CV
Education
- 2018 MFA in Sound/Music, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College.
- 2014 BFA in Design & Technology, Parsons The New School for Design, with honors.
Long Term Collaborative Projects
- 2011-2015 Trade School Everywhere. Self organized education network and online platform.
- 2010-2014 Fantastic Futures. Online platform, performances, and public programming.
Exhibitions
- 2023 Art+Code Showcase, Dunkunsthalle, New York, NY.
- 2022 Branding Conflict, Space 204 Gallery, Nashville, TN.
- 2019 The Body Responds By Lying Down, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2018 What We Make, with Huong Ngo, Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH.
- Collaborative Collissions, with Qais Assali, CC's Art Garage & Gallery, Chicago, IL.
- 2017 Intimate Zoo, Bard MFA Thesis Show, Red Hook, NY.
- 2015 Recess Analog, Recess, New York, NY.
- RESPOND, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2014 Media Futures, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL.
- The Shortest Distance, Syndicat Potential, Strasbourg, France.
- NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY.
- Making/Meaning, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, New York, NY.
- Earlids, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York, NY.
- 2013 Dissident Futures, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
- Exchange Cafe, curated by Caroline Woolard, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
- The Silent Period, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2012 Interactive Space, in collaboration with Trade School. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
- Art, Environment, Action!, in collaboration with Trade School. Sheila C. Johnson Design Center.
- Studio Final Exhibition, in collaboration with Huong Ngo, 161 Bowery, New York, NY.
- March 2012 Project, Site Sante Fe, Sante Fe, NM.
Selected Performances
- 2023 When a Reference to a Name is Lost, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2015 Ongoing Listenings, South Oxford Space, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2014 Refest: Art+Tech, Culturehub, New York, NY.
- Heart, Song, Voice: Three Meetings Performances, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY.
- Through Body, Through Earth, Through Speech, Queens Museum, Queens, NY.
- 2013 Through Body, Through Earth, Through Speech, Eyebeam, New York, NY.
- 2011 The Future is Fantastic (If You Want It), The New Museum, New York, NY.
Presentations, workshops
- 2023 DEMO DAY 2023, organized by NEW INC at New Museum, New York, NY.
- 2022 Technologies of Friendship and Solidarity, Conference on the Creative Economy, organized by WESTAF. Panelist.
- 2018 Panel on identity, Nova Frontier Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY.
- The Nakba of His Inauguration, The Overlook Place, Chicago, IL.
- 2017 Eyebeam Stop Work, Brooklyn, NY.
- 2014 Fantastic Futures, The 2nd Annual International Conference on Deep Listening, Troy, NY.
- Arts Education 2.0: Exploring Alternative Education Models, at ArtsTech, New York, NY.
- Open Engagement, organized by the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics, New York, NY.
- 2013 Meet the Organizers: A Conversation with Cofounders of Barter Network OurGoods.org and Organizers of Barter School TradeSchool.coop, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
- Brown Bag Session, Organized by College Art Association, New York, NY.
- 2012 Disrupting Higher Ed: Barter and Mentor Based Education, Maker Faire, New York, NY.
- Trade School, TEDxYouth, Organized by Brooklyn Free School, Brooklyn, NY.
Residencies, Incubators
- 2023 C/Change R&D Lab
- Pioneer Works Technology Residency
- 2022 NEW INC Incubator Member
- 2019 NARS International Artist Residency Program
- 2018 Project Third, with BFAMFAPHD
- 2017 Eyebeam Project Residency, with Caroline Woolard
- 2013 iLAND iLAB residency, with Fantastic Futures.
Fellowships, Awards
- 2023 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Finalist (Jerome Foundation)
- 2016 Prix Ars Electronica Digital Communities Honorary Mention
- 2014 Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice
- 2013 Culture Push Fellowship for Utopian Practice, with Fantastic Futures.
Grants
- 2015 Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Fund
- 2011 Rhizome commission, with Fantastic Futures.
Publications
- Defining “We” 2017: The Study Center for Group Work, The Brooklyn Rail
- A Field Guide to iLANDing: Score for Researching Urban Ecologies, iLAND
- Tracing the Horizon: iLANDing as Radical Archive Practice and Pedagogy, Radical Teacher
- Artists Across The Internet Imagine The Speech They Wish The Israeli Prime Minister Would Give, Hyperallergic
- After a Call for Change, Artists Respond, Hyperallergic
- With 'Respond,' The Anti-Police-Brutality Movement Reaches The Gallery, Bedford + Bowery
- NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial Gets Crazy About Craft, Design Calendar
- NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Wanted Design
- Collaboration VS Participation, Parsons Curators
- What We Want is Free: Critical Exchanges in Recent Art, Edited by Ted Purves and Shane Aslan Selzer
- Things Done With Words, Idiom
Teaching
- 2020 - Present Part Time Faculty, Design and Technology MFA, teaching Thesis Studio 2 at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY.
- 2020 - Present Part Time Faculty, Design and Technology BFA, teaching Thesis 2, Core Systems Lab at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY.
- 2017 - 2022 Part Time Faculty, Communication Design BFA, teaching Creative Computing, Core Studio Interaction, at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY.
- 2017 - 2019 Part Time Faculty, First Year Program, Integrated Studio 1: Avatar and Integrative Studio 2: Systems & Strategies, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY.
- 2013 Teacher Assistant, Projects in Multi-Sensorial Spaces, taught by Ernesto Klar at The School for Public Engagement, The New School.
Visiting Teacher
- 2019 Co developed the course Tools: Anvils to Androids with Shannon Mattern and taught ten workshops as part of the Code As Liberal Arts program at Lang, The New School, New York, NY.
- Visual Music Studio, Parsons, The New School, New York, NY.
- 2018 Thesis 1, Design & Technology BFA, The New School, New York, NY.
- Digital Social Practice, ITP MFA, NYU, New York, NY.
- 2016 Integrated Studio 5 & 6 BFA, The New School, New York, NY.
- Collaboration, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
- 2015 Time: Studio, The New School, New York, NY.
- 2014 Internal Contradictions and Support Systems of Artist-Organized Learning Spaces, seminar at CUNY Grad Center, New York, NY.
Curriculum Development & Service
- 2022 Communication Design BFA Core Interaction course coordinator, Parsons, The New School, NY.
- 2020-2023 Design and Technology BFA sophomore and junior core curriculum, Parsons, The New School, NY.
Professional Experience
- 2023 Research Engineer, art.coop
- 2022 Research Engineer, The Metagovernance Project, Inc.
- 2016 - 2022 Senior Platform Engineer, B-Live LLC, New York, NY.
- 2015 - 2016 Senior Software Engineer, Actions Without Borders, New York, NY.
- 2010 - 2015 Consultant, B-Live LLC, New York, NY
- 2008 - 2016 Freelance Web Developer.
- 2014 - 2016 Freelance Sound Designer for art installation and theater productions.
Technical Skills
- Code Javascript, Node, Python, C#, PHP, Relational & Graph Databases, Processing, HTML, CSS
- Frameworks Svelte, React, Redux, Django, OpenFramework, Unity, Twilio
- Systems AWS, Heroku, Git, SVN, VoIP
- Electronics Arduino, Rasperry PI, analog audio circuits, robotics, soft circuits
- Fabrication Woodworking, lasercutting, screen printing, mold making, casting
- Audio Protools, Cubase, Max/MSP, studio recording, interactive installations
- Video Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, color correction and grading
- Design Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma