Having grown up on the family farm in the Southern Riverina, Ian has long been interested in rural and regional Australia. As a multi form artist his practice references memory, place, and the competing interests of society, politics, the environment and industry.  

He is the director of the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery and co-founder of The ACRE Project, an outreach program of the gallery that delivers a wide range of contemporary arts experiences to rural and remote communities across northwest Victoria and southern New South Wales.  

He is currently deputy chair of South West Arts NSW, a musician and singer songwriter in his spare time, and a resident of the small river town of Moulamein NSW, nestled on the banks of the Billabong Creek and Edward River.