born: 1981
website : http://mattleaf.com
email : m dot leaf dot tierney at gmail dot com
mobile : +61 420 201 270
based: Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION:
2008 Bachelor of Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
2008 (Jan – June) Bachelor of Fine Art (abroad), HKU – KMT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2003 Diploma of Visual Art & New Media, Swinburne University of Technology TAFE, Prahran, AU
2001 Certificate IV Multimedia Production, SAE, Prahran, AU, 2001
EXHIBITIONS:
Group Show Installation:
2010 Semantic Clutter: West Space Gallery, Liquid Architecture Sound Arts Festival , Melbourne, Australia
2010 Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Fitzroy, Melbourne, AU
2008 Under The Gun, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2003 Tracks, PB Gallery, Prahran, Melbourne, AU
Curatorial:
2008 Beat Projections, Live Audio-Visual Event, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, AU
2008 STEM, Live A/V event, Parnassos Cultural Centre, Utrecht, NL
INSTALLATIONS:
2010 Noumina, Multi-Channel Sound, Single Channel 1080p HD Projection, 16:9, 18’ 11”, Infinite Loop
2008 Death To Yevgeny Nourish, Mixed Media (Glass, LCD Screen, Live Fish, Video, Water, Stones), Infinite Loop
2003 Moth, Photographic Slide Projection, Stereo-Channel Sound, Infinite Loop
LIVE PERFORMANCE:
2009 Live Video for Subaudible Hum, John Curtain Band Room, Melbourne, AU
2009 Sense, curated by Barnaby Oliver, Live A/V performance as Sinuso Dial: Surface, Glitch Cinema Bar, Melbourne, AU
2009 The Min Min Lights, Live Score to custom re-edit of Kwaidan (1964), Rainbow Serpent Festival, AU
2008 Outset, Live Sound Performance, The Toff in Town, Melbourne, AU
2008 Multiple Mono, curated by Que Nguyen, Live Sound Performance, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2008 Electric Cinema Invitational, curated by Emile Zile, Live A/V Performance, Sinuso Dial: Biology, FCAC, Footscray, AU
2008 STEM, Live A/V as Sinuso Dial performing Biology, Parnassos Cultural Centre, Utrecht, NL
AUDIO RECORDINGS:
2010 Dreaming of Summer in Winter compilation, release of Airfield, on Excellent Academic Records
2010 The Min Min Lights - Pre-Historia EP, Independent Web Release
2010 / 2007 re-release, The Min Min Lights - Fireflies EP, Independent Web Release
2009 AMP 004 compilation, release of ‘Anigma’, on amp bit if go recordings, UK
2009 Sinuso Dial - Airfield EP, Independent Web Release
2008 Sinuso Dial - Live in Melbourne EP, Independent Web Release, recorded live at Toff in Town, Melbourne, AU
2008 Sinuso Dial - Anigma EP, Independent Web Release
2008 Sinuso Dial - Biology EP, Independent Web Release
VIDEO WORKS:
2010 Noumina, Full HD 1080p, 1920 x 1080, 16:9, Variable Channel Sound, 18’11”
2009 Airfield, DV PAL, 960 x 540, 16:9, Stereo, 8’38”
2009 Surface (Live), DV PAL, Mixed Dimensions / Ratio, Stereo, 10’ 32”
2008 Teranigma/Denshu, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 9’05”
2008 Niburian Sun, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 8’11”
2008 Food Coma (with Boe-Lin Bastian), DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 2’21”
2008 Biology Live, DV PAL, 1440 x 576, 2:5, Stereo, Variable Length
2008 Biology Part 3 (with Frank John Luke Wasser), DV PAL, 640 x 360, 16:9, Stereo, 3’44”
2008 Biology Part 2, DV PAL, 640 x 360, 16:9, Stereo, 3’48”
2008 Biology Part 1, DV PAL, 640 x 360, 16:9, Stereo, 3’52”
2008 Exile, DV PAL, 640 x 360, 16:9, Stereo, 4’04”
2008 NIN Ghosts, DV PAL, 640 x 360, 16:9, Stereo, 3’10”
2005 Liquid Coral Insect, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 2’32”
2005 Liqua, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 1’49”
2005 Twins, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 1’58”
2005 Retrace, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 0’43”
2005 Eschatology, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 0’48”
2005 Segue, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 1’12”
2003 Stereo 01 (with Ry David Bradley, Natalya Maller, Kate Crawford, Diana Domonkos, Nat Verochi) DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 2’16”
2003 Exp.05, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 3’32”
2003 Exp.04, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 4’20”
2002 Exp.03, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 3’17”
2002 Exp.02, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 2’55”
2002 Exp.01, DV PAL, 720 x 576, 4:3, Stereo, 6’28”
EMPLOYMENT:
2009 - 2010 Audio-Visual Technician, Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre, Melbourne, AU
2009 Technical Engineer, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Client: Megan Petrie, Melbourne, AU
2006 – 2008 Lead Sound Designer, NAWLZ, Client: Stuart Campbell, http://nawlz.com, Melbourne / Brisbane, AU
VOLUNTEERING:
2009 Gallery Assistant, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St. Kilda, AU
2009 Advisory Board, FreePlay Independent Game Developers Conference, Melbourne, AU
2008 Technical Assistant, Displacement, http://www.liquidarchitecture.org.au/, Melbourne, AU
GRANTS & AWARDS:
2010 Winner of 2010 Webby Award for Net Art : http://nawlz.com
2008 RMIT Union Arts Grant (Beat Projections)
2006 RMIT Study Support Scholarship
2001 SAE Student Scholarship
