Stuart Murdoch's Curriculum Vitae
Education, Employment, Computer Skills, Exhibitions, Publications, Hobbies
I am a visual artist with a passion for photography, the W.W.W, digital technologies, and teaching. My aim is to become a member of a dynamic and vibrant team that teaches photography web design or any contemporary visual communication medium. My goal is to share my knowledge with as many like minded individuals as possible and expand my experience in the fields of Teaching [in particular photography], and Digital media, [with an emphasis on the self-publishing].
I feel that my wide experience in traditional photography and digital publishing technologies makes me a particularly suitable candidate for any teaching position in the creative industries, I have published 2 e-books, and am a founder and co-editor of a web site devoted to the exploration of the meaning and function of photography in the 21st century; altfotonet.
I am currently employed at the Photographic Imaging College, teaching the Diploma of Photoimaging, as part of a Team of Six, to 110 post VCE Students. In addition to photography, I also teach Photoshop, a program I have been working with since 1994. Web design is a second year elective that I teach where I introduce the students to Dreamweaver used in conjunction with other software packages, to produce a small self-promotional web site. I have as a sessional lecturer in years past also taught several tools used heavily in the creative industries, including Photoshop®, Director® and Indesign®
Since 1995 I have had an interest in the WWW, and HTML. I have been using a variety of programs to build and maintain several web sites. I primarily use Dreamweaver® [for html], and Stylemaster [for CSS], I have experimented with programs like Skedit, and NVU, both powerful text based web design tools, the latter being open source-cross platform software.
Photography, Adobe Photoshop®, and the World Wide Web are areas I feel passionate about. I use these tools to publish on an ongoing projects. I currently publish a small web site that explores the notion of photography and what it means in the 21st century, http://altfotonet.org [ISSN 1836-845X], [this site is being archived by the national library of Australia]. I have more work waiting to be published as exhibitions, and am constantly researching areas of interest to me in both the creative industries and Web 2.0 environments as well as more traditional means of exhibiting and publishing.
Education, Employment, Computer Skills, Exhibitions, Publications, Hobbies,
Education
2008
Victoria University [Certificate IV in Training & Assessment TAA40104]
2002
RMIT University [Master of Arts]
1995
University of Melbourne [Postgraduate Diploma of Education-Secondary]
1991
PIT, Philip Institute of Technology[ Bachelor of Arts [ Media Arts ] Majoring in photography].
Employment
Currently
PIC photographic imaging college
Photography/Multimedia Teacher. Teaching Diploma of Photoimaging, in all areas of photography, black & white, colour, studio, and digital photography including Photoshop, also teaching web design using Dreamweaver.
2004 to the Present
Victoria University
Sessional Lecturing, for the School of Communication Language and the Arts.
2001
Box Hill TAFE
Web Design Teacher [ Sessional ] Teaching Web design to E.D.I.M final year students.
1997-1998
Box Hill TAFE
Photography Teacher [ Sessional Teaching VCE Media Students Photography.
1997
State Library of Victoria. Digital Photographer VPS 2 (0.6).
Computer skills
Macintosh platform:-
Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Indesign, Keynote, Numbers, Bento, Microsoft Word, Director MX, Filemaker, StyleMaster, iViewMedia Pro/Expression Media, LightWave7.5. Lightroom, Aperture.
Windows platform:-
Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel.
Exhibitions
2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2002, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1988, 1987
2008
‘Guzzle It’ Workshop, Elizabeth St. City
‘Industrial Landscape’, Photospace, Dight St Collingwood.
‘In a moment’ Photospace, Dight St Collingwood.
2007
‘Christmas Show’ Gallery 124, Sunshine
‘When your Beauty is also my beauty’Water Tower Gokerstrasse 3 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
‘Photography, by Local Artists’ Gallery 124, Sunshine
‘…across the river styx’ Solo Show Trocadero Artspace, Footscray
2006
‘Web to Wall’ 69 Smith St. Fitzroy
2004
‘Two Points in Time’ Smyrnios Gallery, Prahran
2002
‘Urban or Urbane?’ Solo Show First Site Gallery, Swanston Street Melbourne
1999
‘Sight Insight Site’ Photographers gallery, Punt road South Yarra
1998
‘The Big Picture’ Photographers gallery, Punt road South Yarra
‘Annual PIC staff show’ Photographers Gallery Punt Rd Sth.Yarra
‘Synaesthesia’ Stop 22 gallery, St.Kilda
‘Wild Places’ Linden Gallery, St.Kilda.
‘Xlrate Summer Salon Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy.
1996
‘...as a log book stands to a journey’ Solo show Photographers gallery. Punt road South Yarra.
‘Contemporary Art and Technology, 3rd Digital Imaging Awards.’Stop 22 St.Kilda
‘Sub Zero Summer Salon’ Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
‘Annual PIC Staff show’ Photographers gallery, Punt road South Yarra.
1995
‘Agfa Summer Salon’Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy.
‘Darebin Contemporary Arts show’ Darebin Town hall, Northcote.
‘Annual staff show’ Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy.
1994
‘Agfa Summer Salon’ Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy.
‘A Summer Roar’Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy.
‘Open’ Hawthorn Secondary College.
‘Book Launch’ Exhibition ABC Book shop Sate Bank Galleria Melbourne.
‘Camberwell rotary club photography exhibition’ Malvern town hall, Malvern.
1993
‘Agfa Summer Salon’ Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy.
‘Roar 2 members show’ Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy.
‘Canterbury primary school's invitational annual art fair’ Canterbury Primary school, Canterbury.
‘Appearances’ Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy.
‘Box hill Annual Invitational Art Exhibition’
Box Hill town hall, Box Hill.
‘Friends Loved Ones Exhibition’Gasworks Community Arts Centre, South Melbourne.
‘The Camera in Focus’Camberwell Rotary Clubs photography Exhibition, Camberwell.
‘The Big Little Picture Show’Centre for Contemporary photography, Fitzroy.
1992
‘…familiar into foreign’ Brighton Bay Gallery, Brighton.
1991
‘Graduate show’ Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy
‘David Street, Inaugural fine Art exhibition’ David Street Gallery Carlton
‘Sights of South’ Photographic Exhibition Gasworks Community Arts Centre, South Melbourne.
‘Footscray Rotary Arts Show’ Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray.
‘The found object’ Linden Gallery, St.Kilda.
1987
‘Brighton Technical School Student Show’ Brighton Technical school Brighton.
Publications
2009
February; Launched Publication, altfotonet [ISSN 1836-845X], online at http://altfotonet.org
Second Nature: International journal of creative media,
Vol 1, No 2 (2009) Games, Locative & Mobile Media The project itself.
2007
buy, buy, buy, self published and archived by the National Library of Australia
Lo-fi Vol 1 Self published, archived by the National Library of Australia
2006
1996
"Eight" Published by Photographic imaging college.
1994
Essential but unplanned. 'The story of Melbourne's Lanes'
By Weston Bate
Published by the State Library of Victoria ISBN 07306 3598 8
Hobbies/Interests
Photography, photographic art, camping, travel, movies, art, the WWW, electronic and desktop publishing.