Joel Gailer is an artist based in Melbourne, whose work explores materiality and reproduction. His multi-artform practice includes print, painting, sculpture, video and performance. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, and his work is included in collections such as the National Gallery of Victoria, University of Southern Queensland, National Art School, Curtin University, RMIT University, Burnie Regional Gallery, City of Fremantle and private collections. He was the recipient of the Fremantle Print Award in 2008 and has been awarded artist residencies at Art Haus in the National Art Gallery Solomon Islands, Megalo Print Studio Canberra, and the Art Academy of China. He was awarded a PhD from RMIT University with an Australian Post Graduate award and runs a Brunswick based studio, Cozens Street, and co-founded collaborative performance art project Performprint. He is currently a lecturer in Visual Arts at Deakin University, lecturer in Printmaking at RMIT.