George Poonkhin Khut is an Australian artist and design-researcher working between the fields of electronic art, design and health. He holds a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney, Australia – for his research into biofeedback-based interactive artworks, and is currently a casual tutor in interaction design and human-centred design methods at University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, School of Design. He completed his undergraduate studies in fine arts at the University of Tasmania, Centre for Arts in 1994, where he studied across studios from painting and sculpture to ceramics, video and electronic music.
George has exhibited his work across Australia, the UK and Asia. Recent projects include Cardiomorphologies, The Heart Library Project (recently exhibited at St. Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney, and Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei), and Thinking Through The Body an interdisciplinary research group exploring the use of somatic bodywork methodologies and human-centred design as frameworks for body-focused interactive art.
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Photography/video portrait by Julia Charles