Richard Is a practicing Artist, Teacher and Technician, with a passion for emerging fabrication technologies and their application in visual arts practice. Richard achieved a Masters in Studio practice in Printmaking at the School of the art Institute of Chicago, and has combined 12 years of teaching experience working in Art and design education. Richard has been an Assistant Professor, an advanced manufacturing lab co-ordinator, and has in his career to date lead  in the design, implementation and execution of various courses, creative practice labs, public artworks, and numerous solo exhibitions.

Robert recently completed his PHD in experimental arts and drawing, his research and practice explore concepts of mimetic representation, phenomenological embodiment, perception, tool use, and representation through expanded drawing practices, extending into printmaking, sculptural, and performative methods. Robert has worked as a sessional lecturer, teaching drawing and experimental practices at UNSW Art + Design, and has taught community woodworking classes with the Bower Reuse and Repair Center.