who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Chris Rust
Sheffield Halam University, Art and
Design Research Centre, Furnival
Building, Arundel Street, Sheffield,
S1 2NU, United Kingdom
Keywords interactive media, design,
design and healthcare
Nicky Ryan
United Kingdom
Keywords cultural studies,
phenomenography, visual
representations, theory and practice
Semi Ryu
Virginia Commonwealth University,
2144 Ridgefield Green Way,
Richmond, VA, Virginia, VA 23233,
United States of America
Keywords interactive media, virtual
reality, spirituality, Eastern
philosophy, shamanism
Chris Rust is Professor of Design and Head of the Art and Design
Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University. He is Chair of the
Design Research Society Council, and a member of the AHRC Peer
Review College. His research interests include the role of tacit
knowledge in research and practice in art and design, the role of
personal values in interactive media, the relationship between design
and healthcare and the emerging research methods and methodologies
in creative disciplines.
› The pedestal and the pendulum: fine art practice, research and doctorates,
Journal of Visual Art Practice, 7.2, 133-151.
› Context – Many flowers, small leaps forward: debating doctoral education in
design, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 1.3, 141-148.
› Reviews, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 6.1, 75-.
Nicky Ryan is Principal Lecturer in Cultural and Critical Studies at the
London College of Communication at the University of the Arts
London. Her Ph.D. thesis was an examination into cultural-commercial
collaborations and the inter-relationship between corporations, artists,
non-profit cultural institutions and governments. Research interests
include the intersection between art and business, corporatemuseums
and art collections, academic and commercial perspectives on luxury,
theories of interior design and the role of culture in regeneration. Nicky
has delivered a range of conference papers and published articles in
relation to the above. Her academic background is in the history of art,
and prior to entering education her industry experience was in the
fashion business.
› Millstone or milestone? The perceived value of cultural studies for art and
design students and teachers, Art, Design & Communication in Higher
Education, 8.1, 9-25.
Semi Ryu is an Associate Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia
Commonwealth University. Ryu is a media artist who specializes in
experimental 3D animations and virtual puppetry, based on Korean
shamanism and the oral tradition of storytelling. Her works have been
widely presented in exhibitions and performances in more than fifteen
countries, and her academic papers, which have focused on the
ritualization of interactive media, have been published in international
journals and conferences. Recently, her virtual puppetry ‘Parting on Z’
was performed at Chelsea Art Museum, NYC
(http://www.semiryu.net).