Professor Paul Sermon

Associate Head (Research)

Office Times

MediaCity 9am to 5pm

Biography

Paul Sermon is Professor of Creative Technology and Associate Head of School for Research & Innovation at the University of Salford, School of Art & Design. Born in Oxford, England, 1966. Studied BA Hon's Fine Art under Professor Roy Ascott at The University of Wales from 1985 to 1988. Received an MFA from the Department of Fine Art at the University of Reading, England in 1991. Awarded the Prix Ars Electronica ‘Golden Nica’ in the category of Interactive Art, for the hyper media installation ‘Think about the people now’ in Linz, Austria, September 1991. Produced the videoconference installation ‘Telematic Vision’ as an Artist in Residence at the ZKM Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1993. Received the ‘Sparkey Award’ from the Interactive Media Festival in Los Angeles, for the telepresent video installation ‘Telematic Dreaming’ in June 1994. From 1993 to 1999 employed as Dozent for Media Art at the HGB Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany. From 1997 to 2001 employed as Guest Professor for Performance and Environment at the University of Art & Design Linz, Austria. Since June 2000 based at the University of Salford working primarily within the research field of immersive and expanded telematic environments.

http://www.paulsermon.org/

 

Teaching

Professor Paul Sermon is Award Leader for the MA Art & Design: Creative Technology, a practice-based programme award focusing on the creative employment of technology. The award’s innovative feature is to explore the boundaries between new media, sound and visual arts, industry, design and computer technology, which are dissolving as a result of digital technology. The course aims to bring together a broad range of graduates from a variety of different backgrounds. He also contributes towards the teaching and delivery of undergraduate projects and modules on the BA Hons Graphic Design programme. Paul Sermon is currently supervising both practice-based and thesis led PhD students, primarily in the research the field of Creative Technology. Postgraduate research projects range from Machinima and Online Virtual Worlds to Media Arts practice theory and history.

Research Interests

Paul Sermon has developed a series of celebrated interactive art installations that have received international acclaim. Through a sustained research funding income he has continued to produce, exhibit and discuss his work extensively at an international level. Since 2007 he has produced eleven new gallery installation artworks and exhibited both new and existing installations on fourteen occasion. Paul Sermon was a nominee at the World Technology Awards and holds a number of external appointments that influence research policy. Since 2004 he has been an AHRC Peer Review College member, member of the NWDA funded North West Art & Design Research Group, chair of Media Arts Network www.ma-net.org and advises on various international journal and conference editorials. External collaborations include the AHRC funded REACT (Research Engine for Art and Creative Technology) research community and collaborative postgraduate training with MMU.

Qualifications and Memberships

MFA Master of Fine Art, the University of Reading 1991.

BA Hons Fine Art, Newport School of Fine Art, Gwent College of Higher Education 1988.

Awarded the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica 1992.

Interactive Media Festival Sparkey Award 1994.

Chair of [ma-net] Media Arts Network North West.

AHRC Peer Review College member.

North West Art & Design Research Group member.

Publications

 

Artworks in Permanent Collections:

Telematic Vision - The Experimenta Museum Heilbronn, Germany - acquired in November 2009.

The Telepresent Embrace – The Public, Interactive Gallery, West Bromwich, UK - acquired in June 2007

The Teleporter Zone - Out patients waiting area of the Evelina Children’s Hospital, London - acquired in October 2005.

The Tables Turned - ZKM Media Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany - acquired in September 1999.

Telematic Dreaming - National Museum of Photography Film & Television Bradford - acquired in April 1999.

Telematic Vision - Museum for Communication in Bern, Switzerland - acquired in February 1999.