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New Materialist Art
Group Exhibition
CLOSING JAN 27: Embodied Objects in "Electric Op" at Buffalo AKG Art Museum
"Embodied Objects" computerized weavings with electromyography data-drive patterns in "Electric Op" at Buffalo AKG Art Museum
2025
Group Exhibition
Blank Stare in "Paint to Print" at Les Enluminures
laser etchings on paper with brainwave patterns included in exhibition examining paradigm shifts in printmaking
2023
Writing
Syndemic Sublime: Rematerializing the Expanded Biotechnological Apparatus in the Age of Remote Intimacy and Immediate Precarity
essay and artist talk written for "Possibles", the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA)
2023
Solo Exhibition
Sticky Settings Preview at UTS
private preview of immersive installation presenting animation and sound work in progress from "Sticky Settings" collaboration
2022
Artwork
Tangible Variations
weavings depicting computer-generated visualizations of computational simulations of biophysical interactions
2022
Group Exhibition
Doilies in "Life Eternal: The Nobel Prize Museum at Liljevalchs"
lace virus series in exhibition exploring notions of eternity through art, science, medicine, and technology
2022
Group Exhibition
Unraveling in "The Hidden Side of Lace" at CC De Ververij
molecular animations created with 3D models of SARS included in exhibition exploring expanded interpretations of lace
2022
Group Exhibition
Syndemic Sublime in "Currents" at Center For Contemporary Arts
data-driven molecular animations using COVID data featured in new media art exhibition
2022
Commission
Syndemic Sublime in "La irrupció" at Santa Mònica for ISEA
data-driven molecular animation commissioned for International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) at Santa Mònica Arts Centre
2022
Group Exhibition
Embodied Objects and Manifest in "Haptic/Somatic" at Buley Library Gallery
artworks created with biometric data in exhibition exploring how technology expands our ability to perceive the natural world
2022
Solo Exhibition
Rhapsody for an Expanded Biotechnological Apparatus at the Tang
exhibition at Tang Museum with participatory haptic sound installation and rug made from laboratory animal fiber
2021
Group Exhibition
Syndemic Sublime in "Second Sundays" at Pioneer Works
installation with animations & networked sculpture exploring interconnected systems in the biotechnological landscape
2021
Artwork
Syndemic Sublime
generative 3D animations using COVID death data to disrupt amino acid residues on intertwined human and non-human proteins
2021
Commission
Disentanglement and Doilies in "Triënnale Brugge: TraumA" at Musea Brugge
site-specific intervention commissioned for Bruges Triennial with animations and sculptures exploring theme of “trauma”
2021
Artwork
Disentanglement
triptych sculpture with 3-channel synchronous animation of 3D models (coronavirus, human cells, non-human antibodies) created using models of the coronavirus, human cells, and non-human antibodies
2021
Solo Exhibition
Entangled Entities at The New Gallery
installation with sensory experiences exploring interspecies entanglement through networked devices and tactile sculpture
2021
Group Exhibition
Unraveling in "Pre-Show" at Rooftop Films Drive-In
screening of molecular animations with sound screened during Pre-Show at Drive-In Movie theater
2020
Solo Exhibition
Unraveling at BioBAT Art Space
BioBAT, immersive installation exploring remote intimacy & hidden materialities during the pandemic
2020
Artwork
Unraveling Together
participatory textiles collaboration with recorded Zoom performances and hand-made weavings
2020
Artwork
Denatured
animations created with screen recordings of software performances using molecular visualization software
2020
Artwork
Termination Sequences
remote sound collaborations with biotech workers and scientists rematerializing the coronavirus mRNA sequence
2020
Artwork
Unraveling and Renatured
animations and prints created with molecular models of the coronavirus spike protein
2020
Artwork
Remote Entanglements
fan networked to wind data at vivarium that houses animals who produce biological products for human drugs
2019
Artwork
Contested Territories
networked laboratory mixers containing llama feces activated by Twitter activity relating to the contested status of science
2019
Artwork
Lumen and Chaperone
participatory haptic sound and textiles sculpture with rug made from hand-spun laboratory animal fiber
2019
Artwork
Needle in a Haystack Book
artist book with photographs from a biotech lab documenting mundane artifacts and poetic encounters in biotech laboratory
2019
Solo Exhibition
Conformations at Esther Klein Gallery
multimedia installation exploring hidden systems and invisible labor in the expanded biotechnological landscape
2019
Artwork
Tickling the Bonds
screen-recorded molecular visualization software interaction with alpaca nanobody/ricin models
2019
Artwork
Transformation Timer
motorized wind chime sound sculpture with laboratory animal fiber and orphaned keys
2019
Artwork
Boundary
entryway with hand-spun laboratory llama fiber and text excerpt using immigration metaphor to explain biology
2019
Artwork
Conformations
tactile installation with fiber from laboratory alpacas and video performance of carding and spinning
2019
Group Exhibition
Blank Stare and Doilies in "The World Unseen: Intersections of Art and Science" at CDC Museum
artworks rematerializing the invisible included in exhibition exploring intersections of art and science
2019
Group Exhibition
Manifest and Recursive Expressions in "Artfare Inaugural Exhibition"
sculptures and prints included in exhibition featuring Laura Splan, Dustin Yellin, Liz Nielsen, Miya Ando, Lola Flash
2019
Solo Exhibition
Embodied Objects at Occurrence
installation with digitally fabricated weavings, prints, and sculptures exploring the rematerialization of bodily experience
2018
Solo Exhibition
Manifest at NYU Langone Art Gallery
solo exhibition exploring embodiment, emotion and affect through biometric data driven artworks
2017
Group Exhibition
Squint in "Code as Form" at Thoma Foundation
selected work from Thoma Foundation digital art collection with Laura Splan, Beryl Korot, Vera Molnar, Steina Vasulka
2017
Solo Exhibition
Material Expressions at Capsule Gallery
solo exhibition with biometric data driven artworks including weavings, etchings, sculptures and prints
2017
Artwork
Squint
4-color limited edition lithograph print created in collaboration with Normal Editions
2016
Artwork
Recursive Expressions
giclée prints with computer generated & hand-manipulated patterns made with electromyography data
2016
Artwork
Blank Stare
laser etchings on paper with data-driven patterns generated from biometric measurements of attention level
2016
Artwork
Embodied Objects
computerized Jacquard weavings with data-driven patterns created with EMG recordings of bodily movement
2016
Artwork
Material Expressions No. 1
biometric performance sculpture with motorized music box actuated by electromyography (EMG) data from bicep
2016
Artwork
Material Expressions No. 2
biometric performance with motorized sculpture and sound actuated by heartbeat of knitter
2016
Artwork
Manifest
3D-printed sculptures with data-driven forms created with EMG measurements of facial expressions
2015
Writing
Manifest: The Role of Science in the Studio
essay on research-based studio practice at the intersections of art and science for "Art Practical: Art, Science & Wonder"
2015
Artwork
Measured Gestures
collages assembled from hand-cut pieces of pseudoscientific and aspirational adspeak in magazine ads
2015
Group Exhibition
Negligee (Serotonin) in "TechNoBody" at Pelham Art Center
group exhibition exploring the mediated world's impact on and relationship to the physical body in our increasingly virtual realm
2015
Artwork
autologousReflection
participatory sculpture with computer generated animation and text
2015
Artwork
Collaborations with the Sun
drawing performance with solar-powered instruments using charcoal from previous night's campfire at ReCreate Residency
2014
Commission
Host in "Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS" at Van/Every Smith Gallery
multimedia installation with sculptures and works on paper commissioned for exhibition about representations of HIV/AIDS
2014
Artwork
Convergence
installation with photography and sculpture made in collaboration with Ariana Page Russell at Magnan Metz Gallery
2014
Artwork
Modular Systems
collages made from hand-cut pieces of pseudoscientific magazine ads
2012
Commission
Surface Tension in "Watching Hands" at David J. Sencer CDC Museum
graphite drawings with soap bubble residue commissioned for exhibition about disease prevention and public health
2011
Artwork
Distillations
hand-cut collages made from pseudoscientific magazine ads with hand-built ceramics depicting ad imagery
2010
Commission
Trousseau in "Unravelling the Manor" at Preston Manor
site-specific sculptural interventions constructed from remnant cosmetic facial peel commissioned for group exhibition
2010
Artwork
Unrestricted Diffusion
watercolor paintings with blood
2010
Artwork
Enmeshed
drawings on watercolor paper rendered with blood
2010
Artwork
Exquisite Corpse
website with live generative text animation using adspeak language culled from real beauty products
2009
Artwork
Subcutaneous
hand embroidery of text on remnant cosmetic facial skin peel
2009
Artwork
Negligee (Serotonin)
computerized embroidery on sculpture made from remnant cosmetic facial peel
2009
Artwork
Negligee (Slipping Into the Skin of Another)
computerized embroidery on sculpture made from remnant cosmetic facial peel
2009
Artwork
Fan (Anatomy of the Gaze)
computerized embroidery on remnant cosmetic facial peel with retina anatomy as decorative motif
2009
Artwork
Handkerchief (Anatomy of Tears)
computerized embroidery on remnant cosmetic facial peel with tear duct anatomy as decorative motif
2009
Artwork
Purse
remnant cosmetic facial peel sculpture cast from breasts
2009
Artwork
Gloves
remnant cosmetic facial peel sculptures cast from artist's hands
2009
Commission
Doilies and Trousseau in "Re/Formations" at Van Every/Smith Galleries
installation of tactile lace viruses and facial peel sculptures commissioned for exhibition about disability and female identity
2009
Artwork
Wallpaper and Negligee (Slipping...) in "Manufractured" at Museum of Contemporary Craft
handmade wallpaper printed with blood and sculpture made from facial peel in exhibition exploring materials and craft
2008
Artwork
Gravity
paintings with blood on watercolor paper
2008
Artwork
Elaborative Encoding
drawing of lace rendered in blood
2007
Artwork
Incomplete Retrieval
drawings of lace rendered in blood on watercolor paper
2007
Artwork
X-Ray Visions & Morphine Dreams
photographic light boxes with digitally composited X-rays created from found images
2005
Artwork
Trepidation
video exploring visceral abstraction through symmetry and blood
2004
Artwork
Doilies (SARS, HIV, Influenza, Herpes, Hepadna)
digitally fabricated lace sculptures depicting viruses (SARS, HIV, Influenza, Herpes, Hepadna)
2004
Artwork
Wallpaper/Samples
wallpaper samples hand-painted with blood
2003
Artwork
Thought Patterns
drawings of neuroanatomical structures rendered in blood
2003
Artwork
Virus
watercolor paintings of viruses rendered in blood on paper
2003
Artwork
Blood Scarf
photographs of speculative medical apparatus hand-knit into intravenous scarf from clear vinyl tubing
2002
Artwork
Exam Gown
hand-knit textiles sculpture with large-scale photographic portraits that reimagines the institutional hospital gown
2002
Artwork
Vigilant
latch hook soft sculptures depicting microbes
2002
Artwork
Catheter Bag Cozy
installation including photographs and a hand-knit vinyl tubing sculpture that is continuously pumped with blue liquid
2001
Artwork
Upside Down, Inside Out
silicon rubber sculptures cast from test tubes
2000
Artwork
Prozac, Thorazine, Zoloft
hand latch hooked soft sculptures of oversized antipsychotic and antidepressant pills
2000