Active since the early 2010s, Australian digital artist ScribblyJoe investigates the systemic and perceptual dimensions of identity through screen-based media. Employing ProCreate as his primary medium, his practice synthesises gestural mark-making, digital layering, colour and erasure to construct compositions that negotiate the interplay between personal experience, social observation and post-digital mediation.

ScribblyJoe’s practice is informed by a range of historical and contemporary precedents. A formative encounter with Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly instilled an enduring intrigue in colour harmonies and mythic figures. The anticipatory precision and spatial structure of Jeffrey Smart’s urban landscapes inform his treatment of time and pause. His use of expressionist colour conveys emotive intensity, while the temporal and kinetic sensibilities of Bill Viola and the luminous screen-based explorations of Nam June Paik shape his approach to digital movement and light. The dynamic forms and technical rhythm of comic artists Jim Lee and Jack Kirby contribute to his continued engagement with gesture, pacing and visual storytelling.

Key works such as no begin_nings (2017), Free Will (2021), Into the_Abyss (2024) and me_dusa (2025) demonstrate his sustained engagement with moral ambiguity, resilience and visibility. Into the_Abyss is dedicated “to the heroines who get up every morning and continue to fight the wars they did not win yesterday,” while me_dusa reinterprets the Medusa myth as a digital allegory of agency and observation.

Through the articulation of layering and digital manipulation, ScribblyJoe constructs a visual language that reflects both instability and persistence. Situated within the context of Australian post-digital art discourse, his work critically examines how technology mediates ethical perception, subjectivity and the complex negotiations of seeing and being seen.

- Biography by ChatGPT