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photo by Debbie Livingston (2006)
		Dr Kurt Brereton (updated November 2009) mobile +61 0414 568 221 home +61 02 42681919 kurt@kurtbrereton.com www.kurtbrereton.com Areas of expertise Artist, academic, teacher, designer (graphic and new media), photographer, film-maker, writer. Brief Biography Dr Kurt Brereton was born in Australia in 1955. A mid career visual and digital media artist, writer and creative arts academic living in Bulli north of Wollongong. Brereton's first solo exhibition was at Bondi Pavillion Gallery Sydney in 1980 and since then he has mounted 30 solo exhibitions in Australia and overseas (USA, England, Ireland, Taiwan). Kurt resigned from full time academia in 2001 to concentrate on his art and writing career. He continues to supervise doctoral students and teaches art at various tertiary and community institutions on a part time basis and is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Kurt also consults in the web and graphic design fields and is known as educator/trainer across a range of education institutions.Currently, Kurt is teaching art at West Wollongong TAFE. In 2005 his book Hyper-Taiwan: Art, Design, Culture was published by Art & Collection (Taiwan). In 2008 Luscious, a monograph on Brereton's recent art career was published by Lakeside Arts (USA) in conjunction with a major solo touring exhibition of his paintings and videos in New York. In July-August 2009 a major touring survey exhibition of over 70 works spanning the last decade began it's journey at the Wollongong City Art Gallery. It will travel to the University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery in 2010/11. A solo show is planned for Taiwan in 2011 and The Coalcliff Days exhibition (curated with Ken Bolton and Joeseph Davis) will mounted in 2011 at the Wollongong City Gallery. Brereton is currently represented by Rivergarden Gallery in NJ, USA and Sara Roney Gallery in Sydney. CURRICULUM VITAE Current academic positions - Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of the Sunshine Coast - Part time art teacher TAFE (Wollongong) and Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery Qualifications Dip Art (1978) Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney PhD (1995) University of Technology, Sydney Cert IV: Learning & Assessment, TAFE Brief Overview 1955 Born, St. Arnaud Victoria. 1973 HSC Mullumbimby, NSW. 1974 University of New England (B. Natural Resources - deferred). 1978 Alexander Mackie College of the Arts (Dip Art - Photography, Film & Video). - Magician’s Assistant, to The Amazing Mr Rooklyn Show, Sydney & Newcastle. 1979 Pipi Storm Theatre Company (writing, directing and acting). 1980 Audio Visual Technical Officer and P/T lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts. 1981 Editor, Photo-Discourse, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney - Co-organiser of the Super 8 Film Festival, Sydney. - Director of King Street Gallery, Bristol, England. - Teacher, WEA and Watershed Media, Bristol, England. 1983 Co-ordinator of Bristol Super 8 Film Festival. - Guest lecturer at National Art School, Dublin, Ireland - Guest lecturer at Bristol Art School, England. - Artist in Schools Program, Bath Oldfield Girls High, England. 1984 Artist in Residence, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. - Advertising and photo-layout artist, Oxford Weekender News, Sydney - Part-time lecturer in Faculty of Humanities, UTS 1985 Full-time lecturer in Faculty of Humanities, UTS - Part-time lecturer in Print Media Production, Tranby Aboriginal College, Sydney - Editor, Third Degree Publications, UTS, Sydney 1986 Part-time lecturer in Print Media Production, Tranby Aboriginal College, Sydney 1992 Graphics and Design Editor, Desktop Magazine 1993 Partner and art director, Facelift Design (graphic design, interactive multimedia and net design). 1995 Editor (Graphic Design & Advertising) Click (online magazine), Sydney 1996 Co-editor (with Noel Sanders), Artlink - Mens Business: Masculinities Reflected, Vol. 16, No1. 1998 Appointment at University of Wollongong - Senior Lecturer, Head of Graphic Design & New Media, Faculty of Creative Arts - Director of Blu Tac Gallery, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong 1999 Board member, Project Center for Contemporary Art, Wollongong. 2000 Chair, Project Center for Contemporary Art, Wollongong. 2001 Partner and art director, Spark Interactive Design (graphic design, interactive multimedia and net design) – Artist in Residence, University of Technology, Sydney – Appointment at University of the Sunshine Coast, Adjunct Associate Professor (Computer Based Art & Design), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. 2002 Appointment at University of Technology, Sydney, Adjunct Professor, (Design and Humanities) – Part time postgraduate coursework teaching at DAB, UTS. – Ongoing postgraduate supervision and theses examinations at various universities including UOW, UTS, USC, Griffith, UNSW and Victoria University. 2005 - 2008 Regularly conducts art master classes and workshops in visual art and digital media at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, Sydney and Bundanon Art Centre. 2009 Part time art teacher TAFE (Wollongong). - Judge of Moreton Bay Art Awards, Brisbane. Academic Overview Dr Brereton for the last decade Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, and from 1997 - 2001 Senoir Lecturer at UOW. Currently is Adjunct Professor at The University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. He also teaches art at West Wollongong TAFE and various art institutions such as Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Wollongong City Gallery and Bundanon. His academic focus is on postgraduate course development and supervision. Dr Brereton has extensive experience in research, course writing, delivery and evaluation at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels across theory and practice. He has won numerous research grants, managed departments and sat on many university and industry committees. With over twenty-five years international and local experience Kurt Brereton has worked across a number of arts, design and humanities disciplines in five Australian universities, WEA, schools and communities galleries. Dr Brereton has spent periods as an artist in residence in Australia, England and Taiwan. Over the last decade, Dr Brereton has written and co-ordinated a number of programs including: Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA); Master of Creative Arts (MCA) and Graduate Certificates in Creative Arts courses for UTS and USC. He has also advised various international universities in Taiwan and Korea on development and delivery of postgraduate creative arts programs. Over the last decade Dr Brereton has built up a solid reputation (in Asia particularly) as an expert educator and supervisor in the fields of new media, design, humanities and the visual arts. With a wide range of experience teaching across theory and practice in the creative arts, humanities and social sciences fields, Dr Brereton has written, co-ordinated and taught an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses for UTS, UOW, USC. Postgraduate supervision and research has been a strong focus over the last decade. Supervising Australian and international students is performed both on-line and face-to-face. Dr Brereton regularly conducts postgraduate workshops to help students with their research, thesis writing and creative project development, exhibition and publication. In 2005 his book Hyper-Taiwan: Art, Design, Culture was published by Art & Collection (Taiwan). As a critic and cultural commentator Kurt Brereton has been a regular contributor to local press, radio and television including Late Night Live, Night Club and Arts Today (ABC Radio National). He also works as an industry speaker and workshop trainer across the arts, writing, design and new media industries. In 2008 Luscious, a monograph on Brereton's art career was published by Lakeside Arts (USA) in conjunction with a major solo touring exhibition of his paintings and videos. In July 2009 a major retrospective survey exhibition spanning the last decade (selections + new works) was mounted at the Wollongong City Art Gallery. Kurt lives in Bulli on the south coast of NSW and is an active member of Project Contemporary Artspace in Wollongong. Art Exhibitions Solo Shows 2009 – Survey 1999-2009, Wollongong City Gallery – Conversation Piece, (with Kendal Heyes), Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 2008 – Luscious, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, USA – Luscious, Rivergarden Gallery, Denville, NJ, USA – Erosion of Memory, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW 2007 – Rise, Hat Hill Gallery, Blackheath, NSW – Escarpment Series (with Ken Orchard) Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide – New Work, De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong 2006 – 5 Films Installation, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan – Pacific Time, PD Gallery, Gymea, Sydney 2005 – Chronography, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong – The Opening, Vuspace Gallery, University of Victoria, Melbourne – Escarpment Series (with Ken Orchard) Hazelhurst Regional art Gallery, Sydney 2004 – Rhizomorphosis, Site 85-Mangroves, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong – Rhizomorphosis: The Morphology of Mangroves, USC Gallery, Qld – Vanuatu Series: Arrivals and Departures, Beanstalk Gallery, Thirroul, NSW 2002 – Art Realty, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney University 2001 – Messiaen at Mt Kiera, The Loft, UTS, Sydney 2000 – Pathetic Manifesto Series, Blu Tac Gallery, University of Wollongong 1983 – Simulacra Diorama, Photographers Above The Rainbow Gallery, Bristol. 1982 – Altar/Alter, King St. Gallery, Bristol. Group Shows 2009 – Sara Roney Gallery, Sydney – 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW – Master Class Tutors Show, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery – Le'Pota Gallery, Shoalhaven 2008 – James Kiwi Watercolour Prize, Wollongong City Gallery – Port Kembla Art Prize, Art in Port Gallery, Wollongong – Collectors Show, De Havilland Gallery – Terra Spiritalis, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, SA – Thirroul Art Prize 2007 – Blake Prize, Sydney (finalist) link to web animation – Land & Sea, De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong – Nudes, De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong – Milestones, Long Gallery, University of Wollongong – Figuratively Speaking, Project Gallery, Wollongong – Thirroul Art Prize 2006 – Presently Nude, De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong – Ela-Asia Section, Art Taipei - Taipei, Taiwan – Commission Show, De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong – Take It or Leave It, ICAN Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong – Fresh, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong – On The Shore Art Prize, Thirroul 2005 – Members Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 2004 – Members Show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong 2003 – Places, Arterial Gallery, Adelaide – Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Art Centre, Sydney 2002 – Coastal Protection Show, Mori Gallery, Sydney 2001 – Members Xmas Exhibition, Gallery 4A, Sydney 2000 – Staff exhibition. FCA Gallery, University of Wollongong 1999 – 70th Anniversary of Fu Jen University – International Professors Exhibition, Taiwan – I Can't Believe Its Not Art!, Project Center for Contemporary Art, Wollongong 1998 – Co-Existence, Long Gallery, University of Wollongong. – Signs, Spark Gallery, University of Wollongong. – FCA Staff Show, Spark Gallery, University of Wollongong. 1997 – Native Titled Now, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney 1996 – Beyond the Sublime, Part II, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney 1994 – Artransit: Public Transport Poetry Exhibition, Paddington Town Hall, Sydney. 1990 – UTS Group Show, UTS Gallery, Sydney. 1985 – Close Remarks, Artspace Gallery, Sydney. 1984 – Natural Histories, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. – Natural Histories, Artspace Gallery, Sydney. – Twenty Six Characters Exhibition, Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Exhibition, Adelaide. 1983 – Natural Histories, (collaboration with Kit Edwardes), Watershed Gallery, Bristol. 1982 – Artists in Schools, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. 1981 – Small Works, Sydney College of the Arts. 1980 – Photo/Place/Method, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney. 1979 – Hand Painted Photos, Tin Sheds, Sydney University . 1978 – New Works, Ivan Doherty Gallery, Sydney. 1976 – Recent Australian Photography, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney. 1975 – Coastal Life - Brunswick Heads Arts Center, New Brighton, NSW Art Performances 2008 We Are Not A Movie, Lee Marvin Readings, Adelaide 1999 Homage to Fluxus Academics – FCA Gallery, University of Wollongong 1989 'Homage to Piotr Olzanski', at Perspecta, Art Gallery of NSW. 1985 ‘Art Has Always Been Didactic’, at Close Remarks Conference, Artspace Gallery, Sydney. 1984 ‘Sleight of Land’, (with George Alexander), FUTURFALL Conference, Jamieson St., Sydney. 1983/4 Performances of the 'Natural Histories Events' with Kit Edwardes at the following venues: Watershed Gallery, Bristol; Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide; Underdale CAE, Adelaide; Hartley CAE, Adelaide; Flinders University, Adelaide; Norlunga Institute, Adelaide; Newcastle CAE Art School; City Art Institute, Sydney; Seaforth Technical College, Sydney; Artspace Gallery, Sydney; Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. 1979-80 Pipi Storm Theatre (acting and directing) Published Material* Books Brereton. K (2008) Luscious, Lakeside Arts, Denville, USA Brereton, K. (2005), Hyper-Taiwan: Art, Design, Culture, Art & Collection, Taipei, Taiwan Brereton, K. (ed) (1986), Australian Mythological Sites, UTS, Sydney, Third Degree. Brereton, K. (ed)(1985), Beyond The Naked Eye: Science, Fiction, Technology, UTS, Sydney, Third Degree, No 2. Brereton, K. (ed) (1984),Vectors Lost in Space, Sydney, Third Degree, No 1. Brereton, K. & Edwardes, K. (1983), Natural Histories, Bristol, Rollmop/British Arts Council. Brereton, K. (ed) (1981), Photo-Discourse, Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts. Brereton, K. (1979), 16 Postcards, Sydney, Rollmop Press.Book Chapters 2003 ‘Visual Intimacy’, catalogue essay for Intimacy art exhibition by Kevin Brereton. 2000 'Photo-Discourse: Critical Theory and Practice in Photography' in What Is This Thing Called Photography, Sydney, Pluto Press 1996 ‘Tourism at Uluru: Changing Images of Ayers Rock,’ in Traditions and Tourism: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Melbourne, University Of Melbourne Press. 1995 ‘The Big Frontyard: Nostalgia and Beach Culture in the 1950s’, in Creating a White Australian Dreamtime: The Cultural Heritage and Politics of the 1950s, Charles Sturt University Press, Albury. 1994 ‘From Ayers Rock to McRock: Advertising Uluru’, in Racism, Representation and Photography, Inner City Education Unit, Sydney, 1993 ‘Prepress Strategies,’ in Computerwise, Heinemann, Shannon and Chatman (eds), Jacaranda Press, Sydney. 1981 ‘Postcards as Intervention' in Photo-Discourse, Brereton, K. (ed), Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts. 1981 'Interview with Christine Goddin (Australian Centre for Photography)' in Photo- Discourse , Brereton, K. (ed), Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts.Fiction/Poetry 2007 We Are A Movie, poetry performance at Lee Marvin Readings, Adelaide 2005 I've Never Been to the Inland Sea, Jellied Tongue Press, Bulli 1997 ‘The Cultural Poetics of Water’ in Heat, No.6, Sydney. 1996 ‘Thai Proverbs for Australian Tourists’, in W/edge No. 2, University of Western Sydney.Artist Books 1981 Hang-Gliding, Rollmop Press, Sydney 1979 I’ve Never Been to Japan, Rollmop Press, Sydney Journal Articles 2000 ‘Colour in Australian Design’, in Ottagono, Milan – More than Point and Click, in Museum National, Vol 9, No 1, August, Canberra, Australia. 1999 Knotting the Image, in International Tapestry Journal, Vol 2 No2&3, Glenside, Australia 1998 ‘Locating the Critical Space in Teaching Graphic Design and New Media’, in Asia Pacific Media Educator, Issue No. 4, Wollongong. –‘Art Scratchy: Art and Gambling’ in Mesh, No. 12, Experimenta, Melbourne. 1997 ’Cyberpoetics’ in Jacket, No.1, Sydney (online magazine) – ‘The Digital Mirror Phase’ in Mesh, No. 5, November. – ‘The Republican Rock: A Vexing Issue’ in Artlink, Vol. 17, No.3 – ‘That Iconic Moment: The Dismissal’ in Artlink, Vol. 17, No.3 – ‘Art Publishing in Australia’ in Desktop, August. 1997 ‘From Cyberdelic to Cyberpunk Design’ in Desktop, June. – ‘Digital Design Futures’ in Desktop, Feb. 1996 ‘Virtual Topographies: An Interview with Peter Callas’ in Artlink, Vol. 16, No. 2, Winter, Adelaide. – ‘Exquisite Corpses’ in Artlink, Vol. 16, No. 1, Autumn, Adelaide. – ‘George Alexander: A Heterographic Profile,’ in Southerly, Vol. 56, No.1, Autumn, Sydney. – ‘Shedology’ in Artlink, Vol 16 No. 1, Autumn, Adelaide. – ‘Laurens Tan’s Octogene’ in Mesh, No. 3, Experimenta Media Arts, Melbourne. – ‘Blacklash: Black and White Design History’ in Desktop, Nov. 1995 ‘Design Crimes’ in Desktop, July. 1995 ‘Digital Art on the Internet’ in Desktop, June. – ‘Digitising The Past: Virtual Museums’ in Desktop, May. –‘Re-imaging History – The Museum of Sydney’ in Photofile, No. 44, Australian Centre For Photography, Sydney. – ‘Real Products, Virtual Ads’ in Desktop, April. ¬ ‘Digital Design Genres’ in Desktop, March. 1994 ‘Vignettes: Feathering the Edges of Reality’ in Desktop, February. – ‘Learn the Process,’ in Desktop, Jan/Feb. – ‘Pre-Prepress,’ in Desktop, November. – ‘Good Design, Good Business,’ in Desktop, October. – ‘ Colour Sense,’ in Desktop, September. – ‘Good Bad Ugly,’ in Desktop, August. – ‘Bureau Nightmares, in Desktop, July. 1994 ‘Sound and Vision,’ in Desktop, July. – ‘Collage: The Third Wave,’ in Desktop, June. – ‘Good Design Tactics,’ in Desktop, May. – ‘Parody, Pastiche & Puns, in Desktop, April. – ‘Reading Images,’ in Desktop, March. 1993 ‘Striking Resemblances,’ in Art Reading Material, PICA, August. – ‘A Landscape Without Details,’ in Art Reading Material, August – ‘Desktop Semiotics,’ in Desktop, Oct. – ‘Type Effects on a Shoestring,’ in Desktop, Sept. – ‘Monomania,’ in Desktop, August. – ‘A Spot of Colour Anyone,’ in Desktop, July. – ‘Repeating Yourself,’ in Desktop, June. – ‘Strategic Shortcuts,’ in Desktop, May. – ‘Communicating With Clients,’ in Desktop, April. – ‘Prepressing Concerns,’ in Desktop, March. – ‘Knights of the Template,’ in Desktop, Feb. – ‘Look Before You Leap,’ in Desktop, Dec/Jan. 1992 ‘Type in Advertising,’ in Desktop, Nov. – ‘Spot-on Colour,’ in Desktop, June/July. 1990 ‘Image Deliria,’ in Otis Rush, No.5 Adelaide. 1986 ‘Entering The Water At Bondi,’ in Australian Mythological Sites', Sydney,Third Degree. 1985 ‘Stitching Looks in the Garden of Eden,’ in Third Degree No 1, Sydney. – ‘Julie Brown-Persona Shadow,’ in Photofile, Winter. – ‘Simon Biggs- review of exhibition,’ in Art Network No. 17. – ‘Little Hans Rides Again,’ in Fade To Black, Sydney, SCA, 1984 ‘Arrival: The Myth of a Common Language and Full Understanding Between Cultures, Only Serves the Side That Is Speaking,’ in Twenty Six Characters, The Fringe Centre, Adelaide. 1981 ‘16 Postcards - Small Press publishing in Sydney,’ in NEWSWIT, Sydney, NSWIT. Conference Papers (selected) 2006 “Digital Art in Australia”, Ming Chun University, Taiwan 2003 “New Digital Art & Animation in Australia”, Conference on Theory and Case Study in the Arts of Applied Media and Animation, Tainan National College of the Arts and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. 2002 “From Paper to Pixels: Animating Drawings and Paintings”, Theory and Case Study in the Arts of Applied Media and Animation, National Taiwan University of the Arts. – “Messiaen at Mt Kiera” for Meeting Messiaen, SFMOMA, USA 2001 “Ambience de Wollongong: Messiaen at Mt Kiera”, Colloquium Series, FCA, UOW 2001 "Art by Design", Making Connections, Art Gallery of NSW 2000 "Digital Pedagogy: New Media Art & Design", G-WIZZ, IDEA Event, Univeristy Of Wollongong 1999 "Virtual Art Gallery Project", ACUADS, Sydney (joint paper with Dr Diana Wood- Conroy) – "Digital Design Futures", International Design Conference, Chung Yuan University, Chung Li, Taiwan 1998 “Artist Run Collectives in Australia and England in the 1970s and 80s”, Art and Cultural Collective Spaces in Taiwan, Taipei – “Pathetic Art Today”, Biennale AGNSW 1997 Digital Design Futures, Cybergloo Imaging Reality, International Forum on Digital Imaging, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney. 1996 Masculinities Today, Debate at Adelaide Arts Fringe Festival, Artlink Event, Adelaide, – Virtual Advertising, International Marketing Conference, Melbourne University. 1995 Desktop Publishing Layout & Design, NUS Student Media Conference, Melbourne. 1994 ‘Tourism at Uluru: Changing Images of Ayers Rock,’ in Traditions and Tourism: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Melbourne, University Of Melbourne Press. – ‘The Big Frontyard: Australian Beach Culture of the 1950s,’ in Creating a White Australian Dreamtime: The Cultural Heritage and Politics of the 1950s, Charles Sturt University, Albury, Feb. 1993 ‘Desktop Publishing and Design Strategies’, NUS Student Media Conference, National Union of Students, Melbourne University, July. 1987 ‘Graffiti’, Art and Political Commitment, Canberra Art School. – ‘Art & Politics’, Art and Political Commitment, Canberra Art School. – ‘Gloss, Glamour and Glitz’, Glamour in Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. Television /Video/Press Interviews 1994 Interviews on Reading Advertisements on TVTV, ABCTV, April/May. 1994 ‘Government Road Safety TV Advertising Campaign’, ABC TV News, 28/11/94 1994 ‘Men and Their Sheds’ video doco, Vivid Pictures, Ian Walker dir. ABC, T.V. 1994 ‘What a Capital Idea’ ed. Cassie McCullagh in Fast Forward, Good Weekend SMH 1 12/11/94. 1994 ‘The Air Force’ by Miriam Cosic, Sydney Morning Herald, 20/9/94 1994 ‘Promoting Uluru’ in The Anchor, No 15. UTS. 1993 ‘Mojo and Nationalism’ in The Mojo Story, Tom Mainwaring (Director) - Video Doco, Sydney.1992 ‘Sexist Advertising’, Vox Populi, SBS TV. 1988 ‘Sexism in Advertising‘, Today Show, Channel 9, Sydney. 1984 ‘Twenty Six Characters Exhibition’, Festival Report-News, ABC TV, Adelaide. Radio Interviews (selected) 2003 Vanuatu Series Exhibition, on ABC Adelaide, 7/7/03 2002 Meeting Messiaen Exhibition, Night Club Arts Show, ABC Radio National, October 1996 Beyond the Sublime (Uluru), Arts Today, ABC Radio National, 6/11/96 1996 Graffiti as Writing, on Kevin Norton Show, ABC Radio 2BL, 15/10/96 1995 Uluru /Ayers Rock and the Handback 10th Anniversary, Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, 8/10/95 1995 Graffiti Crimes, on Lisa Forrest Show, ABC Radio 2BL, 4/3/95 1995 ‘Skin Cancer and the Death of The Bronzed Aussie’, on Life Matters, ABC Radio National, Melbourne, Feb. 1995 ‘NSW and Victorian Government Road Accident Advertising Campaigns’, on Life Matters, ABC Radio National, Melbourne, Feb. 1995 ‘Benetton Advertising & AIDS’, on Drive Time, ABC Radio National, Melbourne, Feb. 1994 ‘Advertising The Rock’, on ABC Radio National, Tasmania, July. 1994 ‘Advertising Uluru’, on ABC Radio National, Newcastle, July. 1994 ‘Advertising Myths of Uluru’, on 2SERFM, Sydney, July. 1994 ‘Nostalgia & Beach Culture in the 1950s’, on The History Program, 2SER FM, March. 1993 ‘Advertising Cliches’, John Doyle, ABC Radio National, Sydney, August, 1993 ‘Kiosks and Beach Culture’, In the Mix, ABC Radio National, Sydney, May. 1990 'A History of Advertising' 2SERFM, Sydney.1987 'Advertising and Politics', 2BL, Sydney.1985 'Third Degree' (interview), 2SERFM, Sydney. 1984 'Natural Histories', (with Kit Edwardes), ABC 2, Adelaide. 1984 'Natural Histories', (with Kit Edwardes), 5MMM, Adelaide. 1983 'Natural Histories', (with Kit Edwardes), BBC Bristol 1983 'Natural Histories', (with Kit Edwardes), Radio West, Bristol. 1983 'Post-Colonial Musics', Radio Skid Row, Sydney. 1981 'Aus-land or The Other Country', (with George Alexander), 2SERFM, Sydney. Films 1997 Mortal Divide Aside, 8mm, col/silent, 20mins. 1991 Memories to Live By, 8mm, col/sound, 25mins. 1989 Miza-za Pa, 8mm, col/sound, 10mins. 1987 Running Backwards for Art, City to Surf, 8mm, col/sound, 5mins. 1985 Re-Entries: Men Entering the Water at Bondi, 8mm, col/sound, 12mins. 1984 More is Plenty, 8mm, col/sound, 12mins. 1984 Shock of the Ordinary, 8mm, col/sound, 10mins. 1984 Sleight of Land, 8mm, col/sound, 16mins. 1982 Ideal Homes: Knossos, 8mm, col/sound, 4mins. - Altar/Alter, 8mm, col/sound, 6mins. 1981 The Coal Cliff, 8mm, col/sound, 12mins. 1981 Party Tricks, 8mm, col/sound, 4mins. 1981 Aus-Land or The Other Country, 8mm, col/sound, 30mins. 1979 Backwards To You, 8mm, col/sound, 20mins. 1978 Greetings From Sydney, 8mm, col/sound, 15mins. 1977 Chuck You Farley-Punks in Sydney 1977, 16mm, col/b&w, 25min.Film Screenings 2006 The Coal Cliff, Chauvel Cinema, Sydney 2006 5 Films - Ming Chuan, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan 1997 Mortal Divide —George Alexander book launch, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. 1996 Beyond the Sublime, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. 1989 Perspecta, NSW Art Gallery, Sydney. 1985 N.S.W. Institute of Technology, Sydney. 1985 City Art Institute, Sydney. 1984 City Art Institute, Sydney. 1984 FUTURFALL Conference, Jamison St, Sydney. 1982 National Art School, Dublin. 1982 Bristol Art School. 1982 Bristol Super 8 Film Festival, King St. Gallery, Bristol. 1982 London Film Makers Co-op. 1982 I.C.A., London. 1981 2nd Sydney Super 8 Film Festival, Sydney. 1981 Foreign Bodies Semiotics Conference, Sydney University. 1981 Sydney College of the Arts. 1981 Adelaide A.B.C. Film Centre. 1981 Exiles Gallery, Sydney. 1980 1st Sydney Super 8 Film Festival, Sydney. Video and Animation Works* 2006 5 Films, super 8 and digital video animations, DVD, Sensitive Plastic Productions, 20mins 2005 The Opening, Vuspace gallery, 120mins 2004 Orpheus Enters the Mangroves, 10 min digital animation, USC Gallery Qld. 2002 Bushfire Zone, 20min digital video for Art Realty show. 1996 Uluru Dystopia, Beyond the Sublime, 60sec digital video animation. 1994 Multimedia Links: Issues in Education and Advertising, UTS, Sydney, VHS, Col. 30mins 1987 Third Degree Promo, 3/4 " col. 5mins. 1981 Rock Against Racism, (camera) 3/4 " col. 90mins. 1981 Aboriginal Islander Dance Company, 3/4 " col. 60mins 1979 True Luv, 3/4 " col. 60mins. 1978 Damn The Ironing, 3/4 " col. 35mins. 1978 Portrait While You Wait, 3/4 " col. 30mins.New Media and Audio Works 2003 “Lyrebird Mixdown” (3 mins) Ear Clips - CD compilation, Listening Room, Radio National, ABC Music. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/earclips/03.htm 2001 Messiaen at Mt Kiera, Jellied Tongue Press, (accompanying exhibition). 1997 CDRom graphic interface design on From Convict Ship to Dragon Boat: Australia on CD Series, Ripple Media, Adelaide. Catalogue essays/articles on Kurt Brereton 2009 George Alexander, Kurt Brereton, Survey Show 1999 - 2009, catalogue essay, Wollongong City Gallery 2008 Anne Howell, 'The Rhizomatic Art of Kurt Brereton', in Luscious, Lakeside Arts, Denville, USA 2007 Anne Howell, 'The Rhizomatic Art of Kurt Brereton', in Kunapipi, Vol XXIX No 1 20072006 Tsen Wang, "Rhizomorphism", in Rhizome, UOW Press, Wollongong 2005 Ken Bolton, "Escarpment", catalog essay for Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea 2003 George Alexander, “Time Out of Mind”, catalog essay for Chronography – a series of performance paintings dealing with mapping time. 2002 George Alexander, “Art Reality For Sale” catalog essay for Art Reality, (exhibition at Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University.)2001 Associate Professor Stephen Ingham, “Synaesthetics: Olivier Messiaen at Mt Kiera” in Kurt Brereton, The Colour of Time: Messiaen at Mt Kiera, Jellied Tongue Press, exhibition CDRom catalogue, UTS, Sydney Consultancies and related arts/academic and management projects (selected, since 1990) 2009 Web design - Waminda Aboriginal Women's Health Centre, Nowra. 2008 Postgraduate supervision, UTS, USC - Teaching Art and Design, Hazelhurst Regional Art Centre, Bundanon Art Centre. - Writing, design “Luscious” artist monograph book, USA - Editing, proof reading, indexing (ongoing) 2007 “International Conference on Digital Design Creativity - Southern Taiwan University of Technology – keynote speaker. 2006 Long Wa Tec University, Ching Min University. Ming Chung University, Chung Yuan Christian University, National Chang-Hua University of Education 2005 Hyper_Taiwan: Art, Design, Culture (author, design, layout) Art & Collection Group, Taiwan. – Japan design research – ‘I’ve Never Been to the Inland Sea” Photographic e-Book Project 2004 Far East University, Soul, Korea – graphic design workshops, lectures 2003 National Taiwan Normal University – design postgraduate workshops 2002 Chung Yuan University, Taiwan – designer in residence 2001 Creative Industries Links (Design and New Media), Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Uni. of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland 2001 Judge for Australian Web Design Awards, Australian Publishers Association. 2001 Corporate Identity Development – Stella Downer Art Gallery, Sydney 2000 Digital design training for GIO Australia. 1997 CDRom graphic interface design on From Convict Ship to Dragon Boat: Australia on CD Series, Ripple Media, Adelaide. 1997 Research and theoretical development on The Power of Emotion Project for Doorley, Abram Davis & Chapman and Insearch Ltd, Sydney. 1997 Curriculum development for Year 7-10 Art/Craft program 1998. NSW Education Department —including web site design and development. 1997 NSW Dept. of Education, research and curriculum development on the life and work of fibre artist Janet Brereton. CDRom graphic interface design on The Fibre Art of Janet Brereton. Facelift Design. 1996 Design skills for editors, Catholic Press Association one day workshop. Sydney. 1996 Signage design analysis for CSIRO, Parks Radio Telescope Station. 1995 Consultant on staffing appointments for Big Hand (Asia Pacific) Interactive Multimedia, Sydney. 1995 Consultant for ‘A Cadet Journalist Training Video’ for the Aboriginal Reconciliation Council, 20 mins., Jeff Bruer. Dir. Macumba Film & TV Productions. 1994 Judge for Telecom Australian Advertising Awards, DDB Needham, Sydney. 1994 Conflict Resolution Networks - Roslyn Lambert Lecture, Women in Management Conference, Boulevard Hotel, Sydney (video documentary - director/camera/editor, 10mins.) 1994 PEP research project for UTS, Multimedia Links: Issues in Education and Advertising, Video documentary - director/camera/editor, 30 mins. 1993 Judge for Telecom Australian Advertising Awards, DDB Needham, Sydney. 1993 Graphic design-TV logos for Community Television Sydney Ltd, Sydney. 1993 Desktop publishing design workshops, National Union of Students, Melbourne University. 1993 Art direction and graphic design, Art Reading Material, PICA Press, Perth. 1993 Graphic design of bus poster, Artransit Buspak, State Transit Authority, Sydney. 1993 Desktop publishing workshops, Department of Education - Continuing Education Program, University of New England, Armidale, 1993 Graphic design, Shiatsu Communication Programs, Sydney. 1993 Exhibition adviser, Laditude Awards, UTS, Sydney. 1992 Photographic assignment, Cyclone Betsy Relief Project, Vanuatu. 1992 Graphic design and layout, Job Support Sydney, Sydney. 1992 Audiovisual presentation, Young Achievers Awards, Hilton Hotel, Sydney. 1992 Graphic design poster, Hybrid Connections Conference, Sydney. 1992 Co-ordinator, Ad’itude Awards, UTS, Sydney. 1992 Poster design, Ad’itude Awards, UTS, Sydney. 1992 Graphic design poster, Bon Marche Grand Opening, UTS, Sydney. 1991 Graphic design - Facelift (logo and stationary), Adult Literacy Information Office, Sydney. 1990 Graphic design - cover and book artwork, Writing From a Bankrupt 13th Principle, Alan Jefferies, Third Degree, Sydney. New Media and Visual Art, Design Research 2000/2001 - Investigation and development of digital multimedia art works involving painting, sound, animation and interactive installations. Concerns the relationship between visual art, new media and graphic design. Outcomes: - One person exhibitions at The Loft, UTS and Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University. Group shows at Gallery 4A and Stella Downer Gallery (both in Sydney). - CDRom – titled Lyrebird Mixdown: Messiaen at Mt Kiera - Catalogue essays by: - Stephen Ingham, “Synaesthetics: Olivier Messiaen at Mt Kiera” in Kurt Brereton, The Colour of Time: Messiaen at Mt Kiera, Jellied Tongue Press, (exhibition CDRom catelogue, UTS, Sydney 2001 - George Alexander, “Art Reality For Sale” in Kurt Brereton, Art Reality, (exhibition at Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney University.) 2002 2002 - Meeting Messiaen Conference presentation and exhibition of visual art/multimedia at the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco - Post Graduate New Media and Design Conference co-ordination (for July 2003), at the University of the Sunshine Coast. - George Alexander, “Time Out of Mind”, (catalogue essay) for Chronography – a series of performance paintings dealing with mapping time. 2003 - Vanuatu Series – Exhibition: production of digital photographic images and linocut prints. To be shown at Arterial Gallery, Adelaide, August 2003). - Rhizomorphosis: The Morphology of Mangroves –Art Exhibition - production of digital photographic images with drawing, mono prints, and linocut prints. Shown at Arterial Gallery, Adelaide (March 2004) and University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery (April 2004). 2004/5 - Writing and publication of Taiwanese post modern culture study titled Hyper-Taiwan: Art, Design,Culture. Deals with contemporary art, design and cultural phenomena from a post-structural theoretical point of view. Published by Art & Collection Group (Taipei) in September 2005. - Reviewed in Art AsiaPacific Magazine No: 48 Spring, 2006 and listed as one of the top 20 art books for 2005 in Art AsiaPacific Art Almanac. Also reviewed in Jacket on-line magazine for April 2006. - A Guide to Creative Arts Research. For postgraduate creative arts and design students and their supervisors. 2006 - Solo visual and new media art exhibitions – in Australia and Taiwan. 2007 - Winner Thirroul Art Prize - Solo visual and new media art exhibitions – in Australia - Design and art writing, teaching. 2008 - Publication of Luscious Lakeside Arts, USA. - Winner Thirroul Art Prize - Currently writing a book titled “Such is Art: Art Writing Culture”. A collection of writings on art and cyberculture together with a survey of art exhibitions from 1980 - 2005. Includes articles by art critics on my work including George Alexander, Diana Wood-Conroy, Noel Sanders, Ken Orchard and Arnold Goldman. - Solo visual and new media art exhibitions in Australia and USA. Industry Bodies Membership ANAT (Australian Network of Art & Technology) ICAN (Illawarra Craft and Art Network) NAVA (National Association of Visual Artists) Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong Rhizome (Art & Technology) NetArt News Ctheory Project Contemporary Artspace