Darryl Rogers is an artist who works with video, installation, augmented reality and virtual imaging. With a distinctive use of media Rogers endeavours to alter the constituent variables of space and time attempting to poke holes in the seemingly impervious materiality of the world around us.
Rogers work has been shown extensively across the world, including, Times Square NYC, LOOP Barcelona, FACT UK, UMW Media Wall USA and many other video arts festivals around the world. Darryl has had work shown across Australia including Vivid Sydney, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, The Blake, Glover, Outback, Mandorla and Brisbane art prizes, as well as having artworks collected by Artbank Australia, Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery and many private collections internationally.
On encountering one of his time-based installations there is an immediate sense of disorientation, realising that what is being observed seems to counter the familiar physics by which the world is known. It is this physical “non-reality” that Rogers explores conjuring characteristics of illusion, miracle, quantum mischief and the metaphysical.
Rogers work has been shown extensively across the world, including, Times Square NYC, LOOP Barcelona, FACT UK, UMW Media Wall USA and many other video arts festivals around the world. Darryl has had work shown across Australia including Vivid Sydney, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, The Blake, Glover, Outback, Mandorla and Brisbane art prizes, as well as having artworks collected by Artbank Australia, Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery and many private collections internationally.
On encountering one of his time-based installations there is an immediate sense of disorientation, realising that what is being observed seems to counter the familiar physics by which the world is known. It is this physical “non-reality” that Rogers explores conjuring characteristics of illusion, miracle, quantum mischief and the metaphysical.
Education
2012 Bachelor of Contemporary Art (Hon) University of Tasmania
2011 Bachelor of Art (Fine Art) Curtin University of Technology WA
1996 Producer Fellowship Australian Film Commission
1991 Producer Training AFTRS Sydney
1980-81 Fine Art Diploma Studies Queensland College of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Lacunae (3 galleries across South Australia as Soma Lumia) Illuminate Festival, SA
2022 Homecoming (site responsive immersive, as Soma Lumia) Beaker St/Franklin House, TAS
2022 takayna Sonata (paintings,video & takayna Anthropocene Blues HIVE, TAS
2021 taymi ningina / Never Ceded (14 channel Video) QVMAG. TAS
(with Vicki West and David mangenner Gough)
2021 Lacunae (as Soma Lumia with Ian Chia) Mona Foma, TAS
2020 Hypnos Cave (as Soma Lumia with Robin Fox and MESS) Mona Foma, TAS
2019 Rust, Resin and Reality Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
2019 Takayna Anthropocene Blues (as Soma Lumia)
(VR+Immersive Video with Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil) Mona Foma, TAS
2016 Thylacine (Holographic Video Installation) Cradle Mt Wilderness Gallery, TAS
2016 Tarkayna Hypostasis #1(Mixed Media Installation) Sawtooth, TAS (as Soma Lumia)
2015 Worlds Apart (Mixed Media Installation) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2015 Numinous I (Mixed Media Installation) Jugglers Art Space, QLD
2014 Sehnsucht (4ch Holographic Video Installation) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2013 Waterwalkers (3ch Holographic Video Installation) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2012 Event Horizon (Video) Q View Albury Art Gallery, NSW
Group Exhibitions
2021 The Edge of World/Takayna Anthropocene Blues Kingaroy Regional Gallery, QLD
2021 4 Works Liberty Loop, Hobart, TAS
2021 TriTreeTrue – Thrice RANT Art Gallery Devonport, TAS
2021 Remnant #4 The Glover Art Prize, Finalist, TAS
2021 Pilgrims The Blake Prize, Finalist, NSW
2021 For That One Moment Mandorla Art Prize, Finalist, WA
2020 Infinite Past Times Square Screens, NYC
2019 . Selected Video Works over the year . Adelaide Festival Centre SA
2018 TH#2, Metascapes AR (Video//AR) LOOP Barcelona, SPAIN
2018 The Infinite Dance (AR Animated Sculpture) Artentwine, TAS (Highly Commended)
2018 Red and Yellow/Timescape Aust #5 (Video Art) Biennale of Australian Art VIC
2018 Timescape Australia #5 (Videoart) Outback Art Prize Finalist, NSW
2018 Multiple Video Works by invitation 10 th Fajr international Festival of Visual Art, Iran
2018 Jump (Video) Stricoff Gallery, NYC USA
2018 Takayna Hypostasis #2 (Video Wall) UMW Media Wall, University Mary Washington, USA
2018 Between Two Worlds / Seven (7 Channel Video Installation) Mona Foma, TAS
2017 . The Marathon Project (Poetic Documentary) Academy Gallery, UTAS TAS
2017 Species Hotel (Augmented Reality Elements) . Junction Arts Festival, TAS
2017 On Show/Situate ARI's Testing Grounds, VIC
2017 My Beautiful Balloon/Surrealism Show bG Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2017 Lake Stories #2 . Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2017 Liminal Worlds (Augmented Reality) Holographic Lounge Room, TAS
2017 Still Life (Interactive Tech Light Sculpture) Ten Days on the Island, Academy, TAS (as Soma Lumia)
2017 Portrait of Self and Soul (Video) Ten Days on the Island, Sawtooth, TAS
2016 Sehnsucht #3 (4ch Holographic Video Installation) . Vivid Sydney, NSW
2016 Transient and Enduring (3ch Video Installation) Marathon Encounter, TAS
2016 Aqua Luminal (Augmented Reality Video Sculpture) Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS
2016 Tamar Waltz (Augmented Reality Video Sculpture) Finalist, Artentwine, TAS
2016 Metascape Marathon (Video) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2015 The Persistence of Vision (Permanent Interactive TechArt) Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TAS
2015 Incognito (Virtual Imaging) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2015 A Timeless Sea (Video) FACT, Liverpool, UK
2015 Metascape Launceston (Video) Channels Video Art Festival, VIC
2013 Collision (Video) Monash University, VIC
2012 Waterwalkers (3ch Holographic Video Installation) Academy Gallery, UTAS TAS
2012 Urban (Photography) Brunswick St Gallery, VIC
2011 Metascape (Video) Brunswick St Gallery, VIC
2011 A Timeless Sea (Video) Vancouver Art Centre, WA
2009 Sadie by the Lake (Photography) Finalist, Williamstown Art Prize, VIC
Public Art/Collections/Residencies
2021/22 Tarkine and Reef, 2 Videoart Visualisers for Midnight Oil's Album Resist Sony Music Australia
2019 West Coast Residency Tasmania (Arts Tasmania)
2018 Arteles Creative Centre Residency Finland (Arts Tasmania)
2018 Mas els Igols Residency Spain (Arts Tasmania)
2017 - Various collections public and private including QVMAG and ArtBank
2016 Cradle Mural (Design of 64 metre mural Installation) Cradle Mt Wilderness Gallery, TAS
2013 Neil Davis Memorial (Monument Sculpture) Sorell Primary School, TAS
2012 Gallows (Steel Sculpture) Oatlands Gaol, TAS
2011 100 Years (Photographic Installation) St Virgil’s College, TAS
Augmented Reality Interventions
2017 Tamar Waltz American History Museum, USA 2017
2017 . Thylacine Times Square, NYC, USA
2017 Aqua Liminal Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
2017 Aqua Liminal Carriage Works, NSW
2017 Thylacine Art Gallery of NSW
2017 Tamar Waltz Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW
Associated Career Credentials
2021 Director/Producer - Makers Treehouse 20 Ep Web Series Bitlink Pty Ltd
1987-2016 Immersive Experience Designer/Producer Museums and Interpretation Centres, Australia
2016 - 19 Co-Curator Tasmanian International Video Art Festival, TAS
2016 Best Stage Design Tasmanian Theatre Awards
2017 - 19 Chair Sawtooth ARI Board
2015 -16 Vice Chair Sawtooth ARI Board
1996 - 2006 Documentary and Animation Producer ABC and SBS
1998 - 2000 Documentary Producer Network 7 and 10
1989 - 2017 Museum Interpretive, Design and Curatorial Consultant 30+ Museums and Interpretation Centres across Australia
1985 - 2017 Theatrical Producer and Designer 30+ Theatrical Productions, Australia
2012 Bachelor of Contemporary Art (Hon) University of Tasmania
2011 Bachelor of Art (Fine Art) Curtin University of Technology WA
1996 Producer Fellowship Australian Film Commission
1991 Producer Training AFTRS Sydney
1980-81 Fine Art Diploma Studies Queensland College of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Lacunae (3 galleries across South Australia as Soma Lumia) Illuminate Festival, SA
2022 Homecoming (site responsive immersive, as Soma Lumia) Beaker St/Franklin House, TAS
2022 takayna Sonata (paintings,video & takayna Anthropocene Blues HIVE, TAS
2021 taymi ningina / Never Ceded (14 channel Video) QVMAG. TAS
(with Vicki West and David mangenner Gough)
2021 Lacunae (as Soma Lumia with Ian Chia) Mona Foma, TAS
2020 Hypnos Cave (as Soma Lumia with Robin Fox and MESS) Mona Foma, TAS
2019 Rust, Resin and Reality Devonport Regional Gallery, TAS
2019 Takayna Anthropocene Blues (as Soma Lumia)
(VR+Immersive Video with Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil) Mona Foma, TAS
2016 Thylacine (Holographic Video Installation) Cradle Mt Wilderness Gallery, TAS
2016 Tarkayna Hypostasis #1(Mixed Media Installation) Sawtooth, TAS (as Soma Lumia)
2015 Worlds Apart (Mixed Media Installation) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2015 Numinous I (Mixed Media Installation) Jugglers Art Space, QLD
2014 Sehnsucht (4ch Holographic Video Installation) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2013 Waterwalkers (3ch Holographic Video Installation) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2012 Event Horizon (Video) Q View Albury Art Gallery, NSW
Group Exhibitions
2021 The Edge of World/Takayna Anthropocene Blues Kingaroy Regional Gallery, QLD
2021 4 Works Liberty Loop, Hobart, TAS
2021 TriTreeTrue – Thrice RANT Art Gallery Devonport, TAS
2021 Remnant #4 The Glover Art Prize, Finalist, TAS
2021 Pilgrims The Blake Prize, Finalist, NSW
2021 For That One Moment Mandorla Art Prize, Finalist, WA
2020 Infinite Past Times Square Screens, NYC
2019 . Selected Video Works over the year . Adelaide Festival Centre SA
2018 TH#2, Metascapes AR (Video//AR) LOOP Barcelona, SPAIN
2018 The Infinite Dance (AR Animated Sculpture) Artentwine, TAS (Highly Commended)
2018 Red and Yellow/Timescape Aust #5 (Video Art) Biennale of Australian Art VIC
2018 Timescape Australia #5 (Videoart) Outback Art Prize Finalist, NSW
2018 Multiple Video Works by invitation 10 th Fajr international Festival of Visual Art, Iran
2018 Jump (Video) Stricoff Gallery, NYC USA
2018 Takayna Hypostasis #2 (Video Wall) UMW Media Wall, University Mary Washington, USA
2018 Between Two Worlds / Seven (7 Channel Video Installation) Mona Foma, TAS
2017 . The Marathon Project (Poetic Documentary) Academy Gallery, UTAS TAS
2017 Species Hotel (Augmented Reality Elements) . Junction Arts Festival, TAS
2017 On Show/Situate ARI's Testing Grounds, VIC
2017 My Beautiful Balloon/Surrealism Show bG Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2017 Lake Stories #2 . Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2017 Liminal Worlds (Augmented Reality) Holographic Lounge Room, TAS
2017 Still Life (Interactive Tech Light Sculpture) Ten Days on the Island, Academy, TAS (as Soma Lumia)
2017 Portrait of Self and Soul (Video) Ten Days on the Island, Sawtooth, TAS
2016 Sehnsucht #3 (4ch Holographic Video Installation) . Vivid Sydney, NSW
2016 Transient and Enduring (3ch Video Installation) Marathon Encounter, TAS
2016 Aqua Luminal (Augmented Reality Video Sculpture) Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS
2016 Tamar Waltz (Augmented Reality Video Sculpture) Finalist, Artentwine, TAS
2016 Metascape Marathon (Video) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2015 The Persistence of Vision (Permanent Interactive TechArt) Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, TAS
2015 Incognito (Virtual Imaging) Sawtooth ARI, TAS
2015 A Timeless Sea (Video) FACT, Liverpool, UK
2015 Metascape Launceston (Video) Channels Video Art Festival, VIC
2013 Collision (Video) Monash University, VIC
2012 Waterwalkers (3ch Holographic Video Installation) Academy Gallery, UTAS TAS
2012 Urban (Photography) Brunswick St Gallery, VIC
2011 Metascape (Video) Brunswick St Gallery, VIC
2011 A Timeless Sea (Video) Vancouver Art Centre, WA
2009 Sadie by the Lake (Photography) Finalist, Williamstown Art Prize, VIC
Public Art/Collections/Residencies
2021/22 Tarkine and Reef, 2 Videoart Visualisers for Midnight Oil's Album Resist Sony Music Australia
2019 West Coast Residency Tasmania (Arts Tasmania)
2018 Arteles Creative Centre Residency Finland (Arts Tasmania)
2018 Mas els Igols Residency Spain (Arts Tasmania)
2017 - Various collections public and private including QVMAG and ArtBank
2016 Cradle Mural (Design of 64 metre mural Installation) Cradle Mt Wilderness Gallery, TAS
2013 Neil Davis Memorial (Monument Sculpture) Sorell Primary School, TAS
2012 Gallows (Steel Sculpture) Oatlands Gaol, TAS
2011 100 Years (Photographic Installation) St Virgil’s College, TAS
Augmented Reality Interventions
2017 Tamar Waltz American History Museum, USA 2017
2017 . Thylacine Times Square, NYC, USA
2017 Aqua Liminal Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
2017 Aqua Liminal Carriage Works, NSW
2017 Thylacine Art Gallery of NSW
2017 Tamar Waltz Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW
Associated Career Credentials
2021 Director/Producer - Makers Treehouse 20 Ep Web Series Bitlink Pty Ltd
1987-2016 Immersive Experience Designer/Producer Museums and Interpretation Centres, Australia
2016 - 19 Co-Curator Tasmanian International Video Art Festival, TAS
2016 Best Stage Design Tasmanian Theatre Awards
2017 - 19 Chair Sawtooth ARI Board
2015 -16 Vice Chair Sawtooth ARI Board
1996 - 2006 Documentary and Animation Producer ABC and SBS
1998 - 2000 Documentary Producer Network 7 and 10
1989 - 2017 Museum Interpretive, Design and Curatorial Consultant 30+ Museums and Interpretation Centres across Australia
1985 - 2017 Theatrical Producer and Designer 30+ Theatrical Productions, Australia
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