BIOGRAPHY

Born Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia

Currently working from Mackay studio | Lecturer – Education and the Arts, Central Queensland University

ACADEMIC HISTORY

2017 ->      PHD Candidate, Central Queensland University

2014          MA RESEARCH Visual Arts, QUT

1996          CREATIVE STUDIES IN VISUAL ARTS (towards GRAD CERT VA), Griffith University

1981          DIP TEACH VISUAL ARTS, Kelvin Grove CAE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019          "2 Decades of Red: 1998 – 2018", Gallery•31, CQUniversity

2017         “Liminal spaces: escaping the frame”, Artspace Mackay

2015          "Liminal spaces: entering the frame", Paxtons Gallery Mackay

2013         “Liminal spaces: escaping the frame”, The Block, QUT

2012         “Liminal spaces 1”, The Block, QUT

2004/5      “FMera” Gallery One, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland     

2003          “PAST THE SCARS” The Vault Contemporary Art Space, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland     

1998          “IRONIC” Cedar Galleries, Gladstone, Queensland

JOINT EXHIBITIONS

2022          Anthropocene, transmedia installation, Airlie Beach Great Barrier Reef Festival, Airlie Beach

2022          Anthropocene, transmedia installation, Gallery•31, CQUni Mackay

2022          (re)action: states of change, collaborative transmedia exhibition, Gallery•31, CQUni Mackay

2020            Symbionce, transmedia exhibition, Gallery•31, CQUni Mackay

2015          connexion:echo/extend/embody, video installation with Catherine Schoch

                 Stone, Water and Living Earth, Redland Gallery

2013          connexions, video installation with Catherine Schoch, South Gorge, Lines in the Sand Festival, North Stradbroke Island

2005/6       Habitus–Habitat : great!walks art & environment , Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Queensland    

2005          “REGIONAL ART AWARDS” Flying Arts Touring Exhibition, Longreach & Brisbane (2 works selected)

2004          “MARTIN HANSON MEMORIAL ART AWARDS”, Gladstone, Queensland

2000          “THE X–FACTOR & OTHER WORKS: Regional Female Artists Celebrate”, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland

1999          “SKIN DEEP - perceptions of the nude” Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland

1998/9       “THE ART OF TRANSITION” Flying Arts/Shell Australia Touring Exhibition, (Queensland, New South Wales, NT)

1997           “SHELL BRISBANE ART AWARDS” Customs House, Brisbane, Queensland

GRANTS / COMMISSIONS

2019         RADF for (re)action: states of change

2007         FACADE (SUNSHADE) DESIGN for Queensland Academy for Creative Industries, DETA

2004         ARTS QUEENSLAND joint recipient of a MAJOR GRANT of $12 000 towards costs for two solo exhibitions

                FMera (LaBudda) and Connectedness (Catherine Smith).

2002         “SMART QUEENSLANDERS” Video for Country Cabinet Forum, Premier’s Department, Queensland

1998         “WORLD EXPO 88” OFFICIAL ON-SITE LICENSEE Expo and Brisbane Commemorative T-Shirt Designs

1998         “QUEENSLAND ALL OVER” BOOKCOVER DESIGN launched at World Expo 88

ACQUISITIONS

2018         connexion: time and tide, CQU

2005         Codes & Yesterday 2, mixed media on kraft paper, ABN Amros-Morgans

1999         tomorrow, watercolour on arches paper, Gladstone Regional Gallery Permanent Collection                    

1997         Spirit of Coomba, mixed media on arches paper, Hervey Bay City Council

1991->      Private acquisitions

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2017->       Lecturer – Education and the Arts, CQUni Mackay

2017 ->      PHD Candidate CQU – Education & the Arts

2014 ->17   HOD Arts – Mackay SHS

2013          Artist in residence, Lines in the Sand Festival, North Stradbroke Island

2011          Panel member, Visual Arts Curriculum Review – IB Visual Arts, Cardiff, Wales

2009          Acting Dean MARKETING & SHOWCASING, QACI

2009          Appointed ASSISTANT EXAMINER IB Visual Arts

2007          Tutor, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Research and Creativity in the Visual Arts, Graphic Investigation

2007          Judge Digital & Schools Categories, “PREMIER’S MULTICULTURAL PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARDS”

2005           Presenter – “Self Portrait Video Montage” New Media Community Workshops – funded through Arts Queensland  

                  Major Grant and the Bundaberg Arts Centre)

GRANTS / AWARDS / RECOGNITION

2018          connexion: time and tide, CQU Creates Student Award

2017          Away 2, mixed media artwork selected for Flying Arts Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition, Iconic

2016          RADF Grant for 'City of Lost Children Masterclass Project'

2004          Arts Queensland Major Grant for presentation of new media installation artwork, 'FMera' Bundaberg Art Centre

2011          Advanced Digital Pedagogy Licence, Education Queensland

2009          Apple Distinguished Educator Award

2008          Advanced Digital Pedagogy Licence, Education Queensland

2008          Smart Classrooms Teacher Award

2003          Smart Classrooms ICT Excellence Award

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2022          'Provoking Change...', Presentation | "Disrupting perceptions of digital media through collaborative transmedia

                 experiences involving regional artists and arts educators', Experimental Workshop Presentation, AARE Conference,

                 Adelaide

2019          'Provoking Change...', Presentation | "Challenging Perceptions of Media', Experimental Workshop Presentation

                 InSEA World Congress, UBC, Vancouver

2014          'Connect, transform, learn: achieving visual literacy in the art classroom' WAAE (World Alliance for Arts Education)

                 Global Summit, Griffith University

2013           'A new methodological framework for practice: authentic hybridity between actual and virtual art' International

                  Society for Intermedial Studies, Rethinking Intermediality in the Digital Age Conference, Cluj-Napoca

2011           'The art of Machinima: pushing the boundaries of the visual arts curriculum and arts practice' InSEA World Congress,

                  Budapest (Presentation & Workshop)

2009           Workshop Presenter, FINAL CUT PRO, Apple ITSC Conference Queensland

2008          'The Art of Machinima', New Media Presentation / Keynote – World InSEA Conference, Osaka, Japan... Games in

                  Learning Conference, ICT Innovation Centre, Sunshine Coast University

2008           'Machinima as Arts Practice' New Media Presentation – Gaming Plus ATOM/QATA/QUT PD Day, QACI

2008           'Establishing practice led research culture within pedagogies and arts practice : an Australian example' InSEA World

                  Congress, Osaka (Co-presentation)

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Hobdell, G (2014) Beyond actuality: locating an authentic hybridity between heterogeneous media in an installation practice, QUT ePrints

Hobdell, G (2014) Connect, transform, learn: achieving visual literacy in the art classroom' published in 'Literacy in the arts: retheorising teaching and learning, Springer International Publishing (Part 2 Chapter 11 pp 175-199 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-04846-8_11

Hobdell, G (2013) A new methodological framework for practice: authentic hybridity between actual and virtual art

Conference Paper – Rethinking Intermediality in the Digital Age Conference, International Society for Intermedial Studies, Hungarian Sapentia University, Cluj Napoca, Transylvania, Oct 2013

OTHER PUBLICATIONS / CRITIQUES

2005           “Xzibit It : Revealing Outcomes of Display & Exhibition” Arts Education Package for Queensland Schools (developed and produced in conjunction with “FMera” exhibition)

2004           “Prince Edward Is – Spring to Fall”...“Family & Friends – In Andy’s Footsteps”: Mark Dutney  EXHIBITION REVIEW, “Eyeline” Arts Journal / OPENING CRITIQUE, Bundaberg Arts Centre

2003           “Icon”: Catherine Smith OPENING CRITIQUE, Bundaberg Arts Centre

1997           “Make An Appointment to See Me Again, Please”: Mark Dutney,Héléne Grove, Marshall May EXHIBITION REVIEW, “Eyeline” Arts Journal

1996           “Did I Hear You Say Red?”: Dave Machen , OPENING CRITIQUE, Bundaberg Arts Centre