Bernadette Smith has a Master of Fine Art in Film from San Francisco Art Institute, a Graduate Diploma majoring in film and photography from City Art Institute, Sydney and a Certificate IV in Multimedia. Her art practice includes painting, photography, screen and cultural critique. She

has been selected for the Mosman Art Prize and the Florence Biennale. She is represented by Graphis Art Gallery in Sydney. http://artofbernadette.blogspot.com/ http://australiandocumentaryphotos.blogspot.com/ Bernadette's film is included in the ARCO Experimental Cinema Library, Madrid, Spain and the Australian National Film Archive.

She is a founding member of Octapod's filmmakers collective and was part of the media team for This Is Not Art Festival (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjwdcn_WiLg).

Bernadette has previously worked on independent documentaries and personal films and is currently working on a series of short social critique web documentaries which explore the impact of mining and unemployment on Newcastle.

Bernadette also serves as Vice President of Octapod, a not for profit independent arts and new media organisation based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.