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About craig@craigwalsh.net 2017-10-13T01:03:48+00:00

Over the last 30 years, Australian artist Craig Walsh has become widely known for his pioneering works including innovative approaches to projection mapping in unconventional sites. His site-responsive works have animated natural environments and features such as trees, rivers and mountains, as well as public art projects in urban and architectural space. He is also renowned for his site interventions at live events, including iconic works at music festivals across Australia and internationally.

Craig’s work remains distinctive for its conceptual underpinnings and deftly woven narrative. Over recent years he has extended his digital arts expertise into work with diverse communities, enabling large-scale participation as collaborators in contemporary art projects such as Home Gwangju (South Korea, 2012), Traces — Blue (Setouchi, Japan, 2013), and FIVE (DADAA Inc., Western Australia, 2013 -14).

Craig Walsh. Traces-Blue
Craig Walsh. Traces-Blue

Craig continues to produce a diverse body of work for major institutions, public art commissions, live events, and community projects. examples include:

INSTITUTIONS
Museum Of Contemporary Art , Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane Australia
Artspace, Sydney, Australia
ACMI, Melbourne, Australia
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
Experimenta, Melbourne, Australia
Sendai Mediatech, Japan
Tokyo Wondersite, Japan
Gold Coast Art Gallery
Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
Sydney Maritime Museum, Australia
Powerhouse Museum, Australia
FESTIVALS
Sydney Festival, Sydney, Australia
White Night, Melbourne, Australia
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
Breckenridge International  Art Festival, Colorado, USA
Kyiv Lights Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Bleach Festival, Gold Coast, Australia
DRIFT 08, London, UK
Cairns Festival, Cairns, Australia
Brisbane Festival
Fuji Rock, Japan
Art and About, Sydney, Australia
Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay, Australia
Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, Australia
Livid Festival, Brisbane, Australia
Womad Festivals, Australia/Singapore/England
Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania, Australia
BIENALLE AND TRIENNIALS
Setouchi Triennale, Japan
Gwangju Biennalle, South Korea
Jakarata Biennale XIII, Indonesia
Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Japan
01SJ Biennal San Jose California, USA
Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Korea
Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangledesh
Biennial of Australian Art, Adelaide, Australia
PUBLIC ART
Transport for New South Wales, Australia
Cairns Regional Council, Australia
Parramatta City Council, Australia
Brisbane City Council, Australia
Gold Coast City Council, Australia
Queensland Rail, Australia
COMMUNITY PROJECTS/ORGANISATIONS
DADAA
Regional Arts Victoria
Arts Queensland
Arts Northern Rivers
Penrith Panthers
The Corridor Project
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