Darren Fisher

Bio

As a Senior Lecturer in Comics and Concept Art at University for the Creative Arts and Adjunct Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, his role extends to sharing my skills and knowledge within the local community. This involves co-supervising PhDs across continents, sharing his love of drawing across demographics, and collaborating on a range of artistic and traditional research projects. With competencies rooted in visual storytelling and university teaching, Darren is driven to turn complex ideas into resonant visual communications. With a background in figure, conceptual, and expressive drawing, and sequential art storytelling, gives me a unique capacity to produce compelling educational content and collaborate on projects through a highly individual creative lens.

His research and creative practice focus on visual arts, specifically comics, for well-being, creativity, and self-exploration. Darren has presented research at numerous international conferences, and contributed to various media outlets, with project collaborations across workplace health and safety, disability, education, psychology and tenants’ rights. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Fisher has organised and contributed to exhibitions and independent comic anthologies, while his creative practice explores the potential of daily comic-making for self-expression. Darren believes that image-making and graphic storytelling are utilitarian and generative practices, accessible to everyone, and beneficial for positive mental health, creativity, and the facilitation of self-exploration. He is deeply committed to facilitating student creativity through teaching and mentoring, guiding future generations in the creative arts.