Welcome to a world of technical blending, knowledge exploration, and self-actualization through the expression of the seven modes of laughter. Display arts, videos, GoofTech, music, and text merge here — sometimes poetic, sometimes archaic, often bubonic to the mantle.
Here, you’ll find many proven best practices — from cogent interactions to valuable emotional elements — that you can model into your everyday life. Or utterly ignore.
Learning shouldn’t be a jarring experience. That’s why these presentations have been specially designed to seamlessly instill their benefits, alternating between passive and active engagement. Likewise, whether it’s conveyed through expressionistic lines, salon-upon-salon layering, studio habitats with their curious assemblages, or just plain old editing and collage techniques, you’ll find the expanding conglomerate is close at hand.
However, if you prefer an uncluttered mind, standalone features are available as well — like the digital reflections and gently oblique visions that enable self-soothing — your potential unravelling in horizons.
So, enjoy your time here. Let the words, pictures, and wavelengths wash over you and be refreshed.
Solo Endeavours
•Salon Upon Salon, 25B Gallery, Sydney, 2025
•Toward Falcon Heights, Ankles, Sydney, 2019
•Remembering Rayon, The Gunnery, Artspace, Sydney, 2011
•Spirit Hand Wandering, Chalk Horse, curator Clementine Blackman, 2011
•Art Trap, Sherman Artbox, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 2007
•Painting is Reverse Sweeping (a drawing show), James Dorahy Project Space, 2007
•Iron Cove Man: Romance Waters Series, Official Sydney, 2006
•Pablo Velasquez Shoeboarding, Valhalla Cinema, Sydney, 2004
•Gumnut Xanadu III, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, 2003
•Gumnut Xanadu II, Block Gallery, Sydney, 2003
•Gumnut Xanadu: Australian Psychedelic Maps ’n Landscape, TAP Gallery, Sydney, 2002
•Cy-Fi, Planet Hollywood Cinema, George Street, Sydney, 1997
Collaborative Works / Shows
•Tonal Resonances, with Mitch Cairns, Cellar Door, One+2 Studios Rozelle, 2026
•Art Habits Audio Tour, with Michael Lindeman, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, 2021
•Unit, with Michael Lindeman, The Delaware Contemporary, Delaware, USA, 2018
•Tug of War (rope) / Tug of Love (bon-bon), with Mitch Cairns, KNULP, Sydney, 2017
•Existence, with TV Moore, ACCA, Melbourne, 2015
•Unit, with Michael Lindeman, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, 2014
•Blue Period, with Mitch Cairns, Society, curator Susan Gibb, Sydney, 2012
•Existence, with TV Moore, Tell Me Tell Me, National Art School, 2011
•Carnal Care, with Hana Shimada, Slacking Off, Imperial Slacks Gallery, Sydney, 2002
Group Shows
•Fiftieth, Cellar Door, One+2 Studios Rozelle, 2026
•25Bye, 25B Gallery, Sydney, 2025
•Landscape Show, Art Bau Gallery, Sydney, 2022
•Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art, Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, 2016
•Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art, The Block, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2015
•Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, 2014
•Prospector Pop Up, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 2013
•Cool World, Alaska Projects, Sydney, 2012
•Wunder Pond, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, 2012
•Young Blood Designers Market, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 2012
•Eastern Seaboard, Artspace, Sydney, 2011
•Salon, Eastern Block, Sydney, 2011
•Speaks Volumes: The Ron & George Adams Collection, MOP Projects, 2011
•The Cosmic Battle for Your Heart, Sydney, 2009
•Down Town: mini-mART, Firstdraft Gallery, Art & About, Curtin Place, Sydney, 2008
•Look Out Wembley Arena, MOP Projects, Sydney, 2008
•The Science Fair, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney, 2008
•First Anniversary Paper, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney, 2007
•Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney, 2007
•Publicity, curator Reuben Keehan, Artspace, Sydney, 2007
•Publicity, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, 2007
•Smash Hits, Parramatta Artists’ Studios, Sydney, 2007
•Grudge Match, Gertrude Contemporary, curator Tania Doropoulos, Melbourne, 2006
•Don’t Look Now, Mori Gallery, curator Scott Donovan, Sydney, 2005
•Drawing Room, Blank Space, curator Sophia Kouyoumdjian, Sydney, 2005
•Project Next Wave, Spacement: Black Gallery, Melbourne, 2004
•Avoiding the Eye Area, MOP Projects, curator Koji Ryui, Sydney, 2003
•Back In Five Project, Galleries Victoria, curator Sophia Kouyoumdjian, Sydney, 2003
•Raw Slices, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, 1996
•Tramshed Community Arts Centre, Sydney, 1992
Video & Film Screenings
•Televisions, Carriage Works, Sydney, 2013
•Shaun Gladwell presents MCA Artbar, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012
•16th Videobrasil: Laboratoria Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008
•Panoramas of the Imagination: 16th Videobrasil, curator David Cranswick, São Paulo, Brazil, 2007
•Art Forum, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2006
•MHUL Workshop, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, 2006
•The Late Sessions, About Studio, Bangkok, Thailand, 2006
•The Late Sessions, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2006
•The Late Sessions, Hoyts Cinema, Sydney, 2006
•This Is Not Art, Newcastle Fringe Festival, Newcastle, 2006
•Video Easy, Hart Centre for Arts, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing, China, 2006
•Black Box: 30 Years of ACP Gallery, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 2004
•Eyes For Other Skies, Gallery 5, curator Kirsten Bradley, Seoul, South Korea, 2004
•Pablo Velasquez Shoeboard Remix, Loop, Melbourne, 2004
•Videola: 30 Years of ACP Gallery, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 2004
•Chewing The Phat: Angelica Mesiti, Phat Space, Sydney, 2003
•Darwin Fringe Festival, Darwin, 2002
•Super Eight Soirée, Lilyfield, Sydney, 2000
•Transfix Multi-media Festival, Dendy Cinema, Martin Place, 2000
•Wild Spaces Environmental Film Festival, Third Eye Cinema, 1999
•Vulture el Horridor, Harbourside Brasserie, Sydney, 1999
•Third Year Time Based Art Graduate Show, CoFA, UNSW, Sydney, 1998
•Never Mind the Bolex, Mandolin Cinema, Sydney, 1997
Awards, Prizes & Residencies etc.
•Broken Hill Art Exchange, 2026
•KAAF Art Prize finalist, 2025
•Mosman Art Prize finalist, 2023
•Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 2023
•Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 2020
•Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 2019
•Waverley Art Prize, Acrylic Painting Prize (Winner), 2019
•Mosman Art Prize finalist, 2018
•70 Years Mosman Art Prize finalist, 2017
•Mosman Art Prize finalist, 2015
•63rd Blake Prize finalist, 2014
•Mosman Art Prize finalist, 2014
•Artspace Studio Residency, The Gunnery, 2011
•Bundanon Artist Residency, Sherman Studio, Bundanon, 2010
•NSW Artist’s Marketing Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), 2009
•Artspace Studio Residency, The Gunnery, 2007
•CoFA UNSW Spring Fair, limited edition of drawings, College of Fine Arts, 2006
•Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship finalist (Highly Commended), 2005
•Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship finalist, 2004
•Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship finalist, 2003
Performances
•Sapphires of Laughter, Koji Ryui presents MCA Artbar, MCA, 2015
•Morning of The Earth, Shaun Gladwell, Philharmonic Gergiev Festival, Rotterdam, 2013
•Nighttime #13, co-ordinator Lara Thoms, Performance Space, 2011
•Back in Five Project, Gotaro Uematsu, Sydney Esquisse, Sydney, 2005
•The Neddy Project, TV Moore, Artspace, Sydney, 2002
•Desk Job: Bong Relay #1, TV Moore, Mori Gallery, Sydney, 2002
•Art Is Transfixed by Time, 2nd Year Performance, CoFA, UNSW, 1997
Related Experience
•Gallery Installation & Artist Assistant, Artspace, Sydney, 2011
•Artist Talk, Bundanon Trust Education-Schools Program, 2010
•Videographer, video editor, colour grading, content, TV Moore, Anne Landa Award, AGNSW, 2009
•Installation and Artist Assistant, Flinders Street Gallery, 2008
•Original screenplay treatment selected by screenwriter Ian David for feature film development, 2008
•Art Forum, Australian National University, Canberra, 2007
•Nexus Cabaret, Lions Art Centre, Adelaide, 2007
•Videographer, Temple of Intoxication, TV Moore, Roslyn Oxley, 2007
•Camera Assistant, Japanese Television 2006 Soccer World Cup, 2006
•Co-writer and performer for proposed television pilot, TV Moore, 2002
•Lighting and Grip Assistant, AFTRS short film productions, 2000
•Production Assistant, Flying Gherkin animation, Sydney, 1997
•Videographer for artist Debra Petrovich performance, Artspace, 1997
•Videographer, video editor, and colour grade of performance video documentation, Glen Henderson, Performance Space, 1997
Press, Reviews & Publications
•Mosman Art Prize, Exhibitions, Mutual Art, 2023
•Linda Morris, Cruel blow that has left a generation of artists reeling, 3 Aug 2021
•Art Habits, The Pivot Issue, Art + Australia, 2021
•Salon des Refuses: a backyard buffet more than a gourmet feast, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 Oct 2020
•John McDonald, Salon des Refuses review, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 2019
•Mosman Art Prize Finalists, Daily Telegraph, Kate Crawford, 20 July 2015
•Blue Period, Erik Jensen, Review, Runway, Issue 15, 2012
•Exploring New Worlds: Audience Is Key To Exhibition, Inner West Courier, Lauren Murada, February 2012
•Wunder Pond Review, concreteplayground.com.au, February 2012
•24 Hours The Arts Diary, Exhibition, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 October 2011
•The Weather Man, Chalk Horse e-Catalogue, Timothy Moore, 18 October 2011
•Critic’s Choice, Sydney Morning Herald Entertainment Section, Malvika Santhebennur, 14 October 2011
•Artscape: The Art Life – Lust For Life, ABC 2 Television, 5 April 2009
•Artscape: The Art Life – Lust For Life, ABC 1 Television, 31 March 2009
•Column 1, ISSN 1835-3487, Artspace Visual Art Centre Ltd, March 2008
•What’s On, Art Insight, Issue #24, December 2007
•Publicity, The Adelaide Review, Nov 23 – Dec 6 2007, Stephanie Radock
•Catalogue Id 41706209, Parkside, S. Australia: Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, 26 Oct – 9 Dec 2007
•First Anniversary Paper Review, The Program, 24 June 2007, Felix Ratcliff
•The CoFA Limited Edition Project (featured artist), CoFA Art Design Media, Issue 17
•The Art of Drawing (featured drawing), CoFA Art Design Media, Issue 17, Spring 2006, Carolina Totterman
•The Late Sessions: Video Art at the Megaplex, CoFA Art Design Media, Issue 16, Autumn/Winter 2006, Carole Boone
•The Late Sessions Review, Artlink, Vol. 26 No. 2, Clare Lewis
•Melburnin’, Trouble Magazine, April 2006, Simon Gregg
•2005 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship finalists, Arts Bulletin, NSW Ministry for the Arts, No. 93, Aug 2005, Deborah Ely
•News: 2005 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, State of the Arts, 1 Sept 2005
•Awards: Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 1 2005, Sunanda Creagh
•On The Rise, Sun Herald, Sept 4 2005, William Petley
•Prize Fight, Sydney Morning Herald Metro, Sep 9-15 2005, Dominique Angeloro
•Open Gallery: Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum, Sept 10-11 2005, Sunanda Creagh
•2005 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Arts Bulletin, NSW Ministry for the Arts, No. 94, Sept 2005, Deborah Ely
•CoFA Cleans Up, CoFA Art Design Media, Issue 15, Summer 2005, Melanie Watkins
•The Woman Who Mistook Her Husband for Art, Uniken Magazine, Issue 28, Oct 2005, Alex Clarke
•Review: Spacement, Beat Magazine Melbourne, May-June 2004, Simone Ubaldi
•New Space: New Work, Real Time + On Screen, No. 62, Aug-Sept 2004, Lily Hibberd
•Travelling Circus, Sydney Morning Herald Metro, Aug 15-21 2003, Dominique Angeloro
•For Love & Money, UR Magazine, Issue 6, Volume 83, September 2003, Ziyad Springborg
•Friends Avoiding The Eye Area, Runway, Issue 2, Oct 2003, Koji Ryui
•New Artists: New Work, Scan 2003, Real Time + On Screen, No. 57, Oct-Nov 2003, Keith Gallasch
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