Stelarc

Stelarc has used prosthetics, robotics, VR systems, the Internet and biotechnology to explore alternate, intimate and involuntary interfaces with the body. Some of his projects include the THIRD HAND, the STOMACH SCULPTURE, EXOSKELTON, the EXTRA EAR and the PROSTHETIC HEAD. Recently he has performed and exhibited in “Transfigure” (ACMI, Melbourne); the “Clemenger Contemporary Art Award” (NGV, Melbourne); the Yokohama Triennale; the “Microwave Media Arts Festival” (Hong Kong); and “Ars Electronica”. In 1997 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Art and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2002 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate and was artist-in-residence in the Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University, Caulfield. He is currently Chair in Performance Art at Brunel University West London. He is a recipient of a New Media Arts Fellowship from the Australia Council for 2005-2007. His artwork is represented by the Sherman Galleries in Sydney.