PhD in Biochemistry/Genetics | MFA | Biomedical Researcher | Art-Science Practitioner | 15 Years Postgraduate Education
Craig Hilton holds two credentials that rarely appear on the same CV: a PhD in Biochemistry and Genetics, and a Master of Fine Arts. He didn't choose between them. He built a career in the territory they share.
His biomedical research background spans cell growth, cancer biology, and immunology at high-profile research institutions. His art practice emerged not as a departure from that work but as an extension of it, a way of exploring the same questions about form, system, and emergence through different tools. The result is a practice that crosses disciplines in ways that are structural rather than decorative.
Fifteen years in postgraduate work-based education have given him a rare skill: the ability to help people think across the boundaries their training has drawn around them. At academyEX, that is exactly what the Master of Technological Futures asks people to do.