Julian Wessels [he/him] 

Born 1991, London, UK (Australian Citizen)

Lives and works on Gadigal Land (Sydney) 

Sound Artist & Freelance Sound Designer 

RESIDENCIES 

2020-2025 - Museum of Applied Arts & Science Powerhouse Artist Residency Program 

SELECTED INSTALLATIONS

2023-  Warren Museum & Art Gallery, NSW. Permanent exhibition. Multichannel soundscape

2023-  Pride Month, State Library of NSW. Temporary Exhibition. Multichannel soundscape created using archive recordings

2022-  Powerhouse Late Night curated by Julian Wessels, June 30. Live Performance & Multichannel soundscape, with artworks by Shaun Daniel Allen and Mikaela Stafford

2022-  Eternityland, directed by Danielle Harvey. Immersive theatre with multi-room interactive soundscapes

2022- Unpopular, MAAS, Sydney. Temporary exhibition.  Multi-room soundscapes and programming featuring music by Warren Ellis

2022-  Kill or Cure: State Library of NSW. Temporary exhibition. Multi-room exhibition featuring dialogue, music and sound design

2021-  Buddha’s Day, Federation Square, Melbourne. Temporary exhibition. Large-scale projection with stereo soundscape and composition

2021-  Islamic Museum of Australia, Permanent exhibition. featuring two Immersive soundscapes

2020-  Martha Cooper Exhibition, Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin. Temporary exhibition. Video wall with multichannel soundscape

2020-  Iridescence, Commissioned by Eardrum, Sydney. Binaural sound composition

2018- Untitled (Giran), QWAGOMA, Jonathan Jones & Uncle Stan Grant, 48-Channel immersive Soundscape

2018- 80Hx SoundLab, SLNSW, Thomas Wing-Evans. Temporary exhibition. Commissioned to design a generative program for turning paintings and their metadata into music to be used in an interactive installation