EDUCATION

1997   Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1993   Bachelor of Arts, The University of Texas at Austin
              Major: Studio Art   Minor: Computer Science

AWARDS & HONORS

2010   Franke Faculty Fellowship, University of Chicago, IL.  
          Commission, US Census Bureau HQ, Phase II, Suitland, MD.
2007   Commission, McCormick Place expansion, Chicago, IL.
2004   Commission, new US Census Bureau headquarters, Suitland, MD.
2003   Digital Gallery Commission, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2002   Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Veterans Monument for Soldier Field - Commission Finalist
2001   Creative Capital Foundation - 2nd round Competitive Funding Award
2000   Creative Capital Foundation Grant
1997   James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1993   Merit Scholarship in Transmedia, University of Texas at Austin

VISITING ARTIST EVENTS

2011   TEDxMidwest, Chicago, IL - lecture
          Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. - interview (w Keith Wilson)
          Chicago Ideas Week, CIW Artist in Residence, Chicago. - lecture
          Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago, IL - lecture & interview (w Hamza Walker)
          Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA – lecture & workshop
2010   Argonne NationalLab/University of Chicago, IL “The Art of Science” panel
          University of Chicago, IL - Symposium, “The Material and the Code” - lecture & panel
          Harper Lecture (University of Chicago), Los Angeles, CA. - named lecture
2009   University of Maryland, College Park, MD - lecture & graduate critiques
          University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY - lecture & graduate critiques
          Weber State University, Ogden, UT - lecture & graduate critiques
2008   Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI - lecture & graduate critiques
          Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH - lecture
          University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI - lecture & graduate critiques
          University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM - lecture & graduate critiques
          33rd Annual Design Management Conference, Ogunquit, ME - invited speaker
2007   The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL - lecture & graduate critiques
         The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL - lecture & graduate critiques
2006   Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL - lecture
          Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN - lecture
          Columbia College, Chicago, IL - lecture
          Union College, Schenectady, NY - lecture
2005   Wexner Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH - lecture & studio visits
          TICA Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL - lecture
          Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL - panel
2004   Parsons School of Design, NYC - senior crits (Anthony Aziz's class)
          University of Illinois at Chicago, IL - panel (w/ Helen Mirra)
          LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore - lecture & senior seminar
          Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - lecture (Elizabeth Menon's class)
          Columbia College, Chicago, IL - studio visit & lecture (Adam Brooks' class)
          DePaul University, Chicago, IL - lecture (Jeff Carter's class)
2003   Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - lecture
          Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN - lecture
          The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL - lecture (Tiffany Holmes' class)
2002   University of Washington, Seattle, WA - lecture & senior critiques
          Contemporary Art Society, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada - lecture
          Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - lecture & graduate critiques
          University of California at Santa Barbara, CA - lecture & graduate critiques
          Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA - lecture (Cindy Bernard's class)
2001   TICA Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL - lecture
1999   College of DuPage, Glen Elyn, IL - lecture

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007-pres   Assistant Professor, The University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts and the Computation Institute
1997-2001   Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999-2000   Nintendo 64 Artist & Programmer, Midway Games, Chicago, IL
1999           Lead programmer, Eduardo Kac's installation, ICC Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
1997-1998   Motion Graphics Artist, Essential Pictures, Chicago, IL
1995-1997   PC and Playstation Artist & Programmer, Viacom New Media, Buffalo Grove, IL

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA
Hallmark, Kansas City, MO
Sysco Corporation, Houston, TX
The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, New York, NY
Playboy Enterprises International, Chicago, IL
Deloitte & Touche, Chicago, IL
Cole-Taylor Bank, Wheeling, IL
State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
City of Chicago, Chicago, IL