Cassandra Tytler works across installation and single-channel modes of practice.   Her work explores contemporary cultural iconography, idealised reality and realised fantasy. Fascinated by the symbolism of popular clichés, Tytler employs experimental script writing processes that pastiche isolated, fragmented conventions into compelling, revealing stories.   Her work focuses on reinventing identities through performance, and what this reveals about our cultural longings.  Her films have screened in numerous festivals in Australia, the U.S.A., Korea, and Europe, and she has exhibited work in a number of galleries such as A.R.A.C., Paris, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Plimsol Gallery, Tasmania, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne, and Westspace Gallery, Melbourne. Tytler completed her Masters degree in Media Arts at R.M.I.T., Melbourne, in 2006. She is currently based in Paris.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009            Sleeper, Springvale train station, Melbourne
2008            Le Floride, The Bunker, Ho Chi Minh City
2008            12 Nights, Harold Golen Gallery, Miami
2007            Portes Ouvert, Cité Universitaire Internationale, Paris
2006            Go, Melbourne Festivall, Melbourne
2006            A Portable Model of ..., Latrobe Regional Gallery, Gippsland
2005            BOX2  Federation Square, Melbourne
2005            A Portable Model of ..., Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2004            Descore, The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne
2004            Cult Classic  Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2003            360 Degrees, Kulturtage, Germany
2003            First Site, Melbourne
2002            Paper Skin  WestSpace Gallery, Melbourne
1998            Crep  Yume Ya Gallery, Melbourne
1997            RelaxBaby  Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

SELECTED SCREENINGS

2008            Version 08, Chicago
2007            Rotterdam VHS Festival,
2007            EXis - Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, Korea
2007            HetWildeWeten Robertfruinstraat 35, Rotterdam, Netherlands,
2007            SpielRaum, Berlin, Germany,
2006            EXis - Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, Korea
2006            18 th Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, Chicago
2006             Artists Vs Hollywood, England & Germany
2005            Teknikunst Arts Festival, Melbourne
2004            Project 101 Paris, France
2004            Descore  The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
2004            Ohne Kohle, Vienna, Austria
2003            Overlook Park Shorts  Cleveland, Ohio
2003            Love & Other Catastrophes,
            The Garage, Winston-Salem, USA
            Firestation #3, Houston, USA
            111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, USA
            Green Bean, Greensborough, USA
            Stange Brew Coffeehouse, Springfield, USA
            Cinema Obscura, Santa Barbara, USA
            Subterranean Cinema, Jacksonville, USA
            Real Noise, Seattle, USA
            Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, USA
2003            Public Hangings  Ch.31
2003            Quick Flicks at the Commercial Melbourne
2003            In the Realm of the Senses  Melbourne
2003            Codec Cinema  Melbourne
2003            Phantom Image  Melbourne
2003            RMIT Film and Video Festival  Melbourne
2002            Liquid Architecture  Melbourne
2002            Melbourne Underground Film Festival  Melbourne
2002            MegaBite  (part of Next Wave) Nova Cinema, Melbourne
2002            Independent Exposure
Ithaca University, New York
Urban 15, San Antonio, Texas
Mad River Art Space, Billings, Montana
Heaven’s Gate, Chicago, Illionois
Strange Brew, Springfield, Ohio
Firestation # 3, Houston Texas
Out North, Anchorage, Alaska
Vital Five, Seattle, Washington
2002            Melbourne Queer Film Festival  Melbourne
2002            REValation, Perth
2002            Electrofringe  Newcastle
2001            Raindance  London
2001            Wet and Dry  Melbourne
2000            ACCA  Melbourne

I Never Loved Youand And I Cried is included in the AFC short works catalogue.

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2011            Sumu Artist in Residence program, Turku, Finland 
2008            Featured artist in residence, The Hunt Club Community Arts Centre, Melbourne 
2008            Artist in Residence, Women in Research, Monash University, Caulfield
2007            Grant and residence at The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2007            Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant
2007            Artist in Residence at Cité des Internationale, Paris
2005            Clara, the film I edited won a special mention at The Cannes Film Festival, and also won ‘best animation’ at The Chicago Film Festival
2003             Finalist in B(if)Tek W.I.N.K. Awards
2003            1st prize, RMIT Film and Video Festival for I Never Loved You
2002            Recipient of RMIT Union Arts Grant for I Never Loved You
2001            Finalist in B(if)Tek W.I.N.K. Awards
2001            2nd prize, RMIT Film and Video Festival for And I Cried
1999            Recipient of RMIT Union Arts Grant for Desperate
1998            1st prize, RMIT Film and Video Festival for My Friend
1997            1st prize, Centre for Contemporary Photography for the RelaxBaby website

BIBLIOGRAPHY/INTERVIEWS
2008             Maud, Paula “Enter the Twilight”, Brimbank Leader, 19th Aug, pg 4
2007             Robertson, Rowena “Cynicism and Happiness”, Yen Magazine, January edition.
2005             Interviewed on ‘Smartarts”, with Richard Watts, 3RRR Radio
2004             Hibberd, Lily, “The Evidence of Love, Cassandra Tytler”, Un Magazine, Issue 1, May, pg 20
2004             Mauriks, Sarah, “Love a moving subject”, Moreland Leader, Time Out, April
2004             Nelson, Robert, “Cult Classic: The Fine Art of the Cult”, The Age, A3, 12th May, pg 9
2004             Interviewed on “Art Moves”, 3RRR Radio
2003             Martin, Adrian, “Shorts back, and slides”, The Age, A2, 24th May, pg 5
2003             Dowsley, Anthony, “Real love for the art of the musical”, Moreland Leader, May
2003             Interviewed on “The Back Row”, PBS Radio.
2003             Interviewed on “Media Moves”, 3CR Radio.
2002            Marshall, Jonathan, “Substantial Echoes”, RealTime, Aug/Sept
2002             Interviewed on “The Director’s Chair”, ch 31 Television
2002             Interviewed on “Girlie is Good”, 3CR Radio.
2001            Milne, Esther. “To Watch: An Intransitive Verb”, RealTime, Dec.
2001            De Kretser, Leela. “Young Artists Make a Noise”, Herald Sun, Oct.
2001             Interviewed on ABC TV, Nov. 2001 (Profiled as part of Noise festival)
2001            A still from And I Cried was in TV Week advertising Noise Shorts
2001            Interviewed on “Film Buff’s Forecast”, 3RRR Radio.
2001             Interviewed on “Media Moves”, Cinema Scene, 3CR Radio.
2001            Interviewed on “Girlie is Good”, 3CR, 2001
2001             Allchin, Bryan. Catalyst, March

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT

2008             Lecturer in Video Art, RMIT University, Melbourne
2008             Lecturer in Screen Narrative, RMIT University, Melbourne
2008            Lecturer in Hybrid Media, RMIT University, Melbourne
2006             Lecturer in Digital Processes at Monash University,
2006             Teaching video, animation and comics at Footscray Community Arts Centre
2005             Tutor in Video Art at RMIT, Melbourne

RELATED WORK

2008             Artist Talk, Monash University, Caulfield
2008             Artist Talk, Footscray Audio/Visual Social Club, Footscray Arts Centre
2008            Artist Talk, RMIT Univeristy
2007             Artist Talk, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2006             Artist Talk, RMIT Univeristy
2006             Artist Talk, Footscray Community Arts Centre
2002             Artist Talk, This is Not Art, Newcastle
2000             Artist Talk, Newcastle Young Writers Festival, Newcastle