Leon Cmielewski

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Affiliation(s):


  • University of Western Sydney

Department:


  • School of Communication Arts

Job Title:


  • Lecturer

Bio:


  • ISEA2013

    Leon Cmielewski,  University of Western Sydney, AU

    ISEA2011

    Leon Cmielewski & Josephine Starrs are Aus­tralian artists whose video and new media works have been shown ex­ten­sively in Aus­tralia and in­ter­na­tion­ally. They have cre­ated nu­mer­ous pro­jects in­clud­ing Seeker an in­stal­la­tion that ex­plores is­sues of mi­gra­tion, ter­ri­to­r­ial bound­aries, con­flict com­modi­ties and human dis­place­ment. Seeker won an Award of Dis­tinc­tion in In­ter­ac­tive Art from the 2007 Prix Ars Elec­tron­ica, Aus­tria. Cmielewski and Starrs have been in­vited to par­tic­i­pate in sev­eral in­ter­na­tional res­i­dency pro­grams in­clud­ing Banff, Canada 1998, Sarai, New Delhi, India, 2006 and Fu­ture Lab, Linz, Aus­tria, 2009. Cmielewski lec­tures at the School of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Arts, Uni­ver­sity of West­ern Syd­ney, Starrs is a Se­nior Lec­turer and Chair of Film & Dig­i­tal Art at Syd­ney Col­lege of the Arts, Uni­ver­sity of Syd­ney.

    ISEA1995

    Leon Cmielewski has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Animation at the Victorian College of the Arts and a Certificate in Graphic Design. He has been active as a graphic designer in several events in Australia and has worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His personal work has been shown recently at the Experimental Art Foundation, the OZCHI Conference and the Underdale Art Museum.

Current Location:


  • Sydney, AU

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