Academic Coaching

Les is a member of the Columbia Neuroscience Society and during his MBA studied under Organization Behavior and Development specialist, Dr Abraham Rami Shani, author of Behavioral Change in Organizations (McGraw Hill 2009) and co-published on parallel learning systems. Specialized in organizational management, he has served US Fortune 500 firms: 3M, DuPont, General Electric, General Motors and Dow in developing regional strategyHis research is inspired by recent research on neuroscience of imagination (Lee, Parthasarathi and Kable, 2021) and on how idea generation can be facilitated contextually (Toubia, Bruchs 2019) and how can we bring this further into building environments that encourage creativity to take root and evolve within organizations.

Les has directed Fulbright US Public Diplomacy projects in Mongolia (2014), China (2017), and was recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award for India (2022) and served as Fulbright Senior Scholar at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and as Fulbright Visiting Associate Professor at Visva Bharati University in West Bengal. As US Department of state sponsored ACMS Fellow, Les led the first research on Mongolian art education and created models to facilitate effective faculty exchange in the region. He has lectured on intercultural exchange at Cambridge University, Columbia University, Columbia Global Center Beijing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, Taipei National University of Education, University of Colombo, the University for Visual and Performing Arts, Kelaniya University in Sri Lanka.

Recent publications include “Artist-Centric Practices” in New Institutional Models: China’s Cultural Landscape by Mid-Century (2018), Long Museum, Shanghai, DrawnOver: Contemporary Drawing (2018), Vojvodina, Serbia: Museum of Contemporary Art [catalogue]; Going Beyond: Art as Adventure (2018): Cambridge Scholars UK; Anywhere v.1.(2015), Parsons School of Art; New York; Drawing: Inside Out Art Museum, New York: LeRoy Neiman Foundation [catalogue]; Art and Research at the Outermost Limits of Site Specificity, Newcastle, Australia and Octopus (2012) Journal for Visual Culture. Irvine: University of California, Irvine. Also trained in art criticism he has reviewed for Art in America, Springer, Flash Art; and the Journal for Artistic Research (JAR).

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Research Interests

Supporting Faculty in Career development Supporting teams in workshops and individuals in individualized coaching and mentoring.

Supporting Academic-track PhD and Graduate students in Career Development Building a coaching mindset to support academic career journeys.

Leadership in Higher Education Building leadership coaching methodologies for professionals in higher education. Academic Coaching, Goal Appraisals, Assessments, Case Studies.

International Collaboration in Higher Education Research on International exchange and collaboration. Co-publishing in 1990 on transnational collaboration models and parallel learning methodologies and technology transfer. Currently examining models for education exchange between the US and Mongolia.

Creative Education in the 21st Century Curriculum design for MFA and PhD programs that integrate the arts with other disciplines. .

Education

Post-Doctorate, School of Art and Communications, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Faculty of Art, Environment and Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Masters in Fine Art, Musashino Art University, Japan. Monbusho Award, Tokyo, Japan

Master of Arts, Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Masters in Business Administration (MBA), California State Polytechnic University

Master of Science, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Boston University & Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, UK

Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in History), Boston University, Boston, MA

Selected Writing

Joynes, L (2024), Ghosts and Echoes of Taiwan’s past. National Museum of Taiwanese Literature, Taipei, Taiwan

—- (2023), Indexing Monument, Memory and Two Cities. Bloomington, University of Indiana Press

—- (2022) Reflections on Memory and Disaster, Kochi: Chithravathi Magazine

—- (2020) Review of Reclaiming Artists Research, Journal for Artistic Research, London.

—- (2019) “FormLAB: Interfacing Technology with Site” (2019) ISEA International Symposium of Electronic Art, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea

—- (2019) “The Artist-centric model in museums” in Looking to New Institutional Models: China’s Cultural Landscape by Mid-Century, Long Museum, Shanghai.

—-(2018). “The Artist as Explorer,” in Going Beyond: Art as Adventure. O’Neill , R and Werner, J (eds.), Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars.

Joynes, L Vu, T et al (2018). DrawnOver: Contemporary Drawing, Vojvodina, Serbia: Museum of Contemporary Art [catalogue].

Joynes, L. (2016). “The Artist Explorer:: Geographically Dispersed Performance in Brazil and Mongolia” Sao Paulo, Brazil: Universidade de São Paulo [post-doctoral thesis].

—-(2015). “FormLAB” in Anywhere v.1.(2015). Lowry, S. and Douglas, S. (eds.),, Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne and New York: Parsons School of Art, Media and Technology, New York.

—-(2015). “Arts research, Global Identity and Cooperation,” London: Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN), University of the Arts, London.

—- (2015). “Shapeshifter” [video], Pulse/Play, New York: Pulse Art Fair and The Cultivist, New York.

—- (2015) “US-Mongolian collaborative arts research in Mongolia,” The Young Researcher’s Forum, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Mongolian National University of Education.

—- “The Artist as Explorer,” Washington D.C.: College Arts Association Conference.

Joynes, L and Vu, T. (2015) Les Joynes and Thomas Vu in Interview” in Draw: Artists from China at Inside Out Art Museum, New York: LeRoy Neiman Foundation [catalogue].

—- (2015) Les Joynes and Teaching Artist : Zheng Xiaohua, Deputy Dean, School of Arts, Renmin University, Beijing, CCTV, China

Joynes, L. (2014). 2014. “Nomadic and Geographically Dispersed Practice,” Chicago: CAA Conference.

—-(2014). “FormLaboratory” in Art and Research at the Outermost Limits of Site Specificity (2014) Lowry, S and Douglas, S. (eds.). Newcastle, Australia: Univ. of Newcastle.

Joynes, L. and Basu, S (2011). 2011 “The Invisible and the Transvisible in contemporary art in Singapore,” in Octopus, Journal for Visual Culture. Irvine: University of California Irvine.

—- (2008) “Multi-spatial Performance: at Bauhaus-Dessau, November 2008: Record Dances, Bühnenstudios der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau [Internet]. https://recorddances.wordpress.com

—- (2001) “Yuichi Higashionna at NADIF Tokyo,” Milan: Flash Art.

—- (1999). “Some Say They Did: Some Say They Didn’t, Contemporary Art of Yoshitomo Nara at Ginza Art Space,” New York: Art in America.

—- (1998).“The New Pathetic. Contemporary British art in the 1990s,”Vienna: Springer.

—-(1998). “Explorations of the Uncanny in Contemporary American Art: Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelly and  David Lynch.”London: Goldsmiths, University of London. [Dissertation].

Academic Appointments and Research

Columbia University, Teachers College Research Scholar on International and Transcultural Education (2021) Department of International and Transcultural Studies. Research Scholar on Art and Art Education (2016-2018).

Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. Professor of Record for Modern and Contemporary Art and Experimental Practices. (2013-present)

Columbia University, New York. Visiting Scholar and Scientist Program, Department of Art History and Archeology (2018-2020) Contemporary Art Histories and Visual Cultures (2018-2020); Department of Philosophy (2010-2012); School of the Arts (2008-2010).

Peking University, Beijing, China. Visiting Professor, cultural entrepreneurship. Post-Doctoral Liaison (2018-present.

University of the Arts London, UK.. TrAIN Research Fellow in Visual Art, UAL Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN). UAL doctoral masterclass on arts practice and research. (2015)

Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan. BA Fine Art Tutor and Instructor (1998-2001)

Awards

Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award for India (2022); US Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs Grant for Colombia (2020); US Department of State, American Arts Incubator ZERO1: Art and Technology Artist (2019); Fulbright Hays US Public Diplomacy Mission China Award (2017); CEC ArtsLink Foundation Grant, St. Petersburg, Russia (2017); Renmin University of China Merit Award, Beijing, China (2017); Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) Language Scholar National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2016); Wheatley Foundation Fellow, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK (2016); US Department of State Field Research Fellow, American Center for Mongolian Studies (2016); TrAIN Fellow, University of the Arts London Research Center on Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (2015); Fulbright Hays US Public Diplomacy Award for Mongolia (2014); CEC ArtsLink Foundation Grant for Mongolia (2014); Harlem Arts Alliance Grant, New York (2010): Queenstown Council, Singapore Citation Award, Singapore (2009); Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship, National Design Museum, New York (2009); Bauhaus Foundation Fellow, Dessau, Germany (2009); The Nordic Artists Center Fellowship, Norway (2008); Musashino Art University Selection Award (2001): Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture Scholar (Monbusho) (1998-2001); Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture Japanese Language Scholar (1997-1998); Academic Honours, Central Saint Martins College of Art, London (1996); Erasmus Scholar, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-arts, Paris (1995); King Sturge Award for Sculpture, London (2005).

Workshops

American Center of Mongolian Studies (ACMS), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Arts in Education in Mongolia (funded US Department of State in collaboration with Mongolian State University for Art & Culture, Ulaanbaatar; University of the Arts London,  London, UK (2015). Transnational art systems and nomadic practices (including that of FormLAB); University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2014-2015) Intercultural and interdisciplinary art practice. Escola de Comunicações e Artes, Universidade de São Paulo. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jose Batista Dal Farra, Director, Departmento des Artes Cenicas (CAC); US Department of State and Fulbright, Washington DC. Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award at School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2021-2022); US Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CDAC), Colombia (2019-2021); Public Diplomacy Award China (2017); Fulbright-Hays US Public Diplomacy Award Mongolia (2014; Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK. Doctoral Research on emergence of new geographically dispersed art-making practice. (2012); National Academy Museum, New York. Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship (2009); Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau Germany. Fellow, Bauhaus Foundation Kolleg Program, Dessau, Germany (2008-2009); Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dalsåsen, Norway Research on Nordic mythology, and site-specific art installations. (2008); Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan. MEXT/Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture Research Scholar on East Asian Visual Cultures (1998-2001); Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK. MA Dissertation on American popular culture, art and film. (1996-1997); Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-arts, Paris,Erasmus Scholar in Fine Art (1995).

Selected Lectures

Long Art Museum, Shanghai (2018), Lecture on the museum of the future and artist-centric installation in China; Bard Abroad Smolny College Program, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2017)  “Contemporary curating and international cooperation”; Pro Arte Foundation, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2017)“Contemporary art and collaboration between the US, China, Mongolia, Brazil, & Singapore”; Mongolian State University of Art and Culture, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2015, 2016) Visiting Lecturer on American Modern and Contemporary Art Lecture Series; Cambridge University, UK (2015) Cambridge Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.Presenter on Intercultural art collaboration); University of Lincoln (May, 2014), University of Coventry (Feb 2014); Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea; Lasalle College of Art, Singapore; Nanyang Academy of Art, National University of Singapore (2009); University of California, Santa Barbara (2006); Otis School of Art, Los Angeles (2000).

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Mongolian.