About
Michelle Brown is an artist, curator, creative technologist and cultural leader based in Magandjin (Brisbane), Australia. Her practice and professional career span more than 25 years across contemporary art, cultural programming, media, creative technology, community broadcasting and arts leadership.
Michelle works across artistic practice, cultural strategy and public engagement, with a particular interest in how technology, place and changing cultural environments shape the ways people connect, create and participate. Her artistic practice explores transformation, liminality and the relationship between people, technology and environment, working across immersive installation, projection, virtual and augmented reality, 3D animation, spatial media and participatory projects.
Michelle's work has been presented internationally and throughout Australia, including at Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Cannes XR, World Science Festival and Curiocity Brisbane. She has collaborated with Snapchat, Google, GitHub, Brisbane City Council, Splendour in the Grass, Brisbane Festival, alongside extensive work with artists, cultural organisations and community networks.
Alongside her artistic practice, Michelle has held senior leadership and management roles across Queensland's arts and media sectors. She has worked for Queensland street press, was Station Manager of 4ZZZ, leading one of Australia's major community broadcasters, BEMAC, Green Music and has worked in cultural programming, arts production, fundraising and organisational development throughout Queensland.
As a creative and storytelling specialist, she also delivers training and mentorship programs in screen-based and creative practice at as the Coordinator of Applied Creativity, State Library of Queensland.
Exhibitions | Residencies | Commissions
2025
- Dualist Engine, KEPK gallery
- Mind Games, Cyberbunker
2024
- ‘Building Heritage’ ISEA2024, Brisbane
- Guest Artist residency with BSSSC, Brisbane
2023
- ‘Floodplains XYZ’ exhibition launch, Paris
- ‘Ocean Fossils’ AWE XR showcase, Santa Clara
- ‘Memphis Revisited’ MESH exhibition, digital
2022
- ‘Increased Frequencies’ Digital exhibition Sandbox Studios, Melbourne
- Four Screens exhibition co-curation and exhibiting artist, Berlin
- Despace residency, Berlin
- Flora|Fauna virtual gallery exhibition co-curation, digital
- Sundance Film Festival ‘Gondwana VR’ premiere, Utah
2021
- SLQ Great & Grand Rumpus exhibition, Brisbane
- Art Basel Miami, digital artwork showcase, Miami
- Brisbane Festival Augmented Reality Filters, digital
- Digital Art Month CADAF AR exhibiting artist, Paris
- ‘Tiny Tillandsia’ Brisbane City Council Public Art Program, Brisbane
- Snapchat X Google Sustainability Lens project artist, digital
- World Science Festival VR exhibiting artist, Brisbane
- Curiocity Brisbane ‘Magic of Mycelium’ installation artist, Brisbane
- Snark.art online gallery artist, digital
2020
- CODAME invitational artist, digital
- GitHub Universe featured artist, digital
- ARTTECHMUSIC Miami NFT Art Exhibition co-curator, digital
- Snapchat Storytelling Residency, digital
- SyntheticVR; VR experience with Cherry Logar Metro Arts, Brisbane
- Queensland Maritime Museum AR experience, Brisbane
- Digital Domes, Curiocity Brisbane; VR Curator, Brisbane
- Boston MIT Reality Hack invited participant, Boston
2019
- Solo exhibition 'Allegory of Reality' supported by the Creative Sparks award, Brisbane
- Dreamland XR Finalist for best animated music video (VR), Las Vegas
- Toronto New Wave Festival; Exhibiting VR Artist, Toronto
- Museum of Other Realities; Featured VR Artist, digital
- Splendour in the Grass; Projection Artist, Byron Bay
- Starmus V Festival exhibiting VR Artist, Switzerland
- The Other Art Fair VR installation ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Melbourne
Appearances | Consulting | Workshops
2022
- Australia Council/RMIT: Developments in Blockchain for the Creative Industries
- Creating & Collecting OnChain Art for the Planet-Technologies for change
- Live VR painting performance Melbourne for Kojo
- HOTA AR mask workshop
- Maitree Malaysia Caharya XR Mentor
- XR Professional Development session Good Shepherd Lutheran College
2021
- ‘Virtual Reality as a Screen Medium’ ATOM conference
- ‘Non-Fungible Tokens’ Monash university, Creative Directions
- ‘Virtual Reality as an Artistic Medium’ Outer Space Gallery
- VRTO 2021 NFT Summit
- WIFT V-FEST XR Panel
- ‘NFT: New form of art & challenges’ Clubhouse
2019
- Byron Bay Film Festival; Co-lab Create presenter; Digital Artists
- Brisbane International Film Festival; Panel & VR Workshop
- Fun Palace, State Library of Qld; AR Design workshop
- Flying Arts/State Library of Qld ARTIZ program; facilitating VR/AR art practice for art students & teachers
Contact
Get in touch via email - michellelizabrown@gmail.com