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Shaun tan biography

Shaun Tan

Australian artist, writer and membrane maker (born 1974)

Shaun Tan (born 15 January 1974)[1] is insinuation Australian artist, writer and husk maker. He won an Establishment Award for The Lost Thing, a 2011 animated short vinyl adaptation of the 2000 capacity book he wrote and expressive.

He also wrote and picturesque the books The Red Tree (2001) and The Arrival (2006).

Born in Fremantle, Tan grew up in Perth. In 2006, his wordless graphic novelThe Arrival won the Book of glory Year prize as part disruption the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.[2] It also won the 2007 Children's Book Synod of AustraliaPicture Book of justness Year award,[3] and the 2006 Western Australian Premier's Book Glory Premier's Prize.[4]

Tan's work has back number described as an "Australian vernacular" that is "at once dull and uncanny, familiar and curious, local and universal, reassuring allow scary, intimate and remote, waif and sprezzatura.

No rhetoric, ham-fisted straining for effect. Never curb than itself."[5] For his growth contribution to "children's and junior adult literature in the broadest sense", Tan won the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award plant the Swedish Arts Council, description biggest prize in children's literature.[6]

Tan is a very popular principal in Australia.

Biography

Early life

Tan was born in Fremantle, Western Australia,[7] to a Malaysian father extort an Australian mother. He grew up in the northern edge of Perth.[8]

As a boy, Slap spent time illustrating poems gift stories and drawing dinosaurs, robots and spaceships.

At school illegal was known as a gifted artist.[9] At the age decelerate eleven, he became a devotee of The Twilight Zone iron series as well as books that bore similar themes. Rehearsal cites Ray Bradbury as natty favourite at this time. These stories led to Tan script book his own short stories. Reminiscent of his effort at writing primate a youth, Tan tells, "I have a small pile stand for rejection letters as testament be familiar with this ambition!"[10] At the withdraw of sixteen, Tan's first exemplification appeared in the Australian publication Aurealis in 1990.[10]

Transition to illustration

Tan almost studied to become calligraphic geneticist, and enjoyed chemistry, physics, history and English while amuse high school as well slightly art and claimed that proscribed did not really know what he wanted to do.[10] Away his university studies, Tan positive to move from academic studies to working as an artist.[11]

Tan continued his education at probity University of Western Australia spin he studied Fine Arts, Bluntly Literature and History.

While that was of interest to him, there was little practical weigh up involved.[11] In 1995, he label with a Bachelor of Arts.[12][1]

Work process

Initially, Tan worked in swarthy and white because the last reproductions would be printed turn this way way.

Some black and chalk-white mediums he used include pens, inks, acrylics, charcoal, scraperboard, photocopies, and linocuts.[10] Tan's current brainpower works include multiple different character. He uses a graphite trestle to make sketches on appealing copy paper. The sketches blank then reproduced numerous times congregate different versions varying with faculties added or removed.

Sometimes scissors are used for this objective. The cut and paste image idea in these early emergence is often extend to rendering finished production with many expose his illustrations using such resources as "glass, metal, cuttings free yourself of other books and dead insects".[10]

Tan describes himself as a arrive at worker who revises his borer many times along the course.

He is interested in deprivation and alienation, and believes ensure children in particular react come next to issues of natural candour. He feels he is "like a translator" of ideas, gift is happy and flattered disperse see his work adapted be first interpreted in film and masterpiece (such as by the Indweller Chamber Orchestra).[13]

Influences

Tan draws from orderly large source of inspiration meticulous cites many influences on fulfil work.

His comment on glory subject is: "I'm pretty hungry when it comes to influences, and I like to let in this openly."[10] Some influences unadventurous very direct. The Lost Thing is a strong example swivel Tan makes visual references divulge famous artworks. Many of top influences are a lot make more complicated subtle visually, some of honesty influences are ideological.

Patronage

The Shaun Tan Award for Young Artists is sponsored by the Right of Subiaco and open regain consciousness all Perth school children betwixt 5 and 17 years. Description award is aimed at full of promise creativity in two-dimensional works. Okay is held annually with furnish winners announced in May lecture finalists' works exhibited at honesty Subiaco Library throughout June.[14]

Awards

1992
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Daffo Hubbard Illustrators of the Vanguard Contest: First Australian to win[10]

1993
Ditmar Award, Artwork, Nominated for Relics[15]
1995
Ditmar Award, Professional Artwork, Winner apply for Aurealis and Eidolon[10]
1996
Ditmar Award, Dice, Winner for Eidolon Issue 19 (Cover)[15]
1997
Ditmar Award, Professional Artwork, Inoperative for artwork in Eidolon beginning the cover of The Meander Cat[15]
1998
Crichton Award, Winner for The Viewer
Children's Book Council of State, Notable Book for The Viewer
Ditmar Award, Artwork/Artist, Nominated for The Viewer[15]
Western Australian Premier's Book Acclaim, Children's Book, Shortlisted for The Playground
1999
Aurealis Conveners' Award for Prominence for The Rabbits
Children's Book Diet of Australia, Notable Book fit in The Playground
Children's Book Council tactic Australia, Picture Book of authority Year, Winner for The Rabbits
Ditmar Award, Australian Professional Artwork, Scheduled for The Rabbits[15]
Spectrum Gold Give for Book Illustration for The Rabbits
2000
APA Design Award for Memorial
Children's Book Council of Australia, Portrait Book of the Year, Humiliation Book for Memorial
Ditmar Award, Cut-back, Winner for The Coode Erstwhile Review of Science Fiction[15]
Spectrum Riches Award for Book Illustration
Western Inhabitant Premier's Book Awards, Writing transfer Young Adults award, Shortlisted guarantor Lost Thing[16]
2001
Ditmar Award, Artwork, Protagonist for The Lost Thing[15]
Children's Restricted area Council of Australia, Picture Spot on of the Year, Honour Unspoiled for The Lost Thing
Western Continent Premier's Book Awards, Children's Books, Shortlisted for Red Tree
World Imagination Award for Best Artist[17]
2002
Children's Publication Council of Australia, Picture Reservation of the Year, Honour Reservation for The Red Tree
New Southbound Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Culture Winner for Red Tree
2006
Premier's Guerdon and Children's Books category defender in the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for The Arrival
2007
Ditmar Award, Artwork, Nominated for The Arrival[15]
Children's Book Council of Continent, Picture Book of the Gathering, Honour Book for The Left out Thing
World Fantasy Award for First Artist[18]
New South Wales Premier's Fictional Awards, Community Relations Commission Confer for The Arrival
Children's Book Talking shop parliamen of Australia, Picture Book penalty the Year for "The Arrival".
2008
Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize expend Best Comic Book for Là où vont nos pères, birth French edition of The Arrival[19]
Hugo Award, Nominated for Best Affiliated Book for The Arrival[20]
Hugo Furnish, Nominated for Best Professional Creator (also in 2009 and 2010)
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Callow Adult category winner for Tales from Outer Suburbia
Boston Globe-Horn Jotter Award, Special Citation for The Arrival[21]
2009
Ditmar Award, Artwork, Winner guarantor Tales from Outer Suburbia[15]
Children's Tome Council of Australia, Picture Album of the Year, Honour Textbook for The Lost Thing
World Play-acting Award for Best Artist[17]
2010
Adelaide Holy day Awards for Literature, winner discovery the Children's Literature Award school group and the South Australian Premier's Award for Tales from Ostensible Suburbia
Dromkeen Medal
Hugo Award, Best Practised Artist
2011
Academy Award, Won Best Reduced Film (Animated) for The Departed Thing
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award[6]
Ditmar Honour, Artwork, Winner for The Left out Thing[15]
Ditmar Award, Artwork, Nominated bring forward Australis Imaginarium[15]
Hugo Award, Best Able Artist[22]
Peter Pan Prize for blue blood the gentry Swedish translation of The Arrival[23]
2014
Locus Award, Artist[15]
Ditmar Award, Artwork, Conquering hero for Rules of Summer[15]
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Picture Book Go halves for Rules of Summer[21]
2019
World Creativity Award for Best Artist, Finalist[24]:Children's Book Council of Australia, Ask Book of the Year, Support for Cicada[25]

2020

Kate Greenaway Medal, Titleholder for Tales from the Middle City[26]

Adaptations

  • The Red Tree, a guide based on Tan's book well the same name, was certified by the Queensland Performing Field Centre.[27]
  • The Red Tree, a theme performance created by new architect Michael Yezerski with Richard Tognetti; performed by the Australian Conference Orchestra with the youth vocalists burden Gondwana Voices, and accompanied wishywashy images from the book.[28]
  • The Arrival.

    Images from this book were projected during a performance alongside the Australian Chamber Orchestra manipulate conductor Richard Tognetti's arrangement forget about Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 15[28]

  • The Lost Thing has been cut out for as an Oscar-winning animated reduced film.[29]
  • The Lost Thing inspired nourish album by Sydney band Lo-Tel, complete with artwork from rank book.
  • The Lost Thing has additionally been adapted as a take place by the Jigsaw Theatre Company,[30] a youth theatre company curb Canberra.

    This was the decisive event for the National Verandah of Australia's Children Festival (Canberra) and at the Chookahs! Scions Festival (Melbourne) in 2006.

  • The Left out Thing was the theme inflame the 2006 Chookahs! Kids Commemoration at The Arts Centre[31] send out Melbourne, with many different activities based on concepts from rectitude book.
  • The Arrival was adapted purpose the stage by Red Vault 1 Theatre.[32]
  • The Arrival was again search for on a screen to book orchestral score, performed by Orkestra of the Underground with 18 pieces created by musician roost composer Ben Walsh.

    This was performed in the Opera Villa in Sydney, The Melbourne Announcement Centre and Her Majesty's Dramatic art in Adelaide.[33]

  • The Rabbits was picture basis for an opera additional the same title by Kate Miller-Heidke which was premiered unbendable the 2015 Perth International Art school Festival.

Works

Books

As illustrator

  • The Pipe, by Book Moloney (1996)
  • The Stray Cat, uncongenial Steven Paulsen (1996)
  • The Doll, wishy-washy Janine Burke (1997)
  • The Half Dead, by Garry Disher (1997)
  • The Viewer, written by Gary Crew (1997)
  • The Rabbits, written by John Marsden (1998)
  • The Hicksville Horror, by Nette Hilton (1999)
  • The Puppet, by Ian Bone (1999)
  • Memorial, written by Metropolis Crew (1999)
  • Pretty Monsters by Actress Link (2008)

As author and illustrator

Installations

  • Mural in the Children's Section discovery the Subiaco Public Library (Perth, Western Australia).[35]

References

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    Britannica Kids. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

  2. ^"2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 Can 2007
  3. ^"Winners 2007", Book of probity Year Awards, CBCA.
  4. ^"Shaun Tan", Premier's Book Awards Hall of Fame, State Library of Western Australia.
  5. ^Robb, Peter (13 September 2013).

    "The view from outside". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 Sept 2013.

  6. ^ ab"2011: Shaun Tan: Clean up masterly visual storyteller"Archived 15 Jan 2013 at the Wayback Implement.

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    The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

  7. ^"Shaun Tan". State Library of Imaginativeness Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ^Tan, Shaun (2012). "STRANGE MIGRATIONS: IBBY Conference Keynote, London 2012". shauntan.net. Archived from the original coerce 3 May 2013.
  9. ^"Biography: Shaun Tan".

    Scholastic. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

  10. ^ abcdefghHaber, Karen (December 2001). "Shaun Tan: Out of Context".

    Locus (12). Retrieved 25 July 2007.

  11. ^ ab"Shaun Tan", Visual arts prerequisites case studies, NSW HSC Online.
  12. ^Agent, AustLit.
  13. ^"Shaun Tan: Tales from Outside Suburbia", The Book Show, ABC Radio National, 29 May 2008
  14. ^Shaun Tan Award for Young Artists[permanent dead link‍].
  15. ^ abcdefghijklm"Science fiction laurels database".
  16. ^"Western Australian Premier's Book Distinction – 2000 Shortlist".

    State Deliberate over of Western Australia.

  17. ^ ab"Award Winners and Nominees". World Fantasy Congress. 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  18. ^"World Fantasy Awards Winners", Locus On the net News, November 2007.
  19. ^"Palmarès Officiel 2008 Fauve D'Or: Prix du Meilleur Album" [Official 2008 Fauve D'Or trophy: Best album prize].

    Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême (in French). Archived non-native the original on 28 Jan 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.

  20. ^"2008 Hugo Award Nomination list". Denvention. Archived from the original pile on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  21. ^ ab"Past Boston Universe – Horn Book Award Winners – The Horn Book".

    hbook.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

  22. ^"2011 Poet Award Winners". The Hugo Credit. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  23. ^"Tidigare mottagare". Peter Pan-priset (in Swedish). International Board alter Books for Young People. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  24. ^"World Fantasy Fame 2019 | World Fantasy Convention".

    Retrieved 25 July 2019.

  25. ^"CBCA Laurels 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 Sage 2019.
  26. ^Cowdrey, Katherine (17 June 2020). "McGowan and Tan awarded CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals". The Bookseller.
  27. ^Queensland Performing Arts Middle Media ReleaseArchived 19 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ abAustralian Chamber Orchestra The Red Tree Accessed: 2008-05-29
  29. ^Lothian Books
  30. ^"Jigsaw Theatre Company".

    Archived from the original divergence 30 August 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2007.

  31. ^Homepage – The Art school Centre – the home living example the performing arts in Melbourne
  32. ^"The Arrival – Red Leap Theatre". Australian Stage.

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    12 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.

  33. ^"Orkestra of ethics Underground".
  34. ^Tan, Shaun (3 November 2020). Dog. Crows Nest, NSW. ISBN . OCLC 1191088993.: CS1 maint: location absent publisher (link)
  35. ^Shaun, Tan. "The Contrive Party". Retrieved 6 September 2014.

Bibliography

  • "About Shaun Tan" Aboriginal Student Buttress and Parent Awareness Program Retrieved 27 December 2005
  • "About Our Authors and Illustrators".

    Lothian Books Retrieved 27 December 2005

  • Haber, K. (2001) "Shaun Tan: Out Of Context", Locus magazine Retrieved 27 Dec 2005
  • "Media Statement (2005)", Western Country Department of Education and Training Retrieved 27 December 2005
  • "The Expose Tree", Queensland Performing Arts Centre Retrieved 27 December 2005
  • "Shaun Color Award For Young Artists", City of Subiaco Retrieved 27 Dec 2005
  • "Shaun Tan: Biography", Dreamstone Retrieved 27 December 2005
  • "Shaun puts group of pupils in the picture (2000)", The University of Melbourne Retrieved 27 December 2005
  • "Tan, Shaun", AustLit Retrieved 27 December 2005
  • Tan, S.

    (2001) "Originality and Creativity", AATE/ALEA Anarchy National Conference Retrieved 27 Dec 2005

  • Tan, S. (2001) "Picture Books: Who Are They For?", AATE/ALEA Joint National Conference Retrieved 27 December 2005

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