CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2011-2013
MFA, Studio Art, Art and Technology Studies, Chicago, Il
Purchase College 2002-2006
BFA, Studio Art, Sculpture, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Awards & Residencies
2023 Technology & Nature at The Swimming Hole Foundation, collaborative residency curator
2022 MAAF Individual Artist Grantee, Wave Farm
2022 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant
2022 Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Selection
2021 Downtown Brooklyn + DUMBO Art Fund public installation, Anchorage | Babel in Reverse
2018 STEAMplant Residency interdisciplinary collaboration between science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM)
2017 New York State Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fellowship recipient in Digital/Electronic Arts
2017 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) individual artist grant recipient
2015 Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center New Works Residency
2013 ACRE Residency Steuben, WI
2010 Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside Residency Troy, NY
Volunteer work
2021 City Artist Corps Grants panelist for NYFA
2020-2023 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Artist Advisory Committee for Digital and Electronic Arts
Past Exhibitions
Babel in Reverse, Global Voices at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 2023
ANCHORAGE | Babel in Reverse, Anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn, NY, 2022-2023
MOTION/EMOTION: EXPLORING AFFECT FROM AUTOMATA TO ROBOTS, Barry Art Museum, Norfolk, VA, 2022
Survival Tools for the Age of Ultra Anxiety, Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery, Curated by Jeju Island Collective, Queens, NY, 2021
The Workings of Media, Organized by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center
Governor’s Island, NYC, Summer 2021
Space within Spaces
Pratt Institute, Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Atrium, 2020 - 2021
Brooklyn, NY
Governors Island Art Fair September 2017
4heads
Governors Island, New York Harbor
Infinite Resonance October-November 2016
Solo Exhibition
Chazan Family Gallery
Rhode Island College Art Center
Joseph Morris & Robin Mandel June-July 2016
Creative Arts Workshop
New Haven, CT
June 12 - July 15, 2015
Intelligent Objects: Empathetic and Smart Art 2015
Creative Arts Workshop
New Haven, CT
Making Space 2014
Gibney Dance Center
New York, NY
Drawing Light 2014
Common People
Brooklyn, NY
Joseph Morris & Ashley Morgan July-August 2014
ACRE Projects
Chicago, IL
Gambiólogos 2.0
Oi Futuro | BH June-August 2014
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
SAIC MFA Show 2013
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sullivan Galleries, 33 South State Street, 7th floor
void object() September 2012
Warehouse 508, Albuquerque, NM
Machinations: Kinetic Sculpture in the Age of Open Source September 2012
Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Plural Zone September 2012
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
LatarXpo April 2012
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SAIC Sponsored, Art & Technology Studies Showcase of Graduate Work
Unsovereign Aesthetics July 2011
Brooklyn, NY
The Mechanics of Imagination 2010
Group Show, Prescott College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ
In Proximity 2010
Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
Governors Island Art Fair 2010
New York, NY
CAC Resident Artists Exhibition 2010
Contemporary Artists Center, Troy, NY
Publications
“Good Things: Babel in Reverse”, WNYC News, Amy Pearl
“Residency: STEAMplant, Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration”, SciArt Magazine, Julia Buntaine Hoel
Ulterior Gallery Press Release Takako Tanabe
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship Press Release
Gambiologos 2.0 Exhibition Catalog
“Prizewinners Show Breathes Easy at CAW”, New Haven Independent, David Sepulveda
“Machinations: Kinetic Sculpture in the Age of Open Source”, F News Magazine, Kim Harty
“‘Intelligent Objects’ Ahead”, New Haven Register, Joe Amarante
“The BF+DA TEK-TILES Team Creates 30 Smart Textiles”, The Current Daily, Laura Forlano
Teaching experience
SUNY WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Tenure track professor of 3D Design and Sculpture. 2020 - Current
pratt institute
Embodied Surfaces, Texture, and Membranes, Developed a new course for Pratt Institute’s School of Design Interdisciplinary Department, that looks to create immersive experiences with technology in the built environment. 2018-current
3D Form and Space, Intro to three-dimensional visual relationship informed by Rowena Reed Kostellow’s Elements of Design, using software (SolidWorks and Rhino), mixed with 3D printing and CNC, sophomore Industrial Design, Pratt Institute, NY. 2017-current
TEK+TILES, Faculty Lead, collaborative research initiative connecting designers and engineers to create new high-tech knit fabrics, integrated with electronic digital wearable technology, Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator (BF+DA), NY. 2017
Graduate Independent Study Advisor, Worked with student to develop a research project in responsive kinetics, related to the body’s movement and senses. 2017
Model Making and Prototyping, Hand making and ideating using wood and metalworking tools, plastic forming, and silicon mold making, sophomore Industrial Design. 2016-2017
Responsive Objects, Designed and taught interactive, physical computing course for product design, with embedded electronics and code, senior and graduate Industrial Design. 2014-current
Light and LED Workshop, Designed and taught a crash course in electronics usage, assembly, and safety, sophomore Industrial Design. 2013-current
Wearable Technology, Co-taught with Professor Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, collaborative NASA Research Initiative in wearable technology. 2013
school of the art institute of chicago
Led Electrical Safety Workshops for teachers, staff, and gallery workers. 2012
Muscle Wire Workshop, Taught students to use shape memory alloy wire as actuators. Students left with resources and a completed project. 2012
Writing on Modern and Postmodern Art History, a supplementary writing workshop for first-year graduate students to strengthen critical writing skills. 2012
sfk international, Beijing, CH
Portfolio prep and distance learning workshops. 2015-current
Designed and taught a series of summer workshops and led portfolio review sessions for pre-college students at SFK International. 2015