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I am a visual artist, speaker and educator. My unconventional artwork is process-based, performative, and multi-disciplinary. These artworks frequently exists as site-specific events outside of formal gallery spaces. In creating my art, I draw from specializations in new media, photography, video, installation and performance.
I inform my practice through popular culture, shifting political/economic climates, and recent developments in wireless information technologies. Through research and studio practice I investigate the influence of these technologies on experiences, performances and understandings of identity. In relation to these technologies, my work generates constructive friction between technology use and displays of identity. Through my work, I attempt to unravel and reweave socio-economic issues relating to the rapid adoption of such powerful technologies, and facilitate a critical dialogue about the relevance and impact of technology on individuals and society.
Well known for my use and critique of Radio Frequency ID (RFID) technology, I speak on issues of contemporary art in connection with surveillance, human rights, and technology. I am the author of several essays that address the limitations and liabilities of the powerful and wide-ranging use of RFID today. My artwork has been presented internationally including exhibits in the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan and Thailand.
I received my MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Photography in 2000 and hold degrees in Genetics and Education (B.Sc ’91, B.Ed ’93). |