Simon Robertshaw

Founding Director

Since completing his Masters from the Royal College of Art, Simon has worked across commercial, cultural and artistic sectors. As an academic he has worked with a number of institutions. He came to prominence as a creative interactive artist exhibiting in major galleries around the world. Most notably he was shortlisted for the Imaginaria Award in 1998 and received many commissions including work from the Wellcome Trust in 1998.

His focus changed in 2000 when he was appointed Head of Research at the International Centre for Digital Content at Liverpool John Moores University, developing creative new media solutions across a number of technologies within cultural, creative and commercial sectors. He took over as Director of ICDC in 2003. In April 2007 he was appointed director of Sandbox.