ORON CATTS AND IONAT ZURR Oron Catts is the Artistic Director of SymbioticA, Artist/Researcher and a curator. Founded the Tissue Culture and Art Project (TC&A) in 1996. Co-Founder and Artistic Director of SymbioticA - The Art & Science Collaborative Research Laboratory at The School of Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia. Curator of Biofeel exhibition and the Aesthetic of Care? Symposium, BEAP 2002 and BioDifferences exhibition and conference, BEAP 2004. A research fellow at The Tissue Engineering & Organ Fabrication Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2000-2001). Trained in product design (BA, first Class Honours), and Visual Art (MA). Oron exhibited in venues such as Ars Electronica 2000, 2001, Adelaide Biennale of Australian Arts 2002, L'Art Biotech France 2003 and National Gallery of Victoria 2003. Published in Leonardo Magazine (MIT Press), and Live Art (Tate Publication). Oron is continuously presenting his own work as well as the work done in SymbioticA as public talks and workshops around the world (the recent workshop was presented in March this year in London together with the Art Catalyst Agency). Ionat Zurr is a biological artist and a curator. Exhibited and published nationally and internationally. Artist in residence in SymbioticA - the Art & Science Collaborative Research Laboratory at The School of Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia. Co-Founder of the Tissue Culture and Art Project. Curator of BioDifferences exhibition and conference, BEAP 2004. Research fellow at The Tissue Engineering & Organ Fabrication Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2000-2001). PhD candidate researching the ethical and epistemological implications of wet biology art practices. Ionat is also the academic coordinator for the MSC in Biological Arts to be offered by SymbioticA. Website: www.tca.uwa.edu.au |