Profile

J. Severn {AKA Blakkbyrd}, English born Australian, currently resides and works in Amsterdam.

Severn has a Bachelor of Commerce (with merit) and a Graduate Diploma in Adult Education and Training from the University of Wollongong; and a Bachelor of Arts (fine arts) from Southern Cross University majoring in Art Theory & Criticism and Graphics.

Founder and Director of the Print Australia internet group, an online community for professional artists, now in its ninth year of operation. The Print Australia Archive is deposited as part of the Australian Print Collection at the Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Australia.

Since relocating to Amsterdam, Severn travels, researches European art and publishes the Bellebyrd and Blakkbyrd art blogs. Severn's interests include online curating, and through the Lyrbyrd site, Severn has curated numerous projects, collaborations and exhibitions and was recently curator at Montevideo {Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Amsterdam} as part of the Video Vortex exhibition. Research interests focus on contemporary art practices with particular emphasis on urban at, new media forms and WWW2.

Links

Bellebyrd
http://printaustralia.blogspot.com/

Blakkbyrd
http://blakkbyrd.blogspot.com/

lyrebyrd
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrintAustralia/

Print Australia
http://printaustralia2.wordpress.com