MARK CYPHER
A short bio- Mark Cypher received a Master of Visual Arts in Sculpture , in 1995, from Sydney University, Australia, and is currently a Senior Lecturer and Program Chair for Interactive Digital Design and Games Art and Designat Murdoch University - Western Australia. Mark also began his PHD in 2004 researching Actor Network Theory in relation to interactive artworks. Cypher has participated in several international exhibitions, including “404 II International Festival of Electronic Arts", Rosario, Argentina, “Beapworks”, Perth, Australia, “VII Salon International De Art Digital”, Cuba; “Siggraph2006”, Boston, ”File06” Sao Paulo, “NewForms06” Vancouver “Collision 06” Victoria, Canada; “ RRF2006,Festival International de Arte Digital” Rosario, Argentina; "Bios4" Seville, Spain and the Perth International Arts Festival, Western Australia. Cypher has also exhibited work in various museums and galleries across Australia, including , the Western Australian Art Gallery, Sunshine Coast Gallery- Queensland, Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair and the Casula Powerhouse, Sydney. Cypher’s work is also held in several 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 and University of Western Australia
QUALIFICATIONS; 2004, PHD Candidacy 1998, Graduate Diploma In Secondary Education 1995, MASTERS OF VISUAL ARTS by Research 1990, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, EXHIBITIONS; 1989 "Waterworks", Curtin University of Technology 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 Show, Western Australia 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
Perth International Arts Festival "BeapWorks", Curtin University, Western 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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS; 1992 "White Boy", Fremantle Arts Centre,Western Australia 2000 "Objectum", 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, 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, 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
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 <hablan>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;
Western Australian Art Gallery Curtin University of Technology Ian and Sue Bernadt Collection, Perth Gomboc Gallery, Perth
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Mark Cypher received a Master of Visual Arts in Sculpture, in 1995, from Sydney University, Australia, and is currently a Senior Lecturer and Program Chair for Multimedia at Murdoch University - Western Australia. Mark also began his PHD in 2004 researching Actor Network Theory in relation to interactive artworks. Cypher has participated in several international exhibitions, including “404” II International Festival of Electronic Arts, Rosario, Argentina, and “Biophilia” at the Perth International Arts Festival, Curtin University, Western Australia. Cypher has also exhibited work in various museums and galleries across Australia, including , the Western Australian Art Gallery, Sunshine Coast Gallery, Melbourne Contemporary art show and the Casula Powerhouse, Sydney. Cypher’s work is also held in several state and national collections such as the Art Gallery of Western Australia, ArtBank-Sydney, Casula Powerhouse-Sydney, Curtin University of Technology and University of Western Australia.