About

Anne Scott Wilson is an Australian artist and researcher whose practice spans light installations, hybrid sculptural paintings, and interactive digital environments. Working at the intersection of technology and embodied experience, her installations explore themes of memory, motion, and phenomenological perception.
Wilson's research-based practice is informed by her background in ballet and her doctoral work at Monash University, which investigated spatial experience and temporal perception. This unique combination of embodied knowledge and theoretical inquiry shapes her approach to creating immersive artworks that engage with questions of presence, absence, and the body's relationship to space.
Her work employs a range of technologies including motion capture systems, Unreal Engine, and custom software to create responsive installations that blur the boundaries between physical and digital space. Through light, projection, and interactive elements, she creates environments that invite viewers to become active participants in the work.
In addition to her studio practice, Wilson is an active scholar and curator. She has published catalogue essays and academic papers, and her curatorial projects explore the intersections of art, technology, and embodied experience. She holds the position of Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, where her teaching and research complement her artistic investigations.
Wilson has exhibited nationally and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. Previously represented by Conny Dietzschold Gallery, she continues to work with curators and institutions to develop new projects that push the boundaries of installation and new media art.
Education: PhD, Monash University (Fine Art) • BA (Hons), RMIT (Painting)
Position: Senior Lecturer, Deakin University
Practice: Dance & Light
A 10-year practice exploring bodily intelligence, quantum reciprocity, and the eternal nature of light through pinhole photography (2013–2023)
During COVID lockdowns, I returned to questions I had been exploring since Fly Rhythm (2013): What if light is eternal? What if imagery's repeatability challenges photography's claim to capture singular moments?
In 1981, I danced cabaret in Japan—performing a copy of a copy of a copy of choreography with vaudevillian origins. This experience mirrors my photographic practice: repeating pinhole images, printing and reprinting, testing how many times the same light can be materialized before it deteriorates. Both ask: What remains alive in endless repetition?
Robert Lanza's biocentrism proposes that reciprocity is fundamental when you're alive—that observer and observed are entangled. This resonates in my work. Whether dancing or spinning with a camera at arm's length, I use bodily intelligence against automation: guessing exposure times as the sun descends, then testing in Photoshop whether my procedural memory of light was accurate.
The cabaret dancer, the photographer, the quantum physicist—all participate in reciprocal witnessing that transforms both seer and seen. As long as we have bodies, this play continues. Light remains eternal.
Three Solo Exhibitions
Awards & Recognition
Public Art Project, Yarra Street Geelong
Geelong City Council
Forthcoming
Playing in the Shadows
Yarra City Council
Commission
New Work Grant
City of Geelong
Iconic Industries with VacantGeelong
Geelong Council
Development Grant
Beehive: Reveal our City with ARS Electronica
Geelong Council for Geelong After Dark
Every Day I Wait #3
Museum of Brisbane
Programmed with Mao's Last Dancer exhibition
Studio 112 Development Grant
City of Geelong
Development Grant
Australia Council for the Arts
Bowness Photography Prize
Monash Gallery of Art
Finalist
NAVA Carstairs Residency
National Association for the Visual Arts
Winner, Bundanon
Substation Contemporary Art Prize
Substation
Finalist
Scottish Bank Emerging Artist Award
Scottish Bank
Finalist
Residency Liverpool UK
Australia Council for the Arts
Ian Potter Emerging Artist Grant
Ian Potter Foundation
Joseph Ulrich Photography Award
Joseph Ulrich Foundation
Finalist
Creative Victoria Development Grant
Creative Victoria
Blake Prize
Blake Society
Finalist
Australia Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Grant
Australia Council for the Arts
Banff Residency
Australia Council for the Arts
Can Serrat Artist Residency
Can Serrat
Ethnographic Film Festival Artist Residency
Ethnographic Film Festival
Sardinia, Italy
Faculty Postgraduate Award
Monash University


