John Bartley
Born in Australia, 1982
Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
Website: www.johnbartley.net
Email: bartley.john(at)gmail.com
Education
2001-2006
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching Deakin University Melbourne, Major: Contemporary Imaging & Education, Minor: Literature
2015
Graduate Certificate of Educational Research – Monash University, Melbourne
Professional (current)
Instructional Leader For The Arts at Virtual School Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Exhibitions
2004
Deakin University
Photographic end of year exhibition 2-30 October at the Pheonix Gallery, Deakin University.
2006
Death and Preservation
A group installation with Holly & Rowan Mcnaught and Royce Ng the 27th September – 7th October at the Viewing Space gallery, the Nicholas building.
Mechanical Kingdoms
A group show with Royce Ng and Rowan Mcnaught, 8-22 December at the Narrows Gallery Flinders lane.
2008
Drawing Ceremony
Group Exhibition with Holly & Rowan Mcnaught and Royce Ng & Daisy Bisenieks, Saturday 14 June 2008 to Saturday 21 June 2008 Yo Giga Gallery, South Korea
2010
Reverse Engineering
Group Exhibition – with Ju-Young Yoon, Jun-Ho Kwon, Jakraphun Thanateeranon, Royce Ng, Daisy Bisenieks, Gavan Blau, Sam Hancocks, Hobo Collective Thursday, June 10th to Sat June 26th Sunshine and Greece gallery, Melbourne.
Reverse Engineering 2
Group Exhibition with Royce Ng, Park Sung Jun 9-22 of July 2010 at the Moonji Cultural Institute, Seoul South Korea
2013
The Somali Peace Band Project – Royce Ng
(sound design and composition) Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia Exhibition Dates: 12 – 26 October 2013 Presented by the Melbourne Festival,
2015
NEW YORK POST ET PRE-FIGURATIF (Before and After New York) – Zheng Mahler
(sound design and composition) Performa 15: New Visual Art Performance Biennale, New York City,
2016
Brother Sister Records BSR -028 Website/ audiovisual Installation ‘Somewhere between almost Right and Not Quite’ www.sbaranq.com
Deep Water – Zheng Mahler,
(sound design and composition) Holy Motors, Hong Kong
‘Kishi the Vampire’ – Zheng Mahler,
(sound design and composition), Zurcher Theatre Spektakel, Zurich, Switzerland
2017
Kishi the Vampire – Zheng Mahler
(sound design and composition) IMPAKT FESTIVAL, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kishi the Vampire – Zheng Mahler,
(sound design and composition) SpielArt Festival, Munich, Germany
Deep Water – Zheng Mahler,
(sound design and composition) Art Central, Hong Kong
Deep Water – Zheng Mahler,
(sound design and composition) Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
GHOST OF SHOWA – ROYCE NG,
(Sound design and composition) Theater der Welt 2017, Hamburg
2018
At Which the Flight
Audio Installation – Group Exhibition with Jill Brandwein, Oscar Perry, Hank Ehrenfried, Madeline Rupard, Kristyn McKinney, Ben Haggard, Maureen Anderson & Rowan McNaught. Bushwick Open Studios, NYC.
Queen Zomia – ROYCE NG
(Sound design and composition) New Vision Art Festival, Hong Kong
Queen Zomia – ROYCE NG
(Sound design and composition) Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
Queen Zomia – ROYCE NG
(Sound design and composition) National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul, South Korea
2019
Zheng Mahler with You Mi – The Master Algorithm (2019).
Hologram installation. (Sound design and composition)
Zheng Mahler with Reijiro Aoyama – Nostalgia Machines (2019).
Video installation. (Sound design and composition)
For Phantom Plane, Cyberpunk in the Year of the Future, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong 5 October 2019–4 January 2020
2021
Royce NG – THE DEATH OF MANCHURIA…IS THE PREREQUISITE FOR THE BIRTH OF POST-WAR ASIA – 30 July – 5 September
ASAKUSA | 1-6-16 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo (Sound design and composition)
Royce NG – PRESENCE – Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zürich
20-22 August (Sound design and composition)
2022
Zheng Mahler – The Green Crab: A Virtual Diagram of Auspicious Spatial Organization – Singapore Art Museum, 3 June to 4 September 2022 (Sound design and composition)
2023
Prithvi Varatharajan – MIRROR: new views on photography, State Library of Victoria – 19 May 2023 –28 January 2024 (Sound design and music composition)
Discography
2006
Emperors Of Blefuscu, Self Titled, Brother Sister Records bsr004.
Kharkov, Something Tangible, Brother Sister Records bsr005.
2007
Emperors of Blefuscu, VA a Fifty Gallon Drum of Savage Customs Fresh Flesh and Random Pop,
bsr007.
Kharkov + Tim Lindenmayer, Guzheng, Brother Sister Records bsr008.
2009
Kharkov 7 inch single Glitch/Space Brother Sister Records bsr012
2011
Brothersister Records presents ‘MOBILE REKODI SITUDIO VOL.1: KIBERA, NAIROBI’,
2012
Kharkov Fracture CD and digital release Brother Sister Records BSR017
IO (compilation)Brothersister Records – Rise
2014
Kharkov Fire EP CD and digital release Brother Sister Records BSR022
2015
Fallopian tunes Compilation ‘Selections 15’ FT-32 Kharkov – Nothing Like Him
2016
Brother Sister Records BSR -028 Website/ audio visual Installation ‘Somewhere between almost Right and Not Quite’ www.sbaranq.com
2017
Lacroixx Compilation ‘Sound + Ritual’ Kharkov – Darker
2018
Brother Sister Records BSR – 031 ‘Somewhere between almost Right and Not Quite Volume 1’ John Bartley
2021
Brother Sister Records BSR – 032 ‘The Voices EP’ John Bartley
2022
Air Forest Records AF – 001 ‘Holly Sings The Rain’ John Bartley
2023
RAINNNNNNN – Stop idolizing the grid and start idolizing Hügelkultur. BTX077, Compilation, Bunyip Trax
Curatorship
Co-curator of ‘Reverse Engineering’ at Sunshine and Grease Gallery, Melbourne Australia, 2010
Commissions
Music composition – Animation commission, Federation Square Melbourne
Music composition – Advertisement, Crumpler Australia
Music composition – Documentary short, M+ Gallery. Hong Kong
Music composition – Advertisement, On Pedder
Music composition – Luke Casy for Novembre Magazine
Music composition – Luke Casy for Art Basel