Exhibition opening with the Artist

to be launched by

Josephine Touma

Executive Producer of Creative Programs

Inner West Council

Thursday 24 Sep 2026

6.00 - 8.00 pm

James Gardiner

Artist in Conversation

with

Matt Cox

Senior Curator

Tilt Industrial Design

Former Curator of Asian Art

Art Gallery of NSW

Saturday 10 Oct 2026

2.30 - 4.30 pm

Art Atrium
12 Daniel Street Botany
(Entrance from Daphne Street)

Fahn (James Gardiner)

1973, is a Sydney based artist, with a strong focus in ambiguity, perception and digital fabrication. Formerly an award-winning Architect and inventor (13 patents), his achievements include the world’s first 3D printed reef (2011-14) and the development of the FreeFAB Wax system - a 3D print and CNC system for fabrication of sustainable complex moulds for the construction industry (2012-2017) used for the Elizabeth line, London Underground project. James former careers have been recognised with numerous awards, scholarships, a Guinness world record and press coverage including National Geographic, New Scientist and the Economist.

James dedicated himself full time to his art practice in 2018, after many years of exploration. James continues to engage with technologies in novel ways. Gardiner completed an artist residency at UNSW Art & Design, where he pursued the design and fabrication of a large 3D printed ‘Shard’ sculpture for Sculpture by the Sea in 2018. James has since pioneered new methods of integrating digital machine cutting with traditional drawing and painting techniques within the postgraduate Master of Fine Arts program at the National Art School, Sydney in 2024. In line with James former career as an inventor, James works across multiple mediums and materials and is constantly experimenting and pushing his work into new territory on the world stage.