Awards & Distinctions


Certificate of Recognition · Australian Office Taipei ·
​Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade · 2023

Business Award · ANZ Chamber of Commerce
Taipei · 2016 · The first cultural leader awarded

Taiwan Design Best 100 · Taipei · 2016
The first foreigner to be awarded · Design Service category

Australian Arts in Asia Award finalist · Sydney · 2013
The first international curator to work with all 16 Indigenous Tribes in Taiwan

Asialink Fellowship · Melbourne · 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei

Member · Australian Institute of Company Directors
​Admitted 2 July 2008 · Member No. 0044150
Issued under the full legal name Antoanetta Ivanova
Regional President · Asia Designer Communication Platform · Appointed 11 August 2017
INDUSTRY AWARDS AND GRANTS
 Selected 
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Business Awards
  1. 2023 Certificate of Recognition, Australia-Taiwan Relations, Australian Office in Taipei (Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade)
  2. 2021 "40 Years, 40 Stories", Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Distinction in Arts and Culture, Australian Office Taipei
  3. 2016 ANZ Chamber of Commerce Business Award ​
  4. 2016 Taiwan Design BEST 100, Winner (Social Service Category)
  5. 2013 Australian Arts in Asia Awards, Finalist (Taiwan)

Curator in Residence Awards
  1. 2016 Home Hotel Group, Taipei, Taiwan
  2. 2011 Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei  
  3. 2011 ASIALINK Fellowship (Taiwan)
  4. 2011 Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei
  5. 2008 UNESCO Suomenlinna Art Residence (Foreign Ministry of Finland invitation), Helsinki, Finland
  6. 2008 Danish Arts Council (Danish Ministry of Culture invitation), Copenhagen, Denmark
  7. 2007 Museum of the Future (Ars Electronica invitation), Linz
  8. 2003 Foreign Ministry of France, Embassy of France in Australia
  9. 2002 Tasmanian Museum, Solar Circuit, Hobart, Tasmania
  10. 2000 University of Rovaniemi, Polar Circuit, Rovaniemi, Finland​

Grants 2010-2020
  1. 2012 Taiwan, Ministry of Education, Chinese Language Scholarship
  2. 2011 Australia Council for the Arts; Arts Victoria (MOCA Taipei)
  3. 2010 Australia Council for the Arts, VAB, FutureLab-2 Residency 
  4. 2009 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Impact by Degrees°   
Grants 1998-2009
  1. ​​2011 Australia Council for the Arts, FutureLab, Australian Residency 
  2. 2008 Australia Council for the Arts, FutureLab, Australian Residency 
  3. 2008 Australia Council for the Arts, VAB, Nordic Exhibition of the Year
  4. 2007 Arts Victoria, International, Ars Electronica
  5. 2006 The University of Western Australia, Strange Attractors
  6. 2006 Arts Victoria, International, Strange Attractors
  7. 2006 Australia Council for the Arts, NMAB, Strange Attractors​
  8. 2006 Department of Culture and the Arts/ArtsWA, Strange Attractors
  9. 2005 Australia-China Council, The Millennium Dialogue         
  10. 2005 Austrade, China market entry feasibility grant            
  11. 2004 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Unnatural Selection
  12. 2004 Australia Council for the Arts, NMAB, Unnatural Selection
  13. 2004 Arts Victoria (International), Unnatural Selection
  14. 2004 Multimedia Victoria, GameTime
  15. 2004 Film Victoria, GameTime
  16. 2004 Australia Council for the Arts, New Media Arts Board, GameTime
  17. 2004 Australian Film Commission, GameTime
  18. 2003 Arts Victoria, mentorship with artist Stelarc   
  19. 2003 Arts Victoria (International), oZone
  20. 2003 Australia Council for the Arts, New Media Arts Board, oZone
  21. 2003 Multimedia Victoria, Streaming Wor(l)ds 
  22. 2002 Australia Council for the Arts, Marketing, Wild
  23. 2001 Women in Film and Television, mentorship with ABC Digital
  24. 2000 Arts Tasmania Touring, Homo:genesis
  25. 2000 Arts Tasmania International: Polar Circuit
  26. 1998 Australia Council for the Arts, New Media Arts Board (NMAB)