MEDIA links
Mediateka: (Archival) My six months residency at the Centrum Pro Metamedia, Czech Republic
Review: Artco, Taiwan "Burkini Controversy, Visual Reasoning induced by Islamic Clothing" Oct 2016
ABC Radio National: Interview with Books and Art,
Michael Cathcart on Imagining Ned, April 2015
"Imagining Ned" (p.29) by Tansy Curtin, Bendigo Art Gallery 2015
A year in a Burqa gives Artist a new view of Ned Kelly's story,
ABC Central Victoria, March 2015
The Age: Imagining Ned, Bendigo Art Gallery - Ned and Burka on the Pink Lake, March 2015
COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS STATS AND STORIES - THE IMPACT OF THE ARTS IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT pp 11,12 Deakin University 2015
SOCIAL INCLUSION : THE IMPACT OF THE ARTS IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA
REMOVING BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION pp 15,16 Deakin University 2015
ABC Radio National : Podcast on burqas in Australian Art, Jan 2014
Mars Drum paintings for sale on Australian Collector's new online gallery: ArtEdit
ABC Open - The Writing's on the Wall 2013
Review by Robert Nelson for The Age, 2010
Review - Muslim Village: Who's an Australian Hero? 2010
Radio National interview with Michael Cathcart, 2011
Bush Telegraph ABC Radio National - Burka Woman meets Ned Kelly - Michael Cathcart
Art Nomad - Mars Drum
Instagram: @mars.drum
CURRICULUM VITAE
ARTS & MEDIA
ARTS & MEDIA
2016 - Collaboration with Writing Through Fences, Rose Turtle Ertler.
Painting, photography: #nednburka
Painting, photography: #nednburka
2016 –2019 Arts in Health research and practice: Music and painting for people living with dementia. Aged Care in Horsham, Dimboola, Warracknabeal and Donald, Victoria.
Feb / March Co-coordinator of culturally diverse events, in collaboration with migrant group Oasis Wimmera: river swimming, camping, plein air painting, multicultural cooking.
20 weeks facilitating writing workshops and public art with cultural diverse youth aged from 8 - 16, their poetry installed in steel on CBD public seats/walls.
Mar 2013 Solo Artist, "New and Past Works", Goat Gallery, Natimuk, Vic. – oil paintings.
A month of daily drawing sessions, inviting Horsham shoppers, passersby, school children and families to draw together in temporary warehouse arts studio.
One month residency, Goat Gallery, Natimuk, collaborative theatre project with Rose Turtle Ertler, local Dementia Unit and primary school children.
Mar 2011 Solo Artist, “Beyond the Burka”, Arthur Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. - oil paintings.
Primary aged girls writing what they want & how they want in a safe space.
Girls Drawing club, Boys drawing club, drawing what they want & how they want.
Oct 2008 Solo Artist, “Mask”, C3 Abbotsford Convent, Vic. -oil paintings.
Jul 08 – Oct 08 Resident Artist/Video Producer, Sacred Fire/Boom Festival, Portugal
Working with culturally diverse community on art gardens, documentation.
Apr 05 – Oct 06 Resident Artist/Director, Drawing Time: Maze Studios, Brunswick, Vic.
May 03 - Dec 03 Facilitator/Producer, DrawingTime workshops, Carlton North Learning Centre, Vic.
Sept 01 - current Artist - The True History of Ned Kelly and Burka Woman: painting, performance.
Sept 01 - current Artist - The True History of Ned Kelly and Burka Woman: painting, performance.
May 00- Dec 00 Resident Artist, Westerdockdijk Studios, Amsterdam, NL – painting / writing.
Jan - May 00 Arts Video Production, Vrie Keyser Television, Amsterdam, NL – voluntary.
Jun - Dec 99 Resident Artist /Projects Coordinator, Centrum Pro Metamedia, Plasy, Cz Rep.
Assistant coordinator for international symposium, community events / exhibitions, resident artists. Also Audio-visual technician.
Mar 98- Jul 98 Video documentation/resident artist, C.I.P. VI: The Bridge, Footscray, Vic.
Events facilitator, video documentation for international artists, resident artist.
Apr 97- Dec 97 Resident Artist, video/painting. Fortunate Boat Studios, Abbotsford Convent, Vic.
Feb 95- Oct 96 Production assistant: The Dear Marias Theatre Co., St. Kilda, Vic.
Bookings for schools, costume assistance, video documentation.
Mar 94 - Oct 96 Co-producer/director: “The Move”, Channel 31, Melbourne, Vic.
Music/arts television series launching Channel 31. Production, marketing, editing.
Jun 93 - Jan 94 Arts/cultural research: Turkey, Ireland, India and Thailand
Jan 92- Nov 92 Arts/cultural research: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and India
Apr 88- Apr 90 Arts/cultural research: Ireland, UK, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Netherlands
Apr 88- Apr 90 Arts/cultural research: Ireland, UK, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Netherlands
Some Media Images
Wow-Writing on the Wall, Horsham 2013
Regional Arts Australia, "Belonging" 2014
More Ned and Burka articles 2001 - 2013
Review by Robert Nelson, The Age 2010 - "In Habit" Lab X Gallery, St Kilda
Fight Slavery performed weekly by Mars Drum,
City Lights Gallery, Melbourne 2001
Saving Abbotsford Convent 1999
Construction in Process VI, The Bridge, Melbourne 1998
"The Move", Channel 31 arts/culture series, 1994, 1995, 1996
