Personnel

2010 COMMITTEE

ADRIANNE TASKER

SEAN O'CONNELL

Sean O'Connell straddles the immiscible media of both jewellery and Art, in a way that is similar to the underpinning history of Gaffa. He is a full time practitioner, sustaining himself through jewellery, and spending his excess time and money in a broader practice of Art. Being a recipient of various national and international grants and awards, exhibiting regularly, and teaching sporadically at several tertiary institutions, he brings a broad sense of possibility, responsibility and vision as a member of the Gaffa steering committee.

www.oneorangedot.com

VERNON BOWDEN

MARK GERADA

Mark Gerada is an Australian painter, illustrator and teacher with a background in architecture, ceramics and design. He worked as an architectural designer and as a designer on a leading magazine, Interior Architecture, before graduating in Architecture with first class honours at the University of Technology, Sydney in 1993. Supporting his painting practice, Mark ran a successful ceramics business for many years, worked as an illustrator for magazines and newspapers, and produced commissioned paintings for private houses, offices and hotels. He has taught in architecture, illustration and visual communications at the University of Technology Sydney. He is currently writing a screenplay called X'inti Taghmel? (What Are You Doing?).

Mark has exhibited work in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Brussels and China, and in June 2007 had his Generation solo show in Malta. In 2008, Mark had his fifteenth solo show Mounds and Caves at Gaffa, curated 888 to coincide with the opening of the Beijing Olympics (www.888exhibition.com), and in June 2009 curated 649 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests (www.649exhibition.com).

www.markgerada.net

JAMIE FERGUSON

Jamie has an extensive background within publishing and design gained from his being involved in a wide variety of visual communication, media and arts related projects. He has worked in media research and publishing in both the UK, and in Australia for both large and boutique magazine publishers, along with commercial and not-for-profit design studios. He has mastered the art of juggling multiple projects, tight media deadlines and remaining cool, calm and collect under pressure.

From his own arts practice in found photo-based collage and appropriation through to involvement with local council cultural development arts prizes, arts groups and community communications projects, Jamie is passionate about the importance of supporting accessible arts through applying media and communications tools in order to promote sustainable artistic production.

He is a self confessed “slashie”, that enjoys working on several projects at once and collaborating with as a wide a variety of creators, artists and designers as possible.