Amy McNickle Lives and works on the unceded lands of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation (Melbourne VIC)
EDUCATION
2021 MFA at RMIT - Graduated with Distinction. NAVA Ignition Award Winner
2017 VIRTUAL REALITY DESIGN Course at Academy-Xi. Scholarship Recipient
2016 BFA (CONTEMPORARY MUSIC - INTERACTIVE COMPOSITION) at Victorian College of the Arts. Cassidy Bequest Scholarship recipient, 2016.
SELECTED AUDIO/COMPOSITION WORKS
2025 AUDIO DESIGNER: Deficit - The ADHD RPg., WOLFROCK Studios
2024 AUDIO DESIGNER: Planet B, Sigmond Studios
2024 AUDIO DESIGNER: Kinder World, Lumi Interactive
2023 COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER: Kinder World promotional animation, Lumi Interactive
2022 COMPOSER: Last Train to Madeline (play), original music, Melbourne
2019 CREATOR/COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER: Worldline Corporations (Interactive film), original score/sound design, production, Melbourne/Adelaide/Sydney
2018 COMPOSER: Corners (contemporary dance), original music, Singapore
2018 COMPOSER: The Lost Sound (animation), original score, screened internationally at various film festivals, including MIFF
2017 SOUND DESIGNER: Tooth (animation), original sound design and composition, Sydney
2016 SOUND DESIGNER: Prototype (game), interactive sound design, Ian Potter museum, Melbourne
2016 CO-COMPOSER: Things They Said (contemporary dance), co-composer, Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council,Ballarat
2016 SOUND DESIGNER: Resonating Spaces - An audio/visual remapping of space and sound, CBD Edinburgh,Scotland
2015 COMPOSER: Breathe, Woman! (contemporary dance), original music, funded by Regional Arts Vic, Ballarat
2015 CO-COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER: Encounters (interactive installation), interactive sound design, Microsoft Social NUI lab & VCA as part of White Night, Melbourne
SELECTED GAME DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
2024-2025 CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Planet B, Sigmond Studios
2024-2025 AUDIO DESIGNER: Deficit - The ADHD RPg., WOLFROCK Studios
2023-2024 AUDIO DESIGNER: Kinder World, Lumi Interactive
2022-2024 CHIEF OF STAFF: Kinder World, Lumi Interactive
SELECTED SOLO PROJECTS AND RESIDENCIES
2023 SEVENTH GALLERY RESIDENCY, Richmond VIC
2019 WORLDLINE CORPORATIONS TIME TRAVEL RECRUITMENT (Interactive film), LongPlay, Melbourne
2019 WORLDLINE CORPORATIONS TIME TRAVEL RECRUITMENT (Interactive film), Bas3ment Studios, Adelaide
2019 EVERYTHING IN MOTION, original album and singles artworks for Candy Moore, oil paintings on canvas
SPEAKER/CURATOR
2024 SUSTAINABLE CREATIVE PRACTICE - WELLBEING IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY, Speaker, IGDAM, Melbourne VIC (Nov 24)
2024 HOW TO BUILD THE STUDIO YOU WANT, Mentor & Speaker, SMART Program, City of Melbourne, VIC
2024 THE NEEDLE DROP MOMENT, Panel Moderator, SXSW, Sydney NSW
2024 CREATING GAMES, Panelist, PAXAus, Melbourne VIC
2024 HIGH SCORE - GAME AUDIO CONFERENCE, Co-curator, APRA AMCOS, Melbourne VIC
2024 HOW TO SPEAK DEV AND INFLUENCE DESIGNERS, Panelist, High Score Game Audio Conference, Melbourne VIC
2024 GET YOUR GAME ON, Speaker, BIGSOUND, Brisbane VIC
2024 WORKING IN SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION FOR GAMES, Panelist, Pixel Playground, City of Port Phillip, VIC
2017 ART + TECH, Speaker, Melbourne Knowledge Week, State Library, Melbourne VIC
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS/COLLABORATIONS
2023 CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS?, Group show, correspondences gallery, Brunswick VIC
2023 50x50 EXHIBITION, Brunswick Street Gallery, Brunswick VIC
2022 THERE IS SO MUCH, The Other Art Fair, Commissioned Video Art , The Meat Market, North Melbourne
2021 WORLDLINE CORPORATIONS TIME TRAVEL RECRUITMENT + GROUP SHOW, Babekuhl Gallery, Sydney
2019 CHARLIE’S ANGELS: MIND CORNERS, 17 Ackland Street, Melbourne
2019 AESTHETIC OF HUMAN RELATIONS, Site Eight RMIT, Melbourne
2016 RESONATING SPACES - An audio/visual remapping of space and sound, CBD Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
2016 PROTOTYPE, interactive sound installation, Ian Potter museum, Melbourne
2015 ENCOUNTERS, Microsoft Social NUI lab & VCA as part of White Night, Melbourne
2014 RESONATING SPACES - interactive installation, Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne
SELECTED OTHER
2024 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL GAMES WEEK COMMITTEE, sitting member for HIGH SCORE Game Audio Conference
2024 AUSTRALIAN GAME DEVELOPER AWARDS, Music Specialist, Judge
2023 AUSTRALIAN GAME DEVELOPER AWARDS, Music and Sound Design Specialist, Judge
2022 AUSTRALIAN GAME DEVELOPER AWARDS, Music Specialist, Judge
2021 AUSTRALIAN GAME DEVELOPER AWARDS, Consultant for Music and Sound Design judging criteria
2019 COMMISSIONED PAINTINGS: EVERYTHING IS IN MOTION - Candymp3., original album and singles artworks, oil paintings on canvas
2018 PERFORMANCE: MEET THE COMPOSERS, Solo piano performance at The Forum Theatre for Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
AWARDS
2024 EMERGING GAME MAKERS FUND, Planet B mobile game, Screen Australia, Recipient
2022 EXCELLENCE IN SERIOUS GAMES for Kinder World (Lumi Interactive), Australian Game Developer Awards, Winner
2021 NAVA IGNITION AWARD - RMIT MFA Graduate Award
2021 DEANS LIST - RMIT MFA Graduate
2019 BEST FILM/INTERACTIVE for Worldline Corporations, Bank SA Award, Adelaide Fringe Festival. Winner
2019 BEST EXPERIMENTAL for Worldline Corporations, Melbourne Fringe Festival. Nominated
2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, VR Design at Academi-Xi
2016 CASSIDY BEQUEST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, BFA Interactive Composition, Victorian College of the Arts/UniMelb