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Professional Summary

Mez Breeze is an Australian-based digital artist and writer whose innovative works span XR art, Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) experiences, games, experimental storytelling, interactive fiction, and other genre-defying outputs. With degrees in Applied Social Science and Creative Arts and Writing, Mez has been a pioneering force in the net.art movement since the 1990s. She is renowned for creating "mezangelle," a unique language that blends code and poetry. Her projects are exhibited and taught worldwide, and she continues to push the boundaries of digital art and storytelling through immersive technologies.

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Education

• Bachelor of Creative Arts and Writing: Distinction Grade, Wollongong University, 1995 – 2001
• Associate Diploma of Fine Arts: Distinction Grade, Illawarra Institute of Technology, 1993 - 1994
• Bachelor of Applied Social Science: Distinction Grade, Charles Sturt University Bathurst, 1987 - 1990

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Professional Experience

Digital Artist and Writer
1995 – Present
• Net.Art Pioneer
o Instrumental in the formation of the net.art movement in the 1990s.
o Developed "mezangelle", a hybrid language combining natural language and code.
o Created numerous VR and AR experiences, games, and interactive narratives.
o Collaborated with leading technology companies and participated in international exhibitions and festivals.
Selected Projects and Exhibitions

1995
• "Through a Strainer" and "Bruised Living"
o Publication: Wollongong World Women Online
o Role: Writer and Artist
• "Men Under the Microscope"
o Exhibition: Part of the 1995 Dissonance Conference at the University of Newcastle
o Venues: Watt Space (Newcastle), Scape Gallery (Redfern), Project Contemporary Gallery (Wollongong)
o Role: Exhibiting Artist
• "Foot-In-Mouth"
o Publication: Figments 4
o Role: Writer
• Interviews and Reviews
o Interviewed: withTania Daniels for the "Layette Exhibition" by Tania Mastriani on Common Threads Radio for Women, 2Vox FM.
o Review: "Trans Exhibition" by Kath Woolf in Independent Music Monthly No.18.
o Interviewed: with Walter Brecely and Tania Daniels by Sean Moysey for "Thinking Art in Wollongong: Cultural Dissent Review" in Green Left Weekly.
o Review: the "Men Under the Microscope Exhibition" by Tim Ireland in Art Beat, Illawarra Mercury.

1996
• "Artistic Weapons License"
o Exhibition: Women in the Arts Exhibition, Long Gallery, University of Wollongong
o Medium: Mixed media installation
o Role: Artist
• "Sorrow Stories"
o Publication: Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation, Vol. XXII No.1
o Role: Writer
• "Disgruntled Book of Wizzdumb" (Extract)
o Publication: Digitarts
o Role: Writer
• "LinGUIdity Function"
o Collaboration with Gary Zebington
o Role: Co-creator

1997
• "Virtual Universe/Online Exhibition"
o Organization: Universal Companionship Organisation
o Role: Contributor
• "Where's Your Pocket Protector?"
o Exhibition: Online Exhibition at International Symposium of Electronic Art 97 (Chicago)
o Role: Participant and Contributor
• "Rigor Mortis Girls"
o Project: Fiction piece and image
o Platform: hauntings/doll yoko site
o Role: Writer and Artist
• "Quake-ing In My Boots: Examining Clan Construction in an Online Gamer Population"
o Publication: Cybersociology Magazine, Issue Two
o Role: Author
• "Examining Modernism & Dystopia in a Contemporary Context: A Case Study of the Film Strange Days"
o Publication: Media, Meaning, Communication & Culture, Volume 1
o Role: Author

1998
• "shot act.i.ON"
o Festival: International Festival of New Film in Split
o Role: Exhibiting Artist
• "Fleshistics"
o Publication: CTHEORY Multimedia; Digital Dirt (October 1998)
o Role: Artist
• "Attack of the CyberFeminists: The Art, Times and Genderings of VNS Matrix"
o Publication: Switch - Electronic Gender: Art at the Interstice
o Role: Author
• "mo[ve.men]tion"
o Review: trAce International Writing Community Journal
o Role: Writer
• Contributions to Online Zines
o Publications: Swallow Online Zine (Issues 7, 8, 9)
o Role: Writer and Artist

1999
• "Sky Scratchez"
o Design: Talan Memmott
o Text: mezflesque.exe/mez
o Publication: BeeHive Hypertext/Hypermedia Literary Journal, Volume 2 Issue 5
o Role: Writer and Collaborator
• "The Clone Alpha Project"
o Project: First installment of the Clone Alpha New Media Net.Art.Work
o Role: Creator
• "Agenda"
o Commissioned by: Experimenta Media Arts Online Gallery
o Role: Artist
• "Bodyssey"
o Collaboration with Gary Zebington
o Project: CD-ROM project seed funded by the Australian Film Commission
o Role: Contributor
• "Will the Real Mez Please Stand Up?...the net.Art & Cybertimes of mezflesque.exe"
o Interview: StreetPress, sp001
o Role: Interviewee
• "In the Age of the Online Female: To Game or Not to Game"
o Publication: trAce Opinion (NOW99, Nottingham's Festival of Arts)
o Role: Author

2000
• "Cloh!neing God N Ange-Lz"
o Exhibitions:
 MediaArtLab's Pro&Contra – MachineMachy, Russia
 d.ART 2000 program, Sydney
o Role: Artist
• "Angelz"
o Publication: frAme, The Culture & Technology Journal (Love in the Digital Revolution edition)
o Role: Writer
• "SO[U]L_[INTER]STICE"
o Project: trAce Solstice Project
o Role: Contributor
• Featured Artist in fineArt Forum
o Issue: Volume 14 Issue 8 (August 2000)
o Role: Artist
• "The Art of M[ez]ang.elle.ing"
o Feature: BeeHive Vol 3 Issue 4
o Role: Author

2001
• "mo[ve.men]tion"
o Exhibition: IV [Information Visualization] 2001 Digital Art Gallery, London
o Role: Exhibiting Artist
• "][ad][Dressed in a Skin Code"
o Exhibitions and Recognitions:
 Electronic Literature Organization's State of the Arts Symposium Gallery, UCLA
 ARTE.RED 2002 (Australia 20.02)
 D-Art 2002 (International Conference on Information Visualisation), London
 Future ForWORD 2002 Seattle Poetry Festival
o Role: Artist and Writer
• "The Art of M[ez]ang.elle.ing"
o Publication: Meanjin Forum (July 2001)
o Role: Author
• "Non Compos Mentis: Zen-Tripping the Non-Conference Circuitry"
o Feature Article: fineArt forum vol. 15 no. 05 (May 2001)
o Role: Author
• Articles and Discussions on Mezangelle
o Featured: in American Book Review (September/October 2001 issue) with articles by Beatrice Beaubien, McKenzie Wark, and Talan Memmott discussing mezangelle and meztexts.

2002
• "Viro.Logic Condition][ing][ 1.1"
o Presentation: Part of the lecture "Literature and Systems" by Florian Cramer at Goethe Institute Barcelona
o Role: Artist
• "Technological Sel][n.f][ection"
o Publication: perspektive magazine, Issue 42
o Role: Writer
• "Yes, but is it art?"
o Feature: The Courier Mail (February 8, 2002)
o Role: Subject of Article
• Interview in "Ingenium"
o Publication: Special issue of the Engineering Journal
o Editor: Franz Fischnaller
o Role: Interviewee

2003
• "][ad][Dressed in a Skin Code"
o Exhibition: +play engines+ as part of melbourneDAC, the 5th International Digital Arts and Culture Conference
o Role: Exhibiting Artist
• "Interferences: [Net.Writing] and the Practice of Codework"
o Publication: Electronic Book Review
o Role: Subject of Analysis
• "OPPO.S[able].I.T[humbs]ION!!"
o Publication: "Exe.cut[up]able statements: The Insistence of Code" by Florian Cramer in the Ars Electronica catalogue "Code: The Language of Our Time"
o Role: Featured Artist

2004
• "[net]blog to log][ah!rhythm]["
o Exhibitions:
 p0es1s Digitale Poesie / Digital Poetry Exhibition, Berlin
 Art of the Biotech Era, The Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts 2004
o Role: Exhibiting Artist
• "Shutters of Defunct Meat"
o Performance: Ngara New Media Poetry Prize 2004, Sydney
o Role: Performer and Artist
• Essays in "p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry"
o Editors: Friedrich W. Block, Christiane Heibach, Karin Wenz
o Role: Contributor

2005
• "W[n]e[t]b.Wurks" Series
o Project: 1.1_:ID.Xor.cism
o Publication: SCAN | Journal of Media Arts Culture
o Role: Artist and Writer
• Collaborative Image-Poems with Peter Ciccariello
o Works: Online re-worked image-poems
o Role: Co-creator
• Mezangelle Examined in "Interzone"
o Author: Darren Tofts
o Publisher: Thames & Hudson
o Role: Subject of Analysis

2006
• "donnie_drive"
o Exhibition: NoLog via CrashTest
o Role: Exhibiting Artist
• "ID.Xorcism"
o Award: Italian Site Specific 2006 IndexPage Competition
o Role: Artist
• Interviewed for "Computational Literature"
o Lecture by: Florian Cramer at the MLA Convention, Philadelphia
o Role: Subject of Discussion

2007
• "cross.ova.ing ][4rm.blog.2.log]["
o Exhibition: cyber feminism past forward
o Role: Artist and Writer
• "Public Pages"
o Exhibition: Works engaging with text placement and public space
o Role: Contributing Artist

2008
• "Twitterwurking"
o Residency: New Media Scotland
o Role: Resident Artist
o Details: Produced poetry in the form of "tweets" using Twitter
• Poetic Game Interventions [V.1]
o Project: "Twittermixed Litterature" incorporating Twitter and World of Warcraft
o Featured in: Judy Malloy's "Electronic Authoring Software"
o Role: Creator
• "Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1"
o Project: A working manual discussing the formation and evolution of synthetic environments
o Role: Executive Editor
o Sponsored: Ars Virtua Foundation via the CADRE Laboratory for New Media

2009
• ARG Scripting for New Media Scotland
o Project: Alt-Winning ARG/Geolocative Project
o Role: Scriptwriter
o Details: Developed narratives integrating ARG elements
• "Wow: Emergent Media Phenomenon"
o Exhibition: Laguna Art Museum, California
o Project: 3rd Faction's /hug Project
o Role: Contributor
o Details: Explored themes and modding within the World of Warcraft game universe

2010
• "Sk(c)innamon"
o Project: Digital Illustration
o Award: Co-Winner of the 2010 Burton Wonderland Gallery, ACMI, Melbourne
o Judged by: Tim Burton
o Role: Artist
• "+OutsideUrDoor"
o Performance: Live Trans-Reality Performance Event at Inspace Gallery
o Role: Performer and Creator
o Details: Mixed reality performance using Twitter streams and in-game actions

2011
• "The Art of Hacking"
o Exhibition: Netherlands Media Art Institute
o Role: Exhibitor and Performer
o Project: "Error_in_Time(v.t_3)" exploring computer/human interfaces
• "The Dead Tower"
o Project: Interactive Narrative Experience (Co-developed with Andy Campbell)
o Platform: Digital exploration of storytelling
o Role: Co-creator and Writer
o Details: Blended visual art with immersive narrative
• Featured in GLI.TC/H 2011 Reader
o Publication: GLI.TC/H 2011 Reader
o Role: Contributor
o Details: Included codeworks and writings
• Discussed in "Understanding Representation" by Jen Webb
o Publication: SAGE Publications Ltd
o Role: Subject of Analysis

2012
• "The Transreal Political Aesthetics of Crossing Realities"
o Author: Micha Cárdenas
o Publication Year: 2012
o Role: Discussed Artist
• "New Directions in Digital Poetry"
o Author: C.T. Funkhouser
o Publication Year: 2012
o Role: Subject of Analysis
• Interviewee for "Digital Prohibition: Piracy and Authorship in New Media Art"
o Author: Carolyn Guertin
o Publisher: Continuum International Publishers
o Role: Interviewee

2013
• "#PRISOM"
o Project: Augmented Reality Game (Co-developed with Andy Campbell)
o Commission: International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
o Role: Co-creator, Lead Writer, Co-director and developer.
o Acclaim: Described as "…the digital equivalent of Orwell's 1984" by Dr James O'Sullivan

2014
• "ToSS (Terms of Service Static)"
o Project: Literary net.art piece commissioned for
o Commission: "Print error / Publishing in the digital age" (Curated by Alessandro Ludovico, 23 October 2012 – 07 April 2014, Jeu de Paume)
o Also Exhibited: "Ó̵̞͠O̸̮͠ͅP̷͔̊͝S̵̡̱̑.̵̻̯̏͘.̶̜́͛.̷̸͔̑ ̷ ̷ E̶x̸h̵i̶b̴i̴t̸i̶o̷n̵" (Curated by Julian Stadon, 10 December 2014)
o Role: Creator
o Details: Uses "mezangelle" hybrid language and corporate TOS extracts to critique privacy erosion, data retention, and the boundaries imposed on digital users
• "T[he]Issue: The Geospatial and Mixed-Locative Colonisation Act of 2014”
o Project: Faux-legal, mockumentary-like e-literature
o Commission: Julian Stadon and Furtherfield Gallery for the "Beyond the Interface" Exhibition (as part of the 2014 International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality)
o Role: Creator
o Commentary:“Mez Breeze’s ‘T[he]Issue’, a terms of service like document that addresses disputes about ownership and rights of nonhuman / augmented bodies in cyberspace…puts the reader/spectator in the position of dreading the legalese…the characteristic Mezangelle “T[he]” in the title, which reminds us that cyberfeminists have been fighting to make virtual spaces hospitable to women for thirty years.” – Kathi Inman Berens

2015
• "Provocare: A multimedia verse thriller exploring female agency and violence against women"
o Project: A collaboration between Meg Vann (writer), Mez Breeze (interaction designer), Donna Hancox (Creative Industries Research Lead, QUT)
o Commission: Funded by Arts Queensland as part of “Queensland Writers on the International Stage” created by QUT and The Writing Platform
o Details: First work produced under the program, launched October 2015
• "Rumours of My Death" (#RoMD)"
o Project: an if:book Australia initiative exploring the future (and past) of the book
o Collaboration: Anna Maria Bunn (19th-century Australian novelist) and Mez Breeze (digital media/code-based poetry practitioner)
o Involvement: Part of a series of “literary match-ups” led by Simon Groth at if:book
o Details: Interrogates the value of the public domain, authorship, publishing history, and issues around resurrecting older texts
• "Glitch Poetics"
o Publication: Art Monthly #392
o Coverage: Features commentary by Nathan Jones on artists who use language disruption and code/play texts
o Mention: Showcases Mez Breeze’s “mischievous” net.art writing process, spotlighting how glitch aesthetics challenge user perceptions of media
o Details: Explores “failure” as a generative creative principle, with Mez Breeze’s work illustrating expansions of poetic form via digital interjections
• "Rule-guided Expression: Gender Dissent across Mediated Literary Works"
o Authors: K Allukian, M Carassai
o Publication: Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology (2015)
o Reference: Analyzes Mez Breeze’s “personal digital creolized idiom” Mezangelle
o Details: Positions “Mezangelle” as a software-oriented pidgin, embodying gender dissent and experimental code-based poetics

2016
• Rhizome Net Art Anthology
o Role: Invited Artist
o Details: Work included in a curated collection preserving significant net art
• MCV Pacific Women in Games
o Recognition: "Game Changers" Honorable Mention
o Role: Acknowledged for contributions to the gaming industry
• "The Patchwork Girl’s Daughters: Cyberfemininity, Hybridity, and Excess in the Poetry of Stephanie Strickland and Mez Breeze"
o Author: Sally Evans
o Publication: Contemporary Women’s Writing, Volume 10 Issue 1 (March 2016)
o Focus: Examines “cyberfeminine” bodies in hypermedia works by Mez Breeze and Stephanie Strickland
o Details: Highlights how “mezangelle” language embraces fluid, cyborgian embodiment and challenges traditional literary norms

2017
• "All the Delicate Duplicates"
o Project: Narrative Game (Co-developed with Andy Campbell)
o Role: Co-creator and Writer
o Commission: The Space Open Call Competition
o Selected Awards:
 Beta Version Finalist (2014) BBC Writersroom/The Space Prize for Digital Theatre
 Beta Version Official Selection (2015) Showcase Parallels Freeplay Independent Games Festival
 Beta Version Official Selection (2015) International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
 Beta Version Official Selection (2015) Digital Writers’ Festival “New Kinds of Narratives” Event
 Beta Version Winner (2015) Tumblr Digital Art and Media Prize
 Beta Version Official Selection (2016) Electronic Literature Organization Conference
 Winner (2016) Game City Festival “Overall Best Game” Award
 Finalist (2017) Opening Up Digital Fiction Writing Competition
• "This Golden Stance"
o Project: VR Artwork
o Exhibition: Las Ranetas International Festival of Virtual Reality
o Role: Creator
o Collected: Museum of Other Realities

2018
• "Our Cupidity Coda"
o Project: VR Experience
o Role: Creator
o Awards:
 Finalist (2018) EX Experimental New Media Art Prize
 Official Selection (2018) The Electronic Literature Conference
 Shortlisted (2018) Opening Up Digital Fiction Prize
 Shortlisted (2018) Queensland Literary Awards for Digital Literature
• Collaboration with Microsoft, Samsung, and MasterpieceVR
o Project: "VR Influencers" Sustainability Initiative”
o Role: Participating VR Artist
o Details: Designed 3D models for a sustainable city using Windows Mixed Reality Headset
• "Perpetual Nomads"
o Project: VR Adventure within the "Inanimate Alice" series
o Role: Co-creator, Co-producer, Narrative Designer, Lead Writer.
o Awards:
 Beta Version Finalist (2017) Queensland Literary Awards (Digital Writing)
 Beta Version Honorable Mention (2017) Turn On Digital Literature Prize
 Shortlisted (2017) Opening Up Digital Fiction Writing Competition
 Winner (2020) Woollahra Digital Literary Award (Readers’ Choice Prize)

2019
• "V[R]ignettes"
o Project: VR Microstories Series
o Role: Creator
o Award: Queensland University of Technology Digital Literature Award
• Marjorie C. Luesebrink Career Achievement Award
o Role: Recipient
o Details: Honours visionary artists in electronic literature

2021
• NFT Culture Proof Team Collaboration
o Project: 32-day Blockchain Performance
o Role: Collaborator
o Details: Explored the intersection of blockchain technology and digital art

2023
• "[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories"
o Project: AI Art Series
o Role: Creator
o Award: Second Place in the 2023 Loom Art Prize
o Achievement: Top seller on Itch.io in September 2022

2024
• The International Digital Media and Arts Association Wild Media Exhibition
o Project: "[Por]TrAIts: AI Characters + Their Microstories"
o Role: Exhibiting Artist and Speaker
o Event: International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference and Exhibition, Winona, Minnesota
• "Humidcity" Interactive Artwork
o Exhibitions:
 "Transforming Literary Places" (Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture)
 Literary Festival Prima Vista 2024 "Futures Better and Worse" Event
 International Conference of the Science Fiction Research Association
o Role: Artist
o Details: Interactive work
• "Prog[W]res[tle]s" Interactive Project
o Role: Creator
o Details: Addresses late-stage capitalism, climate emergency, social media perils, and gender-based power imbalances
o Award: The 2024 Woollahra Digital Literary Award, Digital Innovation category (shortlisted)
• "BabyHex" Interactive Simulation
o Collaboration: With David Ciccoricco and Jacob Edmond (University of Otago)
o Role: Artist, Writer.
o Exhibited: The 2024 Electronic Literature Organization’s 2024 “(Un)linked” Conference Exhibition

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Selected Professional Affiliations

• Advisor, Mixed Augmented Reality Art Research Organisation
• Editorial Board Member, Digital Journal Thresholds
• Co-founder, XR Artists Collective
• Senior Research Affiliate, Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab
• Annual Digital Literature Judge, New Media Writing Prize (ongoing)
• Artistic Committee Member, Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Media Arts Festival (2024)

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Selected Collections and Archives

• Duke University
o Developing a comprehensive career archive to be housed at the Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library (upcoming)
• Institutional Collections
 The World Bank
 Cornell's Rose Goldsen Archive
 National Library of Australia
 Museum of Other Realities
• PANDORA Archive
o The National Library of Australia has archived Mez's works for preservation and public access
• Rhizome ArtBase
o Works featured in the Rhizome Net Art Anthology

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Selected Speaking Engagements and Lectures

• Artist Talk, iDMAa 2024 Conference and Exhibition
o Topic: "[Por]TrAIts" and AI in Digital Art
• Interview, IOTA Institute and Université Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne (2024)
o Focus: Immersive art and net art history
• Lecture, "Computational Literature" by Florian Cramer
o Event: Goethe Institute Barcelona (2002)
o Contribution: Featured work "Viro.Logic Condition][ing][ 1.1"
• Guest Essay, "Net.Wurking An Active Discourse: The Art & ][mezangelled][ Times of Net.Literature"
o Publication: Meanjin Forum (2001)
• Guest Speaker, E-Poetry 2007 Digital Poetry Festival
o Topic: "[net]blog to log][ah!rhythm]["
• Contributor, "The Future of Art: an Immediated Autodocumentary"
o Event: Transmediale Festival 2011, Berlin
o Role: Interviewee
• Conference Presentations
o Modern Language Association International Convention (2001)
 Subject of Paper: "Info Body Web: The Internet Poetry of Mez" by George Hartley
o Electronic Literature Organization's State of the Arts Symposium (2002)
o OZeCulture Conference, Melbourne (2001)


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Additional Information

• Net Art Pioneer
o Helped form the net.art genre in the 1990s, known then as "net.art".
• Educational Impact
o Works are taught in academic curricula worldwide.
• Innovator in AI Art
o Pioneering projects integrating artificial intelligence and art.
• Collaboration with Tech Companies
o Partnered with Microsoft, Samsung, and MasterpieceVR on VR initiatives.
• Advocacy and Mentorship
o Active supporter of digital arts development and preservation.
o Serves as a teacher, mentor, and archivist.
• Academic Studies
o Subject of scholarly analysis in numerous academic papers and books.
• Awards and Recognitions
o Multiple awards for innovative work in digital literature and game design.



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Technical Skills

• Creative Technologies:
o VR/AR Development
o XR Art
o VR Sculpting/Painting
o AI Art Creation
• Programming and Code Poetry:
o Mezangelle Language Creation
o Codework
o Knowledge of programming languages and markup languages
• Game Design and Development:
o Interactive Narratives
o Experimental Game Mechanics
o Collaborative Game Projects
o Narrative Design
o Production
• Digital Storytelling:
o Virtual Reality Literature
o Interactive Fiction
o Augmented Reality Narratives
• Project Direction and Production:
o Leading Collaborative Digital Art Projects
o Mentorship and Teaching in Digital Arts