I was born, and continue to live and work on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. This land was stolen from them, and their sovereignty was never ceded. 
I acknowledge the extremely rich history of art and culture on these lands, and pay my respects to Kaurna elders past present and emerging.

Miles Dunne (he/they) is an emerging multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans digital mediums, sculpture, installation, and live performance. In the initial years of their professional career, Dunne has delved into the intersection of digital programming and physical space, employing sculpture, light, and sound to explore themes shaped by his upbringing amidst rapid technological advancement. Their work recontextualises technology to investigate augmentation and mutation within physical environments and objects. Deeply fascinated, and troubled by critical issues such as war, displacement, environmental degradation, and the weaponization of now everyday technologies, whilst also drawing inspiration from science fiction, and imagined, and future technologies, Dunne crafts dystopian narratives, exploring themes of societal collapse and a recontextualisation of the concept of nature. His exploration of urban landscapes, industrial materials, and brutalist architectural forms, inform his approach to sculpture, engaging with themes of urban decay and industrialisation.
Dunne’s performance practice explores interactions between humans and machines, through both physical performances, and the durational performance of digital systems that respond to an audience. Their theoretical interests in socio-nature, and urban complexity inform his research-driven approach to examining how designed installation and natural environments interact. Dunne’s use of interactive installation explores the emergent behaviours that arise between his work, and the audience and environment, in a mimicry of our natural environments’ response to human behaviours. Their work is heavily influenced by theoretical inquiries into physics, including quantum theory and simulation theory, where they investigate superposition and the observer’s role in shaping reality. This extends philosophically, through his exploration into the concept that each individual experiences a unique reality that defines the world around them, and particularly how the manipulation of truth, and common societal conceptions, can alter what is widely considered real.

CONTACT DETAILS:
Mobile: +61 458 026 694
Email: hi@milesdunnestudios.com
Instagram: @miles.dunne.artist

 

Education

2016 Certificate III in Design Fundamentals, TAFE SA, Adelaide, SA

2021 Bachelor of Education (Secondary) / Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA

Grants and Awards

2022 IAF Small Grants (2022 Round 1), Independent Arts Foundation (IAF) for Viewpoint

2022 Carclew Fellowship Award, Carclew and Arts South Australia for mentorship with Max Brading (2023)

2022 Illuminate Graduate Pathways Program, Illuminate Adelaide for development of Proximity State

2023 PAE Creative Industries Grant, Port Adelaide Enfield for Open Transmission development

2024 Arts Grant, City of Charles Sturt for solo exhibition Post-Organic

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Post-Organic, solo exhibition at Staff Only, SA

Exhibitions

2022 Viewpoint, collaborative exhibition with Caitlin Mohr, The Lab, Adelaide, SA

2023 The Silo Project in group exhibition Bilge, a collaborative sculptural, sound and lighting installation, Hart’s Mill, Port Adelaide, SA.

2024 Anchor Points (co-curator and artist), public light-based exhibition involving over 10 artists, Pirate
Life, South Melbourne, VIC

2024 Heavy // Lite, group exhibition at Praxis Artspace, SA

Professional Development

2022 Mentorship with Matt Adey: House of Unholy (Illuminate Adelaide: Graduate Pathways Program)

2023 Mentorship with Max Brading as part of Carclew Fellowship

2023 Adelaide Film Festival Expand Lab – intensive ten day artists development lab

2023 Adelaide Film Festival Expand Lab – shortlisted development round, developing collaborative work     
Togetherverse with artists Yandell Walton and Liam Sommerville

Residencies

2023 Six Week Residency at Post Office Projects Developing Sculptural Practice, Port Adelaide, SA

2024 One Month Residency Including Formal Mentorship at Creos/Init, Montreal, Canada

Workshops/lectures

2024 Emergent Programming and Behaviour, lecture for Chung An University, Seoul, South Korea

Support

2023 Digital programming support role for Kaspar Schmidt Mumm’s solo exhibition Rockamora, ACE
 Gallery, SA

2023 User interface design and interactive programming for Light Spending by Mapped Studios, MOD
 Museum, SA

2023 Technical support for projection based works for Michael Carney’s solo exhibition Transhuman
Nature, Praxis Artspace, SA

2024 Technical strategy and support and lighting designer for Emmaline Zanelli’s installation Magic Cave
 firstdraft gallery Sydney, NSW (2024) / ACE gallery, Adelaide, SA (2024) 

2024 Technical support with projection and LED installation for Michael Carney’s solo exhibition
Stadiumkraft, ACSA Gallery, SA

Sculptural Installation

2023 Proximity State, large scale sculptural, light and sound based installation, originally commissioned by
Illuminate Adelaide

Illuminate City Lights, Adelaide, SA (July 2023)
 Illuminate River Lights, Mannum, SA (August 2023)
 Illuminate City Lights, Adelaide, SA (July 2024)
 Port Pirie SALA Winter Festival, Port Pirie, SA (August 2024)
 Perth Christmas Lights, Perth, WA (November – December 2024)
 Illuminate City Lights, Adelaide, SA (July 2025)

2024 Surveilance, sculptural and projection based installation with performance (collaborative with Mark
Valenzuela and Ally Bennet), The Lab, Adelaide, SA

2024 Post Organic: Arid and Post Organic: Marsh, two large scale sculptural, light and sound based
installations, originally supported by City of Charles Sturt and Staff Only gallery

Post Organic solo exhibition at Staff Only, Bowden, SA (October 2024)

Shows

2021-22 LABRATS: Various Shows (5), The Lab, Adelaide, SA

Life on Mars, 2021 (Director, Performer, Motion Designer) / WET, 2021 (Motion Designer) / Not a Halloween Show, 2021 (Performer, Motion Designer) / Mandatory Dancing, 2022 (Director, Performer, Motion Designer) / Frankie the Alien, 2022 (Director, Performer, Motion Designer, Costume Designer)

2022-23 The Bait Fridge: Various Shows (2), The Lab, Adelaide, SA

A Treacherous Journey, 2022 (Performer, Motion Designer, Prop Maker) / Hypercolour Miscellaneous, 2023 (Performer, Motion Designer, Prop Maker)

2023 In the Belly of the Beast (Director, Programmer), collaborative interactive exhibition with Max
 Brading, The Lab, Adelaide, SA

2023-24 The Bait Fridge: Various Shows (2), Strawberry Fields Festival, Tocumwal, NSW

  Traffic Stop Disco Mechanic, 2023 (Performer, Set Designer) / Birth of the Baitverse, 2024 (Director, Performer)

2024 Metahuman (Director, Set Designer, Programmer), collaborative interactive exhibition with Max
Brading, The Lab, Adelaide, SA

Commissions

2022 Interactive LED Based Installation (collaborative with Dave Court and Max Brading),  commissioned
by Renewal SA in Festival Plaza, Adelaide, SA

2022 Sculptural Installation with Projection (collaboration with Haris Koutlakis and Benen Hamon),
commissioned by Arcadia Festival for the Central Market Arcade, Adelaide, SA

2022 Interactive LED Based Installation (collaborative with Max Brading)commissioned by the Government
of South Australia for South Australia – A New State of Mind tourism campaign

2022 Interactive LED Based Installation (collaborative with Dave Court and Max Brading), commissioned by
Five Four Entertainment Commission for Spin Off Festival, Adelaide, SA

2022 Digital Set Design, commissioned by CirKidz for Tackerz TV, Bowden, SA

2023 Temporary Light Sculpture (collaborative with David Musch), commissioned by Hi Spirits Group
 for Gilbert Place, Adelaide, SA

2024 Temporary light sculpture and projection installation, commissioned by Pirate Life for Pirate Life
Brewery, Port Adelaide, SA

2024 Strawberry Fields Commission, Friendship: a dynamic mural brought to life by projections, in
collaboration with Benen Hamon, Strawberry Fields Festival, Tocumwal, NSW

Live Visuals

2024 Boiler Room: Melbourne, live visuals on the mainstage for the full duration of the two-day festival,
PICA, Port Melbourne, VIC

2024 A3 Festival, live visuals on the mainstage over the three-day festival (collaborative with Joli Vision),
Lardner, VIC