Professional Experience
Education
2009–current Doctor of Visual Arts (by research)—Griffith University
2004 Master of Design (by research)—Monash University
1991 Bachelor of Art (Graphic Design)—Swinburne University
1990 Diploma of Art (Graphic Design)—Swinburne Institute of Technology.
Solo Exhibitions and Installations
2012 ‘Typographically Speaking’—One-Way Street Party. Surfer’s Paradise Festival
2012 ‘Goodbye Helvetica’—T-space Gallery, Gold Coast
2004 ‘Visualising Steampunk’—The Foundry Gallery, North Fitzroy
Group Exhibitions
2012 ‘We Heart One Way’—One-Way Street Party. Surfer’s Paradise Festival
2012 ‘AGDA Poster annual finalists’—Gallery of Australian Design, Canberra
2012 ‘Colour Wheel’—87Artzone, Upper Coomera
2012 ‘Speaking to the Individual—District 01 Gallery, Sydney
2012 ‘We Heart Numbers’—Rabbit Hole Gallery, Brisbane
2012 ‘Square One’—Bleeding Heart Gallery, Brisbane
2012 ‘Seven w/Another’—Substation No. 4, Brisbane
2011 ‘We Heart Holidays’—Kerbside, Brisbane
2011 ‘Paste Modernism 3’—Cockatoo Island, Sydney
2011 ‘Shared Vision… Wspólna Wizja…’—exhibition series, Poland
2011 ‘AGDA Poster annual finalists’—Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2011 ‘We Heart Winter’—White Box Gallery, Gold Coast
2011 ‘We Heart Home’—Home Exhibition, Brisbane
2011 ‘Flat White Spaces’—Bermuda Point, Varsity Lakes
2011 ‘The Art of the Book’—Robina City Gallery, Robina
2011 ‘We Heart Paper’—White Box Gallery, Gold Coast
2009 ‘Samoobsluha: self service’—Lightspace Gallery, Brisbane
2005 ‘Children’s Book Week’—Customs House Gallery, Warrnambool
2004 ‘Performance’—The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2004 ‘Visualising Steampunk’—Monash University Faculty Gallery, Caulfield
2003 ‘Sustainable Living’—Federation Square, Melbourne
2002 ‘Dimensional Illustrations’—Dromkeen Museum, Victoria
2001 ‘Put Yourself in the Picture’—Chapel off Chapel Gallery, South Yarra.
Publications
Dutcher 2012, ‘You Are So Loved’ Chronicle Books, San Francisco, USA (works included)
MAGMA 2012, ‘Bright! – Typography between Illustration and Art’ DAAB Media, Cologne, Germany (works included)
Falla, D 2012, ‘Goodbye Helvetica’, Finesse Press, Byron Bay (typography research publication—full text)
Hade 2012, ‘Choi’s Package’ Choi’s Gallery Publishing, Shanghai (works included)
Whittle, S, 2012, ‘Needlecraft Style Directory’ RotoVision SA (works included)
Bridger, E 2011, ‘Shared Vision… Wspólna Wizja…‘ exhibition catalogue (works included)
QCA Gold Coast 2011, ‘Gold Coast Creative: vol. 2’ Sanctuary Cove Publishing, Gold Coast (works included)
Falla, D 2011, ‘Things We Have Learned In Our Life So Far’, Finesse Press, Byron Bay (typography research publication—editor and chapter)
Fischel, C and Gardner, B, 2011 ‘LogoLounge Master Library’ Rockport Publishers (works included)
Dr Grymm, 2011, ‘1000 Steampunk Creations’, Quarry Books (works included)
Falla, D 2010, ‘Visualising Steampunk’, LAP Publishing, Germany (masters research publication—full text)
ed. Falla, D and Faulkner, H 2010, ‘Comfortable Shoes Only’, Finesse Press, Byron Bay (student photography research publication—editor and chapter)
Falla, D 2009, ‘The {tague} project’, Finesse Press, Byron Bay (public art research publication—full text)
Falla, D 2001, ‘Looking Better in Print’, Tertiary Press, Melbourne. (280-page textbook on desktop publishing—full text)
Falla, D and Miller, C 1994, ‘Woodlore’, Omnibus Books, South Australia. (Award-winning children’s book made from wooden illustrations).
Commissioned illustrations for over 30 children’s books. Publishers include: Macmillan, Pearson, Rigby, HarperCollins, Allen & Unwin, Five Mile Press, Nelson and Weldon Owen.
Artist Features
2012 Novum magazine
2012 Digital Arts magazine
2012 Raw Ink magazine
2012 Artflow magazine
2012 Artbox magazine
2011 Gold Coast Creative magazine
2011 Winter For Elbows online magazine
Awards and Recognition
Awards
2012 QANTM Create Awards—Shortlisted
2012 Semi-Permanent Poster competition—Highly Commended
2012 Arts Queensland Career Development Grant—Recipient
2012 UAP Brisbane Public Art Project—Invited to tender
2012 Griffith IEIS travel grant—to attend Masters workshop in Rome
2012 Dulux Colour Awards—Shortlisted
2012 Griffith AEL group research grant—Election survey
2011 AGDA Poster Annual—Finalist
2010 Women in Technology Awards—Shortlisted Candidate
2010 Work selected to appear in ‘1000 Steampunk Collection’ and ‘The Design Federation Annual’
2010 Q2 program for innovation—nominated
2007 DG Portfolio magazine—Double-page spread in ‘textures’ section (Visualising Steampunk)
2005 Digital Media World Digital Imaging Awards—Second Place (Pedal Dress)
2001–2003 Monash Postgraduate Fellowship for Masters study (Visualising Steampunk)
2001 Arts Council of Australia—Grant for picture book creators (Jump, Baby!)
2000 Australian Publishers Association Design Awards—Shortlisted (Night Owl)
1996 The New York Dimensional Illustrators Awards—Bronze Medal (Weather or Not)
1995 CBC, Book of the Year Awards—Honour Book (Woodlore)
1996 The New York Dimensional Illustrators Awards—Bronze Medal (Woodlore).
Artist Representation
Creasenso Talent Agency in France
Art to Art online gallery.
Other Activities/Affiliations
2012 Speaker at the Pallazzo delle Esposizione (Palaexpo), Rome, Italy
2012 Participated in School of Visual Arts (SVA) Masters of Typography program, Rome, Italy
2012 Coordinated QCA design students projects, including: Griffith 1K Innovation Challenge Awards winners
2012 Tactile Typography workshop for QCA Gold Coast ‘Experience Day’
2012 Guest Speaker at ‘The Salon Night’ for Community hArt.
2012 Program reviewer for GCIT
2012 Guest Speaker at GCIT
2012 Guest Speaker at Martin College
2012 Speaker at ’7×7 Youngbloods’ for DIA Gold Coast
2011–2012 Founding member of the ’We Heart’ Collective
2011–2012 Open Day, First-year Camp, and Graduation participant for QCA Gold Coast
2011–2012 Author for Gold Coast Creative magazine
2010–2012 Contributing writer to Desktop Magazine
2009–2012 Current member of the DIA
2009–2012 On the board of the Design Federation
2011 Invited stakeholder in the master-planning stages of the Cold Coast Cultural Precinct development
2008–2011 Ongoing writing and delivery of short courses on a variety of subjects for Griffith Enterprise
2010 Poster presented on ‘Work Integrated Learning (WIL) at QCA Gold Coast, Griffith University’, as part of the ‘INTED Teaching and Technology conference’ in Valencia, Spain
2009 Guest lecturer at the SMAANZ annual PhD conference held at Bond University
2009 Accompanied QCA design and photography students on overseas study tour to Prague for three weeks. Undertook my own “tague” project as part of DVA research
2008–2010 Coordinated QCA design students projects, including: Highlights exhibition at Gold Coast City Council Chambers, Gold Coast Creative graduate catalogue, Studiotown graduate catalogue, Mediamorphosis graduate catalogue, Southern Cross Packaging Awards winners, Sierra Grand sculpture installations, Stir.org projects for social change, Kiva.org projects for social change.
2006–2008 Guest lecturer at the Sustainable Tourism Centre for Research annual PhD conferences
2000–2003 Guest lecturer at the Vis.Com annual conferences
2000–2002 Vice President of the Illustrators Association of Australia
1996–2002 Society of Book Illustrators (SOBI) founding member.
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