Mr Mark Kimber

"I feel that we as teachers cannot ask students to take risks with their work unless we are also willing to take the same kind of risks with our own art practice. This is something that I strongly feel students respect and expect. Having recently been a student in my MA studies I know how important it is that students feel assured that we as teachers and the University itself cares about them and values their presence within the program. Central to my role as an educator in photography is the understanding of the collapse of the boundaries of photography, its infiltration, and its inclusion via the computer in the media network. We are in the midst of change in how photography is perceived and experienced. Photography exists as an interface between analogue and digital media and as such is a medium of immense importance. I believe that with these ideas driving teaching practice we can be confident that graduates leave us with a desire for a life-long interest in critical and creative thinking and a deep understanding of the role of the visual arts in contemporary culture." Mark Kimber

I was born in Adelaide, South Australia. In 1981 I gained a BA in Fine Arts at the South Australian School of Art and in 2000 I completed an MA in Fine Arts at the Chelsea School of Art in London, UK. I have exhibited nationally and overseas and I am the Studio Head of Photography and New Media at the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia. My work is held in various public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Artbank, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Parliament House Collection, Waverly City Art Gallery, Albury Regional Gallery and the London Institute.

Currently exhibiting at Heide Museum of Modern Art, VIC in "Perfect for every occasion, Photography Today" curated by Zara Stanhope. Exhibition opened Monday 16th March 2007.

Selected as a finalist in the 2006 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award at the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland.

Participated in a group exhibition at Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Victoria. The exhibition titled ”Ability to Lie” included contemporary photo-based work by international and Australian artists.

Exhibited in a solo exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW. February to March 2007.

A finalist in the City of Perth Photography Award 2006 at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Two artworks of mine were recently acquired by Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG), NSW for their collection. As well as a solo exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery in 2007.

Selected as a finalist in the 2006 City of Perth Photo Media Award at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)

Selected as a finalist in the 2006 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award at the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland.

Mark was awarded the annual Advertiser newspaper “OSCART” for the Best Photographic Exhibition of 2005 for “By the dawns early light” at Greenaway Art Gallery Adelaide.

Greenaway Art Gallery

Stills Gallery

Australian Centre for Photography

Queensland Centre for Photography

Centre for Contemporary Photography

The Australian Network for Art and Technology

markkimber

• Photography: - its history and cultural importance. Digital and conventional film based research.
• 19th Century Photographic Processes
• Computer Image Manipulation
• "Diana" and Plastic Camera Photography

Member of the Daguerreian Society

BAFA South Australian School of Art

MAFA Chelsea School of Art , London, UK

• Cultural idenity and it's relationship to photography. Digital photography
• As well as contemporary analogue and digital photography, I have a strong interest in early photography and I have been researching 19th century photographic techniques such as the Daguerreotype, Ambrotypes and Tintypes.

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COLLECTIONS National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Parliament House Collection, Canberra Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD Queensland Centre for Photography, QLD Monash Gallery of Art, VIC Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW Araluen Centre for the Arts, NT Artbank, NSW Corporation of the City of Elizabeth, SA Corrigan Collection, NSW South Australian Law Courts, Adelaide South Australian School of Art, Adelaide Waverley City Council, VIC Private collections in Australia and overseas

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Sun Pictures, Stills Gallery, Sydney

2007 By the dawn’s early light, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2006 Fictive Landscapes, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

2005 By the dawn’s early light, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne

2005 Fictive Landscapes, Stills Gallery, Sydney

2005 By the dawn’s early light, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

2005 Twilight, The Church Gallery, Perth International Arts Festival, WA 2002 Twilight, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne

2003 Night Falls, Polaroid 20x24 images, Espacio Minimo Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2003 Night Falls, Polaroid 20x24 images, Stills Gallery, Sydney

2003 Twilight, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt Gambier, SA

2000 Dissonant Melodies, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

2000 Dissonant Melodies, Byron Mapp Gallery, Sydney

1999 Elysium, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

1997 Daguerre's Flame, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

1995 Umbra, Waverley City Art Gallery, Melbourne

1994 Umbra, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

1993 Cadence, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

1989 The Inventory of Memory, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 Perfect for every occasion, Photography today, Heide Museum of Modern Art, VIC

2006 Mentor Mentored II, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide

2006 Concord 2, South Australian School of Art Gallery, Adelaide

2006 Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld

2006 City of Perth Photomedia Award, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts), WA

2005 Untold Stories, Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC Concord, South Australian School of Art Gallery, Adelaide

2004 Make Believe: photographic fictions, Stills Gallery, Sydney 2004 Universal Playground, 2004 Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, South Australia

2004 Six Senses, Adelaide Central Gallery, South Australia

2004 Melbourne Affordable Art Show, Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne

2004 Written with Darkness, University of Technology Sydney Gallery, Sydney

2004 Open Borders, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale 2004 Heritage Exhibition, Penny’s Hill Winery, McLaren Vale, South Australia

2003 A Mix, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

2003 Street Lights, Digital Projection, Sky Lounge - Theme: Hip Hop, National Museum of Australia, Canberra

2003 Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales

2003 Night Landscapes, Watch This Space, Alice Springs, NT

2003 6 ft. and Clean, touring eastern seaboard throughout 2003 & 2004 in conjunction with the Gold Coast City Art Gallery

2003 Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD

2003 Sydney Affordable Art Show, Fox Studios, Sydney

2003 Fotonoviembre 2003, photographic biennial, Centro de Fotografía, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

2003 Make Believe: photographic fictions, The Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney

2002 2002 Gold Coast Ulrick Schubert Photographic Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld

2002 Play, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS

2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Greenaway Art Gallery stand, Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne

2002 6 ft. and Clean, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld

2001 South Australian Photography, SALA Week, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

2001 The Syntax of Style, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW

2001 National Photographic Purchase Award 2001, Albury Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2000 City of Hobart Art Prize 2000 Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS

2000 MA Fine Art Exhibition, Chelsea School of Art, The London Institute, London, UK

2000 Dust Up Two Down, collaborative exhibition, The House Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK

1999 Brainstorm, Curating Space, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, UK

1998 South Australian Photography, SALA Week, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Flying Horse

On the Edge of Darkness

“By The Dawn’s Early Light”, 2007 Maitland Gallery, NSW

“By The Dawn’s Early Light”, 2007 Maitland Gallery, NSW

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Visual Art - studio and theory

• Contemporary Photographic practice
• Histories of Photography as a Fine Art medium and commercial practice
• Digital Imaging