Hugh Davies (born 1971), is an Australian media arts practitioner, researcher and educator.
Trained at the
Victorian College of the Arts
The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the ...
(1997 to 1999) and (2003 to 2005), Davies has participated in exhibitions and festivals both independently, and as founder of the collaborative arts project Analogue Art Map.
Analogue Art Map
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While employed at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...
, Davies won an Australian Teachers of Media ATOM Award
The ATOM Awards are a group of awards offered to Australian and New Zealand "professionals, educators and students", honoring achievements in the making of film, television, multimedia, and from 2007 multi-modal productions.
The Awards were esta ...
in 2008.
As an academic, he has held lecturing positions at the Adelaide Centre for the Arts, University of South Australia
The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...
, RMIT
RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia.
Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, scienc ...
and La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria an ...
where he managed the Centre for Creative Arts. In 2014, Hugh completed a PhD at Monash University in transmedia gaming.
He has served on the board of the Australian Network for Art and Technology
The Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), was founded by the Australian Experimental Art Foundation (then the Experimental Art Foundation) in 1988. ANAT is a nonprofit organization that provides tools to assist Australian artists, part ...
and was inaugural Board Chair of the Freeplay Independent Gaming Festival.
References
External links
artabase.net
anat.org.au
aimia.com.au
NOMAD
Freeplay
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1971 births
Australian digital artists
Victorian College of the Arts alumni
Living people
Animation educators