John Dahlsen

Byron Bay, New South Wales

Artist, writer, researcher

Writing / Publishing

Environmental artist, painter, public speaker and author. John's doing his PhD at CDU, the opinions expressed here are his own & don't reflect the views of CDU. My environmental art work incorporates sculpture, assemblage, installation and painting, which was my main medium prior to my working for over 15 years with found objects, making sculptures and assemblages from beach found plastic litter, largely based on environmental themes, taking society's discarded objects of the everyday and transforming them into formal compositions. I have been engaged in a long standing exploration of the coastal landscape. My work has for many years examined the passage of time in the landscape and