What I Used To Be

I've been an Australian artist working in the mixed media realm –incorporating photography, video, new media technologies and sculptural installations. For more than twenty years I wrote and taught in the arts and the higher education sector, notably ten as an arts lecturer with the Australian National University (ANU). My love and drive for both my art practice, and for engaging students to achieve their own idea of success in the arts has kept me invested.

I have won multiple public art commissions, including a 100K video art commission to fly drones in Australia's Pilbara region, two major video art commissions (ARC Cinema and Experimenta Media Arts), and a photographic commission for Calvary Hospital. My video artwork and photographs have been exhibited internationally and I've been featured in numerous art prizes and awards.

I was tenured at the Australian National University as a media arts lecturer for a decade. I've also after taught extensively in digital media arts for colleges and universities across Australia.

I have a diploma in audio engineering, and both a commercial pilot and drone pilot licenses (7-20kg drones / CASA). I have flown drones commercially all over Australia.

I wrote a detailed timeline to join my dots looking backward. And if you are curious, this is what I'm doing now.

RPA (Drone) Controller Certificate, Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

Bachelor of Arts [Honours] Multimedia Arts Middlesex University

Audio Engineering Diploma, SAE Technology College

Commercial Pilots License, Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

Founded Big Creative Company

Co-Founded Bright Sparks

SEO, Chief Pilot and Trainer, Dronelinc

Lecturer Digital Arts, Australian National University, Canberra

Lecturer Multimedia Arts, SAE Technology College, Perth

A Line Between, Moores Gallery, Western Australia.

Gotham Gallery, Western Australia.

Edge of Something, Karratha Airport, Western Australia.

IRIS Awards, Perth Centre for Photography, Western Australia.

Contemporary Landscapes in Photography, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth.

Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada.

Melbourne City Library, Docklands Hub, Melbourne.

Speak to Me, Experimenta 5th International Biennial of Media Art, Australia.

Substation Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne.

Selectively Revealed, Experimenta / Asialink Partnership Exhibition, Asia.

ARC Cinema Pre Show, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia.

Experimenta Utopia Now, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, Tasmania.

Experimenta Utopia Now: International Biennial of Media Arts, Melbourne, Australia.

Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (finalist), Gold Coast

John Fries Memorial Prize (finalist), Sydney.

Churchie Emerging Art Prize (finalist), Brisbane, Queensland.

Phoenix Art Prize (finalist), Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra.

Gradations of Light, Carriage Works, Sydney.

Art Work, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra.

Urban Screens 08, Federation Square, Melbourne.

Bangkok Experimental film Festival, Bangkok.

Kodak Salon 08, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.

BOOM, Taiwan-Australia New Media Arts Exhibition, Taiwan.

International New Media Arts Festival Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.

Projections Program, Melbourne City Library Projections Program, Melbourne.

Platform Film Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Pocket Film Festival, Paris.

Melbourne Digital Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia.

Forecast, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Media Miniature, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Brooklyn, USA

Motorola Youth Website, Online.

Adelaide Festival Media State, Adelaide

Mobile Journeys, Opera House, Sydney

Sound Arts, Canberra.

Census, Canberra Multicultural Fringe Festival

Karratha Airport Video Commission, Karratha, Western Australia

Experimenta 5th International Biennial of Media Art, Video Commission

Calvary Hospital, Photographic Commission, Canberra

ARC Cinema, Video Commission, National Film and Sound Archive

National Gallery of Australia, Forecast Video Installation, Canberra

IRIS Award (Finalist), Perth Centre for Photography, Western Australia

CLIP Award (Finalist), Western Australia

Substation Contemporary Art Prize (Finalist), Melbourne

Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (Finalist), Gold Coast

Doug Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (Finalist)

John Fries Memorial Prize (Finalist), Sydney

Churchie Emerging Art Prize (Finalist), Brisbane

Phoenix Prize for Spiritual Art (Finalist), Canberra

Edge of Something, digital video, 90 minutes

Milieu, digital video, 60 minutes

ARC Pre Show Video Collection

Inner Landscapes, c-prints

Runners, digital video, 2 minutes 50 seconds