About Zach Challies

Zach Challies is a digital media artist and academic from Wellington, NZ. His achievements include winning the New Zealand National round of the 2014 Dyson Awards for his research project Designed Prosthetics, Best Experimental Film at the 2014 Uni Shorts Film Festival for In Vitro and an honorable mention at RESHAPE15 for Digital Flexibility. His creative works include image, video, sound, object and product.

He has a Master's Degree in Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington and is currently a doctoral candidate and lecturer at VUW.

Publications:
Synthetic Anatomies, Co-designing desirable 3D printed facial prosthetics
Bernard Guy, Ross Stevens, Zach Challies and Wayne Gillingham

Creative expression through tangible narrative: How 3D printing may complement our pedagogical investigation of heritage Diana Burton, Bernard Guy, Zach Challies

Awards & Scholarships:
VUW Research Trust Doctoral Scholarship 2018-2021
Winner: NZ Dyson Award 2014
VUW Summer Scholarship 2013/14
Best Experimental Film: Unishorts 2014
Honorable Mention: RESHAPE15

Contact via: zschallies@gmail.com