Chris O'Shea is an artist and designer, creating interactive work for both public institutions and private companies. His focus is on developing work that encourage creative play and collaboration, challenging our perception of space and physical objects.
In 2006 he was the guest curator of the Cybersonica exhibition and in 2007 received a commission for Designers in Residence at the London Design Museum.
Clients include AllofUs, ico design, Greyworld, Jason Bruges Studio, Moving Brands and collaborations with Random International and Silent Studios. Work has been created for the Leicester Performing Arts Centre, Onedotzero, Royal Opera House, Southbank Centre, Tate Britain, Wellcome Collection and V&A Museum.
He is the author of Pixelsumo, and is one of the founding member of the event series This happened.
| Exhibitions | |
| 2008 | V&A Village Fete, for ico design Air Guitar Championship, Shelter, Silent Studios |
| 2007 | DesignTide, Out of Bounds, Tokyo Greyworld, Monument To The Unknown Artist, London Design Museum, Designers in Residence, London Wellcome Collection, Medicine Now, for ico design Muon launch, for Moving Brands, Milan Royal Festival Hall, Introducing the Spirit Level |
| 2006 | Tate Britain, Constable exhibition for AllofUs V&A Museum, Onedotzero for AllofUs Cybersonica Sonic Art Exhibition, curator |
| Submerge, Sonicforms, Bristol England Web3D Symposium, Web3DArt, Cybrid Landscape |
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| Talks / Lectures | |
| 2008 | OFFF, Lisbon I'll Show You Mine, London |
| 2007 | We Love Technology, Huddersfield BD4D, ICA London Future of Sound, Sheffield and London |
| 2006 | Mediamatic, RFID lecture Future of Sound, FACT - Liverpool Soundtoys Symposium, London |
| 2005 | International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona |
| Education | |
| 2005 | BSc (Hons) MediaLab Arts 1st class honours degree, University of Plymouth |
| Published Papers | |
| 2005 | 'Tactile Composition Systems for Collaborative Free Sound' with Dan Livingstone, Computer Music Research group, University of Plymouth. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona. ICMC2005 Proceedings p687-690 |