Biography of Mike Gifford
Mike Gifford is an artist and photographer living and working in Sydney Australia. His images have been described as, erotic, provocative and surreal. They explore the dark side of the unconscious
Mike Gifford studied art, photography and film making, at East Sydney Technical college, and fine arts, philosophy and psychology at Sydney University. He has worked for government agencies, such as the State Emergency Services. Where he traveled widely as documentary photographer and film maker, producing documentary films on natural disasters, as well as training films for personnel. Mike has done freelance photography for publications such as Time Magazine. He has worked as a lecturer in photography and film production, at the University of Technology Sydney, Where he also tutored in visual communication. He was a co-founder of The Inhibodress art gallery in Sydney, where many avant-garde photographers, film, video and conceptual artists were first able to show their work. Mike Gifford’s personal art, including photography, photomontage prints, painting and sculpture, has been exhibited in galleries throughout Sydney, in both one person and group exhibitions. And is represented in many private collections.
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