Ari Chand

Research Interests

Animation, video games and computer generated imagery services Cultural and creative industries Design history, theory and criticism Visual arts Visual communication design (incl. graphic design) Visual Cultures

Teaching Strengths

Illustration Practice
Drawing
Design History and Theory
Digital Literacy
Conceptual Thinking

Dr Ari Chand

Lecturer, Illustration and Animation

School of Art and Design

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Dr Ari Chand is a Illustrator/Visual Designer, Design Researcher and Lecturer in Illustration/Animation at the University of South Australia (UniSA Creative), Adelaide, South Australia.
His expertise encompasses Illustration and Design (Visual Communication Design), Art Education and Creative Industries. With a focus on visual communication and illustration and how the two can help transform and communicate across biodiversity and science, education, histories and heritage, social work and health. His research evaluates sociological frameworks for design and illustration practice. His illustration practice comprises both traditional and digital techniques.
In 2019 his work was selected as a finalist in the #21 Dobell Drawing Prize (National Art School). In 2022 he was awarded an Emerging Scholar Award at the 16th Conference on Design Practices and Principles. 
Ari's qualifications inlude a PhD (Design), Bachelor of Natural History Illustration (Hons Class1), and Bachelor of Fine Art/Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) from the University of Newcastle, and Certificate in Screen and Media: Animation, Qantm College (SAE).

Project:

  • Howells, A, Killen, C, Chand, A, McGrath, J. Activating Artifacts: Reviving, reintroducing and recontextualising the illustrated work of Margaret Senior
  • Calvert, J & Chand, A. AI and Animation Production.

Associate Editor, Journal of Illustration (Intellect) and Board Member of International Illustration Research Network

Education Comittee Member Illustrators Australia

Date Position Institution name
2025 - 2018 Casual Academic in Art Education University of Newcastle Australia
2022 - 2023 Lecturer in Visual Communication Design University of Newcastle Australia
2018 - 2022 Lecturer in Visual Communication Design University of Newcastle Australia
2017 - 2017 Research Officer University of Newcastle Australia
2015 - 2018 Casual Academic in Visual Communication Design University of Newcastle Australia

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2013 - 2018 University of Newcastle Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy (Design)
2012 - 2012 University of Newcastle Australia Australia Bachelor of Natural History Illustration (Honours)
2008 - 2011 University of Newcastle Australia Australia Bachelor of Fine Art/Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary)

Date Title Institution name Country
2025 Fellow Advance HE United Kingdom
2012 Screen and Media: Animation NAME Australia

Year Citation
2025 Chand, A. (2025). Illustrated and Written by…, curated by Ari Chand, Andrew Howells and Luke O'Donnell, International Association of Illustration Academics (IAIA). International Journal of Education Through Art, 21(2), 333-340.
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2024 Chand, A. (2024). Illustration and heritage, Rachel Emily Taylor (2024). Journal of Illustration, 11(1), 207-214.
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2023 Kerrigan, S., Grushka, K., Chand, A., Street, K., Shadbolt, J., & Lawry, M. (2023). Creative industries careers: shifting aspirations and pathways from high school to university-a NSW case study. Australian Educational Researcher, 50(5), 1663-1681.
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2023 Arnold, E., & Chand, A. (2023). Visual accessibility: a case study integrating dyslexia in the development of a children's book. Design Principles and Practices, 16(1), 121-129.
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2022 Grushka, K., Lawry, M., Chand, A., & Devine, A. (2022). Visual borderlands: visuality, performance, fluidity and art-science learning. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54(4), 404-421.
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2020 Grushka, K., Lawry, M., Chand, A., & Kerrigan, S. (2020). Creative industries: Teacher perceptions of higher education study and job futures in regional and remote Australia. Australian Art Education, 41(1), 29-52.
2018 Grushka, K., Clement, N., Chand, A., Lawry, M., & Devine, A. (2018). Boundary objects in the visual art-science learning space. Australian Art Education, 39(1), 69-90.
2016 Chand, A. (2016). Breathing life into a character: conceptual tools for understanding the relationship between illustrator and character design. The International Journal of Arts Theory and History, 11(2), 1-11.
DOI

  • AI and Animation Production: Intersections of Generative AI and Human Authorship - Run Koala Run, ASIFA Hollywood - Animation Educators Forum Faculty Grant, 01/07/2025 - 30/06/2026

Courses I teach

  • GRAP 1029 Illustration Animation Studio 1 (2025)
  • GRAP 2009 Illustration Animation Studio 2 (2025)
  • GRAP 2010 Illustration Animation Studio 3 (2025)
  • GRAP 3017 Illustration Animation Studio 4 (2025)
  • GRAP 2009 Illustration Animation Studio 2 (2024)
  • GRAP 2010 Illustration Animation Studio 3 (2024)
  • GRAP 3017 Illustration Animation Studio 4 (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • DBIA - Bachelor of Design (Illustration and Animation)
  • DHAD - Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Anh Do
2023 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Maria Ppiros

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2025 - ongoing Board Member Illustrators Australia Illustrators Australia Australia
2024 - ongoing Board Member Illustration Research Network Illustration Research Network United Kingdom

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2024 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of Illustration Journal of Illustration United Kingdom

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