Dr Baden Pailthorpe

Dr Baden Pailthorpe is an Australian contemporary artist of Celtic Gael (Irish, Scottish, Manx) descent who works and lives in Kamberri (Canberra). He is interested in emerging and experimental technologies and community-based practice. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University School of Art & Design.

Since 2011, Baden’s practice has focused on installation of digital objects and artefacts, alongside screen-based interventions. Examples include: a commissioned performance at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (2014); video work depicting a hacked military simulator at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012); documentation of a video game performance exhibited at the Triennale di Milano, Milan (2016); a ‘start-up as artwork’ at Sullivan+Strumpf (2017); and an experimental data visualisation of AFL player GPS data at UTS Art, Sydney (2017).  

From 2017, Baden has worked collaboratively with Adam Goodes, a proud Adnyamathanha and Narungga man, on Indigenous Data Sovereignty and creative projects. Other significant projects/exhibitions include Something you know, something you have, something you are (2023), a major public artwork commissioned by the ACT Government; Clanger, UTS Art Gallery, Sydney (2018); Pitch Deck, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney & Singapore (2017); GAME ART/VIDEO, 21st Triennale di Milano, Milan (2016); Spatial Operations, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle (2015); Guarding the Home Front, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney (2015); On Return and What Remains, Artspace, Sydney (2014) & CACSA, Adelaide (2015); Students of War, Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2014); Cadence, Westspace (2014); Moving_Image 10, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris (2013); and Rencontres Internationales, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012).

Baden’s work is held in significant private and public collections, including the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne; The Australian War Memorial, Canberra; The Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra; Artbank, Australia; Australian Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst; Macquarie University Art Collection, Sydney; Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle; The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; The Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk), Amsterdam; The National Library of Australia, Canberra; UTS Art, Sydney; and UQ Art Museum, Brisbane; Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Wagga.