Curriculum Vitae

Education

2004-2006

Master of Fine Arts, Art and Technology Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Bachelor of Arts, Political Philosophy, Brown University.

Selected Exhibitions

2010

Build Your Own World, SJ01 Biennial, ZER01, San Jose, California

Retro-Tech, San Jose Art Museum and ZER01, San Jose, California

The Science Fair, Flux Factory, Long Island, New York

Micaela Gallery, Scope Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

Liminality, Antenna Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

The Higher Foolishness, Inkit Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2009

Wikipedia Art Embassy, The Internet Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Winter Salon, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, California

Ephemeral Assets, Inkit Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Transmute, Subtle Technologies, Toronto, Canada

All Good Things, Mission 17, San Francisco, California

Contemporary Tools, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

re:con-figure, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California

oh Maybe…, OFF Space, Emeryville, California

2008

Eclectic Works: New Releases and Then Some, Electric Works, San Francisco, California

Innovation and Imagination, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Second Life, Videotage, Hong Kong, China

Winter Salon, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, California

The Art of the Found Object, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, Georgia

Stardusted, Ping Pong Space, Guangzhou, China

Close To You, curated by Sarah Quinton, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto

I feel that I am free but I know that I am not, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California

Open Ear in Cardiff, curated by Garrett Lynch, ATRiuM, Cardiff, Wales

Mediating Bodies, curated by Natalie Loveless, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada

Sonic Residues, SAC Art Gallery, Stony Brook University, New York, New York

Mixed Realities, curated by Jo-Anne Greene, Huret & Spector Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2007

Close to You, curated by Sarah Quinton, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Crossing the Void, Haydn Shaughnessy Gallery, Ireland (solo)

Wrath of Kong: Second Front Performance, Performa 07, New York

Tools of Culture, Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Imaginary Souvenirs, Mission 17, San Francisco, California (solo)

Chain Reaction, Art Engine, San Francisco, California

Altered States, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California

One Night Stand, San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, California

CrossMediale 2, Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Retinal Reverb, Audio Cinema, Portland, Oregon

Resurfacing, Haskett Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Zemos98, Official Selection, Sevilla, Spain

AGYU Curated Video, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada

A View With A Room, Myers Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Stranger Than Fiction, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland

2006

DigitCircula, part of DUSK by Raul Zamudio, DIVA Art Fair, Miami

Fresh, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California

Yanaguana, Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

CrossMediale 1, Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Grown Accustomed, Crawl Space, Seattle, Washington

Space, Place & Interface, LiveBox Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

Obscure Memory, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

The Man Box and Beyond, The Lab, San Francisco, California

Six Flags, Commerce Street Space, Houston, Texas

2005

Mash-Up, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

Aqua Art Sound Broadcast, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida

Manipulations, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois

Day Care Center, Galeria Noua, Bucharest, Romania

Version>05 Invincible Desire, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2004

Underfoot, START Soma Gallery {Artist and Curator}, San Francisco, California

The 2004 Fire Arts Festival, The Crucible, Oakland, California

Mediums, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, California

2003

Off the Wall, The Revolution Cafe and Art Bar {Artist and Curator}, San Francisco, California

Wide Open, Cataclysmic Studios, San Francisco, California

Back to Front, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, California

Voices in My Head, The Revolution Cafe and Art Bar, San Francisco, California

2002

Art That Moves II, CELLSpace, San Francisco, California

Art in a Browser and Other Electronic Oddities, Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco, California

Raise the Frequency: The Muse, DNA Lounge, San Francisco, California

Containment, The Shipyard, San Francisco, California

Awards/Residencies

2010

Gift Horse, ZERO1 Commission, San Jose, California

Green Prix Microgrant, San Jose, California

2009

Resident Artist, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York

Liminal Screen Residency, The Banff New Media Institute, Banff, Alberta, Canada

2008

Extending Creativity in Digital Media, Anderson Ranch Residency, Colorado

2007

Mixed Realities, Turbulence Commission

2006

The Future of Idea Art, Residency at Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada

Kala Fellowship Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California

Selected Press

2010

Robinson, W. "High Tech Biennial for San Jose." New York: Artnet (June 17)

Simon, Stephanie (Reporter). "Artists Draw Inspiration from Science in New Exhibit." New York: NY1 (Jun 11)

Goldberg, RoseLee, ed., Catherine Wood and Jay Sanders. Everywhere and All at Once: An Anthology of Writings on Performa 07. JRP Ringier

2009

"Wikipedia Art: Vandalism or Performance Art?" PBS Mediashift, Simon Owens
(May 13)

Slant, Toni. "Performance in Second Life: some possibilities for learning and teaching." Learning and Teaching in the Virtual World of Second Life. Judith Molka-Danielsen and Mats Deutschmann, eds. Tapir Academic Press, 2009. 158-160.

"Deconstructing Wikipedia." Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Apr 30)

"Wikipedia Threatens Artist for Fair Use." Hugh Pickens, slashdot.org (Apr 24)

2008

"E-Happenings, Relational Milieux & 'Second Sculpture'." Patrick Lichty, Magazine Électronique du CIAC, no 31

"Virtual Work, Real World." Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe (Apr 2)

"Scott Kildall’s Memory Projects." NY Arts (Jan-Feb)

2007

"Spark Artist Profile." KQED Television (Aug 1)

"In The Galleries." Jakki K. Spicer, The East Bay Express (Aug 15)

"Artist Profile: Public Radio Tulsa." {NPR Affiliate}, Rich Fisher (Jan 9)

"Two Installations Offer Different Look." James D. Watts Jr. (Jan 10)

2006

"Yanaguana: Polvo Est. 1996 at Unit B." Wendy Atwell, …Might Be Good, Issue 77 (Oct 6)

"Hidden Talent Sees Light of Day at Crawl Space." Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Jul 1)

"The Masculine Mystique." Sharon Mizota, SF Weekly (Apr 26)

"Every Man for Himself." Shelley Risk, SFist (Apr 14)

"All Male Revue." Bob Calaway, Art Fever (Apr 14)

2005

"Version>05 Invincible Desire." Chicago Reader (Apr 22)

"A Working-Class Do-It-Yourself World's Fair." Chris Carlsson, Processed World, Issue 2005 (Winter)

2004

"Hot Wheels." Scott Nicol, Bicycling (Aug)

Writings/Talks

2010

"Gift Horse," Artist talk, dorkbot, San Francsico, California (Jul)

“Imaginary Gifts,” Artist talk, Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER), SETI Institute, Mountain View, California (Jun)

"Gift Horse," ZSalon: Artist talk, Zero01, San Jose, California (Jun)

Artist talk, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California (Apr)

“Wikipedia Art: Citation as Performative Act,” Artist talk, Critical Point of View Conference (CPOV), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Mar)

Visiting Artist, University of California, Berkeley, California (Feb)

“Wikipedia Art: Citation as Performative Act,” Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India (Jan)

2009

“Grantmakers in the Arts Conference," Panelist, New School, New York (Oct)

“Brooklyn is Watching Podcast,” Guest contributor, several sessions, New York (2008-2009)

2008

“From Cinema to Machinima,” Panelist and performance, moderated by Christiane Paul and Lynn Hershman, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California (Apr)

“Real World Implications of Virtual Economies,” Panelist, Floating Point, Emerson College, Boston (Feb)

2007

“Digital Art Practices,” Panelist, San Francisco State University, (Dec)

“Art Practice in a Simulated World,” Panelist, SLCC, Chicago, Illinois (Aug)

“Re-Collecting,” Artist Talk, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California (May)

“Video Viewing,” Living Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Jan)

2006

“Anticipation and Electronic Media,” Artist talk, Art Institute of San Francisco (Dec)

“Second Frontier: A Virtual Geography,” Banff Centre (Oct)

“Capturing Time,” Artist talk, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Mar)

2005

“Urban Alterations,” Expo For The Artist and Musician (Summer)

"Urban Retrofitters," Polvo Magazine (Spring)

2004

"Computer-controlled Fire Art," Speaker, Dorkbots-San Francisco (Jul)

2002

"NOW: Current Events and Art Practice," Panelist, San Francisco Art Institute (Mar)

2000

"From the Streets to the Satellites," Comet Magazine (Spring)