Mez Breeze

Mez Breeze
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Artist and practitioner of net.art

Mez Breeze is an Australian-based artist and practitioner of net.art,[1] working primarily with code poetry, electronic literature, mezangelle, and digital games. Born Mary-Anne Breeze, she uses a number of avatar nicknames,[2] including Mez[3] and Netwurker.[4] She received degrees in both Applied Social Science [Psychology] at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia in 1991 and Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong in Australia in 2001. In 1994, Breeze received a diploma in Fine Arts at the Illawarra Institute of Technology, Arts and Media Campus in Australia. As of May 2014, Mez is the only Interactive Writer and Artist who is a non-USA citizen to have her comprehensive career archive (called "The Mez Breeze Papers") housed at Duke University, through their David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.[5]

  1. ^ Grau, Oliver (2011). Imagery in the 21st Century. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01572-1.
  2. ^ Bosma, Josephine. "Networked Media and Internet Art – Mez". Furtherfield. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Augmentology 1[L]0[L]1". Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Livejournal". Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  5. ^ Tweet on The Mez Breeze Papers