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“I really enjoy making things. I’ve always known that, but I forgot how important it is to my process – to create, design, and build the things I want to see in the world. I always hope that my joy is discernible in the details of the work when others encounter it, but I have to remember to protect the part of the process that is joyful for me, whether or not others can access it.”
American Artist makes thought experiments that mine the history of technology, race, and knowledge production, beginning with their legal name change in 2013. Artist's artwork primarily takes the form of sculpture, software, and video. They are a 2022 Creative Capital and United States Artists Fellow, and a 2021 LACMA Art & Tech Lab Grantee. They are a former resident of Smack Mellon, Red Bull Arts Detroit, Abrons Art Center, Recess, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works, and the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. They have exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art; MoMA PS1; Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; and Nam June Paik Center, Seoul. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, Cultured, Artforum, and Art in America. Artist is a co-director of the School for Poetic Computation and a full-time faculty member at Yale.
Donor -This award was generously supported by the USA Endowment Fund.
This artist page was last updated on: 07.18.2024
Installation view of I'm Blue (If I Was █████ I Would Die) by American Artist, 2021. Installed at Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles.
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Installation view of My Blue Window by American Artist, 2021. Installed in Reality Errors at Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, Korea.
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