Andrew Keen
Associate Professor
Coordinator Professional Postgraduate Degrees
Coordinator, Research Higher Degrees MA(Hons) and PhD
Andrew Keen
Charles Sturt University School of Visual and Performing Arts
Email Andrew Keen
Ph:(02) 6933 2605
Fax:(02) 6933 2887
Bio
- Design Researcher and Educator
- Fellow Chartered Society of Designers, London
- Project Design Manager in UK ; Cairo , Johannesburg ; and Melbourne
- Interests are in supporting the development of practice as research of the School and devising new creative works in cross disciplinary collaboration.
- Lectured in Interior Design, Copyright and Design Protection in Professional Practice at RMIT
- Inaugural Head of Interior and Exhibition Design at Swinburne University
- Visiting Fellow Hong Kong Polytechnic
- External examiner, Melbourne University ; RMIT, Swinburne University, Sci-Arc, Los Angeles , Hong Kong Polytechnic.
- Advisor to the Victorian State Minister of Planning on the Registration of Interior Designers
- Doctoral examiner at Monash, RMIT and Swinburne.
Exhibitions
- Object Trouvé NSD Gallery 1997
- GD 4 : Atrium, School of Architecture , Melbourne University 1998
- CORE Blimey , Charles Williams Theatre 1999
- Open Day , NSD Gallery 2000
- Eggs(hibition) NSD Gallery 2000
- The Urban Condition Japan -Melbourne 2001 NSD Gallery
- AJK: A Retrospective View NSD Gallery 2001
- Plan B: Interior and Exhibition Design - Medium Density Housing, (Ed.) National School of Design, Swinburne University of Technology , Melbourne . 2002
- Conduit exhibition with Staff of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery together with an installation to support a performance of Ur Sonate by Kurt Schwitters 2006
Presently working on a series of 25 Concrete Poems as creative works to be exhibited at Regional Art Galleries NSW in collaboration with Actors in a reactive self-devised performance in situ 2007
Papers and Conference Activities
- Keynote speaker at the Graphic Teachers Association 1998.
- Paper to the Faculty of Education RMIT Industry Based Learning 1998
- Opening Speaker, Brighton Bay , Graduating Show 1998
- Opening Speaker, Melbourne Fringe Fashion Show 1999
- Hong Kong Polytechnic, Lecture, SWINBURNE 1 st Year Experience 1999
- Published Doctoral Paper RMIT Conference 1999
- Keynote speaker at the Illuminating Engineering Colour Society 1999
- Published Paper Curtin Design Educators Conference 2000
- Scholarly paper Queensland University of Technology 2005
- Publication of Rhapsody 21 Conference paper University of Tasmania 2005
- Publication of Common Ground paper Cambridge 2006
