The COFA Annual 2013

Lachlan Herd (b. 1992) is an emerging performance and installation artist currently based in Sydney, Australia. Herd’s work predominantly explores the various anxieties and frustrations surrounding the competitive ideals of masculinity and the perceived castration of the homosexual male. His installation pieces work within the fundamental structures of installation art. presenting affective thought processes and psychological relations to space.
Herd has recently undertaken a variety of artistic endeavours such as curating exhibitions, coordinating community events, exhibiting at Underbelly Arts festival and practice based research in a variety of cultural and environmental settings.

• 2013 - Kudos Award - Finalist
• 2013 - AsiaBound Short Term Mobility Grant
• 2013 - Arc@Cofa Quick Response Grant
• 2013 - Arc@Cofa Art and Design Grant
• 2012 - Kudos Award - Finalist
• 2012 - Arc@Cofa Quick Response Grant

• Curatorial Skills
  Co curated 'After the Mayans' with Kieran Bryant at Kudos Gallery as part of ArtMonth 2013
• Liaising
  Working with various organisations when presenting at festivals. Working with police and council when running public events.
• Management
  Running public events such as the Colour Parade. Organising student events such as the Art School Bash and Cofa Annual Afterparty.