Shaun Gladwell

A dynamic visual artist turned director, Shaun Gladwell was born in 1972, in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. His career, spanning the mid-90s to present, has been primarily occupied with short films and video installations, dabbling in genres like action, drama and documentary, with his most noted works being "Storm Sequence" and "Pacific Undertow Sequence (Bondi)". Though he hasn't scored at major film festivals, his artistry was recognized when he represented Australia at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009, and his work is characterized by its exploration of the body in motion and the transformation of everyday actions into poetic, slow-motion sequences. Shaun Gladwell is an artist who finds the extraordinary in the ordinary, capturing the world in a way that invites audiences to see the magic in mundane moments.