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W.Shawn Gray: Curriculum Vitae. |
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1955 |
Born Katoomba NSW. Australia |
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1972 |
Matriculated
from Hurstville Boys High for entry into all Australia
Universities. |
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1973 |
Scholarship for fees to the National Art School, |
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1973-1976 |
Diploma
in Art, (Major Sculpture) National Art School,
East Sydney Tech. |
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1974-1977 |
Exhibited
paintings, sold
sculptures
at; St.
Georges Gallery. |
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1976 Nov., |
Completed ‘Spiders’ Australia’s first digital computer generated fine-art film, |
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1977 |
my film ‘Spiders’; Highly
Commended, at the First National Youth Film Festival, N.S.W. 10-15
Jan. 1977. |
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1977 |
‘Symbolist
Daydream’ completed
with grant from |
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1977 |
Assistant Animator at Hanna-Barbera. |
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1978 |
Exhibited bronzes at Settlers Gallery, Paddington. |
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1978 Dec, |
Concieved design for 'Tank 115' Mural project at the Total Oil Refinery, Matraville. |
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1978
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Freelance
illustrating & prop-making jobs |
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Invited
to do a third film for Europe which stalled with then translation
obstacles. Storyboard zeincomplete
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1979 |
1979
Biennial N.S.W.
Art Gallery, exhibited
'Symbolist
Daydream' & 'Spiders'; |
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Videotapes
of ‘Symbolist
Daydream' & 'Spiders' included
as part of a
collection of Australian Video Art then
included in another collection organised by Stephen Jones &
Bernice Murphy on behave of the (Australian Gallery Directors
Council). |
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• "Video
Tapes from Australia in North America" exhibited "Kitchen
Center for Video and Music" |
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1980 |
• Project 30 Some recent Australian Videotapes May-June1980 Art Gallery of NSW. |
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• Videotapes dall'Australia, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy; July 1980 |
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• 1980
~ 1982 Tour of regional galleries |
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1980 |
Co-developed ‘The Light Begins’ Science Fiction concept. |
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1981 |
Joined ‘Australian Bureau of Statistics’ as Analysis/Programer, User Support & Training. |
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1984 |
Bachelor of Arts Conversion, Sydney College of Advanced Education. |
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1984-89 |
Visiting lecturer at NSWIT / UTS, on ‘Aesthetics for Computer Graphics’. |
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1989 |
Part-Time lecturer 'Advanced Basic' Penrith TAFE. |
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1989-1995 |
Bronzes & metal sculpture on consignment to Artarmon Galleries, Artarmon, NSW. |
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1989
to |
Moved
to ‘Roads
and Traffic Authority of NSW’,
Planning & Control Branch |
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1995 Sept., |
‘Tower
of Babel’
exhibited
Sculpture
Societies Exhibition
“Latest
Works” |
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1995 Dec., |
Solo exhibition “To Hunt Data in Arcadia” at Urban Exile Gallery, Newtown as well as virtual showWorld Wide Web. |
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1996 Jan., |
My sculpture ‘Tower of Babel’ included in “The Temple of the Third Millennium” show at Urban Exile Gallery. |
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13 May 1999., |
Established
family company AuzGnosis Pty. Ltd. ACN 087569391 for
business of; |
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2000 Feb., |
‘Quality
and Cyberspace’
article
in "The
Quality Magazine"
February 2000 Vol.9 Num.1, |
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10-8-2000
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Invited, then participated as part of a 26 international artist judging panel for the online University Gallery. uniservity.net being a UK wide semi-government website for students of all British Universities. |
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Feb. 2000 to ≈ July 2001, |
‘Dusk
among the Rusty Megaliths’
winning
submission in the |
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2001April, |
Postcards for Global Greens, Canberra ACT |
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2001 Nov. |
‘The
ANZAC's Unease’
at/in
“Intersculpt
2001: Sculpture for a Virtual World”
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Essay
‘Aesthetics
of Computer Graphics’
published
by “Pixxelpoint2001”
(November)
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2003 April, |
‘Absolute
Kinegraphic Notation System 2.0
(AKNS)’ completed
and published “The
AKNS is to the understanding of movement and space, what the
invention |
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2005 |
‘High Tech. Yuppy’, Marathon, Virtual Reality, Karma, at The Artist Deli, Bowral. |
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2006 Nov. |
painting
‘Sacrifice
to the Gnomes of New York’ “The
Illustrator’s Show” by |
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2007 |
‘To Hunt Data in Arcadia’ & ‘Tower of Babel’ at The Artist Deli, Bowral, NSW |
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2007 ~ 2012 |
Illustrated children’s book “My Grandma Talks to Teddy Bears” |
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2008 ~ 2019 |
Researching
“Future
carbon neutral options for Australian locomotives.”
on
line at
Followed
by ‘Cryogenic
Vapour Locomotive. Patent Simulacrum’
conceptual
art-work |
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2010 April, |
Solar
Progress: Renewable
Energy
for Australia.
The
On-Line Journal of the
Australian
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18 Nov. 2010, |
“Pitch-Kleur” A Quest to Map Pitch to Visuals |
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2010 Dec,, |
‘Post
Industrial Labor’
&
‘Stress’
in
“Restriction Show” |
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6
Nov. 2010 to |
Behring
Institute for Medical Research.
"Placebos
for Art".
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8-27
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The
15th Hutchins
Australian Contemporary Art Prize 2018 Finalists’
Exhibition. |
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11-5-2020 |
“Down by the heliostats early in the morning.” Sheet#42 [aka 16] A2 prints x10. |
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11-5-2020, |
"Vous perdez toujours”( ≈You always lose.) Sheet#17 B2 prints x10. |
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