Statement

I'm David Kirkpatrick. I'm an Australian sound and multimedia artist with a love for exploring life, society and the environment using new and interesting technology. At the core of my artistic process is the desire to forge networks of real-time relationships between different types of media. The main categories of my work are art for theatre and film, composition and installation, consultation and teaching, event creation, literature and talks, live performance, residencies and technical production.

I graduated from the University of Wollongong in 2008 with a BCA First Class Honours (Sound - Composition and Music Production). In the process I won various awards including the Fellowship of Australian Composers Award for Best Composition by an Undergraduate Composer (2007), a University of Wollongong Honours Scholarship (2007), a Campus Alumni Honours Year Book Prize (2008) and was added to the University of Wollongong Dean's Merit List (2007). Lecturers I had the pleasure of learning from include Greg Schiemer, Houston Dunleavy, Julian Knowles and the legendary Tom Ellard.

I have worked with, performed for or been exhibited at various organisations to date including ANU (Canberra), IPAC (Wollongong), Nibroll (Japan), Oak Flats Public School (Regional NSW), Project Contemporary Artspace (Wollongong) and UOW (Wollongong), as well as Sydney's Casula Powerhouse, Don't Look Gallery, PACT, PYT, Shopfront and Sydney Theatre. I'm currently also a Shopfront board member, the chairperson of Shopfront's YAK events committee and the Vice-president of the Ian Bowie Memorial Association (IBMA).

If you're interested in working with me or learning more about what I do, feel free to contact me.