The Story
Ross Calia is a multi-disciplinary artist and creative director based in Melbourne, Australia. With over 25 years’ experience across film, photography, music composition and sound-design, he has come to specialise in large format immersive experiences; both for public exhibition and commercial commissions.
Ross was awarded the Lume Artist Award for Immersive Art, culminating in a film-based digital artwork that ultilises over 150 multi-surface projectors and immersive surround-sound over a 2000+m2 space. Exhibited in Melbourne and the USA (The Lume, Digital Galleries) and Canberra at the National Museum of Australia, the work features a collaboration with Wiradjuri dancer, Ella Havelka and Kamilaroi Astrophysicist, Krystal de Napoli, and explores the deep connection between indigenous Australians and the stars over the millennia. To date, approximately one million visitors have attended the experience world-wide. Ross has also developed the immersive soundtrack, including sound-design and original compositions, for the internationally touring exhibition, “Van Gogh Alive”.
Ross’s music, sound-design and visual art have been widely awarded, performed and exhibited throughout the world. He is a winner of the ReFrame Awards – Australian Professional Video Producer Awards – Best commercial soundtrack (for his original music score and sound design for immersive projects in Melbourne and Asia).
Advertising campaigns featuring Ross’s work have achieved international success in the Hermes Creative Awards, World Luxury Awards, Vega Digital awards, Golden Award of Montreux, Telly Awards and Muse Awards.
Ross’ portraiture, photography and filmmaking projects have been featured in a range of campaigns to help improve community health outcomes and address cultural, gender and other inaqualities.
Ross Calia’s original works have appeared in the following venues
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin Germany
Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Palazzo degli Esami, Rome, Italy
Maag Halle, Zurich, Switzerland
NOVA Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
Malmömässan, Malmö, Sweden
Kensington Gardens, London UK
Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium, Winchester, UK
Monumento a la Madre, Mexico City, Mexico
Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Colorado, USA
The Lume, Newfields, Indianapolis, USA
The Dali Museum & Dali Museum Dome, St Petersburg, Florida USA
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri USA
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Royal Hall of Industries & Grand Pavilion, Sydney
The Lume, Melbourne
Dewey Center in Beijing, China,
World Expo Museum Shanghai, China
Shinagawa’s Warehouse Terrada, Tokyo Japan
ICONSIAM, Bangkok, Thailand
BGC Arts Center, Manila
Achievements
– Winner; Lume Immersive Artist Award
– Finalist, Reg Grundy Award – Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
– Winner (and 2x Finalist), Australian Video Producer Awards – Best commercial soundtrack (music & sound design)
– Recipient, City of Melbourne Annual Arts Development Grant
– Percival Photographic Prize – Shortlisted
– Shortlisted, Beers.Lambert (UK) Contemporary Art Prize (International)
– Shortlisted & Colour Factory Award Winner – Bowness Prize
– Aesthetica (UK) Creative Works Annual (International)
– Finalist (2x), Head On, National Photography Prize
– Winner, Merit Award, BSG National Photographic Prize
– Winner (2x), Best Documentary Photograph – Kodak Salon
– Silver & Bronze Awards, International Loupe Awards
– Finalist, Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture
– Winner, Sony make.believe award – Projections
– Semi-finalist, Moran Contemporary Portrait Prize
– Semi-finalist (2x), Moran Contemporary Photography Prize
– Bronze Award, International Aperture Awards – People & Portrait
– Winner, ‘People’ award, ACMP 12-days competition
– Winner, Canon Photo5 competition (Australia & New Zealand)
– Recipient – The Florence Bradford Scholarship (University of Melbourne).
– Recipient – Rosemary Kenny Prize (University of Melbourne)
– Recipient – DAAD Scholarship (University of Melbourne/German Academic Exchange)
– B.Mus (hons), University of Melbourne
– A.Mus.A (AMEB)
– L.Mus.A (AMEB)