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)
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
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