Dr Caelli Brooker
Lecturer - Design
School of Creative Industries
- Email:caelli.brooker@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:+61 2 4921 6368
Career Summary
Biography
As an early career researcher and active visual communication design and fine arts practitioner, my research interests have evolved primarily from my professional experience in commercial design, creative pedagogy and the cultural and creative industries.
Exploring the nexus between design and art, and arriving at an approach that incorporates both practice-led and practice-based research through traditional and digital print media, my current work examines visuality, visual thinking, typography, image-making, abstraction, artists' books and print production. Bridging the analogue and digital spheres, my research posits the exploration of traditional print production methods as complementary to the understanding and embodiment of the material, theoretical and historical contexts for contemporary typography and page design.
It also proposes visual methodologies and paradigms of design as generative methods of creative discovery, navigation, and analysis, in linking thought to its representations and visual interpretations.
As a mode of creative and conceptual aesthetic engagement, my research practice examines the interdisciplinary and multifaceted nature of creative design research, the connective multiplicities inherent in design, and its context within the broader research landscape.
Research Expertise
Visual art; mark-making; drawing; painting; print media; artists books; graphic design; typography; hapticity: practice as research; visual research methodologies; materiality; visuality; visual literacies; the nexus between art and design; art and design pedagogy; art theory and the philosophy of art and design.
Collaborations
My collaborator in exploring artist/teacher identities and collaborative engagement as part of the MA Artist Teachers & Contemporary Practices program at Goldsmiths College, is UK artist and teacher, Yvette Sullivan. This ongoing research is undertaken through the 'practise practice' collective and explores concepts of creative and occupational identity and dimensions of creative education and training, which connect a shared research interest in art and design pedagogy and communities of practice. Research generated through this collaboration has been presented through exhibitions and conferences in Australia and the United Kingdom.
I have also collaborated with artist and writer Helen Hopcroft, on curatorial projects including a touring artists' book exhibition (Happily Ever After: alternative destinies in contemporary feminine narrative), and a curated group exhibition exploring the prevalence of bird imagery in contemporary culture (Year of the Bird). Together, we received a National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Marketing Grant for 'Happily Ever After', which enabled the exhibition to travel to multiple national venues. Future collaborations are planned with both these artists/academics.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
- Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE (NSW)
- Diploma of Graphic Design, TAFE (NSW)
- Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAFE (NSW)
Keywords
- Art
- Art and Design
- Artists' Books
- Collaboration
- Creative Pedagogy
- Creative Research
- Creativity
- Design
- Drawing
- Graphic Design
- Imaging
- Mark-making
- Metal Music Studies
- Natural History Illustration
- Painting
- Practice as Research
- Practice, History and Theory of Art and Design
- Practice-based Research
- Print Culture
- Print Technology
- Printmaking
- Typography
- Visual Art
- Visual Communication Design
- Visual Methodologies
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 120307 | Visual Communication Design (incl. Graphic Design) | 50 |
| 190599 | Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified | 50 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|
| Lecturer - Design | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
| Lecturer - Design | University of Newcastle School of Design Communication and IT Australia |
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/01/2010 - 1/12/2013 | Teacher | Hunter TAFE Faculty of Creative Industries Australia |
| 1/03/2009 - 1/12/2013 | Sessional Academic | University of Newcastle School of Creative Arts Australia |
Membership
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/01/2007 - 1/08/2017 | Membership - National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) | National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Australia |
Awards
Distinction
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
Finalist - Libris Awards 2016 Artspace Mackay, QLD |
| 2015 |
Selected Artist - Between the Sheets: Artistsâ Books 2015 Gallery East |
| 2012 |
Selected Artist - Between the Sheets: Artistsâ Books 2012 Gallery East + Midland Junction Arts Centre |
| 2011 |
Selected Artist - Mattara Festival Outdoor Art Exhibition Mattara Festival |
| 2010 |
Finalist - 2010 Libris Awards: The Australian Artistsâ Book Prize Artspace Mackay, QLD |
| 2009 |
Finalist - Text: 5th International Artistâs Book Triennial The International Artistâs Book Triennial |
| 2008 |
Selected Artist - The Utopian Library Project The Utopian Library Project | Luoghi Dellâutopia Festival | Italy |
Prize
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2012 |
Winner - Peopleâs Choice and Best Mid-candidature Research Poster Award UoN FEDUA Student Research Festival |
| 2008 |
Winner (Painting Section) Brian & Rhoma Cummins Award University of Newcastle |
| 2007 |
Winner (Section D) Farrow Wyatt Maitland Art Prize Maitland Art Prize |
| 2007 |
Highly Commended (Sections A & B) Farrow Wyatt Maitland Art Prize Maitland Art Prize |
Recipient
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2012 |
Residency - Gunyah Artist in Residence Program Gunyah AIR |
Recognition
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2009 |
Faculty Medal (Faculty of Education and Arts) University of Newcastle |
Scholarship
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Margaret Olley Friends of the University Postgraduate Scholarship in Fine Art Friends of The University |
| 2009 |
Australian Postgraduate Award Commonwealth Government |
| 2008 |
Deputy Vice Chancellor Honours Scholarship University of Newcastle |
| 2008 |
Provisional Honours Postgraduate Scholarship University of Newcastle |
Teaching Award
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Hunter TAFE Staff Awards - Excellence in Customer Service Award - Design Centre TAFE NSW |
| 2010 |
Hunter TAFE Staff Awards - Team Award - Design Centre TAFE NSW |
Invitations
Speaker
| Year | Title / Rationale |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Speaker - The Outstanding Field: Artistic Research Emerging from the Academy The symposium showcases the most outstanding PhD projects to have emerged from the Creative Arts in Australia and New Zealand over the last decade. All presenters are PhD graduates whose thesis projects have been recognized for their quality and excellence. This recognition includes Chancellors Awards for excellence, national and international prizes and other external recognition of the innovation and impact of their artistic research. Presenters for this symposium have been sponsored by Creative Arts institutions from across Australia and New Zealand. It will be an invaluable experience for academics in Creative Arts programs, PhD supervisors in practice-led creative arts disciplines and students enrolled in creative arts PhD and MFA programs. |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |
McAuley M, Brooker C, 'Novice visual communication design students' awareness of design process', International Journal of Design Education, 11 1-10 (2016) [C1] © 2016 Common Ground Research Networks. This article reports the outcomes of an inquiry which set out to assist novice, first year visual communication design students to develop... [more] © 2016 Common Ground Research Networks. This article reports the outcomes of an inquiry which set out to assist novice, first year visual communication design students to develop awareness of their design process. To facilitate this, a learning intervention was incorporated into the teaching structure. This took the form of a design process diary/journal which enabled students to track their design activities during a six-week assignment. The key component of the diary was the inclusion of a six-stage design process model devised by Swann in 2002. Findings suggest that many of the students found the model allowed them to develop a more explicit understanding of the stages they went through while designing and that their previous understanding of design process had been advanced through the use of the process model. |
Conference (4 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sage M, Brooker CJ, 'Vulnerable Intensities: an Exploration of the Contemporary Antipodean Metalcore Phenomenon' (2017) | ||
| 2015 | Brooker CJ, 'Pinteresting Times: the use and abuse of images in creative research' (2015) [E3] | ||
| 2015 | Brooker CJ, 'Lost in Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age' (2015) [E3] | ||
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Creative Work (59 outputs)
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| 2017 |
Hatton M, Brollo D, Brooker CJ, Hunter A, Bull M, Tompkins S, et al., Beyond the Book (2017)
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| 2016 | Piva B, Brooker CJ, Thompson W, Falla D, Vergotis M, Harvey C, et al., First Impressions (2016) | ||||||
| 2016 | Hopcroft H, Brooker CJ, Chorlton A, Anderberg A, Cannibalism, crossdressing and consumption: a feminist retelling of Ulysses (2016) | ||||||
| 2015 |
Brooker CJ, Cross K, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, Howells A, Atkins D, et al., Making it Known, http://www.making-it-known.com/catalogue/ (2015) [J2]
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| 2015 | Brooker CJ, Stones (series) (2015) [J2] | ||||||
| 2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Thought Structures (2015) [J2] | ||||||
| 2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Mapping Collaboration: a participatory art project exploring working together (2015) [J1] | ||||||
| 2015 | Brooker CJ, Sullivan YC, Scaled Downs, Between the Sheets: Artists¿ Books Exhibition, 2015 (2015) [J2] | ||||||
| 2015 |
Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known, Curve Gallery (2015) [J2]
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| 2015 | Brooker CJ, Words and Origami (2015) [J2] | ||||||
| 2015 | Brooker CJ, Six Wrapped Vessels (2015) [J2] | ||||||
| 2015 |
Brooker CJ, Cross K, Minichiello M, Roxburgh M, Howells A, Atkins D, et al., Making it Known, http://www.making-it-known.com/catalogue/ (2015) [J2]
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| 2015 |
Brooker C, Cross K, Making It Known, Curve Gallery (2015) [J2]
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| 2014 | Brooker CJ, Jenolan Caves (exhibited as part of a Group Exhibition - Cooks Hill Galleries' 40th Birthday) (2014) [J2] | ||||||
| 2014 | Brooker CJ, Tilley L, Smith A, Wells A, Roxburgh B, Joy P, McLaughlin A, Abstraction Now (2014) [J3] | ||||||
| 2014 | Brooker CJ, Lost in Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age (2014) [J1] | ||||||
| 2014 | Brooker CJ, Typographic Origami Newcastle (exhibited as part of a group exhibition - Art City - Watt Space Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition) (2014) [J2] | ||||||
| 2013 | Brooker CJ, Graphicality: new work, Morpeth (2013) [J1] | ||||||
| 2013 |
Brooker CJ, Shaw G, Tilley P, Murland A, Rey U, Chaffey N, et al., Popped, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2]
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| 2013 | Brooker CJ, Murland A, Elliot-Ranken M, Osmotherly M, Smith B, Out of Hand: abstraction in monochrome and colour, Waterloo, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2] | ||||||
| 2013 | Brooker CJ, Hopcroft H, Year of the Bird: a celebration of hybridity, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J3] | ||||||
| 2012 | Brooker CJ, Marked Difference, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2012) [J2] | ||||||
| 2012 | Brooker CJ, The Cave: A Dialogue, North Fremantle, WA, Australia (2012) [J2] | ||||||
| 2012 |
Brooker CJ, Hopcroft HF, Webb CE, Bird C, Wood D, Happily Ever After: Alternative Destinies in Contemporary Feminine Narrative, Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2012) [J3]
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| 2012 | Brooker CJ, Hopcroft HF, The Year of the Bird: A Celebration of Hybridity, Maitland, NSW< Australia (2012) [J2] | ||||||
| 2011 | Brooker CJ, Coast Lines (2011) [J1] | ||||||
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Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Brooker CJ, Lost In Translation: the materialisation of the mark in the digital age, The University of Newcastle (2014) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 5 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $116,112 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20171 grants / $80,884
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Scholarships$80,884
Funding body: The University of Newcastle
| Funding body | The University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Scheme | Early Career Researcher (ECR) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Scholarships |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2020 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20152 grants / $9,000
Analogue/Digilogue: a letterpress studio renewal project$7,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Scheme | FACULTY OF SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY New Staff Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2015 |
| Funding Finish | 2015 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Career Fund$1,500
Funding body: Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia
| Funding body | Manning Clark House/Copyright Agency of Australia |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Caelli Jo Brooker |
| Scheme | Career Fund |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2015 |
| Funding Finish | 2015 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Non Commonwealth |
| Category | 1NS |
| UON | N |
20111 grants / $2,500
Happily Ever After: alternative destinies in contemporary feminine narrative$2,500
Funding body: National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA)
| Funding body | National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Caelli Jo Brooker and Helen Hopcroft |
| Scheme | NAVA Marketing Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2011 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Not Known |
| Category | UNKN |
| UON | N |
20091 grants / $23,728
Australian Postgraduate Award$23,728
Funding body: Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
| Funding body | Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Caelli Jo Brooker |
| Scheme | Australian Postgraduate Award |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
| Category | 1CS |
| UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Total current UON EFTSL
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | PhD | Story Design in Contemporary Children's Picture Books: How Narrative and Meaning are Constructed | PhD (Design), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2016 | Honours |
Speculative Memories / Speculative Futures: creative technological advancements in augmented realities This practice based experimental design project explores memory, experience and alternate futures through an auto-ethnographic framework of personal and public spheres. It undertakes the research, exploration and creation of digital artifacts that investigate the repeated processes of memory construction, retrieval and projection, as well as personal and social constructions of identity within virtual spaces and digital realities. |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
| 2015 | PhD | Re-Conceptualising the Utilisation of the Comic Book's Properties as an Artefact and Format for Narrative Purpose | PhD (Design), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Honours |
The Status and Future of Print Design This practice-based research project examines the status and potential of print design through the creation of a series of print artefacts that use the sensory metaphors of the five tangible senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch, to explore key aspects of the experience, design, production and consumption of print media. Each sense was associated with a corresponding aspect of print design in order to create a useful research framework to undertake an investigation of print. |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
| 2016 | Honours |
Shifting Tides - Cinemagraphic book cover designs for New Adult audiences Acknowledging the importance of book covers in enticing audiences and communicating content, my research responds to and incorporates technology, design and genre, to explore shifting, cinemagraphic book cover design as a contemporary visual tool in enriching reader experiences and communicating digital book covers to New Adult audiences. Researching through media production, photography, creative writing, design layout and typography, this project also uses the thematic framework of Booker&amp;amp;rsquo;s seven archetypal narratives to imagine a series of genre themed story concepts through which to research and design. |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
| 2014 | Honours |
Coal Magazine - Visual Strategies that can Sustain Readership and Attract Audience The research explores how an examination of magazines can inform visual strategies that can sustain readership and attract audience. It will aim to discover how magazine designs and subsequent redesigns have formerly helped to increase the readership of a publication. The research will also explore how knowledge gained from an interrogation of target audience can impact on design outcomes. In focusing on the potential of harnessing audience analysis in shaping the visual elements of magazine design, the outcome of the research will be a magazine publication entitled COAL. |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2014 | Honours |
Hybrid Novels: The New Novel? Graphic Devices Contributing to New Ways of Reading This Honours project is a practice-based design research exploration of the hybrid novel form. As a design publication, this project explores the possibility of constructing further meaning outside of the understood conventions of the novel, through the design and production of a mini-hybrid novella. Hybrids offer a multi-modal form of the novel, incorporating multiple visual strategies and combining different semiotic systems; the linguistic and the visual, in occupying a communication space where both word and image are present, and contribute to the formation of meaning. |
Graphic and Design Studies, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
News
Humanities workshop kicks off design start-up
July 18, 2017
A Humanities Startup Workshop run by the University of Newcastle’s Centre for 21st Century Humanities in conjunction with Slingshot has assisted in the creation of a design service and research studio within the School of Creative Industries.
Dr Caelli Brooker
Position
Lecturer - Design
School of Creative Industries
Faculty of Education and Arts
Contact Details
| caelli.brooker@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | +61 2 4921 6368 |
| Link | Personal webpage |
Office
| Room | D.206 |
|---|---|
| Building | Design Building |
| Location | University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
NEWS • Jul 18.2017
Humanities workshop kicks off design start-up
A Humanities Startup Workshop run by the University of Newcastle’s Ce...
