Christopher Pearson
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FollowHireAt A Glance
| Job Title | Instalation Artist / Broadcast Motion Designer |
| Industry | |
| Profession | Visual Artist |
| Expertise | Visual Arts, Art Therapy, Ceramics, Craft, Drawing, Glass Design, Graffiti, Indigenous Art, Other, Painting, Printmaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Wood Design, Stencil Art, Fine Art, Multi-Media Artist, Social & Environment, Digital Artist, Live Projections, Screen Printing |
| Level | Management |
| Availability | Looking for Work |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Will relocate | Yes |
| Residency / Visa | Australia / New Zealand |
| Website | http://www.christopherpea… |
My Loop
About Me
Working as a Motion Graphics and 3D Designer for Broadcast for over 5 years, my thirst for technical knowledge and industry experience forms the backbone for the other direction within my work.
I have been described as a "pioneering digital designer / artist". My work explores the space between the virtual world of digital technology and the tangible tradition of craft. Considering my self as much an inventor as artist and designer, my focus in on the potential of how things could be, as opposed to what they are. Working mainly on bespoke projects, my work is low run and high end, enabling myself to explore the lost art of craft.
Best known for Animated Wallpaper, a series of Four Digital Wallpapers that have been installed in Miami, Milan, Paris, Seoul, Amsterdam, Dallas, and London and more recently he has installed three permanent pieces for British Airways at Heathrow Terminal 5.
Over the past years I have worked with clients such as Alexander McQueen, MTV Studios, Coutts, ICA, The British Library, AMEX, BBC, Casson Mann and The Houston Museum of Fine Art.
Born in Hong Kong in 1977, I hold a Masters in Communication Art and Design from the Royal College of Art, a BA from Camberwell College of Art and Design and am a visiting lecturer at a number of colleges but most regularly at Central Saint Martins Collage of Art & Design.
Education
| Sept 2003 - July 2005 |
Royal College of Art, London MA Communication Art & Design |
| Sept 1997- July 2000 |
Camberwell College of Arts, London BA Graphic Design |
Employment History
| 2000 - 2010 |
Sole trader Christopher Pearson Studios Working as for myself over the last 10 years I have a very good understanding of running my own schedule. |
| 2000 - 2005 |
Textiles & Print Designer Alexander Mcqueen Alex Muller and Myself formed the internal Textile and Print department and Alexander McQueen. I worked on a Freelance Basis over the 5 year period. |
Awards & Achievements
| 2000 - 2009 |
Exhibitions | Installations Heathrow T5, London Three Permanent Installations June 2008 | CODA, Amsterdam Group Exhibition April - June 2008 | Smart Deco III, Dallas Group Exhibition September 2008 | Departures, London Exhibition July 2007 | Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston Permanent Collection June 2007 | Smart Deco II, Milan, IT Group Exhibition March 2007 | Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee US Group Exhibition March 2007 | Smart Deco I, Miami, US Group Exhibition June 2007 | Coutts Headquarters, London, UK Solo Installation October 2007 - March 2008 | ?Boffi Bains, Paris Solo Exhibition June 2006? | ?Design Mart, Design Museum, London ?Three Group Exhibitions?January - August 2006? | ?Tribe Art, Atelier & Maison Blanche, Paris?Group Exhibition?March 2006? | Sketch, Gallery, London?Solo Exhibition?November 2005 | Design Mart, Design Museum, London Group Exhibition September 2005 | Innovation at the RCA, London?Highlights of Innovation from the year November 2005 | RCA Show II, London Final MA show June 2005 |
| 2000 - 2009 |
Press | Publications | Teaching |||| 2009 |||| Publication – Digital Design |||| 2008 |||| Publication – Wall Design | June – Azure | May – Design Week | May – Metropilis Magazine | May – Selvedge Magazine | March – Icon Magazine | February – The Times TV Online | February – The London Paper | February – FT Paper | January – Wallpaper*.com | January – Dezeen.com |||| 2007 |||| Publication – Cutting edge of Wallpaper | Publication – Stichting Kunstbock | November – FT Magazine | November – AJ Specification | July – The Times Magasine | September – Azure | April – Art Review |||| 2006 |||| Publication – (The) Wallpaper Book | Publication – Buryport Forum | Broadcast – Channel 4 short on my work | Broadcast – ITV London Tonight | Education – CSM Visiting Lecturer 06 - 08 | Education – Host of Buryport Seminar | Education – Camberwell Tutor 06 - 07 | September – Intermuros | October – Creative Review | July – AJ Specification | June – Metro | June – Guardian Magazine | Spring – Vernis Magazine - Interview | April – Evening standard | April – Grand Designs Magazine |||| |||| 2005 |||| Publication – Grafik No.7 | December – Frame |
Off the record...
| Listening to: | Peter Broderick, Max Romeo, Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Ian Brown, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Beach Boys |
| Watching: | The Wire, Takashi Kitano films, 3D Pixar films ... |
| Reading: | Kitchen Confidential, A lot of blogs, BBC online news, Bill Bryson |
| Doing: | Building things in my shed, Learning advanced Cinema 4D, Taking a lot of photos, Enjoying Sydney, Slowly conditioning myself to run |
