After completing his BA in ‘Interactive Arts’ at Manchester Metropolitan University, Austin Houldsworth went on to study ‘Design Interactions; at the Royal College of Art, London.
Through his work, Austin strives to create solutions to the problems that are often neglected by industry. His work often involves chemical reactions, which have been a recurring part of his process.
11/2010 - St Etienne Design Biennale 2010, St. Etienne, France
07/2010 - Craft and Design Gallery, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, England
05/2010 - Tatton Park Biennial 2010, Cheshire, England
09/2009 - Designersblock, Earls Court, London
05/2009 - Microsoft Research, Cambridge, England
01/2008 - Royal College of Arts, interim show, London, England
02/2007 - Out of Manchester, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England
09/2006 - Liverpool Biennial ‘View2Gallery’ (Matthew Street), England
03/2006 - Link Gallery, Manchester Met, England
03/2005 - Art through Customs, Holden gallery, Manchester Met, England
12/2004 - Art through Customs, Sydney
07/2004 - The Triangle Centre, Manchester, England
11/2009 - “exground” film festival, Wiesbaden, Germany
11/2008 - Exposures, cornerhouse, Manchester, England
06/2007 - Kratofil, Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
12/2006 - cornerhouse, Manchester, England
07/2006 - Max5 Film Festival, London, England
06/2006 - Site 06 Art Festival, Stroud, England
06/2006 - Dark Light Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland
04/2006 - Re/act Festival, Mannheim Castle, Germany
04/2006 - Salt Gallery, Hayle, Cornwall, England
04/2006 - Video Screening, La Cuenca, Spain
04/2006 - Video Screening, Romania
03/2006 - Video Screening, Västerås, Sweden
12/2005 - Student Exposures at the cornerhouse, Manchester, England