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Gary Hickey, MA, PhD. Lecturer, Asian Art History and Curatorship,
The University of Melbourne.
Gary has lived and worked in Asia for seven years studying traditional Japanese printmaking in Japan. He worked for fifteen years in the National Gallery of Victoria and the National Gallery of Australia, in the later institution as a senior curator of Japanese art. In 1998 he curated the first major exhibition of Edo period Japanese art held in Australia, Beauty & Desire in Edo period Japan and in 2001 he curated the 2001 exhibition, Monet & Japan. Catalogues accompanied both these exhibitions.
Gary lectures and has published in both Australia and internationally. He was recently appointed as a director of the Tokyo-based prestigious arts organisation, the International Ukiyo-e Society and was a contributing author to the recent Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. At the University of Melbourne he is coordinating the Asian art curatorship program as well as subjects on Japanese art of the Edo period. On this tour Gary will be giving all lectures and leading discussion groups. |
Haruyo Maeda
Having resided in Kyoto for many years whilst completing her first university degree Haruyo has an intimate knowledge of this ancient city. After moving to Australia Haruyo completed a second degree in science at the University of Melbourne.
She has worked as a research scientist for eighteen years at Melbourne University and the Australian National University, Canberra.
(At left, Gary and Haruyo in Tokyo)
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