Friends, strangers, queers & Korean speakers hanging out in The 떡볶이 Box as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival
I collaborate with FRIENDS AND STRANGERS ON CREATIVE shared experiences.
From Seoul to Nukualofa to ulaanbaatar, MACAU TO Brisbane to Bagot –
I explore transcultural and queer ways of working
where friendship becomes art's process, product, and legacy.
I cross artforms and boundaries,
LOOKING FOR MOMENTS THAT FEEL ALIVE AND TRUE,
TO SAVOUR AND SHARE.
WORKING with ARTISTS, groups, communities, AND SYSTEMS,
I contribute to processes, IDEAS, CONNECTIONS, AND CREATIONS.
I’m INTERESTED IN ART THAT HELPS US better co-exist, AND PREPARE FOR, CONFRONT, AND SURVIVE OVERLAPPING CRISES.
See my professional bio
CV
I am currently…
a recipient of a Creative Australia Fellowship and part of Creative Australia’s Creative Leadership Program.
a member of Company Bad - we do a bunch of queer, transcultural stuff. We’re currently working on two new works; The Annual Paradise Psychic Expo and Sail Boat Home 내 집은 어디인가, while planing a comeback of 지하 Underground!
selling my bilingual children’s picture book, The Footprint 발자국, and starting work on a live performance adaptation.
WHAT I’M UP TO
AT THE MO
UNI
RMIT Master of Social Work with Distinction (2020)
Queensland University of Technology Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama) with Distinction (2008)
Queensland University of Technology Bachelor of Education (Secondary with music as a second teaching area) with First Class Honours (2008)
Artistic Directorate Member of Next Wave (2021 - 2023)
Producer at Brisbane Festival (2022) - Nightwalks With Teenagers by Mammalian Diving Reflex
Senior Arts and Culture Officer at City of Gold Coast (2021 - 2022)
Associate Producer at Brisbane Festival (2021) - Street Serenades At Our Place Program
Community and Creative Partnerships Senior Officer at St. Albans Community Centre & Bowery Theatre, Brimbank City Council (2016 - 2020)
Project planning / producing and delivery of community arts program, artistic residencies, festivals, commissioned works, workshops, events, and arts learning
Team Leader of Community Arts & Cultural Development Team (4 staff across festivals & events, youth arts, & community arts)
Evaluation of cultural, social, economic, environmental and governance impact
Report writing (including financial reporting, forecasting, acquittals, reports for executive management / councillors)
Grant writing
Assessment of community grant applications and EOIs
Partnerships establishment and management (internal & external)
Management of community hirers
Staff recruitment / selection and training
Management of Community Arts & Cultural Development Budget and Community Centre Budget
LEADERSHIP / PRODUCER / RESEARCH TYPE “JOBS”
original art designed for adults that's a bit more like theatre / performance
Everyday Underscore: Co-creator with Lenine Bourke as an Artist in Residence at Bleach Festival (2022)
Remember Underground: Co-creator / co-composer / performer, Metro Arts with Love Festival (2020)
Hello Project: Co-creator / facilitator, 10 Spoons Association & Chuncheon Arts Festival, Korea (2019 - 2020) More info
Love Bus: Co-creator / facilitator, LGBT Human RIghts Centre, Mongolia (2015)
The 떡볶이 Box: (The Dokboki Box): Co-creator / performer, Next Wave Festival and Metro Arts (2014) More info
지하 Underground: Co-writer / co-composer / performer, Motherboard Productions, Metro Arts Independents Program (2009), Brisbane Festival’s Under The Radar (2011), World Theatre Festival (2014), HiSeoul Festival, Korea (2014) More info
Tea[r]: Creator / performer, Yongpyeong International Performance Art Festival as part of the Korea Artist Festival (2009), Bucheon International Performance Art Festival and the Korea International Performance Art Festival (2011)
VIP OTT: Creator, Offset Art, Metro Arts & Brisbane City Council (2010)
Nok Cha Café: Creator / performer, National Museum of Contemporary Art and Brisbane Festival’s Under The Radar Festival (2009)
Nok Cha Café Performance Artefact Installation: Co-creator with Jeremy Neideck, Bridges Exhibition, LG Fashion Gallery, Seoul (2009)
socially engaged
art that's not too much like theatre
Liesel Zink and Lawrence English’s Us And All Of This, Local Community Coordinator for Brisbane Festival season, produced by Performing Lines (2024)
Market Market Artist Lab, as part of Darwin Festival, produced by Next Wave and Accomplice (2023)
All The Queens Men’s LGBTIQ Elders Dance Club: Brisbane and Gold Coast Producer and Host (2021-2022)
Curator / Facilitator of Awkward Conversations (2022) at The Big Reach presented by The Big Anxiety
Hello Project Exhibition: Co-creator / facilitator, presented by 10 Spoons Association & Chuncheon Arts Festival, Korea (2021) See the online exhibition
冇得睇 Nothing To See Here 볼 것이 없다: Lead Artist with Charlye Lee at Factory Gallery Seoul (2015), Brisbane Powerhouse (2015) and Bok Festival in Macau (2017)
M'ck McKeague's Well, this is embarrassing: Associate Artist during development at Metro Arts and presentation at Crack Theatre Festival / This Is Not Art, Newcastle (2015).
Lenine Bourke's The Walking Neighbourhood: Facilitator / designer in Seoul (2014), Brisbane (2013), Chiang Mai (2013) and Darwin Festival (2014, 2013). More info
Hero Training: Co-creator and facilitator of workshops for children of families protesting against police violence at 와락 (Warak) Centre, Seoul (2013)
Lenine Bourke's Words With: Video designer / editor, Deakin University’s Participatory Arts Incubator (2013)
Dog Tags For Gays: Creator, Offset Art (2012)
Training Filitonu: Youth Drama Trainer as part of the Australian Youth Ambassador For Development program, Tonga Family Health Association (2010-2011)
Please Keep On The Grass: Co-creator, Offset Art, National Youth Week (2010)
art for children - acting to immersive installation
Duck: co-creator and actor. Produced and Presented by Out of the Box Festival, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (2019)
The Play Factory: designer and facilitator. Presented by Imaginary Theatre and the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of Little Artists At Play (2015)
보인다 I See You: co-devisor and performer. Produced by Imaginary Theatre. ASITEJ Korea Festival (2015 & 2016), Out Of The Box Festival (2016) and various venues across South East Qld (2016) More info
Look: Actor / co-devisor / co-sound designer. Produced by Imaginary Theatre. Come Out Festival, Adelaide (2015), Brisbane Powerhouse (2012), ASITEJ Festival, Korea (2012), Aha! International Theatre Festival For Children, India (2013), Brisbane Powerhouse (2013), The Events Centre, Caloundra (2013), Redlands Art Centre (2014) More info
EnglishC: 튼튼 영여's Children’s TV series actor, Korea (2013)
The Storyteller: 튼튼 영여's Outreach performance program performer (2007) / director (2009), South Korea
CONSULTATION, MENTORING, TEACHING & talking about art with adults
Artist Panel Host and Co-designing the Future Co-host at the Australian Performing Arts Forum, Brisbane (2023)
Artist Residency Mentor, produced by Performing Lines. Tasmania (2022) and Far North Queensland (2022)
Arts Facilitator at Art from the Margins (2022)
Warner Music Australia: Queer Consultant (2021)
Creative Negotiations Masterclass: Facilitator for QUT’s “The Creative Body” unit for dance, drama and music students (2021)
Hello Project: Encouraging community artists identities in a digital environment: Speaker for Creative Placemaking for Social Impact Virtual Symposium, QUT, with Dr Jeremy Neideck, Younghee Park, M’ck McKeague
Two Viewpoints from 560 Ways of Managing Arts in a Pandemic: Guest speaker on RMIT’s Contemporary Art and Social Transformation Podcast (2020)
Applied Theatre In Resource Poor Contexts & How Not to Plan Too Much: Masterclass for QUT undergraduate students as part of their preparation for the Goroka project, PNG (2016 & 2017)
CCD and the City: Presentation / tour for a delegation from the Bangkok Metropolitan Government during their time with Cultural Development Network as part of the United Nations Compact Cities Program (2017)
Suburban Community Arts & Kitchens: Walk & talk tours for delegates of the Asian Producers Platform (2017).
QUT Early Childhood Arts Curriculum Studies 2: Performing Arts: Tutorial Teacher (2016)
IETM (International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts) Asian Satellite Meeting: Delegate / speaker on models for international collaboration (2014)
QUT Theatre and Communities Unit: Guest lecturer on social cohesion and cross-cultural practice (2013)
Drama Australia Conference: Presenter, civic engagement and transformation through performance (2009)
QUT The Global Teacher Unit: Forum theatre tutorial facilitator (2006)
art in Learning environments for young people
Curious Creatives, Artist in Residence Program at Graceville State School, produced by Queensland Theatre (2024)
Queensland Theatre’s, Theatre Residency Week House Parent (2024)
The Gong Garden Artist In Residence with Michael Askill at Eagleby State School, produced by Imaginary Theatre (2015)
The Play Museum Artist In Residence with Verna Curr at Kurilpa Community Childcare Centre, produced by Imaginary Theatre (2014)
Imaginary Theatre’s Tashi: Development of educational resources (2010 & 2013)
Ferny Grove State High School: Contract teacher, junior and senior music (2010)
Imaginary Theatre’s Play Project: Artist & researcher in three Kindergartens (2009)
Brisbane State High School: Contract teacher, junior drama and music (2008)
Education field placements: Primary school music at Oxley S.S and Fig Tree Pocket S.S, senior drama and music at Moreton TAFE, junior and senior drama and music at Brisbane S.H.S (2006 & 2008)
LATT Children’s Theatre's International Language, Arts & Recreation Festival: Team leader, South Korea (2006 & 2007)
RESEARCHY STUFF
Queer Horizons Research Project by Dr. Jeremy Neideck, WAAPA (2024)
Research Officer at Cultural Development Network (2020 - 2023)
Media / design / editing for Lenine Bourke’s PhD Everyday Ecologies (2021)
PUBLICATIONS
Trust as viability: How an online outcomes-focussed cultural activity planner helped to deepen trust between a city-based funder and a regional arts producer
Authors: Nathan Stoneham, John Smithies, Surajen Uppal
Published: March 2024
Journal: City, Culture and Society, Volume 36
The Footprint 발자국
Authors: Nathan Stoneham, Younghee Park
Illustrator: Brian Cheung
Published: 2022
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'We'll meet you underground': Transcultural performance practices in queer space and time.
Authors: Jeremy Neideck, Nathan Stoneham, Younghee Park, M'ck McKeague.
Published: October 2022
Journal: Australasian Drama Studies, Issue 81; Queer Performance
CAREER DEVELOPMENT time with expert orgs / MENTORS
Mentorship with Jim Ife: Exploring creative social work and shared experiences at a distance (2020)
Internship with Cultural Development Network: Focusing on cultural development planning and evaluation (2019)
Mentorship with Rosie Dennis, Artistic Director of Urban Theatre Projects: Focusing on contemporary art made by communities, theatre in non-traditional spaces, running a small-medium arts organisation, Sydney (2014)
Placement with Darren O'Donnell, Artistic Director of Mammalian Diving Reflex: Focusing on social acupuncture, youth engagement and contemporary performance, Toronto (2013)
Casual employment at Contact Inc: Audience development officer, volunteer manager, arts administration and project delivery, Brisbane (2012-2013)
professional development type activity
Australian Performing Arts Forum: Independent Delegate (2023)
Screenwriting Essentials Short Course: NIDA (2021)
ArtsFront: Delegate, Footscray Community Arts Centre (2020)
Open Engagement Conference: Delegate, Pittsbrugh, USA (2015)
Level 1 Korean Language: Hongik University, Seoul (2012/2013)
Time, Space and The Body Masterclass with Barney O’Hanlon (SITI Company) & Laura Sheedy (The PIT): Brisbane (2012)
Physical Awareness Training with Tak Hoyoung (Sadari Theatre, Korea): Brisbane (2011 - 2012)
Australia Council For The Arts Audience Impact Masterclass: Representative, Sydney (2012)
Knowing Ways; Critical Learning in Arts Practice Conference: Delegate, Edinburgh, Scotland (2011)
Innovate Symposium: Delegate, Brisbane (2011)
Involve Conference: Tonga Family Health representative, Auckland (2010)
awards, scholarships, and that kind of thing
Creative Australia Fellowship (2024)
Creative Australia’s Creative Leadership Program (2024)
Winner of La Boite Theatre & Screen Queensland’s Stage to Screen Program, resulting in investment in the 지하 Underground screenplay as part of the R.I.D.E Program by Screen Queensland, SBS, and Madman together with The Post Lounge and Media Supers.
Vice-Chancellor’s List For Academic Excellence Award, for graduating in the top 2% of RMIT students (2020)
National Innovation Games, Creative Digital Solutions: For the Arts, Culture and Creative Sector, Second Place (2020).
Australia Council for the Arts Future Leaders Program (2018)
Australia Council For The Arts Kirk Robson Award (2016)
Brisbane City Council Lord Mayors Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship (2014/2015)
Australia Council For The Arts JUMP Mentorship (2014)
Australia-Korea Foundation Scholarship (2012)
Matilda Award Nomination for Best New Play and Best Musical (2012)
Groundling Award for Best Musical Theatre Winner (2012)
Amnesty International Human Rights Conference Scholarship (2011)
QUT Dean’s List (2008)
Commonwealth Learning Scholarship (2005-2008)
Project funding for original projects from:
Australia Council For the Arts - PAMS Support (2024), Projects for Individuals and Groups (2024, 2019, 2013), Adapt (2020), Career Development (2013), Artstart (2011)
Moreton Bay Regional Council (2021, 2023)
Regional Arts Fund (2023)
Australia Korea Foundation Project Funding (2024, 2020, 2016)
Arts Qld - International Performing Arts Development Fund (2024), Projects and Programs Funding (2015), Career Development Grant (2011)
City Of Melbourne Arts Grant (2013)
Australian Copyright Agency Cultural Fund Grant (2011)
sound design and/or music composition
Awesome Ocean Party: Giema Contini, Anywhere Theatre Festival (2015) and Metro Arts Creative Development (2013)
Single Admissions: The Good Room, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Metro Arts (2010)
The Night My Brother and Me: Little Big Productions, La Boite Theatre (2010)
Holy Gaucamole: The Good Room, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Metro Arts (2009)
The Reunion: Metro Arts Independents Program (2007)
Ivy Shambitt And The Sound Machine: Backbone Youth Arts (2007)
PEER ASSESSMENT
Australia Council for the Arts: Theatre Board and Community Arts and Cultural Development Board (Projects for Individuals and Groups, Four Year Investment)
Creative Victoria: VicArts Grants (Cross-artform Panel), Sustaining Creative Workers Initiative (Cross-artform panel)
Arts Queensland: Creative To Go Program, Queensland Arts Showcase Program, Playing Queensland Fund
playing piano
Australian Embassy’s Australia Day Celebrations: Pianist, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Seoul (2007)
The Queensland Poetry Festival: Pianist (2007)
As part of musical outfit Maestoso at venues and festivals across Australia including The Village Arts Festival, Yeppoon (2005 & 2006) and Earthbeat Music Festival, Mildura (2005)
volunteering
Australian Volunteers Program in Mongolia, Grant Officer at Zorig Foundation (2022-2023) and Program Development Officer, Arts Council of Mongolia (2023-2024)
Australian Youth Ambassador for Development, Youth Drama Trainer at Tonga Family Health Association (2010-2011)
Woodford Folk Festival: Sign writer (2012), performance art assistant (2010), stall operator (2005)
The Dreaming International Indigenous Festival: Festival shop attendant (2008)
Spiritus ARMS Literacy Centre for Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Tutor, Brisbane (2008)
English Conversation Tutor: Seoul (2007)
Out Of The Box Festival: Guide for school groups (2006)