SANDY MA

Sandy Ma (she/they) is an emerging multidisciplinary artist and educator living and working on unceded Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country.

C.V.

EDUCATION

2025 - 28 Doctor of Philosophy
School of Computing, Australian National University
2019 - 24 Bachelor of Advanced Computing (Honours)
Systems & Architecture, Australian National University
2019 - 24 Bachelor of Arts
Art History & Theory, Australian National University

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS

ongoing

2025 - Canberra Node Lead
Girls’ Programming Network
TechInclusion, National.
2023 - Artist Educator
Learning and Public Programs,
National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.

other

2026 Touching Wires Workshop, Facilitator, You Are Here Canberra, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.
2026 Hyperfocus Masterclass, Facilitator, Science Gallery Melbourne, Naarm/Melbourne VIC.
2025 Hyperfocus Workshop, Facilitator, Science Gallery Melbourne, Naarm/Melbourne VIC.
2025/26 Human Computer Interaction, Tutor, Australian National University, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.
2025 AnOther Home, Artist Facilitator, Rebus Theatre, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.
2025 Creative Computing (EXTN1019), Teacher, Australian National University, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.
2023/25 Sound and Music Computing, Tutor, Australian National University, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.
2025 Software Engineering Project, Tutor, Australian National University, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.
2022/23 Art and Interaction Computing, Tutor, Australian National University, Kamberri/Canberra ACT.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2026 HAUNTED TREASURES
Platform by Canberra Contemporary, Canberra ACT.
2026 Please Touch The Art!
Goodspace Gallery, Sydney NSW.
2025 DISTRACTION
Science Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne VIC.
2024 Touching Wires
4A LAB, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney NSW.

SELECT PERFORMANCES

2026 Touching Wires

Sandy Ma supporting vegetable.machine.animal, You Are Here Canberra, Canberra.
2026 words, noise, noise

Andrew Cox, Kian Macleod, Sandy Ma, SMCClab Live #2, ANU School of Music, Canberra.
2025 Webcam Duet

Sandy Ma & Suhani Narang, SMCClab Live #1, ANU School of Music, Canberra.
2024 Touching Wires

Sandy Ma & Isabelle Laxamana & IMPSYpi, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney.
2024 Unspoken

Yichen Wang & Sandy Ma, International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2024 Touching Wires—Demo

Andromeda is Coming and Artificially Intelligent Friends, feat. Yichen Wang & Sandy Ma, Llewellyn Hall, Canberra.
2023 破镜 [pò jìng] // beyond realms.

Yichen Wang & Sandy Ma, Australasian Computer Music Conference 2023 & ElectroMUSE Concert Series, Parramatta.
2022 Dialogues in Space (A response to the big wide realm of nothingness in the sky)

LENS22 Prophets, ANU Laptop Ensemble, Llewellyn Hall, Canberra.

AWARDS

2026 Finalist in Education/Research Category, Women Leading Tech Awards by B&T
2025 Highly Commended in Excellence in Tutoring or Demonstrating, ANU College of Systems and Society Education Awards
2025 Highly Commended in Supporting Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) in learning and teaching, ANU College of Systems and Society Education Awards

MEDIA

2024 What does Quilting have to do with Data?, Byte into IT Podcast Interview (Triple R 102.7FM)
2024 What’s that sound? A duet of humans and AI in concert, ANU College of Systems & Society
2018 Sun Xun interview with MCA Young Guides