SANDY MA

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

C.V.

b. 2000, Gadigal/Sydney, Australia

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

2025 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

2025 DISTRACTION
Science Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne VIC.
2024 Touching Wires
4A LAB, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney NSW.

SELECT PERFORMANCES

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.

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