Tony Schwensen (b. 1970, Sydney, Australia) explores the human condition through performance, video, installation and sculpture. He has maintained an active participation in contemporary art practice since 1988, including establishing and running artist run initiatives, hosting international artists, providing exhibition and performance opportunities and regularly exhibiting nationally and internationally. Schwensen completed a PhD at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, researching the influence and adaptation of the discipline specific investigations of Samuel Beckett on and into historic and contemporary video performance practice. Schwensen was awarded the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship in 1998, enabling him to live and work in Rotterdam, The Netherlands from 1999–2001. Schwensen’s work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions, including Perform! Cooperate! Now! Burgtheater, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany, 2014; How Xenophobia Affects Aliens, Mobius, Cambridge, USA, 2013; Monaism, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, 2011; BIG PINKO (with Andre Stitt), Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, 2009; Complain about Australia to an Australia, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2006; Border Protection Assistance, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, 2002; Revolutions: Forms that Turn, 16^th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2008; and ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland, 2006. He currently lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.