Dr Michaela French is an artist, lecturer and researcher working with light and time-based media across a broad range of artistic contexts. Her artistic practice is grounded in an ecological systems-based approach. Michaela produces innovative artworks for museums and gallery exhibitions and creates award-winning immersive media experiences in 360° fulldome space. In addition, she designs and facilitates immersive participatory workshops through her Ecological Artistic Observatory research platform.
Michaela has worked in the fulldome sector for over twenty years. She collaborated on the world’s first 360° fulldome video artistic research project and has written, directed and designed award-winning fulldome films. Michaela is a committed advocate for the creative potential of fulldome as an artistic medium and had the honour of contributing to the Best of Earth Awards Judging Panel in 2021. Michaela is the co-founder and chair of the Fulldome Creative Network.