JOHN MONGARD: Biography

John Mongard's background includes graphic, fine arts and theatre design. He brings a fine tuned understanding of events and spaces into an active cultural planning process.

John Specialises in planning and implementing complex public space projects which highlight local culture and broad community interactions. He has orchestrated teams of designers and builders across towns throughout Australia, sometimes project managing hundreds of creative participants in his community building projects.

John has designed art-built-in and customised civic furniture and micro-architecture for many public realms throughout Australia. He has designed suites of street furniture for town centres such as Mooloolaba, Atherton and Innisfail. John has developed a number of public art and poetry trails in collaboration with other artists, most recently in Gladstone City.

John Mongard believes that art and design are integrally connected practices, and his past experience as artist, designer and project manager gives him an intimate understanding about the ways of achieving action in both private and public realm projects. John's goal is to achieve a seamless connection between contemporary art, culture and architecture in the landscape.

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