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Official Bio:
Kirsty Boyle is an Australian artist whose passion for robots has driven her to travel the world in order to work with other like-minded artists, puppeteers, animators and scientists. Kirsty’s work examines robots as subjects of culture with particular emphasis on how we experience and personalise our interactions with them.

During 2002, Kirsty began study under Mr Shobei Tamaya, a ninth generation Karakuri Ningyo craftsman and last remaining mechanical doll master in Japan. She is currently his only student, and is now considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Karakuri tradition.

Her practice is truly interdisciplinary, encompassing skills in sculpture, theatrical performance, film and animation, digital arts and interaction design, mechanical and electrical engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence. She has presented her work via various mediums, primarily via exhibition, but also television, radio and magazine interviews, to delivering lectures and hosting forums and workshops at educational institutions and festivals internationally.

She is co-founder of http://openMaterials.org, and was recently an Artist in Residence/Guest Researcher at the AI Lab, University of Zurich researching and developing numerous projects.

Comprehensive CV is available by request.