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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Nov 6, 1 3, 20th, Columbus Ohio, 2023
Artists residency and workshop in the Glass area of the Department of Art. Glass production of the Symbiogenesis a grant funded installation and workshop, on the intersections of glass art, and robotic control. How to use and program an Arduino with glass art, in collaboration with David King
THE BENTON MUSEUM OF ART Los Angelas, CA, Nov 15-17, 2023
Presentation of my bio artworks; From Visible Lenses to Algorithmic Lenses: Biotechnology Meets Contemporary Art discussions of bio art, CRISPR CAS9, invited by Dr Claire Nettleton.
POMONA COLLEGE Los Angelas, CA, Nov 15-17, 2023
Workshop: Create your inner microbial self-portrait with Agar, invited by Dr Claire Nettleton.
ACM SIGRAPH Dec, 1 2023
Lightening talk for Siggraph on my bio-robotics arts practice, invited and moderated by Hyun Ju Kim and Bonnie Mitchell
KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Columbus, Ohio, Feb 14, 2024
Arduino microcontrollers and electronics workshop. Invited by Jake Boswell.
ITMO UNIVERSITY St Peterburg, Russia, Feb 26, 2024
Presentation of my bio and robotic artworks invited by curators/artists Olga Vlad & Laura Rodriguez
THE WRONG BIENNALE Alicante, Spain Sept -Nov 1-March, 2024
Showing Scatter Surge Holobiome online exhibition, curated and invited by Lino Mercerino
NODO GALLERY & NOX GALLERY JAPAN San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico June – April 2024
Futuros Impermanentes exhibits Tepoztlán AI DNA series for the Exhibition curator Axel Cuevas Santamaria
TTT LABS BIOFERAL.BEACHCAMP Corfu, Greece, April 10-17, 2024
Ionian University and the European Union exhibit new AI works, surrounding reproductive technologies. Xenotransplantation and chemical mutagenesis, and a workshop on using AI for design of the new bioferal artworks. Curated and invited by Dalila Honorato and Adam Zaretsky.
THE BIOSCIENCES GREENHOUSE Columbus, Ohio, April 22, 2024 In a Hotter House exhibition Premiere of Detrovorous: The Colors of Morphogenesis and select environmental works from the SIGN Series. Invited by Doo Sung Yoo and Amy Youngs.
GREAT PLAINS NATURE CENTER Wichita, Kansas, April 26, 20124
Earthday showing of the Opera for Dying Insects and Scatter Surge video works. Invited by curator Tatiana Larsen.
THE TELURIDE INSTITUTE Telluride Colorado, July 26-Aug 2, 2024
The Nature of Information: Exploring the nature of difference that makes a difference. Presentation of my bio robotic artworks invited by Richard Lowenberg
THE LIVING ART ECO LAB, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio, Fall TBD, 2024
Leading a workshop on developing custom microbial fuel cells, to generate electricity and art.
EMERGE: PROTOTYPING THE FUTURE Columbus, Ohio TBA 2024
SIGNS is an invitational exhibition of international artists working on the signs we are not seeing. Curated by Ken Rinaldo
WAYNE & GERALDINE KUHN GALLERY Marion, Ohio, Sept, 2024
Speculative Eco Futures presents the exhibition of current and past faculty/grads of OSU, Cultures of Repair for a Transformative Earth a multi-venue exhibition curated by Ken Rinaldo
Solo & Two-Person Exhibition/Performances/Residencies/Workshops
ANTONIO PRATES GALLERY Lisbon, Portugal, June 23-Sept 28, 2022
A solo worldwide premiere of the exhibition Synthetic Evolution works using artificial intelligence software to evolve original drawings inspired by the intertwining of human and machine interactions. Invited by Antonio Prates in collaboration with Centro Portuguese de Serigraphia and Joao Prates.
MCDONOUGH MUSEUM OF ART Youngstown, Ohio Jan 25-March 7, 2020
Scatter Surge exhibition presents the installation, I Pluripotent, a worldwide premiere surrounding microbiome portraits, origins of life, and the Seed Series, invited by director Claudia Berlinski
ART LABORATORY BERLIN Berlin, Germany Jan 26-March 1, 2020
Borderless Bacteria / Colonialist Cash, curated by directors Regine Rapp and Christian De Lutz
TAIWAN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE LAB Taipei, Taiwan, Nov 9 2018-Jan, 27, 2018
Re-Base: When Experiments Become Attitude worldwide premiere of the Continuous War Train invited and commissioned by curator Jun-Jieh Wang
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, PENNY M STAMPS SCHOOL OF ARTS Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2018
Digital Fabrication workshop with Amy Youngs. Invited by Dean Guna Nadharajin, Professor Irina Aristachova, and Sophia Brueckner.
IMRC: INNOVATION MEDIA RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER Orono, Maine, November 2017
Commission to create Machine Garden for the permanent collection in collaboration with Amy Youngs, invited by Director Gene Felice
A-LIFE 2016, Cancun, Mexico, Spring/summer 2016
Commission of new work Abiopoiesis Microbiome for the A-Life Conference and exhibition invited by curator Iliana Mendoza Villafuerte and Tom Froese.
AALBORG UNIVERSITY, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 14-18, 2016
Production of the Anthropogenic Stalactites curated by Morten Søndergaard and supported by Aalborg University.
CENTRO PORTUGUÊS DE SERIGRAFIA Lisbon, Portugal 2015
World Wide Premiere Portuguese Murmurations for a new series for the 30th anniversary of the CPS. Invited by Joao Prates.
LUMOS GALLERY Columbus, Ohio, 2014
Solo Exhibition of the Seed Series Prints, Augmented Fish Reality, and the Paparazzi Bots. Invited by Kayla Malone & Nick Davis
KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Columbus, Ohio, 2013-2104
World Wide Premiere of Cascading Gardens as part of an exhibition on Sustainability invited by Kay Bea Jones
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2013-2014
Commission to create a new Cascading Gardens for the Chelpipe Corporation in the City of Pervouralsk, Russia. Invited by Alisa Prudnikova of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts Russia.
GALERIA ANTONIO PRATES Lisbon Portugal, 2013-2014
A one-person exhibition of Seed Series archival prints for series based on the wisdom of seeds and strategies of seed propagation. The new cascading garden was produced during the same exhibition invited by Antonio Prates.
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM Salem, MA, 2013
A one-person exhibition of Seed Series and Cricket sculptures by Ken Rinaldo in an exhibition invited by Amy Youngs in her Museum of Insects.
VIDA TELEPHONICA Madrid Spain, April 2012
RETROSPECTIVE OF 13 YEARS Autopoiesis as part of the VIDA winners retrospective invited by Karin Oehlenschläger.
NUIT BLANCHE Toronto, Canada, Oct 2011
The premiere of commissioned Fusiform Polyphony: (Face Music) at Yonge Dundas Square and 2 Paparazzi Bots in the Eaton Centre. Invited by curator Shirley Madill
LA MAISON d’AILLEURS, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE FICTION Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland, Sept-Mar 2010-11
Retrospective of Ken Rinaldo’s works, including the premiere of Enteric Consciousness and the Pheromone Robot Stories animation; commissions, Autopoiesis, Autotelematic Spider Bots, Paparazzi Bots, Augmented Fish Reality, Machinic Diatoms & Our Daily Dread, invited and commissioned by Director Patrick Gyger.
COSI Columbus, Ohio, Nov 2008
The premiere of Exquisite Bodies, a collaboration with Amy Youngs commissioned and invited by Artistic Director Sarah Rogers.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES West Lafayette, Indiana. Mar 3 –Apr. 20, 2008
The Autotelematic Spider Bots, Augmented Fish Reality, Our Daily Dread, Farm Fountain, and Machinic Diatoms. Invited by curator Craig Martin. Catalog produced.
CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARTS, Porto, Portugal. Oct 2007
The worldwide premiere of Buzz, an installation concerned with bees and wine production digital networks. Keynote address on Generative Art for Olhares de Outono invited and commissioned by Luis Teixeira.
THE WORKS FESTIVAL Edmonton, Canada, June 22, 2007
Autopoiesis installation and the Machinic Diatoms print series. Invited by Will Truchon
CENTRO PORTUGUÊS DE SERIGRAFIA Lisbon, Portugal. November 22-26 2006
Artist residency to produce a new set of Serigraphs called the Machinic Diatoms and new works in process. Invited by Joao Prates.
HOPKINS GALLERY, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 17-Nov. 3 2006
Autotelematic Spider Bots process exhibition. Curator Prudence Gill
WORLD OCEAN MUSEUM Kaliningrad, Russia. Sep. 2006
Augmented Fish Reality was curated and invited by Dmitry Bulatov.
MUSKINGUM COLLEGE CALDWELL HALL Muskingum, Ohio. Apr. 2006
Augmented Fish Reality & Autotelematic Spider Bots curated and invited by Ken McCollum.
SUNDERLAND MUSEUM AND WINTER GARDEN Sunderland, England. Mar. 2006
The worldwide premiere of Autotelematic Spider Bots with Matt Howard was curated and commissioned by Honor Harger.
MUSEO DE ARTE DE CALDAS Manizales, Colombia. May 2005
Machinic Diatoms series of new 15 new 3D Giclee prints on paper. Invited by Felipe César Londoño
FOSDICK NELSON GALLERY, ALFRED UNIVERSITY Alfred, New York. Mar. 2002
Hopeful Monsters Exhibition curated by Nick Tobier. Displayed two arms from Autopoiesis.
WAYNE & GERALDINE KUHN GALLERY Marion, Ohio. Apr. 2002
Flickering Signifiers installation.
ARCO ARTS FESTIVAL Madrid, Spain. Feb. 2001
Autopoiesis installation sponsored by Fundacion Telefonica for VIDA 3.0.
AUSTRALIAN CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY Sydney, Australia. Oct. 2000
Hard Wet Soft Artificial Life Exhibition curated by Leah Grycewicz. Displayed Autopoiesis installation sponsor dlux Media Arts.
EGG GALLERY Chicago, Illinois. Sep. 1999
In the premiere of Flickering Signifiers, glass and electronic installation engage with television light’s seductive nature.
ARTEMESIA GALLERY Chicago, Illinois. Aug. 1999
Watchers, sculptural installation. Also performed with custom-made musical instruments, Chairello, Telephone Tone Machine, and PreparedTape Machine. The performance of the experimental music group, SACCADIA.
SPACES Cleveland, Ohio, Jul 1999
Performed with custom-made musical instruments, Chairello, Telephone Tone Machine, and PreparedTape Machine. The performance of the experimental music group, SACCADIA.
THE MAD LAB Columbus, Ohio, Jul 1999
Performed with custom-made musical instruments, Chairello, Telephone Tone Machine, and PreparedTape Machine. The performance of the experimental music group, SACCADIA.
RANDOLPH STREET GALLERY Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 1996
Total Museum Exhibition. Installation of Mediated Encounters & Technology Recaps Phylogeny, interactive robotic and light sculptures.
ACME Gallery San Francisco, California, Sep. 1995
Dis•M•Body collaborative, multimedia installation with Amy Youngs. Ten sound, light, and waterworks give metaphorical meaning to becoming a disembodied human in a digital age.
SILICON GRAPHICS CORPORATION Mountain View, California, Nov. 1992
Installation of the first arm of The Flock with collaborator Dr. Mark Grossman
EXPLORATORIUM San Francisco, California, Jul 1992
YLEM Forum. Displayed Technology Recaps Phylogeny tubifex worm sculpture.
Group Exhibitions
SOUTH CAMPUS ARTS GALLERY Broward, Florida April 20 Sept 28, 2023
The Elastic Mind exhibition invites the Opera For Dying Insects, curated by Kohl King
MAKER MUSIC FESTIVAL New York, US May ~, 2023
Presentation of Fusiform Polyphony artificial intelligence swarm robots, making music from humans and the unique faces of the city.
ANTONIO PRATES GALLERY Lisbon, Portugal, July 2023
The exhibition Gallery Collection exhibits Starfish Seed from the Seed Series. Curated by Antonio Prates
ACOCK GALLERY, CCAD Columbus, Ohio, Aug, 2023
Artists from Cartas de Cuba 2023 invites new work inspired by the residency in Cuba. Showing Symbiosis Begins at the Skin, Mouth, Vagina and Algorithm– 6 new collage works and Synthetic Evolution videos , curated by Michael Reese
UGO CARA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Muggia, Italy, Sept, 21 2023
ROBOTICS; ARTE E ROBOTICA invites the Italian premiere of the Synthetic Evolution prints and videos + world wide premiere of the Anthropogenic Slot Machine and curated by Maria Campetelli.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY Nov 6-13, Columbus Ohio, 2023
Curator and Participant in the Synthetic Sublime Exhibition of current and emeritus Art and Technology faculty, Graduate Students, and staff in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University.
GALERIA CASA SATOSHI San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico June – Oct 2023
Futuros Impermanentes exhibits Tepoztlán AI DNA series for the Exhibition de Arte NFT en Movimiento curator Axel Cuevas Santamaria
CAMERON ART MUSEUM Wilmington, North Carolina, May 2023
Promise Exhibition curated by the Cameron Art Museum from their permanent Collection Diatomaceous Glass Sculpture
CAFA MUSEUM Beijing, China, April 1 – May 2023
Eco Vision Plan Exhibition invites the Maximum Frustration Compressor curators Autumn Jing and Dean Song Xiewei of CAFA Museum Beijing.
GALERIA DEL GRABADO Habana & Matanzas, Cuba, March 14-24, 2023
Cartas de Cuba Residency and exhibition in Mantanzas CUBA as part of the Cartas de Cuba A multi-venue exhibition invites work from the Immaculate Organicism series drawings. Invited and curated by Michael Reese and the City of Columbus.
FORT HAYES GALLERY Columbus, Ohio, US – March 13-April 22 2023
Flow: visual interpretations on the theme of water invites Synthetic Evolution AI prints and video, curated by Teresa Weidenbusch
GALERIA RAYUELA San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Feb – June 2023
Futuros Impermanentes, Tepoztlán AI DNA series for the Exhibition de Arte NFT en Movimiento curator Axel Cuevas Santamaria
CHANGWON SCULPTURE BIENNALE Changwon, Korea, Oct 7th-Nov 20, 2022
Channel: Wave-Particle Duality Biennale invites The Farm Fountain video by Ken Rinaldo and Amy Youngs. Invited by Cho Kwanyong, General Director
UNIVERSITY OF YORK York, England, 14-16 December 2022
Artist residency at the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, showing Synthetic Evolution works curated and invited by Dr. Sarah Bezan and Dr. Peter Sands.
FIG BILBAO Bilboa, Spain, November 2022
Centro Portuguese de Serigraphia exhibits the Synthetic Evolution works + the premiere of four new AI works invited by Joao Prates.
MUSEO EXTREMENO E IBEROAMERICANO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANIO Badajoz, Spain, May 18 -Oct 16 2022
Alter(action) Spanish premiere of CRISPR Seed Resurrection curated and commissioned by Marta de Menezes
LOANN CRANE GALLERY GCAC Columbus, Ohio, Aug – Sept 2022
Cartas de Cuba A multi-venue exhibition invites one work from the Immaculate Organicism series drawings. Invited and curated by Michael Reese. Matanzas ~ ~Cienfuegos ~ Camaguey, Cuba, Columbus, Ohio ~ New York City, New York. Curated by Michael Reese.
VANDERELLI ROOM GALLERY Columbus, Sept 1-Oct 2022
Premiere of Mother Russia Meltdown 2 inspired by the original Mother Russia Meltdown painted, curated, and invited by Charles Wince.
THE FESTIVAL OF UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTING, PROTO-COGNITION, AND SOUND Bristol, UK, Sept-Oct 2022
Artworks at the edge of arts, science, philosophy, and engineering invite four works from Synthetic Evolution and videos curated by Irina Pretrova and organized by director Professor Adam Adamanzky.
FLATIRON GALLERY SVA New York, NY, Sept 28-Oct 17, 2022
Darwins Paradox: A Decade of Bio Art Curated and invited by Suzanne Anker and Tarah Rhoda invites the Opera For Dying Insects
CAMERON ART MUSEUM Wilmington, North Carolina, Jan 27-May 2022
Confluence Exhibition curated by the Algae Society Gene Felice and Jennifer Parker invite the works Diatomaceous and the premiere of the Algae SIGN.
CULTURAL ARTS BUILDING GALLERY Wilmington, North Carolina, Jan 30- 2022
Protest Signs: Projected Voices in the Community, curated by Dr. Travis Williams. The exhibition invited by Gene Felice the SIGNs works, Racial Bias Algorithm Ahead, We are As Much Bacterial as Human Cells, Are you an Individual? Global Warming Ahead, You Breathed at Least One Molecule + Visiting artist presentation Invited by Professor Gene Felice.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington, North Carolina, Jan 30- 2022
Premiere of the Trash Cacoon with Amy Youngs and students; a collaborative intervention of wrapping found trash into a sculpture & performance + Visiting artist presentation Invited by Professor Gene Felice.
CASAHUILO ART GALLERY Tepoztlán, Mexico, June, 2022
World-Wide-Premiere of the Tepolitzan artificial intelligence series, hand-worked pieces focused on the agriculture of Mexico and The Legend of Tepozteco and the ethics of xenotransplantation. + A new Fungible DNA token will be used on each work, contrary to NFTs. Curated by Axel Cuevas Santamaria
EUGENIO DE ALMEIDA FOUNDATION Évora, Portugal, May 18 -Dec 2021
Alter(action) world-wide-premiere of CRISPR Seed Resurrection curated and commissioned by Marta de Menezes
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Chicago, Illinois, Aug 30-Dec 3, 2021
The Earthly Observatory exhibits three works from Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash, invited and curated by Giovanni Aloi and Andrew Yang.
DA FESTIVAL Sophia, Bulgaria, Oct 2021
Bulgarian premiere of the Opera for Dying Insects giving voice to dying insect populations invited by curator Galina Dimitrova-Dimova
POSTHUMANISM Chicago/Toronto/Columbus, Oct 29, 2021
Book Launch Panel presentation and discussion, invited by Giovanni Aloi and Susan McHugh.
COSI SCIENCE FESTIVAL Columbus, Ohio, May 8, 2021
Opera for Dying Insects giving voice to dying insect populations. Invited by curators COSI Science Festival Project Team; Stephen, Allie, and Josh.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN Denver CO, July 8, 2021
Lecture and discussion about my artworks invited by Lauri Lynnxe Murphy
VISIBLE RECORDS Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug 1-Sept 13
The Tihua Tocha Exhibition invites The Weight of Sunshine mobiles, and stabile sculptures along with the Worm Bassinet with Amy Youngs invited and curated by Federico Cuatlacuatl.
CULTIVAMOS CULTURA São Luís, Portugal, Aug 14-Sept 5 2021
(Re) Existence Exhibition of residency artists, curated by Marta de Menezes
FACTT20/21 Lisbon, Portugal, March 2021
IMPROBABLE TIMES invites The Opera for Dying Insects video works curated by Marta Demenezes and supported by Cultivamos Cultura
B3 BIENNALE OF MOVING IMAGE Frankfurt, Germany, Oct 9-18, 2020
The Truth Exhibition invites The Continuous War Train premiere in Germany, curated by Prof. Bernd Kracke and Anna-Katharina Gerson with support from HfG Offenbach.
B3 BIENNALE OF MOVING IMAGE Frankfurt, Germany, Oct 12, 2020
The Truth Exhibition invites a lecture and discussion on how artists can contribute their works and ideas to different social classes that are not directly linked to art with the artist-filmmaker Louise Botkay.
ARS ELECTRONICA 2020 Linz, Austria, 9-13-Sept 2020
Acquired Immunity invites The Opera for Dying Insects and Scatter Surge video works curated by Marta Demenezes.
VSTREET SIGNS GALLERY, Columbus, Ohio, Oct 2020-21
SIGNS are critical engagement signs,\ for the streets of any worldwide city. Curated and produced @ Emergent Systems by Ken Rinaldo
DECAMERON ROW New York, NY, Ongoing 2020
Invites The Opera for Dying Insects video works curated by Sherry Huss
ISEA INTERNATIONAL Montreal, Canada, OCT 14, 2020
Present a paper Symbiotic Intertwining from Parasites for Symbionts as part of the Conference Why Sentience? Opera for Dying Insects, Scatter Surge, Enteric Consciousness video works Invited by Elizabeth Demaray.
ART & SCIENCE CENTER ITMO St Petersburg, Russia, June 20-21
101. ALL IN ONE invites a presentation on my artworks curated by Aliya Sakhariyeva, Head of the Art & Science Center at ITMO University.
UGO CARA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Muggia, Italy, Sept, 21 2020
ROBOTICS; ARTE E ROBOTICA invites the worldwide premiere of the Opera for Dying Insects and Scatter Surge, curated by Maria Campetelli.
THE NEW ART FESTIVAL Lisbon, Portugal, July 29-Sept 16, 2020
Pandemia invites The Opera for Dying Insects and Scatter Surge video works, curated by ANTÓNIO CERVEIRA PINTO.
DISTANCE GALLERY June 1-June 15, 2020
All In This Together Exhibition, curated by Lauri Lynx Murphy, invites two works from the Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash series.
HOPKINS HALL, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio, Dec 4-2019-Sept 2020
Non-Human Intelligence Exhibition; Worldwide Premiere of Them, They US from the Sign Series; about being 1/2 human and 1/2 microbial cells.
SPACE: WILLING N DEALING Seoul, Korea March 4-March 29, 2020
The continuous War Train animation invited and curated by Dongshisangyoung
DA FESTIVAL Sophia, Bulgaria, Oct-Nov 2019
The 3D animation; the Continuous War Train. Invited by curator Galina Dimitrova-Dimova
THE URBAN ART SPACE Columbus, Ohio Oct-Nov 2019
Faculty of the Department of Art exhibition showing the 3D animation of the Continuous War Train, the worldwide premiere of the Maximum Frustration Compressor & Automatist human and machine drawings.
THE JOHN B. AIRD GALLERY Toronto, Canada, Oct 30- Nov 23, 2018
Digital Animalities curators/authors Giovanni Aloi and Matthew F. Brower invite works from The Seed Series on trans-species artworks.
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, 2018
FACTT exhibits Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash; Lisbon; bio-art project unifying four cities invited by Marta De Menezes and Manuel Furtado dos Santos
SALONE DELGI INCANTI Trieste, Italy, November 17-28 2018
The European premiere of the Continuous War Train and Pheromone Robot Stories was invited and curated by Maria Campitelli
MUSEU DE HISTORIA NATURAL E DA CIENCIA Lisbon, Portugal, November 9-30 2018
The New Art Festival shows the Continuous War Train curated by ANTÓNIO CERVEIRA PINTO & GUSTAVO ROMANO.
MUSEU MUNICIPAL DE PENAFIEL, Penafiel, Portugal, November 23-Dec 16 2018
Matter thinking Time/ Shape curated by Cultivamos Cultura, Marta De Menezes.
THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Columbus, Ohio Sept 26, 2018
“Hypotheses: art inspired by the many worlds of Science” curated by Amandda Leigh Tirey invites the premiere of Spider Haus Movies, Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash and Rivers Run Through us, moss and epiphyte Gardens.
THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Columbus, Ohio Oct 25, 2018
GCAC talk, Love is baked into DNA as spiders, fungi, and bacteria care for their young, invited by Dr. Oshaunessy.
CULTIVAMOS CULTURA São Luís, Portugal, July-Sept 2018
Montras 2018!!! Cultivamos Cultura opens the Exhibition Raizes showing the Cholula Murmurations digital print curated by Marta De Menezes and support from Direcção Geral das Artes Camara de Odemira Naturarte
BIBLIOTECA MUNICIPAL JOSE SARAMANGO S. Luís in Odemira, Portugal, Nov Dec 2017
Collision shows Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash, curated by the president of the Culture Association, Marta de Menezes.
CAMOES INSTITUTO DA COOPERACAO E DA LINQUA FUNDACAO LUSO AMERICANA Berlin, November 2017
FACTT, BIO ART EXHIBITION Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash; Lisbon; bio-art project unifying four cities invited by Marta De Menezes and Manuel Furtado dos Santos
NEXT Trieste, Italy, November 2017
Augmented Fish Reality video invited by Maria Campitelli
ART SCI SALON UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Toronto, Canada, Jan-Feb, 2018
FACTT exhibits Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash; Lisbon; bio-art project unifying four cities invited by Marta De Menezes
MUSEU NACIONAL DE HISTORIA Lisbon Portugal, November 10-30, 2017
NEW ART FESTIVAL 17 2-4 works from Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash; invited and curated by Antonio Cerveira Pinto
VII MOSCOW BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART Moscow, Russia, October 2017
Invited by Alexander Kiryutin, Nadezda Sinyutin, and Natela Tetruashvili, an invited talk; Art at the intersection of living & semi-living machines.
CENTRO PORTUGUÊS DE SERIGRAFIA Lisbon, PortugalSummer, 2017
Produce new series for CPS. Two prints from Cholula Murmurations, edition of 15 and 3 Giclee prints.
CULTIVAMOS CULTURA São Luís, Portugal, Summer 2017
Produce Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash and WEEDs/Potato Bags Installation and residency invited by Marta De Menezes.
JOSE MARTINEZ MEMORIAL GALERIA Toledo, Ohio. 2017
Exhibition of new drawing robots and vertical light architecture invited by Maria Rodriguez-Winter
GALERIA MUTE, Lisbon, Portugal, September 14, 2017
FACTT exhibits Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash; Lisbon; bio-art project unifying cities invited by Marta De Menezes and Manuel Furtado dos Santos
SCHOOL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, NATURE LAB, New York, NY, September 29, 2017
FACTT exhibits Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash; Lisbon; bio-art project unifying four cities invited by Marta De Menezes and Manuel Furtado dos Santos
PEARL CONRAD GALLERY Mansfield, Ohio, Feb. 20th -March 24th, 2017
Portuguese Murmuration works.
FARMER FAMILY GALLERY Lima, Ohio March 30th – April 21, Ohio, 2017
The Ohio premiere of two prints from the Mexican Murmuration works.
THE URBAN ART SPACE Columbus, Ohio May 30, 2017
Engineered Utopia, Paparazzi bots, and Paparazzi prints, curated by Kris Paulson
REVOLTELLA MUSEUM Trieste, Italy, Sept 2016
Art / Science / Technology / The Robotics video presentation of my works invited by Maria Campitelli
THE URBAN ARTS SPACE Columbus, Ohio, Oct 4-Nov 12, 2016
Department of Art Faculty exhibition. US Premiere of Abiopoiesis Microbiome Alife work and Portuguese Murmurations.
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS GALLERY Lisbon, Portugal Oct 2016
Portuguese Murmuration works in exhibition Ser based on serendipity curated and invited Marta De Menezes.
LABORAL SPAIN Madrid, Spain Spring/summer 2016
Portuguese Murmuration works, in exhibition Ser based on serendipity curated and invited Marta De Menezes.
VERBEKE FOUNDATION Belgium, 2016
Portuguese Murmuration works, in exhibition Ser based on serendipity curated and invited Marta De Menezes.
THE ABERDEEN PAVILION Maker Faire Ottawa Canada, Oct 15/16-2016
Co-curated an exhibition of 30 current and former Art & technology grads and undergrads invited by Remco Volmer and Ken Rinaldo to present their work. Ten physical computing and rapid-prototyped works and 20 artists with animation and video.
FAIR TO GO New Zealand, 2016
A television show on recycling plastics features the Farm Fountain by Ken Rinaldo and Amy Youngs. Invited by producer Reina Webster, producer and reporter.
MUSEU NACIONAL DE HISTORIA Lisbon Portugal November 2016
The New Arts Festival 16 presents, The Woman’s Tears Machine Gun video invited by Antonio Cerveira Pinto
GALLERY 152, Hopkins Hall, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, 2016
US premiere of The Woman’s Tears Machine Gun
RASQUACHE RESIDENCY Cholula, Puebla MEXICO, July 2016
Maria Rodriguez-Winter invited the exhibition of new drawing robots and vertical light architecture in association with the Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center and Rasquache Director Federico Cuatlacuatl.
MEXICO SOLIDARITY NETWORK Chicago, Illinois, 2016
Exhibition of new drawing robots and vertical light architecture invited by Maria Rodriguez-Winter
FIG BILBAO Bilbao, Spain, November 2015
International Festival of Art on Paper shows new works produced at Centro Portuguese de Serigraphia invited by Joao Prates.
ANDERSON GALLERY Drake University Des Moines, Iowa, November 13, 2015
Mirror Masks in Creating Public Space: The Art and Politics of the Here and Now. Curated and invited by Lenore Metrick-Chen
A-MUNICIPAL LIBRARY GALLERY Odermira, Portugal Dec 2015
Portuguese Murmuration works in exhibition Ser based on serendipity curated and invited Marta De Menezes.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY, The Department of Columbus, Ohio, 2015
Biopresence Exhibition premiere of Spider Haus Movies and Obligate Symbiont
SCIART CENTER NY New York NY, February-May 2016
Gut Instinct, an online exhibition engaging the microbiome, includes the Enteric Consciousness robotic tongue controlled by living bacteria curated by Charissa N. Terranova and David R. Wessner.
WILD GOOSE CREATIVE GALLERY Columbus, Ohio March 12, 2016
Illume Exhibition shows Cascading Gardens and works from Seed Series invited by Jessie Boetcher.
CALDAS DA RAINA, MUSEU JOSE MALHOA Portugal, April 2015
Works from the Seed Series Giclee prints
CULTIVAMOS CULTURA São Luís, Portugal, Summer 2015
Just 40, the exhibition invited by Marta De Menezes Lisbon Rising from Portuguese Murmurations.
THE ABERDEEN PAVILION Ottawa, Canada, November 6 & 7, 2015
Maker Faire, Ottawa, Canada premiere of 3-Story Robot & The Paparazzi Bot. The World Wide Premiere of the Woman’s Tears Machine Gun in the Happy Machine was invited and commissioned by Remco Volmer.
CENTOS DES ARTES PONTE DE SOR Portugal, 2014
Exhibition of new work Amy Riding the Golden Cricket: 3D modeled and 3D printed rapid prototyped sculpture work invited and curated by Leonel Moura
CENTRO NATIONAL DES ARTES Mexico City, November 27th of, 2014-2015
The worldwide premiere of the 3-Story robot was invited and commissioned by Gabriela Romero Islas. It also shows one Paparazzi Bot.
ROBOTARIUM LX FACTORY GALLERY Lisbon Portugal, 2013-2014
Exhibition of new work Amy Riding the Golden Cricket: 3D modeled and 3D printed rapid prototyped sculpture work invited and curated by Leonel Moura
LA COMPAGNIE Marseilles France, 2013-2014
Commission and premiere for new robotic artwork Drone Eat Drone: American Scream 2013 invited and commissioned by Isabel Arvers.
Glass Axis Columbus, Ohio, 2014
The premiere of the Mirror Masks performance work invited by Kami Westhoff.
THE TAPESTRY MUSEUM Aix en Provence, France, 2013
The Anti-Atlas of Borders exhibition will present the Paparazzi Bots installation invited by Isabelle Arvers.
THE ULRICH MUSEUM OF ART Wichita, Kansas, 2013
Two Sides of One Branch for Nature’s Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention curated by Randy Rosenberg.
THE LEONARDO MUSEUM Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013
Two sides of One Branch for Nature’s Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention curated by Randy Rosenberg of Artworks for Change.
NEW MEDIA GALLERY Strojarenska, Slovakia, 2012
Life Affairs, Bioart International Exhibition. The Farm Fountain video by Ken Rinaldo & Amy Youngs. Invited by Martina Ivica.
THE FIELD MUSEUM Chicago, Illinois, 2012
Two sides of One Branch for Nature’s Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Invention curated by Randy Rosenberg of Artworks for Change.
ITAU CULTURAL Sao Luis, Brazil, 2012https://www.fieldmuseum.org/
Face Music Installation invited by Guilherme Kujawski Ramos.
CONRAD ART GALLERY Mansfield, Ohio, 2012
The Paparazzi Bot and Spider Bot for Conflux Exhibition curated by Kate Shannon
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CHINA Beijing, China, June 2011
TransLife NAMOC Triennial of Media Art, Organized by the National Art Museum of China, invites the Farm Fountain collaborative. Invited by Curator Z
LEONEL MOURA GALLERY Lisbon Portugal, March 2010
Art after Science Exhibition showing Machinic Diatoms curated by Leonel Moura.
CODE ON THE GROUND, VANCOUVER OLYMPICS GREAT NORTHERN WAY GALLERY Vancouver, Canada Feb 2010
Three new Paparazzi Bots were commissioned and invited by Malcolm Levy. Premiere North America
TRANSMEDIALE Berlin, Germany Feb 2010
Paparazzi Bots premiere Germany, invited by curator Honor Harger
PLATFORM 21 Amsterdam, Holland, November 2009
Domesticated Wilderness displays The Farm Fountain Video Invited by curator Caroline Prisse.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY Columbus, Ohio October 2009
Paparazzi Bots premiere Ohio curated by Prudence Gill
RONALD FELDMAN FINE ARTS GALLERY New York, NY, Oct 2009
A benefit auction for CEC Artslink. 2 Prints from Machinic Diatom Series. Invited By Fritzie Brown
CENTRO PORTUGUESE DE SEREGRAPHIA AT CENTRO CULTURAL DE BELEM Lisbon, Portugal, Sept 2009
ART TECH curated by Joao Prates. The Machinic Diatom series and the Autotelematic Spider Bot prints.
INSIDE ART SCIENCE Lisbon, Portugal, Sept 2009
Paparazzi Bots premiere Portugal invited by Leonel Moura.
THIRD MOSCOW BIENNALE Moscow, Russia, Sept 2009-Nov.-2009
Evolution Haute Couture: Art and Science in the Post-Biological Age.Artist documentary about The Autotelematic Spider Bots and The Augmented Fish Reality. Invited by curator Dmitry Bulatov. Commission of Paparazzi Bots.
CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER WINZAVOD Moscow, Russia, March –April 2009
Artist documentary about The Autotelematic Spider Bots and The Augmented Fish Reality. Invited by curator Dmitry Bulatov.
UNION COLLEGE MANDEVILLE GALLERY Schenectady, New York April 2009
Message Slough from Dis-M-Body with Amy Youngs and Guest lecture on my installations and artistic practice invited by Fernando Orellana
TE PAPA TONGAREWA MUSEUM Wellington, New Zealand June 4, 2008
Worldwide Premiere of Farm Fountain collaborative with Amy Youngs for World Environment Day (WED) invited by Randy Rosenberg around the theme of Visionary Tales of a Balanced Earth UNEP
IX MEDIA FORUM 2008 MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Moscow, Russia, June 23-26, 2008
Evolution Haute Couture: Art and Science in the Post-Biological Age Presenting Artist documentary about The Autotelematic Spider Bots and The Augmented Fish Reality. Invited by curator Dmitry Bulatov, co-curator Olga Shishko
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS Kaliningrad, Russia, July 2008
Evolution Haute Couture: Art and Science in the Post-Biological Age Presenting Artist documentary about The Autotelematic Spider Bots and The Augmented Fish Reality. Invited by Dmitry Bulatov.
SEMANTICS GALLERY Cincinnati, Ohio Sept 6th, 2008
Displayed the Chairello as part of Circuitastrophe. Invited.
URBAN ARTS CENTER, OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio, Nov 2008
Displayed Buzz 2, a glass, sound, and video installation curated by Joe Houston
TELEFONICA CENTER Lima Peru, Nov 15, 2007
“Robotica de Reciclaje”. Cybersqueek sound sculpture. Invited by ATA President Jorge Villacorta.
PAN | PALAZZO DELLE ARTI Napoli, Italy, November 21, 2007
FAST FORWARD displays 45-minute video documentation of my collected works. Invited by Curator Laura Bardier
STRP FESTIVAL Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Nov 22-25 2007
Worldwide premiere and commission of Our Daily Dread. Invited by curator Vivian Van Gaal.
PILCHUCK GLASS AUCTION WESTIN ST FRANCIS Seattle Washington, October 26, 2007
The Twittering Rabbit foot 2004 sound sculpture in glass was invited by director Ruth King.
CENTRO NACIONAL DE LAS Artes Mexico City, Mexico, October 13 to 19, 2007
Transitio_MX Festival Internacional de Artes Electronica’s Y Video features the Augmented
Fish Reality installation. 02 Invited and curated by 060 Daniela Wolf
PILCHUCK GLASS GALLERY Stanwood, Washington, July 7, 2007
Machinic Diatom print series.
CENTRO ANDALUZ DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO Seville, Spain April 19-July 1, 2007
BIOS4 displays selected works from the Machinic Diatom series 2007. Invited by curator Antonio Cerveira Pinto
EVO IN ART AT THE UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA OF VALENCIA Valencia, Spain, 11-13 April 2007
Works from the Machinic Diatom series and display of the collected robotic works via a DVD. Invited by Paulo Urbano and Anna Esparcia.
RAPID 2007; CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION Detroit, Michigan, May 1-3, 2007
TheAutotelematic Spider Bot 2006.
ESTAMPA MADRID Madrid, Spain, November 30, 2006
Machinic Diatoms in association with Centro Portuguese de Serigrafia and Antonio Prates Gallery Portugal. Invited by Jao Prates.
TRONDHEIM ELECTRONIC ARTS CENTRE Trondheim, Norway. 12th Oct. 15th Nov. 2006
MASKIN Exhibition4 robots of Autopoiesis. Invited by Espen Gangvik.
GLASS CURTAIN GALLERY Chicago, Illinois. Sep. 2006
Limited Domain Meaning Machine and the Chairello. Invited by curator Mark Porter. Invited.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY Columbus, Ohio. Sep. 2005
Made not Made Aolean Wind Harp documentation.
PILCHUCK ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY EXHIBITION Seattle, Washington. Aug 16- Sep. 2, 2005
Working on new glass works utilizing biological and electronic materials. Invited. Displayed: The Twittering Rabbit Foot. Curator Ruth King.
GALERIA ANTÓNIO PRATES Lisbon, Portugal. Sep.23, 2005
Five robots of Augmented Fish Reality curated by Leonel Moura. Invited
MEDIA ARTS MADRID AT THE CONDE DUQUE CULTURAL CENTRE Madrid, Spain. January 2005
“Banquet communication in evolution” exhibition. DisplayAugmented Fish Reality curated by Karin Ohlenschläger and Luis Rico. Invited
MUSEO DE ARTE DE CALDAS, IV INTERNATIONAL IMAGE FESTIVAL CALDAS UNIVERSITY Manizales, Colombia. Nov. 2004
Three robots of Augmented Fish Reality and present a paper on my work. Workshop on Basic Stamp 2. Invited
BIENNALE ELECTRONIC ARTS Perth, Australia. Sep. 7th – Nov.17, 2004
Bio Difference exhibition curated by Oron Catts and Ionatt Zurr. Displayed three robots of Augmented Fish Reality. Invited.
OK CENTRUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, ARS ELECTRONICA Linz, Austria. Sep. Nov. 17, 2004
CyberArts 2004 juried exhibition. Award of Distinction in the Interactive Arts Category. Displayed three robots of Augmented Fish Reality.
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF Richmond, Virginia. Oct.-Dec. 2004
Contemporary Art and Mathematical instinct Curated by Peter Spooner
One arm of Autopoiesis. Invited.
TURTLE BAY MUSEUM Redding, California. Jul. 9th-Jan. 31st, 2004
Spider Haus as part of the exhibit Bugs curated by Tricia Watts. Invited.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Camden, New Jersey. Feb.-Mar. 2004
Contemporary Art and Mathematical instinct curated by Peter Spooner One arm of Autopoiesis. Invited.
LILLE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Lille, France. Dec. 2003 – Mar. 2004
The premiere of the five robots of Augmented Fish Reality commission, Mediated Encounters, and Autopoiesis, as part of an exhibit on robotic art curated by Richard Castelli. Invited.
TWEED MUSEUM OF ART UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Duluth, Minnesota. Nov. 4th 2003-Jan 4th 2004
Contemporary Art and Mathematical instinct Curated by Peter Spooner, one arm of Autopoiesis. Invited.
HOPKINS GALLERY, OHIO STATE, Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 2003
Faculty Exhibition. The premiere of the first Augmented Fish Reality robotic fish Tank.
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL VIA Maubeuge, France. Mar. 2003
Curated by Richard Castelli. Displayed Autopoiesis, interactive robotic installation of 10 works with video installation. Invited.
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL EXIT Créteil, France. Mar. 2003
Curated by Richard Castelli. Displayed Autopoiesis, interactive robotic installation of 10 works with video installation. Invited.
SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Sacramento, California. Nov 25 –Mar. 25 2003
PostfleshExhibition curated by Rachel Clark. Displayed Message Slough from Dis-M-Body collaboration with Amy Youngs. Invited.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY, OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio. October 2002
Faculty Exhibition. Spider Haus is a rapid-prototyped amplification environment with a common house spider.
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Kent, Ohio. Sep. 17-Oct. 15, 2002
Performative Objects Exhibition curated by Isabel Farnsworth.Displayed Message Slough from Dis–M-Body in collaboration with Amy Youngs.
BIENNALE ELECTRONIC ARTS AT JOHN CURTIN GALLERY Perth, Australia. Aug. 2002
Immersion Exhibition curated by Chris Malcolm and Paul Thomas. Displayed ten arms of Autopoiesis.
BANFF CENTER WALTER PHILIPS GALLERY Alberta, Canada. Jun. 8th-July 2002
Sentient Circuitry Exhibition curated by Melanie Townsend. Displayed Autopoiesis and 1 Cybersqueek. Invited.
KOHLER ARTS CENTER Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Feb. 24-Jun. 9, 2002
Organic/Mechanic Exhibition curated by Lena Vigna. Displayed Standby Deliver digestive sculpture.
TRANSMEDIALE 01 Berlin, Germany. Feb. 2002
GO PUBLIC Exhibition curated by Susanne Jaschko. Displayed ten arms of Autopoiesis
INTERSCULPT BIENNALE AT FIREFLY GALLERY Dayton, Ohio. Nov. 2001
Intersculpt Biennale exhibition curated by John Marshall. Displayed Spider Haus, a rapid-prototyped amplification environment for a common house spider.
INTERSCULPT BIENNALE Manchester England. Nov. 2001
Displayed rapid prototyped models for Spider Haus sculpture.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY, OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 2001
New Works Faculty Exhibition. Displayed Standby Deliver digestive sculpture.
OK CENTRUM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, ARS ELECTRONICA Linz, Austria. Sep.2001
Cyber Arts2001 Exhibition. Juried. Displayed ten arms of Autopoiesis with new video installation work and the main installation. Honorary mention in the Interactive Art category, International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica.
EGG GALLERY Chicago, Illinois. Apr. 2001
Gallery Artists Exhibition. Displayed Three Sides of One Branch work on primordial intelligent form.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio. Dec. 2000
New Works Faculty Exhibition. Displayed two arms of Autopoiesis.
REFUSALON GALLERY San Francisco, California, Apr. 2000
Displayed Two Sides of One Branch work on primordial intelligent form.
KALA ART INSTITUTE Berkeley, California. Apr. 2000
High Touch/High Tech Exhibition curated by Archana Horsting, Philip Linhares, and Larry Rinder. Displayed Three Sides of One Branch works on tree structures and primordial intelligent form.
KIASMA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Helsinki, Finland. Feb. 2000
Alien Intelligence Exhibition curated by Erkki Huhtamo. Fifteen Arms of Autopoiesis, an artificial life robotic sculpture series commissioned by the Kiasma museum. Invited.
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO BETTY RYMER GALLERY Chicago, Illinois. Jan. 1999
IN: FORMATION Exhibition curated by Sine:: Apsis Chicago artists’ collective. The premiere of Standby Deliver, a digestive sculpture that involved ingestion of sugar and gum.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY, OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 1999
New Works Faculty Exhibition. Displayed Flickering Signifiers.
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART Chicago, Illinois. May 1999
Second Nature Exhibition curated by Paul Hertz. Displayed Delicate Balance, a robotic fish tank.
SOMAR GALLERY San Francisco, California. Jan. 1999
THEM Exhibition curated by Gary Brewer. Art about the etymological universe. Displayed a new version of Technology Recaps Phylogeny.
HOPKINS HALL GALLERY, OHIO STATE Columbus, Ohio. Sep. 1998
New Works Faculty Exhibition. Displayed Delicate Balance, Genetic Blueprint, and Message Slough from the Dis-M-Body exhibition.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Chicago, Illinois. Jun. 1998
LIVE/LIVE Exhibition curated by Andrea Polli. DisplayedTrains Morphogenesis is a sound work about the Theory of Relativity and travel.
EGG GALLERY, Chicago, Illinois. May 1998
Chicago Sculpture Exhibition. Displayed CyberSqueek series.
WOOD STREET GALLERY Chicago, Illinois. Jan. 1998
Pier Walk 98 Maquette Exhibition curated by Terry Karpowicz. Displayed a maquette for Airsong, a wind, and a viewer-activated panpipe sculpture.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. ART MUSEUM Chicago, Illinois. Jan. 1998
Substance: a Corporeal Examination curated by Julie Charmelo. Displayed Genetic Blueprint, a human hair rug with A. Youngs.
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER Chicago, Illinois. Sep. 1997
F(X)Exhibition curated by Lanny Silverman. Displayed Mediated Encounters, a fish-controlled robotic installation.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. ART MUSEUM Chicago, Illinois.Sep.1997
Inter-Penetration Exhibition curated by Julie Charmelo. Displayed Delicate Balance robotic fish tank.
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Chicago, Illinois. Sep. 1997
International Society of Electronic Arts. Displayed two works from the Watchers series – rhythmic light sculptures.
ACM/SIGGRAPH San Jose, California. Mar. 1997
Association of Computing Machines Convention.Displayed Message Slough & CyberSqueek sound sculptures.
IN KAHN GALLERY Seoul, Korea. Jul. 1996
Art at Home Exhibition. Displayed Cybersqueeks.
IMAGE DU FUTUR 96 Montreal, Canada. May 1996
Cité des Arts et Des Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal curated by Ginette Major & Herve Fisher. The premiere of Mediated Encounters and Technology Recaps Phylogeny installation.
BLASTHAUS GALLERY San Francisco, California. Apr. 1996
Sound culture 1996 was curated by Nigel Helyer and Ed Osborn. Displayed Message Slough Interactive sound sculpture with Amy Youngs.
IN KHAN GALLERY, New York, New York. Mar. 1996
Gallery Artists Exhibition. Installation of CyberSqueek sound work.
BLASTHAUS GALLERY San Francisco, California. Jan. 1996
Connections Exhibition. Displayed Limited Domain Meaning Machine, an interactive word sculpture with Amy Youngs.
GALLERY ON THE RIM San Francisco, California. Jan. 1996
“YLEM” Members Exhibition. Displayed Digital Scat and Message Slough, interactive sound sculptures with Amy Youngs.
WORKS GALLERY San Jose, California. Jan. 1996
Redemption Through Rubbernecking exhibition curated by Amy Ruddick. Displayed Meter Devils Heart, an interactive ticket-writing machine.
V2 DUTCH ELECTRONICA ART FESTIVAL Rotterdam, Holland. Nov. 1995
Interface 95 Exhibition curated by Alex Adriaansens. Displayed Delicate Balance and The Flock, interactive robotic sculptures.
BLASTHAUS GALLERY San Francisco, California.Sep. 1995
Tech-BashExhibition curated by William Linn. DisplayedMeter Devils Heart and delicate Balance.
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR Sacramento, California. Aug. 1995
California Arts Invitational. Juried Show. Displayed CyberSqueek sound series.
BLASTHAUS GALLERY San Francisco, California. Apr. 1995
In No-Sense Defense Exhibition curated by William Linn. Displayed Technology Recaps Phylogeny andCyberSqueeks.
HOLMES FINE ART GALLERY San Jose, California. Feb. 1995
Displayed CyberSqueek sound series.
CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS Los Angeles, California. Dec. 1994
Techne Exhibition, San Francisco artists Collective. Displayed
The Flock, interactive robotic sculptures.
HOLMES FINE ART GALLERY San Jose, California. Nov. 1994
Action Experimental Art Exhibition. Tubifex Worm installation and CyberSqueek series.
WORKS GALLERY San Jose, California. Nov. 1994
Inter-Active Exhibition displays The Flock, robotic flocking sculptures.
SAN FRANCISCO STATE GALLERY San Francisco, California. Apr. 1994
Artists Shedding Light on Technology Exhibition curated by YLEM. Displayed Technology Recaps Phylogeny and CyberSqueeks.
REGIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, BEDFORD GALLERY Walnut Creek, California. Nov.1993
Please Touch Exhibition. Displayed The Flock with Mark Grossman.
SEYBOLD CONFERENCE San Francisco, California. Oct. 1993
Sensations Exhibition curated by TECHNE, a San Francisco collective. Displayed three arms of The Flock.
WILLIAMS GALLERY Princeton, New Jersey. Aug.1993
“Gallery artists show” the CyberSqueeks.
ANON SALON San Francisco, California. Aug. 1993
Displayed Technology Recaps Phylogeny.
SIGGRAPH Anaheim, California. Aug. 1993
Machine Culture Exhibition curated by Simon Penny. The premiere of The Flock, flocking robots with Mark Grossman.
EXPLORATORIUM San Francisco California. Sep.1992
Lecture on interactivity and first arm of The Flock.
IMAGE DU FUTUR 92 Montreal, Canada. May 1992
Cité des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal curated by Ginette Major and Herve Fisher. Displayed eight new CyberSqueeks in an interactive installation.
SHAPIRO JAMESON GALLERY San Francisco, California. Oct. 1991
Gallery Artists Exhibition. CyberSqueeks is an interactive installation.
ATA GALLERY San Francisco, California. Feb. 1989
Re-moving Invisible Barriers Arts Festival. Displayed Polymorphic Transmissions, a vibrating fiber-optic and latex sculpture.
Presentations, Lectures, and Panels
SOCIETY FOR APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY Cincinnati, Ohio, March 28-April 1, 2023
A presentation on Aquaponic futures and Vertical Gardens for Cityscapes as part of a panel presentation on cultures of repair for a transformative earth.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY LIVING ARTS ECOLOGY LABORATORY Columbus, Ohio, April 6, 2023
Presentation on art and biologically derived materials for a sustainable planet, with Joseph Richmond on making Kombucha with living Skoby beings.
WESTBRIDGE CAMERA CLUB Whitehall, Ohio, June 6, 2023
Presentation of my artworks, Synthetic Evolution +, utilizing artificial intelligence and their relationship to photo and camera media. Lecture: Where Biological Interaction Meets Algorithmic Agencies.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Syracuse, New York, Nov 2022
Bio-Art Mixer presentation of my work and discussion invited by Professor Boryanna Rossa
SCHOOL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS New York, NY, Nov 15, 2022
Lecture invited by Tarah Rhoda on my collected bio artworks.
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY Richmond, VA, April 2022
Lecture & discussion on my artworks and engineering methods, invited by Professor Shawn Brixey
CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Beijing, China, March-April 2021
Master class with graduate students of CAFA. Invited and co-taught by Fei Jun & Xiaowen Chen and CAFA Beijing
ART LABORATORY BERLIN Berlin, Germany May 28, 2020
Discussions on Food Systems with Amy Youngs, Daniel Lammel, and Anna Paltseva curated by directors Regine Rapp and Christian De Lutz in association with the Network for Prototyping the Future
ANTIOCH COLLEGE Yellow Springs, Ohio February 27, 2020
lecture on Art/Science convergence in Biology & Environmental Science Invited by Professor Kim Landsbergen
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY Youngstown, Ohio Feb-3,4, 5, 2020
Presentation of my interactive art installations and 3- day Animation intensive workshop, invited by Professor Dana Sperry
CENTER FOR THE ADVANCED COMPUTING AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA HONG KONG, Hong Kong, Jan 2019
Rinaldo presents the keynote address; Trans-species symbiogenesis in robotics and Art Symposium presentation with Dr. Ananna Howard, invited by Dean Richard Allen.
SCHOOL OF ART AND CREATIVE INNOVATION, UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR Windsor Canada, Feb 2019
Incubator. Anthropogenic Stalagmites workshop, growth from garbage, Invited by Jennifer Willet with Amy Youngs.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Department of Fine and Performing Art Nov 4, 2019
Presentation of my work and talk invited by Elizabeth Demaray.
CHINESE CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Beijing, China, Dec 2019
Presenting my robotics and bio artworks along with a master class. Invited by Professor Xiaowen Chen and CAFA
KOKORO RESEARCH CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF KYOTO Kyoto, Japan, February 18, 2018
Presentation Rinaldo works + Art & Technology Area. Erkki Huhtamo, Olga Kiseleva & William Latham. Invited by Professor Hiroshi Yoshioka.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, STEAM EVENT Columbus Ohio, April 2018
Presentations on Art Science worlds, with Brandon Ballengee, Aaron Elison, Amy Young, and panel.
CHINESE CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Beijing, China, Nov/Dec 2017
Presenting Art and invention at the intersection of Science and Technology
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FACTT New York, NY, September 29, 2017
Presentation of my work as part of FACTT
HERMITAGE MUSEUM St Petersburg, Russia, February 2017
Presentation of my works The Challenges and Eruptions of Technological art on the conservation of media Art invited by Dr. Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum, and Professor Dr. Vladimir Vasiliave, Rector of ITMO University
IT UNIVERSITY, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 14-18, 2016
Presentation on my work invited by Laura Beloff
IT UNIVERSITY, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 14-18, 2016
Presentation The Good The Bad The Robots invited by Laura Beloff and in conversation with radio show host Anders Høeg Nissen, Dr. Thomas Pederson, and Dr. Gunhild Borggren
CAPS Center for Applied Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, Rightmire Hall April 29th, 2016
Presentation of the Farm Fountain and Cascading Gardens project. Invited by Roxy Donnalyn and Joanna Gardner
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM International Conference on Social Robotics 2014
TEDx Ohio Transpecies Symbiogenesis 2014
DNK, MOSCOW CONFERENCE CENTER 2013
Natural Living Systems as models for what technological systems can become.
CHELPIPE COLLEGE 2013
Conceptualization to Realization of computer-mediated ideation in green architecture design. Invited.
URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY 2013
Conceptualization to Realization of computer-mediated ideation in green architecture design. Invited.
TECNOLOGÍA Y ESTÉTICA DE LAS ARTES ELECTRÓNICAS UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL
DE TRES DE FEBRERO
Sydney, Australia October 2014
Columbus, Ohio, 2014
Moscow, Russia November 2013
prototyping the future
Pervourask, Russia November 2013
production
Yekaterinburg Russia November 2013
mediated ideation and production
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara, CA, 2013
Invited by Department to deliver a keynote address at the university and a 2-day workshop on robotics and my approaches to my practice for the Studio and the Experimental Visualization Lab in the Media Arts & Technology graduate program at UC Santa Barbara. Invited by Professor George LeGrady
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 11-17, 2010
Masters Classes for faculty and MFA workshop invited by Director Professor Mariela Yeregui
HAUTE ECOLE DART ET DE DESIGN GENEVE UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN Geneva, Switzerland, March 25th, 2010
Talk about my works invited by Patrick Gyger and Pierre-Allain-Giesser
ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN Ontario, Canada, March 31, 2010
Presentation and discussion with the History of New Media Art course. Invited by Caroline Langille. Presentation via video satellite from the OSU Digital Union
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE Lausanne, Switzerland, July 2009
Presentation of my work to the School of Engineering. Invited by Patrick Gyger and Dr. Dario Floreano.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER OF CINCINNATI Cincinnati, Ohio Sept 6th, 2008
Presentation on the nature of electricity and presentation and talk about my collected works.
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Tempe, AZ. March 20th, 2008
Presentation to the School of Art and residency at PRISM rapid prototyping facility. Sponsored by the Department of Art and Daniel Collins
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Tempe, AZ. March 21st, 2008
Masterclass on my toolkit with instruction on 3D modeling and rapid prototyping. Sponsored by the Department of Art and Daniel Collins
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Tempe, AZ. March 24th, 2008
Presentation to the School of Life Sciences about the nature of creativity in Art/Science artworks. Invited by Dr. Brian Smith.
PARADISE BY THE LAPTOP LIGHT Eindhoven, The Netherlands, November 23rd, 2007
Paradise by the Laptop Light event at STRP Festival presentation organized by Koert van Mensvoort
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 5 PM November 13, 2007
Kresge Theatre, Carnegie Mellon School of Art, invites a presentation of my robotic art installations. Invited by John Carson.
CITAR (CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARTS) PORTUGUESE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY Porto, Portugal Oct 31, 2007
Presentation of collected works and keynote address for Olhares de Outono invited by Luis Teixeira.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE Chicago, Illinois, Sept 20, 2007
A one-day workshop on robotic art invited by the Math and Science Department in collaboration with Interactive Arts and Media.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE Chicago, Illinois, Sept 20, 2007
Ferguson Auditorium, ARTificial Life, Robotics and Emergence presentation of my current works. Invited by Professor Kevin Fuller.
ROSSUMS Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Sept 14, 2007
Presentation of my robotics process to Rossum’s Robotics Group invited by Ian Ingram
ZEIDLER HALLE Edmonton, Canada. June 23, 2007
Presentation of my work to festival participants sponsored by The Works International Visual arts Society. Invited by Will Truchon
WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 17. 2006
Lecture on recent robotic artworks, sponsored by Wexner Center,
Department of Art and Dorkbots. 6:00 PM in film video theater.
B.B.K.D.A.V.COLLEGE Amritsar (Stefan), India Oct 24.2006
DVD Presentation of my work. Invited by professor Namrata Sharma. Non-attending
IMMANUEL KANT STATE UNIVERSITY Kaliningrad, Russia. Sep.12, 2006
Present my work and roundtable discussion arranged by Dmitry Bulatov and Susan Katz. Sponsored by CEC partners, NCCA, and WOM. Invited.
PRO ARTE INSTITUTE Saint Petersburg, Russia. Sep. 2006
Lecture and master class arranged by Susan Katz. Invited.
MUSKINGUM COLLEGE Muskingum, Ohio. Apr. 18, 2006
Presented my works to the university community. Invited by Ken McCollum
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS Cleveland, Ohio. Mar. 23rd, 2006
Presented my works to the media arts program. Invited
INSTITUTE FRANCO-PORTUGAIS Lisbon Portugal. Sep. 22, 2005
Talk and discussion with Ken Rinaldo, Harold Cohen, and Leonel Moura in Lisbon, Portugal. Invited
MUSEO DE ARTE DE CALDAS Manizales, Colombia. May 2005
Robotics Art workshop and presentation of a paper. Invited by Felipe Londano.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Mar.1, 2005
Deliver a talk on my work to the university community.
MEDIA ARTS MADRID AT THE CONDE DUQUE CULTURAL CENTRE, Madrid, Spain. Jan. 18th, 2005
Presentation of my work as part of Banquet Communication in EvolutionExhibition. Panel on Interactive Art organized by Karin Ohlenschläger and Luis Rico. Invited
CALDAS UNIVERSITY, INTERNATIONAL IMAGE FESTIVAL, Manizales Colombia. Nov. 2004
Present my work and workshop on embedded microcontrollers and robotics.
MONTREAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Montreal, Canada. Oct. 5th – 8th, 2004
Centre Inter-Universitaire des arts médiatiques, CIAM, colloquium based on art, genetics biotechnological research organized by Ernestine Daubner. Presented Artificial life, Symbiosis, and the Emergent properties of Interactive Electronic Installation.
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Perth, Australia, Sep. 2004
Presented my work at BioDifference Conference organized by Oron Catts and Ionatt Zurr.
BRUCKNERHAUS, ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz, Austria. Sep. 2004
Award of Distinction presentation of my work as part of a panel of prize winners. Moderated by Scott DeLahunta.
WAZOWNIA GALLERY Torun, Poland. May 2004
European Intermedia Meeting Strategy of Interaction presents video documentation of Autopoiesis presented by curator Susanne Jasko.
MUSEUM OF PURE FORM Santiago, Spain. Jan. 25thth 2004
Present paper Corporeal and Emotive Interfaces for the conference New Technological Interfaces curated by Stefano Bosco & Stefano Caldana.
ITAULAB, ITAU CULTURAL LABORATORY OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sep. 27th, 2003
Presentation Artificial life and Art organized by Guilherme Kujawski as part of a series on Artificial Intelligence.
AVAMPATO MUSEUM West Virginia, USA Apr. 2003
Presentation of my interactive works for museum members organized by curator Ric Ambrose.
CENTRE FOR ARTS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY, London, England. Feb. 1-4, 2003
Presented my paper Laughing and Weeping Machines at an Emotional Computing Conference organized and invited by Jane Prophet.
LASALLE-SIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS Singapore, Malaysia. Aug. 2002
Taught a three-day intensive Workshop on Robotic Art with Amy Youngs. Hosted by Gunalan Nadarajan, Dean of the College.
JOHN CURTIN GALLERY Perth, Australia. Aug. 6, 2002
Presentation of my artworks hosted by Chris Malcolm and Paul Thomas.
AUSTRALIAN CENTER FOR THE MOVING IMAGE Melbourne, Australia Aug. 7, 2002
Presentation of my artworks hosted by Stelarc and Federation Square.
MONASH UNIVERSITY Caufield, Australia. Aug. 8, 2002
Presentation of my work hosted by Jon McCormack, Stelarc, Troy Innocent, and Alan Dorin.
THE CENTER FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA ART Clayton, Australia. Aug. 8, 2002
Presentation of my work hosted by Jon McCormack and Alan Dorin
TECHNOLOGY PARK FUNCTION CENTER & CSIRO THEATRE Perth, Australia. Aug. 10, 2002
Teaching in the Digital Domain Pedagogy and Practice in New Media Art organized by Paul Thomas. A panel participant and I presented A Bit of Digital Spectrum on teaching in a digital arts program.
LASALLE-SIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS Singapore, Malaysia. Aug. 12, 2002
Presentation to College hosted by Gunalan Nadarajan, Dean of the College of the Arts.
TRANSMEDIALE, INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, Berlin, Germany. Feb. 10, 2001
Panel on interactive artwork organized and invited by curator Susanne Jasko.
MIT ART / BIOLOGY Boston, Massachusetts. Dec. 5, 2001
Presentation of my work hosted by Joe Davis of MIT.
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS New York, New York. 2001
Penny Dannenberg presented video documentation of my work.
THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Cleveland, Ohio. Fall 2001
Presentation of my interactive works and discussion hosted by Jurgen Klaus.
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Jun. 2001
Presented my interactive works in a Plenary Session on Robotic Art chaired and organized by Simon Penny
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mar. 2001
Interdisciplinary Ecology Conference organized by Dr. Bruce Milne. I presented a paper, slides, and video on art and ecology.
COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Columbus, Ohio. Sep. 2000
I presented my interactive artwork organized by Amy Youngs.
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Savannah, Georgia. Sep. 2000
I demonstrated interactive techniques and lectured on my interactive works organized by Alan Schechner.
ALIFE VII CONFERENCE Portland, Oregon. Aug. 2000
Artificial Life and Art Panel organized by Christa Sommerer. I presented my research on Autopoiesis, Robotics, and Artificial Life.
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE Houston, Texas. Jun. 2000
Steve Leucking, panel chair, presents video documentation of Autopoiesis. OAKLAND MUSEUM
OAKLAND MUSEUM Oakland, California. Apr. 2000
High Touch/High Tech; making art in the 21st-century symposium sponsored by the Kala Institute of Berkeley, California. I presented my work and participated in the panel.
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION New York, New York. Feb. 2000
I arranged and chaired a panel on Nature in the Microchip and presented a paper on artificial life and transgenic art.
KIASMA MUSEUM OF ART Helsinki, Finland. Feb. 2000
I presented a video compilation of my interactive works to a museum audience. Organized by Erkki Huhtamo and Perttu Rastas.
EGG GALLERY Chicago, Illinois. Oct. 1999
I presented my works to the gallery & participated in a discussion.
IEEE, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION Detroit, Michigan. May 1999
I was invited to arrange and chair a Plenary Session on Robotic Art invited by Dr.Yuan F. Zheng. I presented a paper on contemporary robotic art.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS, Los Angeles, California. Jan. 1999
Presented my paper on Art and Physics.
WALKER ART CENTER Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nov. 1998
Video presentation of my works presented by Craig Harris of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac.
FORT HAYES Columbus, Ohio. Sep.1998
Video presentation of my works and discussion about electronic art in the classroom.
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 1998
Presentation of my works and discussion for glass area.
UCLA, ARTIFICIAL LIFE SHOW Los Angeles, California. Jun. 1998
Gallery staff presents video documentation and photos of the Flock.
THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART Atlanta, Georgia. Apr. 1998
Kinetic & interactive art presentation. Curator Michael Von Uchtrup presents my works.
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Ohio. Apr. 1998
I Presented my interactive works; from 1991 through 1997.
THE CYBERTHEATRE Brussels, Belgium. Feb. 1998
Peter Beyles presents The Flock video documentation to the gallery audience.
CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE Chicago, Illinois. Sep. 1997
I present my interactive works.
CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE Chicago, Illinois. Apr. 1997
I present microprocessors/materials for multimedia class.
CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE Chicago, Illinois. Apr.1997
Present video compilation to multimedia class.
CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE Chicago, Illinois. Mar. 1997
Lecture multimedia art & environments.
TOTAL MUSEUM CONFERENCE, CHICAGO ART INSTITUTE Chicago, Illinois. Oct.1996
Participated in a Panel on Interactivity and presented a paper on biological & Technological Structure.
UNIVERSITY OF California San Francisco, California. Jul. 1996
Presented a lecture on interactive art.
UNIVERSITY OF California San Francisco, California. Aug. 1995
Presented a lecture on The Flock.
WORKS GALLERY, INTER-ACTIVE Los Angeles, California. Nov. 1994
Presentation of my works to a gallery audience.
SAN FRANCISCO STATE San Francisco, California. Sep.1994
I offered a Workshop on Space-Frames hosted by Larry Shaw of the Exploratorium.
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE San Francisco, California. May 1994
Participated in a panel and Symposium on Multimedia Art organized by the TECHNE Artists Collective in San Francisco.
XEROX PARK, RESEARCH CENTER Palo Alto, California. Feb. 1994
Participated in a panel and presented my works and ideas on interactivity and experimental media.
The university OF MINNESOTA, COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, ISEA Minneapolis, Minneapolis. Nov. 1993
International Society of Electronics Arts Conference. Organized and taught a Robotics Workshop for ISEA attendees.
CENTER FOR THE ARTS WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, California. May 1993
Participated in a Panel on Interactive Art with TECHNE artists collective of San Francisco and presented my interactive works.
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY San Jose, California. Jan. 1993
I participated in a Panel on Interactive Art and presented my interactive works.
EXPLORATORIUM; MCBEAN THEATRE San Francisco, California. Sep. 1992
YLEM Forum. I presented The Flock & lecture on interspecies art.
EXPLORATORIUM; MCBEAN THEATRE, San Francisco, California Jul. 1992
YLEM Forum. I presented Technology Recaps Phylogeny tubifex worm sculpture and gave a lecture on Ubiquitous and Recurrent Tree Structures in Intelligent Form.
AWARDS
Vida 3.0 Telefonica, Madrid, Spain, First Prize for Autopoiesis artificial art artwork 2000
Ars Electronica, Linz Austria; Autopoiesis installation won an honorable mention in 2001
Ars Electronica Austria Award of Distinction in 2004 for Augmented Fish Reality
The United Nations Environment Fund; Green Leaf Award for the Farm Fountain by Ken Rinaldo and Amy Youngs at the Te Papa Museum in New Zealand, 2008
Cultural Olympian for the Vancouver Olympics for the Paparazzi Bots Installation 2009
Commissions and Collections
2022
Galeria Antonio Prates, in association with Centro Portuguese de Serigrafia, produced the Synthetic Evolution exhibition of artificial intelligence artworks.
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal in Lisbon. Prints from the Synthetic Evolution Exhibition.
The Cameron Arts Museum, Diatomachious in the Permanent Collection
2021
Cultivamos Cultura commissions CRISPR Seed Ressurection for Alter (Action) exhibition in Portugal
2019-2020
McDonough Museum of Art commissions new work, Scatter Surge: Holobiome portraits
2018
The Continuous War Train, commissioned by the Taiwan Culture Club and invited by curator Jun-Jieh Wang
2017
The UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, IMRC: INNOVATION MEDIA RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER, funding and support for the production of Machine Garden in collaboration with Amy Youngs
Cultivamos Cultura; production residency for creating, Borderless Bacteria; Colonialist Cash 6 works; and Weeds installation local weed co-planted with edible potatoes.
Production Residency Centro Portuguese de Serigraphia, Lisbon, Portugal. Cholula Murmurations produced.
2016
Artificial Life 16 Commission for 400 PPM Microbiome to premiere in Cancun, Mexico, on June 2016
2015
Antonio Prates Foundation collection Lisbon Portugal
Portuguese Murmurations series
Centro Portuguese de Serigraphia Lisbon Portugal
Portuguese Murmurations series
2013
MADEIRA MUSEUM Lisbon, Portugal
The Collection of Norlinda and José Lima is housed at Núcleo de Arte of the Oliva Creative Factory of São João Portugal
Chelpipe Corporation Ekateringberg, Russia
Commissioned by National Center for Contemporary Art Russia Ekaterinburg, Cascading Garden
Antonio Prates Foundation collection Lisbon
Cascading Garden
Antonio Prates Foundation collection, Lisbon Portugal
Seed Series prints
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal in Lisbon. Seed Series prints.
La Compagnie, Marseilles, France
Drone Eats Drone: American Scream
2011
NUIT BLANCHE, Toronto, Canada
Six robots Face Music (Fusiform Polyphony)
2010
MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRES DE FEBRERO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Two Drawing Machines
Vancouver Winter Olympics Vancouver, Canada
Three Paparazzi Bots
2009
Nature Arte Hotel and Cultivamos Cultura Odimira, Portugal
Solar Farm Fountain in Collaboration with Amy Youngs
Dynasty Foundation, Mosco, Russia
The Paparazzi Bots
COSI COLUMBUS Columbus Ohio
Exquisite Bodies, in collaboration with Amy Youngs
2007
STRP Festival Holland
Commission of Our Daily Dread Installation
CITAR Porto Portugal,
Commission BUZZ
Susan Beller Collection
Two prints Machinic Diatom Series
Pilchuck Glass Studio
Wanda & Don Stein Collection
The Twittering Rabbit Foot
Epson Corporation Portugal Collection
Machinic Diatom
Galeria Antonio Prates Collection
Machinic Diatom
Jao Prates Collection
Machinic Diatom
2006
Laser Reproductions Inc. Ohio Collection
Augmented Fish Reality & 1 Autotelematic Spider-bot
AV Festival England Commission
Autotelematic Spider Bots Installation
2005
Galeria Antonio Prates Lisbon
Commissioned Spider Bot Prints
The Caldas Museum of Art Manizales Colombia Collection
Commissioned and collected 15 works on Paper of the Machinic Diatom Series
2004
The Parallax Corporation, California
1 Augmented Fish Reality robot
2003
THE Lille 2004 Festival, Lille, France
Commissioned the Augmented Fish Reality Installation
2000
THE Kiasma Museum, Finland
Autopoiesis commission
1998
Mr. and Mrs. J. Laurence Costin
Of CCC Chicago, IL Collection. Airsong
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Transit Authority & Robert Morris College
Trainsmorphogenisis commission
1997
Andrew and Patricia Zimmerman
Sculpture commission
Christine Sperber MiMi Ferst Gallery
NY Collection
Tech Recaps Phylogeny
Dr. and Mrs. Hoffman
Collection Bark Drawings purchase
1996
Lisa Bornstein Collection
Two CyberSqueek sound sculptures. Now in the Collection of Leonardo Magazine in California.
1995
Dr. Gillman Collection
CyberSqueek commission
Image du Futur, Montreal
Mediated Encounters commission
1994
Dr. and Mrs. Pink
CyberSqueek commission
1993
San Francisco Transplant Institute
Dr. Steig
CyberSqueeks commission
1991
Charles Wehrenberg Collection
Cybersqueek Sculpture All Mod Cons purchase
1990
Ellen Letvin
Cybersqueek Sculptures CAINE / ENIAC purchase
Curatorial
THE OHIO STAGE FAIR, Juror for an exhibition, focused on Art and Technology with Professor Isla Hanson, Professional Division, Columbus, Ohio, 2022
MAJESTIC GALLERY, Nelsonville, Ohio, May 26th, 2007
Majestic Galleries Second Annual National Juried Show Invited by Annette Gaspers to Jury exhibition.
DIGITAL MASH / MACHINATIONS Columbus, Ohio, Jun. 27, 2003
COSI Museum of Science and Industry. A digital exhibition of robotics, imaging, and video works, curated by Ken Rinaldo and Amy Youngs.
DIGITAL ART IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2000
FORT HAYES Recent Digital Art from The Ohio State University.
BLASTHAUS GALLERY San Francisco, California, May 1996
INTEGRATED HEMISPHERES, WOMEN, ART AND TECHNOLOGY, Twelve contemporary woman artists working with technology. Covered in Leonardo. Volume 30, #1, 1997.
BLASTHAUS GALLERYSan Francisco, California, Aug. 1996
WAVICLE ILLUMINATA Two contemporary light artists of the Bay Area with very different approaches. Reviewed by Artweek, September 1996, Volume 27, #9.
ATA GALLERYSan Francisco, California, Oct. 1988 – Sep. 1989
RE-MOVING INVISIBLE BARRIERS ARTS FESTIVAL is a festival of 42 artists working in video, performance, installation, and interactive art.
Appointments and Affiliations
ANTENNAE THE JOURNAL OF NATURE IN VISUAL CULTURE London, UK, Nov 2022 ~
Co-editor with Editor in chief Giovanni Aloi; an issue focused on Microbial Ecologies and art.
Senior Editorial Board, Antennae Magazine, The Journal of Nature and Visual Culture www.antennae.org.uk 2009
International Juror team for the ISEA Artist-In-Residence (AIR) program, 2008
Invited by Guna Nadharajin
Fellow World Technology Network 2006 Member of the Science and Art Committee International Media Lab, Barcelona, Manizales, Buenos Aires headed by Felipe Londano 2005-present
Contributor NY Arts Magazine, NY, 2002-8.
Editor, Sixth Annual Leonardo Digital Salon Catalog
Special project on Artificial Life Art, Leonardo 31:5, 1998.
Guest Editor, NY Arts Magazine, Nov. 2000. A special project on Artificial Life Art.
Guest Editor, Leonardo Electronic Almanac Special section on Artificial Life Art, two-year project. LEA # 6.
Guest Editor, YLEM Newsletter, Volume 15, #6 YLEM, Artists Using Science and Technology.
Guest Editor/Designer, Directory for YLEM, Artists Using Science and Technology. 1995.
Guest Editor/Designer, Directory for YLEM, Artists Using Science and Technology. 1993.
Board of Directors, YLEM, Artists Using Science and Technology 2002-1997
ASCI, Artist using Science and Technology Member since 1998.
YLEM, Artist using Science and Technology, Member since 1995
Teaching and Work Experience
VISITING PROFESSOR March 8 – April 28, 2021
CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Beijing, CHINA
ART AND TECHNOLOGY
Teaching a graduate class with Xiaowen Chen and Fei June, involving direct critiques, engineering consulting, conceptual reification, and advising.
EMERITUS PROFESSOR Sept. 2020-present
The Ohio State University, Art & Technology in The Department Of Art, Columbus, OH.
Working on artworks involving 3D modeling, motion graphics, animation, new media/robotics, component-level electronics and control, digital video, rapid prototyping, and multimedia in the context of contemporary interactive art.
PROFESSOR
Aug. 2011 – Aug. 2020
The Ohio State University, Art & Technology in The Department Of Art, Columbus, OH.
Teaching, 3D modeling, motion graphics, animation, new media/robotics, component level electronics and control, digital video, rapid prototyping, and multimedia in the context of contemporary interactive art.
VISITING PROFESSOR
Aug 28, 2007 – Dec 14, 2007
Carnegie Mellon Department of Art,
Jill Kraus visiting professor teaching
Interactive Electronics for Artists and Inventors.
LECTURER
Stanwood, Washington
July 3, 2007
Pilchuck Glass School, co-teaching a class with Joe Cariati on 3D modeling and glass art installation. Invited by Artistic Director Ruth King.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Aug. 2004 – 2011
The Ohio State University, Art & Technology in The Department Of Art, Columbus, OH.
Teaching, Digital imaging, multimedia, new media/robotics, component level electronics and control, digital video, 3D Modeling, motion graphics, rapid prototyping, and theory.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Aug. 1998 – 2004
The Ohio State University, Art & Technology in The Department Of Art, Columbus, OH.
Directing the Art & Technology program for five years. Teaching, Digital imaging, multimedia, new media/robotics, component level electronics and control, and digital video.
LECTURER
Sept. 1997 – Jun. 1998
Columbia College, Department of Science and Math, Chicago, IL.
Teaching electronics for Audio; a studio/lab course on electronics materials, tools, and processes in conjunction with a theoretical sound class.
ENGINEER
Sept. 1997 – Jul. 1998
ZENTEK Inc. Developing functional system specifications, prototyping original electronic designs and constructing two remote robotic eyes for a Smart TV application utilizing integrated radio control and micro-video cameras.
VISITING ARTIST
Sep. 1996 – 1997
Chicago Art Institute, Department of Art and Technology, Chicago,
Illinois Interface and Interaction: issues of the interface. Fundamentals of Art and Technology, beginning electronics and mechanics, animatronics, and microprocessors.