Michelle Stewart is a Senior lecturer and academic coordinator of the Digital Arts program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She holds a master’s degree in fine arts and a PhD in fine art and animation studies. Her research interests straddle both traditional and new media art approaches. She has had solo exhibitions and taken part in group exhibitions, conferences, and symposia in South Africa and abroad. Her experimental animated film “Big Man” has been screened on international film festivals and symposia in Prague, Texas, Brussels, Amsterdam and Durban (winning the Best Animated Film Award at the Euro Kino Czech International Independent Film Festival in Prague). Her recent work, a paint-on-glass animation (“Do you Know Me”) which has a formal association with the International Committee of the Red Cross, was showcased at the Artfluence Urban projections event. She has published in local and international journals and conference proceedings within the fields of fine art, creative research, and animation.