The Footprint Illustrator
briancheung.net

Work Experience

September 2015 — Present
VISUAL ARTIST (see exhibition history below)

July 2022 — Present
ONLINE SERVICES ASSISTANT
ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media)

Duties: managing online shop, order dispatches, content creation, proofreading, editing, customer service, social media, administration

January 2011 — Present
FREELANCE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR & DESIGNER

Duties: brand identity; graphic design; illustration; editorial design; web design; social media content; collateral design; photography; signage.

Clients include Plant Collector Melbourne; Robert Gordon; Sauber Treats; Dolce House Gelato; Wine Republic; Dolce House; Metricon; Stamford Park; Fool Magazine; Hessian Magazine; Grosvenor Hotel; The Stables of Como cafe

September 2014 — August 2015
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Stella & Minx and S.Wallis (fashion labels)

Duties: Design, concept and development of EDMs; shop signage and collateral; instore merchandise; lookbooks; physical and digital event invitations

January — August 2013
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Service Delivery Southern Region, Telstra

Duties: Design, concept and development of presentations, e-newsletters, web banners, training packs and internal reports based on existing Telstra style guides

Achievements and Awards

2022
Finalist, National Works on Paper 2022

2017
Finalist, Banyule Award for Works on Paper

2016
Small Project Grant, City of Yarra

2012
Letter of Commendation for Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication), Monash Faculty of Art Design & Architecture

2012
Deans Art Most Outstanding Illustration Award, Monash Art Design Architecture Graduand Show

2012
Designed and painted a life-sized fibreglass elephant as part of Melbourne Zoo’s 150th anniversary Mali in the City art installation.

Education and Residencies

AARK ARTIST RESIDENCY
Korpo, Finland
December 2017 — February 2018

SUMBURGH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE ARTIST RESIDENCY
Sumburgh Head, Shetland, UK November 2017

BRESSAY LIGHTHOUSE ARTIST RESIDENCY
Bressay, Shetland, UK
October 2017

LA WAYAKA CURRENT: ARCTIC
Sørøya, Finnmark, Norway
July 2017 — August 2017

Q BANK ARTIST RESIDENCY
Queenstown, Tasmania
May 2017

NES ARTIST RESIDENCY
Skagaströnd, Iceland
September 2015 — January 2016

BACHELOR OF DESIGN
(Visual Communication) Monash University
2010 — 2012

BACHELOR OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Monash University
2009 — 2010

Solo Exhibitions

2021
PANACEA
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2019
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Tinning Street Presents, Brunswick

2019
MASS BEHAVIOUR
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2018
DREICH
Off the Kerb Gallery, Collingwood

2017
LITTERQ
Bank Gallery, Queenstown, TAS

2016
FLAKKARI
Off the Kerb Gallery, Collingwood

Selected Group Shows

2023
ANTIPODES
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2022
THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION
16th Biennial Exhibition, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

2022
NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

2022
SMALL WORKS 2022
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2021
ANTIPODES 2021
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2021
9 BY 5
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong

2020
THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION
15th Biennial Exhibition, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

2020
SMALL WORKS 2020
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2020
LOCALS
Outre Gallery, Collingwood

2019
SANCTUARY
Stockroom Gallery, Clifton Hill

2019
PEOPLE, PLANT & PLACE
Schoolhouse Studios, Collingwood

2019
THE FACTORY 2019
Djúpavík, Iceland

2019
DUALITY: An Art Experiment
KSR Art Bar, Melbourne

2019
SMALL WORKS ART PRIZE
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy

2019
WINTER DAYS
Off the Kerb Gallery, Collingwood

2019
SMALL WORKS 2019
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2018
WILD WITHIN with La Wayaka Current,
Guest Projects, London, UK

2018
SMALL WORKS 2018
Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2018
SPHERE
Off the Kerb Gallery, Collingwood

2017
YOUTH
Off the Kerb Gallery, Collingwood

2016
TRUTH OR DARE
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy

2016
AWAKE with This Little Collective
Off The Kerb Gallery, Collingwood

2016
SMALLWORKS ART PRIZE
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy

2015
GETAWAY with The Short List Creative collective, No Vacancy Gallery, QV Melbourne

2014
FINDERS KEEPERS
Design Market

2014
SUPERGRAPH
Graphic Art Fair

2013
MINT with The Short List creative collective,
No Vacancy Gallery, QV Melbourne

Publications

MSG Illustrated Food Directory Fool Magazine, volume 6 Hessian Magazine, volume 2

Stolen Publications, volume 3, volume 5

Semi-Permanent 2013, 2014, 2016 Kimi magazine, volume 1

The Footprint Co-Author and Publisher
nathanstoneham.com

Education and Training

MA. SOCIAL WORK, 2020 | RMIT | Distinction 

BA. CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, 2008 | Drama and Music | QUT | Distinction

BA. EDUCATION (SECONDARY), 2008 | QUT | First Class Honours

CERTIFICATE IV SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 2012 | Business Success Group

LEVEL 1 KOREAN LANGUAGE, 2013 | Hongik University, Seoul

Awards and Acknowledgements

SCREEN QLD / SBS, 2021 | Winner | Stage to Screen Adaptation

NATIONAL INNOVATION GAMES, 2020 | Second Place | Creative Digital Solutions for the Arts, Culture & Creative Sector

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S LIST FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, 2020 | Top 2% of graduates

CREATIVE AUSTRALIA, 2018 | Future Leaders Program

CREATIVE AUSTRALIA, 2016 | Kirk Robson Award

BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL, 2014 | Creative Fellowship | Art Activism in Mongolia, USA, and Canada

CREATIVE AUSTRALIA, 2014 | Jump Mentorship

AUSTRALIA-KOREA FOUNDATION, 2012 | Scholarship

MATILDA AWARD NOMINATION, 2012 | Best New Play, Best Musical

GROUNDLING AWARD WINNER, 2012 | Best Musical Theatre

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, 2011 | Human Rights Scholarship

AUSTRALIAN AID, 2010-2011 | Australian Youth Ambassador for Development

 Writing

NEXT WAVE, 2023 | Art on the Wing | Online Publication

SELF-PUBLISHED, 2022 | The Footprint | Bilingual Children’s Picture Book | With Younghee Park & Brian Cheung

AUSTRALASIAN DRAMA STUDIES, 2022 | We'll meet you underground; Transcultural performance practices in queer space and time | With Jeremy Neideck, Younghee Park, and M'ck McKeague | Issue 81; Queer Performance

SBS and SCREEN QUEENSLAND, 2020-2021 | Underground | Feature Film Screenplay

BEYOND EMPATHY, 2021 | A Trusting Relationship | Executive Summary | Annual Report

BUCHEON INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL, 2011 | Replaced to Displace; Brisbane-Based Performance Art

Employment

COMPANY BAD, 2011 - Present | Artist, producer, performer, composer, facilitator

ARTS COUNCIL OF MONGOLIA, 2023 – Present | Program Development Officer (Australian Volunteer) | Cultural impact evaluation, community outreach

ZORIG FOUNDATION, MONGOLIA, 2022 - 2023 | Grant Officer (Australian Volunteer) | Strategic planning, staff capacity building in community-engaged project planning, grant-writing, and internal policies

NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL, 2021-2023 | Artistic Director | Development of Curation as Care framework, mentoring emerging artists

CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, 2020 - 2023 | Research Officer | Researching cultural policy & community arts

BRISBANE FESTIVAL, 2021 & 2022 | Producer of Nightwalks with Teenagers by Mammalian Diving Reflex and Street Serenades at Our Place

CITY OF GOLD COAST, 2021 - 2022 | Senior Arts & Culture Officer | Cultural planning, delivery of emerging artist program

ART FROM THE MARGINS, 2022 | Arts Facilitator | Creative workshops with people with disability

ALL THE QUEENS MEN, 2021 - 2022 | Producer (Brisbane and Gold Coast) | Producing and facilitating the LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club

BRIMBANK CITY COUNCIL, 2016 - 2020 | Community and Creative Partnerships Senior Officer | Team leadership, community arts producing, partnerships management, community centre management | St Albans Community Centre/Bowery Theatre

INALA WANGARRA (2016, 2021 & 2023) | Community Arts Worker, designer | Media artist, children’s arts facilitator, graphic design

IMAGINARY THEATRE, 2008 - 2016 | Associate Artist (performer and devisor). Key projects: I See You at ASITIJ Festival (Korea) & QPAC, Look at Brisbane Powerhouse, Adelaide’s Come Out Festival & Aha International Theatre Festival for Children (India).

CONTACT INC, 2012 - 2013 | Community Arts Worker | Artist liaison, audience development, volunteer coordination, site design

TONGA FAMILY HEALTH ASSOCIATION, 2010 - 2011 | Youth Drama Trainer (Australian Youth Ambassador for Development) | Drama & human rights training, tour management

TUNTUN YONGO / LATT CHILDREN’S THEATRE, KOREA, 2007 & 2009 | Director and Actor | Outreach performance project The Storyteller

CREATIVE AUSTRALIA, ARTS QUEENSLAND, AND CREATIVE VICTORIA, 2018 - 2023 | Grant Assessor

Selected Arts Projects

MARKET MARKET, 2023 | Artist Lab | Artist | Darwin Festival, Accomplice, and Next Wave

EVERYDAY UNDERSCORE, 2022 | Site-specific Performance | Co-creator, facilitator | Bleach Festival

AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS, 2022 | Socially-engaged Performance | Producer, social worker | The Big Anxiety

REMEMBER UNDERGROUND, 2022 | Music Theatre | Co-creator, performer, musician | Metro Arts

HELLO PROJECT, 2019-2011 | Inclusive Arts Project | Lead facilitator, web designer | Chuncheon Arts Festival (Korea) 

DUCK, 2018 & 2019 | Children’s Theatre | Co-creator, actor | Queensland Performing Arts Centre

NOTHING TO SEE HERE 볼 것이 없다, 2015 | Inclusive Arts Exhibition | Facilitator, producer | Factory Gallery (Korea), Bok Festival (Macau) & Brisbane Powerhouse

LOVE BUS, 2015 | Socially-engaged Theatre | Lead Artist |LGBT Human Rights Centre (Mongolia)

THE 떡볶이 BOX (THE DOKBOKI BOX), 2014 | Transcultural Music Theatre | Co-creator, performer | Next Wave Festival and Metro Arts

지하 UNDERGROUND, 2011 - 2014 | Queer Transcultural Music Theatre | Co-writer, co-composer, performer | Metro Arts Independents Program (2011), Brisbane Festival’s Under The Radar (2012), World Theatre Festival (2014), HiSeoul Festival (2014)

THE WALKING NEIGHBOURHOOD, 2012 - 2014 | Socially-engaged Theatre with Children | Facilitator, designer | Seoul (2014), Brisbane (2012), Chiang Mai (2013) & Darwin (2013-2014) | Conceived by Lenine Bourke

DOG TAGS FOR GAYS, 2012 | Art Stunt | Creator  

TEA[R], 2009 - 2011 | Performance Art | Creator, performer | Bucheon International Performance Art Festival, Korea International Performance Art Festival, Yongpyeong International Performance Art Festival, Korea Artist Festival

OFFSET ART TRILOGY, 2009 - 2010 | Public Performances | Co-creator, producer, performer | Please Keep On The Grass Brisbane City Council, VIP OTT presented by Metro Arts & Brisbane City Council, Nok Cha Café presented by National Museum of Contemporary Art & LG Fashion Gallery (Korea) and Brisbane Festival

Consultation and Facilitation

WAAPA, 2023 | Consultant for Queer Horizons Research Project

AUSTRALIAN PERFORMING ARTS MARKET, 2023 | Host and facilitator

PERFORMING LINES, 2022 | Mentor at artists camps in Tasmania and Cairns

CREATIVE AUSTRALIA, 2021 | International Leadership Panel Member

WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA, 2021 | Consultant for Queer community engagement and representation

QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
- Speaker at Creative Placemaking For Social Impact Virtual Symposium | Hello Project; Encouraging community artists identities in a digital environment (2021)
- Facilitator of creative collaboration masterclasses for Creative Body unit (2021)
- Consultant for the Goroka Project (2016, 2017 & 2018)
- Tutor for Arts Education
- Guest Lecturer for Theatre & Communities (2013), and The Global Teacher (2006)
- Speaker at Emerging Leaders (2016 & 2017) | Networking IRL

RMIT, 2020 | Speaker on Contemporary Art & Social Transformation Podcast | 2 Viewpoints from 560 Ways of Managing Arts in a Pandemic

SUNSHINE COAST DRAMA FESTIVAL, 2016 | Facilitator

IETM (INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS), 2014 | Speaker at the Asian Satellite Meeting

HERO TRAINING, 2013, Korea | Children’s Creative Workshop Series | Co-facilitator | 와락 (Warak) Centre

DRAMA AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE, 2009 | Presenter | Civic Engagement & Transformation through Performance

INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE, ARTS & RECREATION FESTIVAL, 2006 & 2008, Korea | Team Leader

Placements

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, 2020 | Mentored by Jim Ife | Focus: radical, critical, creative social work

CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, 2019 | Mentored by John Smithies and Raji Uppal | Focus: cultural development planning

RED CROSS AUSTRALIA, 2016 | Mentored by Isabel Stankiewicz | Focus: mental health, disability, crisis, homelessness

EMPOWER PACIFIC, FIJI, 2016 | Focus: counselling, hospital social work

URBAN THEATRE PROJECTS, 2014 | Mentored by Rosie Dennis | Focus: large scale community-engaged public performance

MAMMALIAN DIVING REFLEX, CANADA, 2013 | Mentored by Darren O’Donnell | Focus: youth engagement, social acupuncture

The Footprint Korean Translation

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology (Current candidate)

Master of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
2020 – 2022

Bachelor of Arts (Children’s English Literature), The Cyber University of Korea
2011 – 2019

Associate Degree (Theatre), Seoul Institute of the Arts
1994 – 1996

Training Highlights

2011
SITI Company New York
Participant Viewpoints' Training

1996-1998
Pansori (traditional Korean singing), tutored by “National Living Treasure” Han Seung-Ho

1994-1996
Bongsan Talchum (Korean mask dance), tutored by “National Living Treasure” Kim Sun-Bong

1994-1995
Janggu (traditional Korean Drum)

1992-1995
Pansori (traditional Korean singing), tutored by master Kim Jong-Yup

Selected Arts Projects

2021
Hello Project Exhibition in Chuncheon and Seoul in November in South Korea

2020
Hello Project Online: https://www.helloproject.online/

2018-2020
The Stone Catcher Project, Digital Choreopoem
https://youtu.be/LwslZ4GRbTY 2018-2019

2016
Drifters, original musical at Gimcheon Youth Detention Center

2014 - 2015
Voice , Presented by National Theatre Company of Korea and the Korean Human Rights Theatre Festival.

2014
The Dokboki Box presented by Next Wave and Metro Arts

Related Theatre Work

2023
Orlando (Director). WAAPA 3rd year BPA Production

2020
Remember Underground by Company Bad (Metro Arts)

2018-2019
Choral (Co-writer and Collaborator) with Debase Productions and Company Bad

2019
Migration and Labour (Performer), Bupyeong Cultural Arts Foundation

2019
The Magic Room (Co-director), community theatre workshops, supported by the social enterprise D.D Camp in Korea.

2019
The Nightingale (Writer and Director) by JamBox Theatre

2017
Small Wonder (Collaborator and Performer) Richard Sharps (UK), British Council

2016
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Performer - Puck) Yun Gwang-Jin

2014 – 2016
심청 <Shimchong>: Daughter Overboard! (performer, translator, cultural consultant, and collaborator ) produced byMotherboard Productions and presented at the World Theatre Festival & APAM, Brisbane Powerhouse.

2015
Fun Run (Collaborator and Performer) by All The Queen’s Men – Ansan Street Arts Festival

2015
Five Fools (Director) Beijing Drum Tower Theatre

2015
Story Zoo (Co-creator and Performer) JamBox Theatre, Korea

2011 – 2015
Deluge (lead performer and collaborator) produced by Motherboard Productions and presented at Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture at the Namsan Drama Center in Seoul, South Korea, Osan Cultural Arts Center, Art Space_Mullae, Seoul International Dance Festival (SiDance), and Brisbane Powerhouse for Brisbane Festival

2014
Fairy Tale Box (Performer) by JamBox Theatre

2011- 2015
지하 Underground, transcultural, bilingual music theatre produced by Motherboard productions (lead performer). Presented at HiSeoul, Brisbane Powerhouse for the World Theatre Festival, Brisbane Festival, and at Metro Arts.

2009
Caterpillars Can Fly (performer), Stretch MK1

2005 – 2011
LATT Children’s Theatre Member
Performed in seven productions, all of which toured nationally including The Little Dragon, Twelve Animals, Five Fools and Shadow Thief. Shadow Thief was invited to perform at the 2006 Brisbane Out of the Box Children’s Festival.

1996 – 2003
Mokwha Repertory Company Member
Performed in over 15 productions, touring both Korea and internationally. Highlights include Love and the Fox (1996), Moonlight over the Baekma River (1997), Prisoner of a thousand Years (1998), Choon Pung’s Wife (2000), Romeo and Juliet (2001) at Bremen Shakespeare Festival in Germany, and My Love DMZ (2002).

Industry Panels and Round Tables

2019
Korea Women's Development Institute Symposium – Panel: “After #Metoo, Changes and Issues in the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Cultural Arts Field”

2019
Symposium of Marginal Theatre Festival and Feminism Theatre Festival -Guest co-speaker- Building Utopia in Theatre

2019
Proclamation Ceremony for the Practice of Gender Equality in Content Field – Guest speaker. Korea Creative Contents Agency

2019
International Workshop “Chicago Theatre Standard with Laura T. Fisher’ – Host and Speaker. Theatre Artists Against Sexual Violence, Seoul Acceleration Center For Gender Equity

2018
International Forum “New power created by the power of solidarity”. Host and Speaker – Theatre Artists Against Sexual Violence, Seoul Acceleration Center For Gender Equity

Arts Policy Consulting

2019
Sexual Harassment Prevention Education – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea

2018
Bill of Rights for the Artist– External Consultant –Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea

Writing Work

2022
The Footprint - Co-writing Bilingual Children’s book

2022
Jiha Underground- Co-writing screenplay adaptation of original music theatre work Jiha Underground

2018
Korea Theatre Standard - Co-writing with Korea Theatre Standard working group

2017
The Mystery of Laboratory B-123- Co-writing bilingual theatre for Young Audience

2014
Voice- Music monodrama for Korean National Theatre’s Mid-Summer Theatre Festival