Dominic Redfern

Associate Professor Dominic Redfern is an artist and academic in RMIT University's School of Art. His practice centers on video works exploring site, screen, and identity, with a focus on natural history and place. He has exhibited globally, including at Tate Modern, Te Tuhi Centre (New Zealand), and the Art Institute of Chicago. Current roles include senior supervision of five doctoral students and active research collaborations across Australia and internationally.

Research interests span video art, performance, and environmental engagement. Key projects include Man Cave (2025), Immaculate Dust (2024), and Concentric: Working Title (2011). Awards include an ARC Linkage Grant (2013) and residencies in Finland, France, and Japan. His work interrogates posthumanism, hybrid identities, and socially engaged art practices.

• Supervision: Five current PhD candidates
• Grants: Over $1M in ARC and state funding
• Residencies: Estonia Academy of Arts (2025), Police Point (2024)
• Publications: 34 outputs including Public Art Dialogue and London Screendance Festival works

Notable exhibitions include Tokyo Wonder Site (2013), Berlin's Hamburger Bahnof (2011), and the 2011 ReelDance Awards. His noise installation (2022) addresses mental health through audio-visual abstraction. Ongoing projects explore Chinese-Australian hybridity and ecological entanglements.