CV

education
Master of Arts (Art in Public Space): RMIT (2022), graduated with Distinction, School of Arts Dean's List, awarded the Experimenta Internship Award, and ACMI-X RMIT Residency for 2023.
Masterclass in Projection Art (facilitated by Yandell Walton): Centre for Projection Art (2019)
Master of Social Work/Bachelor of Human Services: La Trobe University (2018)
Certificate III in Music Performance: CRC Sydenham (2015)
Sustainable Arts Short Course: Artful Dodgers Studios (2013)
Grade 5 AMEB Rockschool Drums: Trinity College London (2012)

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selected exhibitions
‘I Didn’t Catch Your Name’, 2-channel video projection, Gertrude Street Projection Festival (2022)
‘Teléfono Descompuesto’, video projection, Museum of Public Space, Italy (2021)
‘Billy Cart’s Medium Sized Fish’, performer and artist, Melbourne International Fringe Festival (2021)
‘HOW TO HUMAN’, video projection, Gertrude Street Projection Festival (2021)
‘Interstellar Superheroes’, animation and workshop assistant, Gertrude Street Projection Festival, lead artist: Susan Maco Forrester (2021)
‘LAST NIGHT’, video piece commissioned by SIGNAL Arts, shown at Fed Square, Signal Screens, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and Bunjil Place (2020)
‘sleepy time’, video projection in ‘Ideas of Resilience’ group show, Brunswick Street Gallery (2021)
‘An Oneiric Reality’, curated group exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery (2020)
‘Welcome to Twin Peaks’, immersive music performance, Melbourne International Fringe Festival (2019)
‘Pasta Girl’, writer and director, screened at Greenscreen Festival, Yarra Youth Services, Flixa TV (2019)
‘Mate’, 12-channel projection installation, Gertrude Street Projection Festival (2019)
‘BILLY’ writer and co-director, screened at ACMI, and First-Time Filmmaker Sessions (2018)

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residencies
King Island Cultural Centre, Tasmania (June/July 2022)
Chateau d’Orquevaux, France (March 2022)
City of Yarra, Video Artist (February - August, 2021)
City of Yarra, Youth Services Artist (December 2018 - January, 2021) Artful Dodgers Studios, Artist Participant (2013-2015)

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other selected projects
Invited as young curator with SIGNAL for City of Melbourne’s Open Arcade Project (2021)
Recipient of $10,000 Moonee Valley Biannual Grant with Dale Mamo (2021)
Member of SPAWN LAB Arts Collective (2019-present)
Co-producer of Gertrude Street Projection Festival Closing Party (2019)
Casual videographer, artist, and facilitator at Little Projector Company (2019-present)

Video art mentor at SIGNAL Arts (2021)
Co-founder and Editor of Alex Zine funded by 2015 HEY Grants

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press

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written media
melbourne magazine - signal creative partnership crosses borders
the age - alex zine for LGBTQI teens launches at hares & hyenas
herald sun - artful dodgers studio magazine launch aims to inspire LGBTQI youth
the music - am reruns @ small time
australian arts review - melbourne fringe: welcome to twin peaks
the urban list - fitzroy’s gertrude street will be lit up into an immersive exhibition for five nights in july

radio
pbs fm - bianca bowman, molly braddon, and bianca (billy) raffin on the breakfast spread (31st of july 2019)
rrr fm - billy raffin on sleep talker (12 march 2020)
4zzz fm - billy cart debut single on know idea (26 october 2022)
king island community radio - meet artist in residence at the king island cultural centre billy raffin

video
neighbourhood justice centre - urban campfire artist interviews: billy raffin
on the other hand - an interview with billy raffin
centre for projection art - gertrude street projection festival 2021 highlights
arts centre melbourne - play me, i’m yours, the cypher remix