Short Biography
George Poonkhin Khut’s art practice focuses on the use of biofeedback and physiologically responsive media as tools for sensing and re-imagining the lived experience of mind-body interrelation. His interactive installation works enable participants to experience and interpret aspects of their own bodily processes, as dynamic audio-visual environments.
Recent works include ‘Drawing Breath’ (with John Tonkin) and ‘Cardiomorphologies v.1’ (with John Tonkin) and ‘Cardiomorphologies v.2’ (with Lizzie Muller and Greg Turner), both of which where developed as part of his Doctorate of Creative Arts research at the University of Western Sydney, School of Communication Arts, Australia.
Originally from Adelaide, South Australia, George did his undergraduate training at North Adelaide School of Art (1987) and then the University of Tasmania, Centre for Arts, in Hobart, Tasmania (1989), Australia where he studied painting, sculpture, ceramics, music technology and video. George remained in Tasmania until 2001 when he moved to Sydney, where he currently resides.
George has exhibited throughout Australia (‘Pillowsongs’, ‘Snare’, ‘Nightshift’, ‘Cardiomorphologies’), Britain (‘Nightshift’, Arnolfini, Bristol 2003, ‘Cardiomorphologies v.2’, Arnolfini, Bristol 2006 ), and Asia (‘Asian Traffic’ group exhibition, Gallery 4A & Asialink, 2005-2006, and Novamedia’s ‘Strange Attractors’ group exhibition at Zendai MoMA, Shanghai) and has been the recipient of several grants from the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Tasmania. In addition to his recent work with interactive media, George has worked as a sound designer and video artist on numerous dance, theatre and community arts projects, and an arts administrator and professional development adviser (Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS and Accessible Arts, Sydney, NSW).