Entry Title: " Tokyo Monogatari"
Name: Ilse Leenders, Netherlands


Entry Description: Tokyo Monogatari is a personal project inspired by the typical aspects of the daily contemporary life and the traditional cultural heritage of Tokyo. The atmosphere of the city is visualized by the synthesis of these different elements. The series expresses at one side the habitual rituals of the citizens of Tokyo nowadays and at the other hand the exaggeration of bodily shapes drawn in the ancient manga of Hokusai and shown in the movements of the performers in Noh- and Kabuki theatre and the ‘hidden’ puppeteers of Bunraku in a photographic manner. This project was made possible by: Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan and The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.

CURRICULUM VITAE: Ilse Leenders, 13-09-1979 Leiden, The Netherlands. Lives and works in Paris, France and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. EDUCATION: 1997- 2001 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands. Graduated in Photography Design. B.A. 2001. AWARDS: 2006 Silver Award, in the category "People/Portraits" PANL Awards #15. Photographers Association of the Netherlands. Best of Members Award, in the category "People/Portraits" PANL Awards #15. Photographers Association of the Netherlands. 2003 Members Choice Award, in the category “Autonomous” PANL Awards #12. Photographers Association of the Netherlands. GRANTS: 2008 Contribution to working budget, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. 2005 Startstipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. RESIDENCIES: 2009 Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA, United States of America. 2008 Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan. 2005 Van Doesburghuis, Meudon, France. (former house of Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg). EXHIBITIONS: 2009 Sons & Daughters of Amersfoort, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Fotofestiwal 2009, Tickle Attack, Artistic Centre Fabryka Trzciny,Warsaw, Poland. 2008 Gup Magazine 3 years, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Backlight Photo Festival, Tickle Attack, Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland. Backlight Photo Festival, Tickle Attack, Fluss, Wien, Austria. PANL # 17, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2007 Exploring new identities, W139/Basement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2006 Skart collective, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Maison Royale, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Solo exhibition, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Selbsicht der Schritt ins Bild, Museum im Residenzschloss, Darmstad, Germany. 2005 Skart collective, Festival Todays Art, Vrije Academie, The Hague, The Netherlands. 2004 Skart collective, Arty House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2003 PANL, Melkweg gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. PANL, Photo Festival Naarden, The Netherlands. Solo exhibition, Kleurgamma, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Solo exhibition, Dutch Dialogue #1, Galerie Haags, The Hague, The Netherlands. Skart collective, Artist initiative Zapf Dingbats, The Hague, The Netherlands. Skart collective, I spy with my little eye, Museumpark kerk, Festival Wereld van Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Skart collective, Photo Biennale Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Skart collective, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Festival Wereld van Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 2002 Skart collective, Mens & Omgeving (Human & Surroundings) Off_Corso, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. PUBLICATIONS BOOKS: 2008 Monat der Fotografie, Wien, 2008. Backlight International Photo Festival 08 Tickle Attack, 2008. PANL, Photography Annual of the Netherlands # 17, 2008. 2006 Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Selbsicht der Schritt ins Bild, April 2006. PANL, Photography Annual of the Netherlands # 15, 2006. Met Stip, Startstipendia, Fonds voor BKVB 2004-2005, April 2006. 2005 KM3 MVRDV, publisher Actar, December 2005. 2003 Grenzeloos/Boundless, Fotofestival Naarden, May 2003. PANL, Photography Annual of the Netherlands #12, 2003. PUBLICATIONS MAGAZINES: 2009 Communication Arts, 2009 Photography Annual 50, October 2009. 2007 Le Figaroscope, January 2007. 2006 C International Photo Magazine #01, January 2006. Standard magazine, March 2006. 2005 Gup magazine #01, October 2005. 2004 Eyemazing #02, Spring 2004. 2003 Credits, June 2003. EXTRA: 2003-2005 Teacher of Photography, Fotogram, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2002-2005 Teacher of Photography, Scholen in de Kunst, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. 2001-2009 Initiator and member of photographers collective Skart.