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W.
Shawn Gray: Curriculum Vitae.
1973-1976
1974-1976
Dec.1976
to January 1977
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Diploma
in Art,
(Majoring in Sculpture) National
Art School, East
Sydney Tech and then Alexander
Mackie CAE [College
of Advanced Education].
Exhibited paintings and
sculptures at St.
Georges Gallery.
The Sydney City Festival. As the 'Upstairs
Gallery' exhibiting
paintings and sculptures with other artist
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10-15
Jan. 1977
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'Spiders'
Received a Highly Commended, at "First
National Youth Film Festival",
N.S.W.
"The
New Zealand Computer Conference, Auckland 1977" 'Spiders'
Won:- 3rd prize in the film section of the Computer Graphic Art
Competition
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1977
1977-1978
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Assistant
Animator at Hanna-Barbera.
Completed "Symbolist
Daydream"
with a grant from the Creative
Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission.
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1978
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Exhibited
bronzes at Settlers
Gallery,
Paddington. While working from home on; paintings,
sculptures. freelance illustrating jobs, "University
of NSW Students' Union Alternative Handbook".
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18-12-1978
12-1-1979
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Original
design of 'Tank 115' mural project for the Total Oil
Refinery, Matraville.
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1979
Sydney Biennial:
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'Symbolist
Daydream' & 'Spiders' were exhibited during
the Biennial at the N.S.W. Art Gallery as
films by the Sydney Experimental Film Group.
'Symbolist
Daydream' & 'Spiders' included
in Australian Video Art collection
of the N.S.W. Art Gallery.
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'Symbolist
Daydream' & 'Spiders' were
then included in a collection of approximately 36 video-tapes
by 25 producers, organized by Stephen Jones & Bernice
Murphy on behave of the (Australian Gallery Directors Council).
That collection was exhibited as follows
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3-24
Nov.1979 15 Dec. 1979.~ 18
Jan. 1980 4-25 Mar. 1980
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*
"Video
Tapes from Australia in North America"
"Kitchen
Center for Video and Music", New York "Los
Angles Institute of Contemporary Art",
"Video
Inn", Vancouver, Canada,
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22
May 1980 ~ 8
June 1980 18-21 July 1980
1980/81/82
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*
Project30
Some
recent Australian Videotapes Art
Gallery of N.S.W.
* 1980
Biennale of Venice;
Italy
* Tour of regional galleries beginning at Ewing
Gallery, University of Melbourne. and
finishing at N.S.W. Art Gallery.
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1980
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Co-developed
"The Light Begins" Science-Fiction film
concept.
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1981
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Entered
the Australian Bureau of Statistics, then moved into
Computer Services Branch, doing Analysis / Programming,
User Support and Training.
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1983-1985
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Initial
development of the “Absolute Kinegraphic Notation
System" [AKNS] "The
AKNS is to the understanding of movement and space, what the
invention of
the musical score was for the notation of the harmony and
rhythm of sound."
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1984
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Bachelor
of Arts (Conversion), Sydney College of Advanced
Education.
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1984-1989
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Visiting
lecturer on 'Aesthetics for Computer Graphics' at NSWIT
/ UTS,.
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1989
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Part-Time
lecturer 'Advanced Basic' ('Basic' as in the computer
language ) at Penrith TAFE.
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1989-1995
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Bronzes
/ metal sculpture on consignment at Artarmon
Gallery,
Artarmon.
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31
May 1989
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Joined
'Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW' as a Planning &
Control Officer (CSO2).
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26
Jun 1990
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Expert
System Officer, Planning and Quality CSO4 as the 'Expert
System Officer' 'ProFiSy'. 1994 transferred as a
Business Systems Analyst, Business Systems Analysis Section.
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19
July 1994 24
June 1999
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Business
Systems Analyst, Business Systems Analysis Section
(CSO4). {made redundant from Roads and Traffic Authority } .
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11~22
Sep. 1995
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'Tower
of Babel'.in
Sculpture Societies Exhibition "Latest Works"
at the NSW State Parliament House.
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6
Dec. 1995 4
Jan. 1996
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"To
Hunt Data in Arcadia"
Solo exhibition of painting & sculptures at the Urban
Exile Gallery,
Newtown, and on the World Wide Web (including my paper
'Aesthetics
for Computer Graphics')
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12-30
Jan. 1996
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'Tower
of Babel'
in "The
Temple of the Third Millennium"
show at Urban
Exile Gallery,
Newtown, and on WWW.
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13
May 1999 to
present.
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Established
family company
AuzGnosis
Pty. Ltd.
ACN 087569391 to engage in the business of;- "Consultation,
conceptualization, and realization of programs, structures,
images & systems."
Built website the http:// www.auzgnosis.com/
Voluntary
political work & policy research. Along with personal
works;- VRML worlds, Stained-glass designs, drawing etc.
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01
Feb.2000
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‘Quality
and Cyberspace’
article
in "The
Quality Magazine"
pages 14-17 of February 2000 Vol.9 Num.1, (the official
publication of Australian Quality Council & Quality Society
of Australasia). Online
http://www.auzgnosis.com/qal_arcl.htm
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2000
to present.
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Bronzes
/ metal sculpture on consignment and sold by at Artarmon
Gallery, Artarmon.
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10-08-2000
~ 28-03-2002
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Invited,
then participated as part of a 26 international artist judging
panel for the online University Gallery. uniservity.net being
an UK wide semi-government website for students of all British
Universities.
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2001
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Conceived
yet to be patterned 'Tangle_Ball_Vault' data obfuscation
algorithm.
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14~16 April 2001
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Postcards
for GlobalGreens2001
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Feb.
2000 ~ July 2001
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"Dusk
among the Rusty Megaliths" winning submission
in the Universal Media World Altering Contest
in conjunction with SigGraph2001.
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02
Nov. 2001
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"The
ANZAC's Unease" included in "Intersculpt
2001: Sculpture for a Virtual World"
The College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at The
University of Cincinnati.
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30
Nov. 2001
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Pixxelpoint
2001 international
Computer Art Festival, City Gallery of Nova Gorica in Slovenia
republished Aesthetics
for Computer Graphics
at the show as well as on their website.
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1
May 2003 1 May 2008
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"Absolute
Kinegraphic Notation System 2.0" released for comment
on the on the internet. Finalised as
“The
Absolute Kinegraphic Notation System 2.2"
[AKNS 2.2]
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31
Jan.2002 ~ 7
Jan.2006. 4 Jun. 2010
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Vizsic [Visual Music] Semantic Fusion
Spanish translation of Visual Music Semantic Fusion
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30
Dec 2010 2
Jan 2011.
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'Post-Industrial Labor' & 'Stress' in Polymorph Art Gallery group-show “Restriction”.
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2007
~ 2012
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Illustrated
children’s book “My Grandma Talks to
Teddy Bears”
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18
Nov. 2010
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“Pitch-Kleur”
A Quest to Map Pitch to Visuals
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Nov.
2008, ~ 3
August 2012
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“Post-Carbon
Australian Options for Railway Locomotives”
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