I’m a researcher here:
CRUMB, Sunderland UK
You may have seen my work here:
New Britain Museum of American Art
Harvestworks Digital Media Center
I’ve written and spoken about:
Performativity and Code, ISEA 2013, Sydney
Code as Craft, CAA 2012, Los Angeles
Colonial Vegetables and Blue Boar, Re:Wire 2011, Liverpool
I was a fellow here:
The Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts
Some things I’ve taught:
Electronic Art
Ball State University
Time Based Media, Video Art and Programming for Artists
University of Florida
I've worked here:
The Juilliard School, New York
Center Stage, Baltimore
You can contact me:
You can click to see my CV - >
EXHIBITIONS
2013 Attaya Projects showcase with Lalya Gaye | B&D Studios | Northern Design Festival| Newcastle UK
2013 Witch Pricker in Dear Angel | curated by Suzy O'Hara | Globe Gallery | Newcastle UK
2013 Build-A-Boat | New Bridge Project PH Space | Newcastle UK
2012 Mealtime Toasts from China | or-bits.com 128kbps objects | curated by Marialaura Ghidini | NCL UK
2012 From Lausanne to Beijing 7th International Fiber Art Biennale | Nanching China
2012 Vacant Quarters | Witness Material | with Steina Vasulka, Elisabeth Tolson curated by Nick Garofoli | Cuchifritos Gallery NYC
2012 Feijiacun Shangrila Open Studio Exhibition | curated by Filipa Reis | Beijing China
2011 Blue Boar | New Britain Museum of American Art New Media Space | New Britain CT
2011 Conversation Pieces | Purdue University | curated by Shannon McMullen | Purdue IN
2011 Fine Art Faculty Biennial | Ball State University | Muncie IN
2011 End-to-End | Harvestworks Digital Media Center | curated by Moyi Zhang | NY NY
2011 Monkey Thunder BOOM | Muncie Civic Theatre, Gordy Fine Arts | Muncie IN
2011 Peepshow: It’s Complicated | Squeaky Wheel the Ukrainian Cultural Center | Buffalo
2010 Beyond/In Alternating Currents | Albright Knox Art Gallery | curated by Holly Hughes | Buffalo NY
2010 From Lausanne to Beijing 6th International Fiber Art Biennale | Beijing China
2010 Home Sweet Home | solo exhibition | Olean NY
2010 MOCA JAX | Artist Studio Tour | Jacksonville FL
2009 Momento Mori | WARPhaus Gallery | Gainesville FL
2009 The Midway | Two-Person Exhibition with Alicia Eggert | Hornell NY
2009 The Southern Tier Biennial | Olean NY
2009 Peepshow | Squeaky Wheel at the Ukrainian Cultural Center | Buffalo NY
2008 Various Explorers | #354 workspace.showspace | solo exhibition | Rochester NY
2008 BORDEREDROB | exchange with CAFA Media Lab | Beijing China
2008 Dagaocun Art District 2008 International Artist Exhibition | Beijing China
2008 Imagine and Red Gate Studios Open Studio Exhibition | Beijing China
2008 The Sustainable Circus | Gallery MC | NY NY
2007 Parabola | Turner Gallery | Alfred NY
2007 Lincoln Center Family Art Show | Cork Gallery at Avery Hall | NY NY
2006 Project One | CenterStage | Baltimore MD
2006 Out of Order | Maryland Art Place | Baltimore, MD
2005 Watcher | Gallery 815 | Baltimore MD
2004 Dead End | 3rd Floor South | Baltimore MD
LIVE VIDEO | PERFORMANCE | SCREENINGS | FESTIVALS
2013 Into Practice Book Sprint | at Banner Repeater | London UK
2013 Datarama: Ventriloquisms for Fun and Profit | Performance | curated by Isabella Streffen | Pixel Palace | NCL UK
2013 Hot Cabinet: Guilty Pleasure, The Quest for Extraterrestrials | curated by Tiffany Joy Butler |Video Screening | Brooklyn NY
2011 Metabellum III: Performed at Triskelion Arts Dance Festival | Brooklyn NY
2011 Metabellum II: Performed at Rapture:Rupture Artists and Models | Buffalo NY
2011 Metabellum: Collaborative Performance with Dance and Electronic Art | Ball State Univ. | Muncie IN
2010 In Our Days of Burning | live video | choreographer Miriam Wolf | Dixon Place | NY NY
2009 The Summit | 5 Points Theatre | Jacksonville FL
2009 Artist Television Access | solo screening | San Francisco CA
2009 Hallwalls | solo screening and monitor installation | curated by Carolyn Tenant | Buffalo NY
2009 Screens From the Centrally Isolated | Squeaky Wheel | Buffalo NY
2008 Burchfield-Penney Grand Opening Video Screening | curated by Jan Nagle | Buffalo NY
2008 Loop Video Art Festival | Catalonia Rambla Hotel | Barcelona Spain
2008 555: A Pre-Enactment of the Apocalypse | Turner Gallery | Alfred NY
2007 Loop Sanctuary IV: Dreaming a New Reel | The Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer | Troy NY
2004 Pyrokinetic | 3rd Floor South Gallery | Baltimore MD
2003 Fluxus Readings with Alison Knowles | MICA | Baltimore MD
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2008 Imagine Gallery Residency | Feijiacun District | Beijing China
FELLOWSHIP
2010-2012 Faculty Fellow | Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts | Ball State University
ARTIST TALKS and PRESENTATIONS
September 2013 | Into Practice Sharing Session | ISIS Arts | Newcastle UK
February 2013 | Talk on Makerspaces in China | Makerspace | Newcastle UK
November 2012 | Artist Presentation | Guangzhou Polytechnic University | Guangzhou China
October 2012 | Artist Presentation | Xinchejian Makerspace | Shanghai China
September 2012 | Project Presentation | Barcamp | Shanghai China
March 2012 | Artist Presentation | AHRC Block Grant Training | The Baltic Newcastle UK
PANEL
2013 Learning from the CRUMB Method | Paper presentation | ISEA2013 Conference | Sydney Australia
2012 Code as Craft | New Media Caucus Panel | CAA Conference | LA CA
2011 Paper Presentation: The Colonial Vegetables Sewn Sampler and Blue Boar:
Remapping Histories Through New Media | Re:Wire Digital Media Conference | Liverpool UK
2011 Invited Respondent | CRUMB New Media Discussion List
2011 New Media Caucus Showcase | CAA Conference | NY NY
2010 Hypotechnology: Artists Remix the Anachronistic with the Present | CAA Conference | Chicago IL
2010 Panel Moderator | Futures of Digital Studies Conference | Gainesville FL
PRESS
NBMAA Blog | "Media History Through the Eyes of a Blue Boar" | November 2011
The Hartford Courant | "'Blue Boar' Exhibit Inspired By Witchraft Trials" | October 2011
NBMAA Blog | "Relational Aesthetics: The Art of Sociability" | June 2011
The Buffalo News | "Albright Knox offers Largest, Most Diverse Exhibition" | Jan 2011
First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross | WJCT Public Radio Interview on The Summit | Dec 2010
New York Theatre.com | Review | The Only Friends We Have | Aug 2009
Buffalo Rising | An Evening of Shorts at Hallwalls | Mar 2009
The Artery Magazine | Interview | Mar 2009
The Buffalo News | Squeaky Wheel’s Annual Party is Worth a Peek | Interview | Feb 2009
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Teaching Code through Collaborative Interdisciplinary Performance" | Media-N Journal | 2012
Conversation Pieces | Curated by Shannon McMullen | 2011
Metabellum | Self-published Book | 2011
Beyond/In Western NY 2010: Alternating Currents | Text by Holly Hughes
From Lausanne to Beijing: 6th International Fiber Art Biennale Catalogue | China Arcitecture and Building Press | 2010
The Light In The Background is the Sun | Self-published Book | 2009
Madame Blueberry's Vidioptiscope Raree Peepshow | Self-published Book| 2009
Process is Concept | Alfred University | 2009
EDUCATION
CRUMB | Sunderland UK | Researcher | current
Alfred University New York State College of Ceramics | Alfred NY | 2009
Master of Fine Arts in Electronic Integrated Arts
Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore MD | 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts in General Fine Art | Magna Cum Laude
Burren College of Art | Ballyvaughan Ireland | 2001
Semester of Study
CURATORIAL
2010 Was Here | Hudson Beach Glass Gallery | video loop | Phila. PA, Beacon NY
2009 Fixation | video loop | Central Academy of Fine Arts Media Lab | Beijing China
2009 Loop Video Art Festival | Alfred Student Video Series | Barcelona Spain
AWARDS and FUNDING
2013 ACE Award | for presentation at ISEA2013 Sydney
2011 Creative Arts Grant | Ball State University
2011 Curricular Activities Grant | Ball State University
2009 Cite International Des Arts Paris | Cite Fellowship Winner
2009 Best in Show | The Southern Tier Biennial
2009 SUNY Thayer Fellowship for the Arts | Film and Video Category Finalist
1999-2003 Neinken Foundation Grant
TEACHING
Video Live! | Ball State University | Assistant Professor | 2011
Collaborative Electronic Performance with Max/Msp/Jitter | Ball State University | Assistant Prof. | 2011
Visual Communications Technologies I & II | Ball State | Assist. Prof | 2010-12
Computer Art | Ball State | Assist. Prof | 2010-12
Video Art | Univ. of Florida | Digital Media Arts | Adjunct Assist. Prof | 2010
Programming for Artists | Univ. of Florida | Digital Media Arts | Co-Instructor with Lu Cao | 2010
Digital Arts | Jacksonville University | College of Fine Arts | Adjunct Assist. Prof | 2010
Time Based Media | Univ. of Florida | Digital Media Arts | Adjunct Assist. Prof | 2009-10
Junior Graphic Design | NYSCC at Alfred University | Teaching Assistant | 2009
Junior Video | NYSCC at Alfred University | Teaching Assistant | 2008
Network Practices and Interactivity | NYSCC at Alfred | Teaching Assistant | 2008
Dreamweaver Workshop | NYSCC at Alfred University | Instructor | 2008
Arduino Interactivity Workshop | NYSCC at Alfred University | Instructor | 2008
Juilliard Senior Dance | The Juilliard School | NY NY | Mentor Scenic Designer | 2007
SCENIC DESIGN and PRODUCTION
2008 Under the Table Theatre | Scenic Designer | The Only Friends We Have | tour: Soundance, Brooklyn, NY
Berkshire Fringe Festival, Stockbridge MA, Filuren, Arhus, Denmark...
2007 The Combustibles | Burnt Umber | Scenic Designer | The New York Clown Festival | Brooklyn NY
2007 The Juilliard School Dance Division | Scenic Designer | Senior Dance Choreographers 2007 | NY NY
2006-2007 | The Juilliard School | NY NY | Properties Stock Manager/Artisan
2004-2006 | Center Stage | Baltimore MD | Properties Artisan
2003 | Glimmerglass Opera | Cooperstown NY | Costume Crafts
COMMUNITY ARTS
Community Arts Partnership Mentor | Baltimore MD | 1999-2003
The Great Halloween Lantern Parade | Molly Ross Artist Assistant | Baltimore MD | 2003
CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Attaya Projects Physical Computing Workshop | Northern Design Festival | Newcastle UK | October 2013
Design Fiction Workshops with ISIS Arts and Gabriella Arrigoni | The Big M | Newcastle UK | Sept 2013
Immersion Art and Technology Workshops | Shanghai Biennial | with Graham Harwood and Eric Lee, Jeffrey Shaw, Ulf Langheinrich, Joseph Nechvatal, Linda Lai, Roy Ascott | Oct 3-16 2012
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center | NY NY | Audio for Visual Artists | Nov 2010
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center | NY NY | Advanced MAX/MSP in Performance | Nov 2009
Seeing and Hearing Data in MAX/MSP/Jitter | Nov 2009
Circuit Bending Workshop | BENT Festival | Eyebeam Gallery | NY NY | 2006
Introduction to Microcontrollers | Eyebeam Gallery | Brooklyn | 2006
someAFFILIATIONS
Member of Into Practice | a UK-based collective of artists, curators and researchers that exists to provide knowledge that facilitates practice
New Media Caucus | Board member | former chair and current member of Communications Committee
Makerspace Newcastle | Member | current
Xinchejian Hackerspace Shanghai | Member | 2012