CV for Mark Cypher
Curriculum Vitae for Mark Cypher
A short bio-
Dr Mark Cypher received a PhD in 2011 from the University of Western Australia and is currently a Senior Lecturer and Program Chair for Interactive Digital Design and Games Art and Design at Murdoch University - Western Australia. His practice reflects an ongoing engagement with the practice and discourse of interactivity particularly in relation to actor-network theory. His artwork has featured in several international exhibitions including, 404 International Festival of Electronic Arts (Argentina), Salon International De Art Digital (Cuba), Siggraph 2006 (USA), FILE - Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica ( Brazil), NewForms06 (Canada), BEAP -Biennial of Electronic Art (Australia), Haptic 07 (Canada), Bios4, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Spain), ISEA 2011 (Istanbul), Transitio_MX (Mexico) and Electrofringe (Australia).
Mark Cypher's work is also held in several Australian state and national collections such as the National Library of Australia (Pandora archive), Art Gallery of Western Australia, ArtBank (Sydney), Casula Powerhouse (Sydney), Central TAFE (Perth Australia), Curtin University of Technology (Perth) and University of Western Australia. Mark currently lives and works in Perth, Western Australia in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife and two beautiful daughters.
Qualifications;
2011 PhD,
University of Western Australia
1998 Graduate Diploma In Secondary Education,
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
1995 Masters of Visual Arts by Research
,Sydney University, Sydney College of the Arts, Australia
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
Exhibitions;
1989 "Waterworks", Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
1990 "W.A.V.E Seasons", Ozone Bar, Perth
1990 "Curtin University Degree Show"
1991 "Wood Sculptors", C.A.L.M, Curtin University, Western Australia
1991 "A Sideways Glance" Gallery Dusseldorf, Western Australia
1992 "Prize Exhibition", Gomboc Gallery, Western Australia
1992 "Mind Over Matter", Art Gallery of Western Australia
1992 "Orientation", Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
1993 "Artfare", Artrage, Perth Institue of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia
1994 "One Hundred Years of Sculpture", Art Gallery of Western Australia
1997 "Twenty One Years", Gallery Dusseldorf, Western Australia
1998 "Melbourne Contempory Art Fair", Victoria
1999 "Screen_Image", Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia
1999 "Screen_Image" Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2005 "A Parched Progress: Landscapes of Australia" Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth, University of Western Australia
2005 "BeapWorks", Perth International Arts Festival, Curtin University, Western Australia
2005 "404 II International Festival of Electronic Art", Rosario , Argentina
2006 "Beapworks", John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia
2006 "VII Salon International De Arte Digital", Cuba
2006 "Intersections- Siggraph2006", Boston, USA
2006 "File06" Sao Paulo, Brazil
2006 "NewForms06" Vancouver, Canada
2006 "Collision 06" University of Victoria, Canada
2006 " [R][R][F]2006--->XP", Festival International de Arte Digital Rosario, Argentina
2007 "Bios4", Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville , Spain
2007 "Computational Aesthetics", Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
2007 "Haptic 07", ZeroToOne Gallery, Kitchener , Canada
2007 "Web Biennial 2007", Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul,Turkey
2007 "Impermanence", BEAP (Biennial of Electronic Art Perth) Curtin University , Perth , Australia
2008 "Silver"- Art Rage 25 years, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia
2008 "Electro-Online", Electrofringe festival, Sydney, Australia
2011 "ISEA 2011", Cumhuriyet Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 "Visweek Art Show", Rhode Island School of Design, USA
2011 "Transitio_MX", National Center for the Arts, Mexico
Solo Exhibitions;
1992 Fremantle Arts Centre,Western Australia
1992 Dusseldorf Gallerie, Western Australia
1993 Gomboc Gallery, Western Australia
1993 "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Nature", Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia
1995 "Headless Allegories", Particle Contemporary Exhibtion Space, Sydney, Australia
1996 "Headless Allegories", Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia
2000 "Objectum", Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Western Australia
2003 "Memesis", Perth Institute of Contemporary Art , Western Australia
Relevant Academic Experience;
1995- 1996 Sessional Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University
1997 Sessional Lecturer, Claremont School of Art, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University
2001-2003 Sessional Lecturer, Curtin University, Electronic Art and Sculpture Departments
1998-2003 Lecturer,Western Australian School of Art and Design - Manager of Electronic Art
2004-- Senior Lecturer, Program Chair, Interactive Digital Design/ Games Art and Design/ Web Communication, Murdoch University
Documentation -Press Articles;
David Bromfield, 28.9.91 West Australian , Australia
John Barrett-Lennard, 1992 Artlink vol.11 no.4 (illustrated) , Australia
David Bromfield, 5.12.92 West Australian
David Bromfield, 21.11.93 West Australian
Helen Ross, 25.10.00 Australia Art Monthly(illustrated) http://www.artmonthly.org.au/review.asp?ReviewID=75 , Australia
Pip Christmass, 17.1.05 West Australian Newspaper (illustrated), Australia
"Bytes and Pieces", 6.2.05, Sunday Times Newspaper (illustrated), Australia
Judith McGrath, 17.2.05, X-Press Magazine (illustrated), Australia
19.02.05, West Australian Newspaper,Australia
Nathan Lynch, Autumn Issue, Artsource, 2005 (illustrated), Australia
Jude van der Merwe, Artsource, March, 2005, Australia
"City of lights goes digital", Cite Magazine, Summer 2005 (illustrated), Australia
PHOTOFile 74; Winter 2005 (illustrated), Australia
Kate Vickers, RealTime, No-66, April-May, 2005 (illustrated), Australia
Electronic.art-the creative power of networks-Artsource, Autumn Issue,2005 Nathan Lynch, Australia
Democratic Collections, "Art in the age of Plasma", Artsource, Autumn Issue,2005(illustrated), Australia
Belgin Coleri, Art + Décor, "Sanatin elektronik hali" ,2005, No 4,( Turkey )
La Capital, "404 II International Festival of Electronic Art" 26.11.2005, Rosario, Argentina
Pablo Makovsky "The desert enters the city " El Ciudadano" , 28. 11.2005, Buenos Aries, Argentina
Christy Dena, "Artists as Educators", The university: A new home for new media?" Realtime 74 August/September 2006 http://www.realtimearts.net/rt74/dena_edu.html
Gina Valenti and Mariano Guzmán,"Between Tech Support and Software = Art" -NYARTS, October 2006, New York, USA http://tinyurl.com/ydwzwwz(illustrated)
Laura Cinti, C-LAB, http://c-lab.co.uk/default.aspx?id=8 (illustrated)
Technological art in the Museum http://www.we-make-money-not- art.com/archives/cat_bios_4.php (illustrated)
ABC," El Arte la technologia crean orquidas que
y compost casero, en la Cartuja", 4.5.07,p74 (illustrated), Seville , Spain
Grants;
2007 Artflight Grant, Arts WA
2005 Artflight Grant, Arts WA
2004 Australia Council New Media Grant
2004 BeapWorks Grant, Arts WA
2003 Arts WA, Research and Development Grant
1991 State Government Western Australia
Commisions;
1991 Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Perth
Collections;
National Library of Australia (Pandora archive)
Western Australian Art Gallery
Curtin University of Technology
University of Western Australia
Artbank, Sydney
Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
Ian and Sue Bernadt Collection, Perth
Gomboc Gallery, Perth
