Johno O'Driscoll

I was born in Sydney in 1964.

Ilived worked, and exhibited at the Gunnery, Woolloomooloo, from 1985-91. Previously I studied history, english, and other languages at Sydney University.

I lived in Berlin in 1986. Otherwise I've been in Sydney, or Melbourne, or on the north cost of NSW.

I've been exhibiting since around 1985, most recently 'All in the Name of Liberty', with Vasili Papageorgiou at the Fitzroy gallery, Fitzroy -

I also am working on software to design tiling symmetries - xndraw. I will sometime release the code under open-source license. As well as my own compositions, fantasies and satires, I paint and draw landscapes and portraits, including commissions

NSW HSC 1981

1982-85: studied atSydney Uni(languages, history), also 'squatted' Sydney's National Art School, and Berliner HochsSchule der Kunst

selected cv

1987: The Big Bang at the Gunnery - the first (of many) major exhibitions at the Gunnery. A multimedia group show with 50+ participants , image, music, film.

1989 - The Sci_fi History Space Show, the Gunnery - my first solo

1989 - 1st annual Gunnery Festival(2 more followed) - all singing, all dancing. 30 + bands, grunge, noise, electronica, cabaret, 50 visual artists. - including"Mechanical Garden - a duck your head and follow the assault course image, music and object instillation/installation (myself with Zdenko Yaksic and John Bartholemew), and played synth in Marcus Gillezeau's Acid without Chemicals, and organised an audience participation driven "paint-in"

1990-91 Chief animation painter, Toby Zoates' "Virgin Beasts", an independent part animated feature(winner of the animation prize, and tied for the grand prize in the first international Trash Video Film Festival(Lille France-mid90's)

1991 The Gunnery Synthesis - Jan Taylor Gallery, annandale, Sydney. Assisted the curator, George Gittoes as well as exhibiting

1991...