Allan has worked with alternative energy systems in his sculpture and installation practice for almost three decades, and has exhibited extensively here and around the world. Allan is the Founding Director of the Environmental Research Institute for Art, UNSW, has curated 10 large public exhibitions, and his work features in Alex Nathanson’s recently published book, A History of Solar Power Art and Design (2021), which provides an international overview of the field. He has two permanent public commissions in Sydney: Weather Cranes (Sydney Olympic Park) and Earth v Sky (Bicentennial Park, Glebe), is a past recipient of the Helen Lempriere (then NSW) Travelling Art Scholarship, and has been awarded many grants for his artworks and curation. Allan lives and works on the lands of the Gadigal and Bidjigal peoples of the Eora Nation. See allangiddy.org