Mr John Reid
Areas of expertise
- Creative Arts, Media And Communication Curriculum And Pedagogy 130201
- Visual Arts And Crafts 1905
- Curriculum And Pedagogy 1302
Research interests
Aesthetic visualisation of human rights and environmental issues. Visual artist and community engagement about environmental issues. Software development for supervision of remote field research.
Biography
John Reid has a humanities degree from ANU, a masters of fine arts from UNSW and professional qualifications in graphic design. Held an ANU Creative Arts Fellowship (1977-79). Joined the Canberra School of Art in 1978. As a visual artist, works with photography, performance and collage to address human rights and environmental issues.
Researcher's projects
Graphic design: book, typeface and logo design. Visual arts: exhibited nationally and internationally. Integrated professional practice with teaching by exhibiting with students in 21 exhibitions on the aesthetic visualisation of place and environmental issues in 17 regional centres mainly in the Murray Darling Basin.
Designed display typeface, Process, Letraset International's Letragraphica Range (1973). Designed School of Art logo (1979). ANU Creative Art Fellowship exhibition From the Armchair. An essay in Medium Detail, (1981). Sustained national media coverage for artworks dealing with political disappearances (ntitled. Collage of Australian banknotes, 1984 -) and forest conservation (Fishman of SE Australia, 1992 -) . Project collaborations culminating in exhibitions with ANUgreen - A Thousand Colours. Visual Art for a Green ANU ( 2000) and ANU National Institute for Environment - Factor of Ten. A Future Worth Having (2002). Establish National Environment Bank (2002). Carrick citation for student learning (2006). Awarded (with CPAS) ANU School of Art's first ARC Linkage Engaging Visions (2007-10) www.engagingvisions.com.au
Publications
- Young, C, Reid, J & Meehan, B 2015, 'Taking Action: researching an innovative pedagogy for an aesthetic visual approach to environmental issues', Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 16, pp. 64-72.
- Reid, J, Lamberts, R, Young, C, Tambiah, C 2010, Engaging Visions: Engaging Artists with the Community about the Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
- Reid, J 2008, 'Tumut'.
- Reid, J 2008, Tumut, Tumut, Tumut Art Society Gallery and the former State Bank Building, Tumut, NSW, Australia.
- Reid, J 2007, 'Scottsdale'.
- Reid, J 2007, Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Foyer Gallery, ANU School of Art, Canberra, Australia.
- Reid, J 2006, 'Shepp. The Earth: An address about water'.
- Reid, J, Carpenter, D & Meehan, B 2006, 'Art for earth's sake: creative and interdisciplinary collaborations for sustainability in the tertiary sector', in Walter Leal Filho and David Carpenter (ed.), Sustainability in the Australasian University Context, Peter Lang Publishing Group, Freiburg, pp. 81-90.
- Reid, J 2006, Shepp. The Earth: An address about water, Shepp. The Earth: An address about water, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
- Reid, J 2006, Water for a Healthy Country, Water for a Healthy Country, CSIRO Albury, NSW, Australia.
- Reid, J 2005, 'Wet River Dry Lake'.
- Reid, J 2005, 'Worshipping in Monga Cathedral', in Robyn Steller (ed.), Monga interacta: A celbration of the Monga forest and its protection, Robyn Steller, Braidwood, pp. 38-44.
- Reid, J 2005, Wet River Dry Lake, Wet River Dry Lake, The PS Ruby (boat) and venues in Darling Street, Wentworth, NSW, Australia.
- Reid, J 2004, 'Common Ground'.
- Reid, J 2004, Common Ground, Common Ground, Conadilly Street and Civic Theatre, Gunnedah, NSW, Australia.
- Reid, J 2003, Fishman of SE Australia, Fishman of SE Australia, Dubbo Regional Gallery, Dubbo, NSW, Australia.
