steve bull is an experimental artist, educator, arts-worker and commoner*. he is co-founder and chief executive artist of pvi collective. through pvi, he makes participatory artworks, interventions and experiments that start with what’s happening now and ask what else might be possible. he sees pvi as a place for possibility: a space to take artistic risks, deviate from the norm, collaborate, get things wrong, try again and see what happens.

his work moves between art, activism, technology, climate, politics and everyday life. he likes turning big, abstract or overwhelming problems into experiences that are physical, playful and accessible, giving people a chance to think, participate and try something for themselves.

originally from the uk, steve studied fine art, began working as an artist, taught time-based media and worked in a small regional arts centre before moving to australia. more than three decades here have shaped an ongoing curiosity about how everyday life works, and a search for more responsible ways to live.

• co-devises pvi artworks
• possibility tester
• progress fellow, 2026
• does a bit of everything
• knows how to get his geek on
• is going grey
• addicted to hiit
• amateur multi-instrumentalist
• chicken wrangler and bird watcher

*commoner: someone who creates the conditions for people to make, share, care and imagine together.