Vanessa Tomlinson

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Vanessa Tomlinson
Born1971
Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide, University of California, San Diego
Known forClocked Out Duo
Notable work
“Sonic Dreams”
Website vanessatomlinson.com

Vanessa Tomlinson (born 1971) [1] is an Australian artist, musician, composer, and educator. She is known for her work in Clocked Out Duo with her partner Erik Griswold. [2] [3] She is currently Director of Creative Arts Research Institute at Griffith University and has had work published in 150 publications. [4]

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Career

In 1993 Tomlinson was awarded a recording contract with Etcetera Records, and won two awards for her percussion. [5]

Upon completing her degree in Adelaide, Tomlinson studied with Bernhard Wulff and Robert van Sice at Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany. She then moved to San Diego to complete a Masters under Steven Schick, [5] and completed a Doctor Of Musical Arts in 2000. [6]

Since 2000 she has collaborated with her partner Erik Griswold and released several albums together as Clocked Out Duo. They won two Green Room Awards for their collaboration Dada Cabare in 2000, [7] and later won the Award for Excellence by an Organisation or Individual and Queensland State Award at 2011's APRA and AMC Art Music Awards for their work as Clocked Out. [8]

In 2017 Tomlinson began a collaboration titled TOMLIN | FERGUS with Dr John Ferguson, an academic at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music where Tomlinson also taught. [9] [10]

In 2018 Tomlinson released her debut solo album The Space Inside on Room40 on cassette tape. [9]

Discography

2018 - The Space Inside

Awards

YearAwardWorkStatus
2018 Art Music Awards: QLD Award for Excellence in Experimental Music100 Ways to Listen with Leah Barclay and John FergusonWinner [11]
2017Art Music Awards: QLD Award for Excellence by an IndividualConceiving and curating the 2016 Australian Percussion GatheringWinner [12]
2000Green Room Awards: Commitment To Cabaret (Venue/producer) and Most Innovative Use Of FormCabaret Dada with Erik GriswoldWinner [13]

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