25 October 2024, Friday
6:00PM — 7:30PM
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Organising an Art Book Fair: A Roundtable Discussion *
Featuring Printed Matter, Tokyo Art Book Fair, Singapore Art Book Fair & abC art book in China
Organising an Art Book Fair: A Roundtable Discussion *
Featuring Printed Matter, Tokyo Art Book Fair, Singapore Art Book Fair & abC art book in China
On the milestone 10th edition of the Singapore Art Book Fair, this roundtable gathers organisers of
major art book fairs from Asia and the US. Together they will share about the models, histories,
achievements, and challenges of their respective events, as well as how they have adapted to
changing trends and circumstances. Speakers include representatives from abC, which formerly ran
the abC Art Book Fair in Beijing and Shanghai, and which now runs the Open M Art Fair; Printed
Matter, the New York City-based non-profit organisation and bookstore which runs the NY and LA Art
Book Fairs; and Tokyo Art Book Fair, which started in 2009 and is currently the biggest art book fair in
Asia.
Sonel Breslav
Director of Fairs & Editions, Printed Matter
Sonel Breslav (she/her) has been the Director of Fairs & Editions for Printed Matter since 2018. In this role, she produces Printed Matter’s NY and LA Art Book Fairs, manages the organisation's participation in other art and art book fairs, and oversees the fundraising edition program. Previously, Sonel was National Chapters and Programs Manager at ArtTable, the foremost professional organisation dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts. From 2013–2017 she was the Director of Murray Guy, New York, where she curated exhibitions of work by gallery artists such as Moyra Davey, Matthew Buckingham, and Alejandro Cesarco, among others. In 2012, she founded Blonde Art Books, an independent organisation dedicated to promoting self-published art books through exhibitions, book fairs, public programs, publications, and an online platform.
Sunny Iyer
Fairs & Editions Coordinator, Printed Matter
Sanjana (Sunny) Iyer is a curator and art worker based in New York City. She is the Fairs & Editions Coordinator at Printed Matter, helping produce the NY and LA Art Book Fairs and the organisation's print edition program. She is the shop steward of the Printed Matter Union (OPEIU Local 153). Since 2017, Sunny has also served as the Program Director of Wendy's Subway, an independent library, community reading room, and artists' book publisher in Brooklyn. There, she primarily organises reading groups, writing workshops, poetry readings, and performances. She is a member of Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG). Her current research interests include: alternative pedagogy, the films of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, abolition, group dynamics, and asemic writing.
Naoko Higashi
Project Manager, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR
Born in 1981, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. She joined the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR team in 2009 as its project manager. Also an editor, she worked for the magazine IMA from 2012 to 2023. She is now based in Fukuoka and Tokyo. In 2024, she took part in the start-up of Pages | Fukuoka Art Book Fair.
Akira Kuroki
Area Director, ZINE’S MATE
Editor, Distributor. Born in 1988, in Tokyo. He worked at the bookstore UTRECHT / NOW IDeA in Tokyo from 2011 to 2019. He joined the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR team in 2014, and became the ZINE'S MATE Area director in 2022. In 2023, he has been working as a distributor in Japan for the Dutch publisher The Future Publishing.
Renée Ting
Founder & Director, Thing Books/Singapore Art Book Fair
Renée Ting is the founder & director of Thing Books, a centre that organises art book events & initiatives such as the annual Singapore Art Book Fair and the SG Art Book Library.
Yang Dan
Exhibition Coordinator, abC art book in China
Dan joined abC (art book in China) as a volunteer in 2016 and gradually became a core member of abC Team, took on the role of exhibition Coordinator. Also serves as the principal editor of the annual magazine P_PAL. Running the abC's physical bookstore 梦办OneiroSpace.
Xu Ke
Project Manager, abC art book in China
As a project manager at abC (art book in China), Xu Ke is primarily responsible for international projects, curating exhibitions and reading rooms at abC Art Book Fairs, conducting academic research and public education. Xu Ke is also a visual artist with a focus on the concept of the book, the nature of a digital image, language gaps and open narratives.
Sonel Breslav
Director of Fairs & Editions, Printed Matter
Sonel Breslav (she/her) has been the Director of Fairs & Editions for Printed Matter since 2018. In this role, she produces Printed Matter’s NY and LA Art Book Fairs, manages the organisation's participation in other art and art book fairs, and oversees the fundraising edition program. Previously, Sonel was National Chapters and Programs Manager at ArtTable, the foremost professional organisation dedicated to advancing the leadership of women in the visual arts. From 2013–2017 she was the Director of Murray Guy, New York, where she curated exhibitions of work by gallery artists such as Moyra Davey, Matthew Buckingham, and Alejandro Cesarco, among others. In 2012, she founded Blonde Art Books, an independent organisation dedicated to promoting self-published art books through exhibitions, book fairs, public programs, publications, and an online platform.
Sunny Iyer
Fairs & Editions Coordinator, Printed Matter
Sanjana (Sunny) Iyer is a curator and art worker based in New York City. She is the Fairs & Editions Coordinator at Printed Matter, helping produce the NY and LA Art Book Fairs and the organisation's print edition program. She is the shop steward of the Printed Matter Union (OPEIU Local 153). Since 2017, Sunny has also served as the Program Director of Wendy's Subway, an independent library, community reading room, and artists' book publisher in Brooklyn. There, she primarily organises reading groups, writing workshops, poetry readings, and performances. She is a member of Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG). Her current research interests include: alternative pedagogy, the films of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, abolition, group dynamics, and asemic writing.
Naoko Higashi
Project Manager, TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR
Born in 1981, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. She joined the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR team in 2009 as its project manager. Also an editor, she worked for the magazine IMA from 2012 to 2023. She is now based in Fukuoka and Tokyo. In 2024, she took part in the start-up of Pages | Fukuoka Art Book Fair.
Akira Kuroki
Area Director, ZINE’S MATE
Editor, Distributor. Born in 1988, in Tokyo. He worked at the bookstore UTRECHT / NOW IDeA in Tokyo from 2011 to 2019. He joined the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR team in 2014, and became the ZINE'S MATE Area director in 2022. In 2023, he has been working as a distributor in Japan for the Dutch publisher The Future Publishing.
Renée Ting
Founder & Director, Thing Books/Singapore Art Book Fair
Renée Ting is the founder & director of Thing Books, a centre that organises art book events & initiatives such as the annual Singapore Art Book Fair and the SG Art Book Library.
Yang Dan
Exhibition Coordinator, abC art book in China
Dan joined abC (art book in China) as a volunteer in 2016 and gradually became a core member of abC Team, took on the role of exhibition Coordinator. Also serves as the principal editor of the annual magazine P_PAL. Running the abC's physical bookstore 梦办OneiroSpace.
Xu Ke
Project Manager, abC art book in China
As a project manager at abC (art book in China), Xu Ke is primarily responsible for international projects, curating exhibitions and reading rooms at abC Art Book Fairs, conducting academic research and public education. Xu Ke is also a visual artist with a focus on the concept of the book, the nature of a digital image, language gaps and open narratives.
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© Singapore Art Book Fair 2024. All rights reserved.
For further enquiries, please contact us at info@singaporeartbookfair.org.
Singapore Art Book Fair is organised by
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