Strange Soup - Creative Development
Creative Australia Support Material - Short Artist Bios
Park Younghee
Park Younghee is an accomplished independent artist with a multifaceted career spanning over 25 years across Korea, Australia, America, Japan, Germany, and China. As a performer, director, facilitator, educator, and theatre activist, she specializes in multidisciplinary bilingual theatre. Younghee is a pivotal member of the Australian-Korean artist collective, Company Bad, which is renowned for creating transcultural performances and community arts programs. She is committed to fostering inclusive and safe creative environments within the performing arts industry, collaborating with art activists globally. Recently, she directed a successful production of "Orlando" for the 3rd year BPA at WAAPA. Currently, she is a PhD candidate at QUT, where she also teaches, furthering her commitment to education and the arts.
Jeremy Neideck
Jeremy Neideck is a writer, theatre maker, and academic, whose work over the past fifteen years has bridged Australian and Korean cultures through performance. His creative and research outputs focus on exploration the interweaving of cultures, queer identities, and the construction of inclusive social realities. Neideck's notable works include "Jiha Underground" and "Deluge," both of which showcase his innovative approach to transcultural and bilingual storytelling. Currently, he serves as the Course Coordinator of the Bachelor of Performing Arts at WAAPA.
M’ck McKeague
M’ck McKeague is a performance maker, set and costume designer and installation artist currently living on unceded Yuggera and Turrbal land. M’ck’s work is often immersive, and experiments with fostering audience agency and nonlinear experiences of time. M’ck’s early career highlights included the set design for sell-out seasons of 지하 Underground in Brisbane and Seoul, the development and presentation of The 떡볶이 Box (The Dokboki Box) at Federation Square for Next Wave Festival 2014. Since completing the Master of Design for Performance at Victorian College of the Arts in 2018, M’ck has collaborated with Michael Zavros, The Hole Collective, Company Bad, Lenine Bourke, All the Queens Men, Polyglot Theatre, Elbow Room, and Embittered Swish. Dissatisfied with master narratives and the systems and spaces that uphold them, M’ck seeks out collaborative scenographic practices that embrace difference and disrupt privilege in process, form and content.
Matt Hsu
Matt Hsu is a multifaceted artist and academic, celebrated for his contributions to Queensland's arts scene and beyond. As a two-time Queensland Music Awards winner, Hsu's leadership of the radically inclusive Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra highlights his commitment to diversity and advocacy in the arts. His work spans community engagement, festival curation, music production, and academia, making him a notable figure in promoting inclusivity within the creative sector. Hsu's PhD research at QUT explored the intersections of music, culture, and digital media, further establishing his expertise. His roles as a community engagement coordinator and communications officer for various projects underscore his ability to merge artistic creativity with social impact, reinforcing his status as a champion for change in the arts community.
Nathan Stoneham
Nathan Stoneham is a community and cultural development artist, facilitator, and producer who has been creating contemporary, socially engaged arts processes and performances with communities across Australia and the Asia Pacific region for fifteen years. He is currently an Australian Volunteer at the Arts Council of Mongolia, and part of the arts collective Company Bad. He is a recipient of the Australia Council for the Art's Kirk Robson Award and the Brisbane City Council Lord Mayors Creative Fellowship, and is an alumnus of the Australia Council for the Arts Future Leaders Program and Next Wave’s Artistic Directorate. He holds a Bachelor of Creative Industries (drama and music), a Bachelor of Education, and a Social Work Masters. Nathan's practice explores transcultural and queer approaches to making art and friends, and brings people together to collaborate on different ways of being together.
https://www.nathanstoneham.com