021
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“Invisible Cities”, Duo Exhibition, Hagiso, Tokyo
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Nakanojo Biennale
- Impact 11 / International Printmaking Conference / Open Portfolio
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Artist Book Exhibition: Artists as Independent Publishers, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Bremen, and Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium
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2020
- Keio Plaza Hotel, Shinjuku “Katsue Inoue and friends”, Group Exhibition
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2019
- Setouchi Triennale Art Book Fair
- Ink Shop, Ithaca, New York, Group Exhibition
- Keio Plaza Hotel, Shinjuku “Katsue Inoue and friends”, Group Exhibition
- Tokyo Art Book Fair, Ginza Edition
- Bloc Projects Gallery, Sheffield UK, part of Japan Now North “Out of Bounds”, Group Exhibition
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2018
- Printed Matter, New York
- Taiji Kiyokawa Memorial Gallery, Setagaya Art Museum, Group Exhibition
- Keio Plaza Hotel, Shinjuku – “Katsue Inoue and friends”, Group Exhibition
- Launch Pad Gallery, Yokohama – “Between the Lines”, Group Exhibition
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2017
- Kanto Medical Reform and Training School, Group Exhibition
- Mount Zine, Toritsu Daigaku
- SF Art Book Fair, San Francisco
- UltraSuperNew, Tokyo “Mediation”, Group Exhibition
- Tokyo Art Book Fair
- “Surfaces”, Tokyo, Group Exhibition
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2016
- Tokyo Art Book Fair
- “Zen Ten”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Group Exhibition
- “6th Motoharu Asaka Traditional Woodblock Studio Exhibition”, Gallery Kingyo, Tokyo, Group Exhibition
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2015
- Solo exhibition, “Solo at 30”, Sendagi Kuukan, Tokyo
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2014
- Art Event, “Yokohama Art Department”
- “Evening” Artypunchi Gallery, Harajuku, Group Exhibition
- “Afternoon” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Group Exhibition
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2013
- Art Event, IVVA Art Night
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2012
- Tama Art University & Academy of Fine Arts Katowice Exchange Exhibition, (Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo & Planis Hall, Sapporo), Group Exhibition
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2011
- Bankside Gallery, London, “Images 35: Best of British Illustration 2011” Exhibition & publication.
- Group Exhibition, “Handmade Korea Fair” Coex, Seoul, South Korea
- Group Exhibition, “New Moon”, Gallery 5610, Aoyama
Curation
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2016
- “Print the People”, Tokyo Art Book Fair, Aoyama & University of the West of England, Bristol, Group Exhibition
- “Tokyo Collaboration Project”, Toritsu Daigaku, Tokyo, Group Exhibition
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2014
- “Evening” Artypunchi Gallery, Harajuku, Tokyo
- “Afternoon” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
- Naoshi Sunae solo exhibition
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2013
- Art Event, IVVA Art Night
Research & Translation
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2017
- Translation – “Book Review of Propaganda and the British Suffrage Movement: Edwardian Visual Representation and the Feminine Image by Mayuka Sato“ Reviewed by Sonoko Monden, デザイン史研究会誌, Volume 14
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2016
- Translation – “Moholy Nagy: Future Present” Toshino Iguchi (Professor, Saitama University) Exhibition review in Új Muvészet (August edition).
- Translation – “The Imaging Strategy of SHISEIDO in the 1930s: Analyzing visual magazines that represented corporate identity”, Sachi Kanedaデザイン史研究会誌, Volume 13
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2014
- Research – Autonomous Voice: The Independent Publishing Movement in Japan:1905-1935, デザイン史研究会誌 Volume 12
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2011
- Translation – “Kitaro Kunii’s Discourse on Indigenous Industrial Arts: ‘Japaneseness’ and Modern Design in 1930s Japan“, Takuya Kida (Art History Researcher, National Museum of Modern Art, デザイン史研究会誌, Volume 9
Publication
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2020
- Book「How to Start Your PhD in Art」ISBN 978-4991076763
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2018
- Slanted #31,, May 2018 issue, Magma, Berlin, “Touching Concrete and Vinyl”
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2016
- Interview: GLOBAL SPEED web magazine (YAMAGATA corporation) “The Diverse and Innovative Art of Printmaking”
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2014
- Interview / showcase: Mac User November issue, six-page feature article
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2011
- Interview / showcase: South Korean Illustration Magazine ILLUST (Vol 145)
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2008/2009
- Illustration/cover designs for children’s novels about climate change: “Hope and…” ISBN 0954916573, 1906788022
Funding Awards
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2020
- Wikimedia Conference Grant
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2019
- Monbusho Japanese Government Scholarship for doctoral study, 5-year award
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2018
- Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Grant
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2015
- Japan Society, UK, travel grant
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2010
- The College Women’s Association of Japan
Professional
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2013-current
- Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Japan Campus, Adjunct professor.
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2018
- Fall semester Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Adjunct professor.
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2018
- Tokyo National University of the Arts, Research fellow, printmaking department
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2013-2014
- Artypunchi Gallery, Tokyo, Asisstant curator and designer
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2011-2013
- Metropolis KK, Tokyo, Art director for editorial publications
Guest Lectures & Workshops
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2018
- Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, USA. Fall Semester, Senior Workshop (mokuhanga), Sophomore relief and intaglio survey
- Ditchling Museum, UK – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- City and Guilds of London Art School – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Central Saint Martins, London – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Rabley Drawing Centre, UK – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop, demonstration, lecture
- Spike Island Print Studio, Bristol – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Brighton University – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop, Lecture “Traditional Japanese Woodblock in Contemporary Context“
- East London Printmakers – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Original Print Fair – Royal Academy, London – Woodblock printmaking demonstrations and lectures
- Print Mesh Club Rotterdam – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Grafisch Werkcentrum Amsterdam – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Druck Graphik Atelier, Berlin – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Atelier de Gravure, Moutier, Switzerland – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Temple University, Rome Campus – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop, demonstration, lecture
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2016
- School of Visual Philosophy Printmaking Studios, San Jose – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Berkeley Art Museum – Woodblock Printmaking Demonstrations
- Kala Institute Gallery & Printmaking Studios – Woodblock Printmaking Demonstrations
- Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia – Woodblock Printmaking Demonstrations, Seminar
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia – Woodblock Printmaking Demonstrations
- New York Academy of Art – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- CWAJ Special Print Exhibition Intimate Dimensions – Lecture “Traditional Japanese Woodblock Printmaking in Contemporary Context“
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2015
- East London Printmakers – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Brighton University – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop, Lecture “The Ecosystem of Traditional Japanese Woodblock Craftspeople“
- UWE, Bristol – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop, Lecture “The Ecosystem of Traditional Japanese Woodblock Craftspeople“
- Spike Island Print Studio, Bristol – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Camberwell College of Arts, London – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Central Saint Martins, London – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- City and Guilds of London Art School – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- City and Islington College, London – Woodblock Printmaking Workshop
- Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo – Lecture – “ International Art Practice”
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2011
- Design History Workshop, Tokyo – Lecture – “The Independent Publishing Movement in Japan: 1905-1935”
- Tama Art University, Tokyo – Lecture – “The Independent Publishing Movement in Japan: 1905-1935”