Sebastian Moody was born in Sydney, New South Wales (1979) and moved to Beechmont in the Gold Coast hinterland when he was five years old. He currently lives and works in Brisbane where he has completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Queensland University of Technology (2001) and a Master of Museum Studies at The University of Queensland (2009). Moody is also a member of the artist group The General Will.

Communication is both sanctioned and sanctified in the conceptual art of Sebastian Moody. Placed in situ and out of context, Moody’s work delivers familiar messages about who we are. Central to this, is the question of how we use information to create and share rituals of selfhood.  

Moody’s text works have appeared in swimming pools, personals ads, kitchen splashbacks, coffee, hang gliders and as shopping receipt ‘portraits’; elsewhere, his messages have manifested as idealised physical environments. Recently, Moody applied market research techniques to study focus groups and gain data to inform the creation of a brandless billboard advertisement for This is Now, his contribution to the Next Wave Festival 2008. 

Moody’s projects have appeared at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Splendour in the Grass, Next Wave Festival 2008, Linden Contemporary Art Space, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland Art Gallery, Livid Festival, Kings ARI, Museum of Brisbane, The Goodwill Bridge, The Queensland University of Technology Art Museum and Southbank Parklands