Hugh Davies is an artist, curator, and researcher. Working across digital media, academic scholarship, and creative practice, he explores the social, cultural, and political dimensions of art and technology. With sustained research residencies at Tokyo Art and Space (Tokyo) the East China Normal University (Shanghai) and the Hong Kong Design Trust (Hong Kong) his work in deeply influenced by art and games from across the Asia Pacific region. Davies recently created a sculptural game exhibited at the Centre for Heritage, Art and Textiles (CHAT, Hong Kong) (2021-22) and has curated a collection of games at the Hong Kong M+ Museum of Visual Culture (2021-22). 

With a history of leadership roles in media production, arts management and museum consultancy, Davies brings his extensive knowledge and experience into tertiary education contexts. In addition to extensive university lecturing internationally, he has co-authored two books: Understanding Games and Game Cultures (2021) and Exploring Minecraft, Ethnographies of Play (2020). He is currently a research fellow with a focus on Chinese Platform Studies at RMIT in Melbourne. He has been elected president of the Chinese Digital Games Research Association (CDiGRA).

历年来有着在媒体创作，艺术管理和博物馆顾问方面担任领导角色的经验，戴维斯把他的广泛的知识和经验带到高校教育里。 另外戴维斯有丰富的在国际高校受教的经验。他联名著作的书籍包含了《理解游戏和游戏文化》（2021）和《畅游‘我的世界’，游戏的民族性》（2020）。他现在担任墨尔本皇家理工学院以中文平台研究为中心的研究员。他也担选为中华电子游戏研究协会主席。