EDUCATION
2013 Master of Fine Art (Sound), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 Bachelor of Science (International Studies), The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, AND SCREENINGS
Exhibitions
2026 (Re)Sounding, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
2025 How Do We Mark the Flood, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
2024 Sound Playground, Floating Projects, Hong Kong, SAR China
Language of Movement, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Future Birdsongs, Black Mountain College Museum, Asheville, NC
Urban Nature Sonic Pavilion, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL
2022 Bee Drones, Digital Matters, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Quarantine Concerts, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL
2020 Language of Movement, New Genres Arts Space, Rockford, IL
2019 Illusive Waves: Breathing Under Water, Incheon, South Korea
Madou Sugar Industry Triennial, Tainan, Taiwan
2018 Mt. Shamao, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL
2018 Taipei Artist Village Exhibition, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Late to the Party, Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL
2015 Soft Power, Audible Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015 A.R. Is not Invited, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
2014 Rounds, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
2014 Drawing from the Gulf, Grommit Studios, Chicago, IL
2013 SAIC MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2012 Machine Wilderness, ISEA, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Six Incapable Arms, Defibrillator, Chicago, IL
2012 Pluralzone, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2012 Bushwick AR Intervention, Bushwick Open Studios, New York, NY
2012 Domain and Range, Jenny’s Common, Chicago, IL
2011 Penta-Rudiment, Litmus, Ansan, South Korea
2011 Mediated Motion, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
2011 Electronic Highways, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
2010 TalesonTape, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT
2010 The Concours, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Liminal: Print Exchange, Kayo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Public Projection, The Green Ant, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Video Show, Sam Weller’s, Salt Lake City, UT
2009 Analogue Island, Sam Weller’s, Salt Lake City, UT
Performances
2023 Plants Daydream of Trouble (with Mitsu Salmon), International Peace Gardens, Rockford, IL
2019 Echoes in Botany, Tsung-Yeh Artist Village, Tainan, Taiwan
2018 Performative tours of Mt. Shamao, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL
2017 Inhabit: Inline, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2017 Formosan Wood, Tsung-Yeh Artist Village, Tainan, Taiwan
2017 Sonic Anchor Series, McAulay Studio, Hong Kong
2015 Grand Opening 02, Floating Projects, Hong Kong
2015 Selected Sounds, Donovan’s, Detroit, MI
2015 Closing for Magda Tothova, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
2014 Untitled Group Show, Archer Ballroom, Chicago, IL
2014 Duos, Myopic Books, Chicago, IL
2014 ADA RADIO Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL
2014 Diabolical Records Presents, Diabolical Records, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 Electro Persian Dialogue, Weyuen Ku Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Annotations, Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, Chicago, IL
2011 Waveforms, Outer Space, Chicago, IL
Screenings
2019 Best Short Film International Competition, Festival International du Film sur l’Art, Montreal, Canada
Official Selection, International Motion Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
Official Selection, Sudan Independent Film Festival, Khartoum, Sudan
2018 Official Selection, Beyond Earth Film Festival, Kolkata, India
Official Selection, Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece
2018 Official Selection, Bahia Independent Cinema Festival, Bahia, Brazil
2018 Official Selection, IndieLisboa Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 Official Selection, Athens Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
2018 New Docs, Mary and Leigh Block Museum at Northwestern, Evanston, IL
2017 These Wall Talk, Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
2016 Standing Nymph and Man (Preview screening), Studebaker Theater, Chicago, IL
2012 For The/ Her/ A Screen, Nightingale, Chicago, IL
SELECTED AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2026 Folk Art Apprenticeship Award, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, SLC, UT
2024 Anthem Award, Anthem Community Voice, NYC, NY
2023 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington, D.C.
Garland Distinguished Fellowship for Performance, Hambidge, GA
2022 Beverly Taylor Sorenson Foundation Grant, Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Open Documentary Lab Fellowship, MIT, Cambridge, USA
Bennion Center Public Service Professorship, Bennion Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 Digital Matters Faculty Grant, Marriott Library, Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Pioneer Works Artist in Residence (music), New York, NY
Wave Farm Artist in Residence, Acra, New York
Incheon Art Platform (with Mitsu Salmon), Incheon, South Korea
2018 Ox-Bow Artist in Residence and Fellowship, Saugatuck, MI
2018 Taipei Artist Village Artist in Residence (with Mitsu Salmon), Taipei, Taiwan
2017 V54 Artist in Residence, Hong Kong
2017 Tsung-Yeh Artist in Residence (with Mitsu Salmon), Tainan City, Taiwan
2015 Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to Individuals, New York, NY
2015 soundpocket Artist in Residence, Hong Kong
2014 8550 Ohio Artist in Residence, Chesterhill, OH
2013 ACRE Artist in Residence, Chicago, IL
2013 Clare Rosen and Samuel Edes Fellowship, semifinalist, Chicago, IL
2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grant, Chicago, IL
SELECTED LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2026 Restoration/ Regeneration, New Media Caucus, Phoenix, AZ
Future of Play, Beyond Expo, Macau, SAR China
2025 XR Symposium, Cornell Tech, NYC, NY
Games for Change, Parsons School of Design, NYC, NY
2024 SIGGRAPH, Denver Convention Center, Denver, CO
Tech Soup, Webinar hosted by Meta, Virtual and Global
2023 Games for Change Summit, New York, NY
S. Arch Conference, Berlin, Germany
2022 Resilient City, Architecture Research Centers Consortium, Miami, FL
Formosan Wood, Tainan National University of Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2021 Online Education (AMPS), Virtual and Global
2020 Feedback Loop of Legitimacy, Architecture, Media, Politics and Society (AMPS), Canterbury, UK
Kansai Roundtable Series, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
(Volumetric Sound), Department of Radio/ Television/ Film, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2019 Field of View (Volumetric Sound), Department of Radio/ Television/ Film, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2018 Artist Talk, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China
2018 Formosan Wood, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Movement and Technology (with Mitsu Salmon), Tainan City, Taiwan
2017 Field of View (Part of Cultural Hybrid Series), Comix Home Base, Hong Kong
2016 Historical (Dis)continuity, FVS Conference at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2015 Noise Workshop for Proteges, Tokwawan Stories of House, Hong Kong
2013 Early Electronic Music from Iran , soundpocket, Hong Kong
2013 Historical (Dis)continuity, ISSTC, Dublin, Ireland
2013 Early Electronic Music from Iran, Department of Art History.,SAIC, Chicago, IL
2012 Intra-Action, Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, Chicago, IL
2012 The Expanded Field, Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, Chicago, IL
2012 Lecturer and Graduate Critiques, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2012 Introduction to Digital Sound , Instructor, Working Classroom, Albuquerque, NM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present Assistant Professor (College of Architecture and Planning), University of Utah, UT
2014-19Lecturer (Dept. of AIADO), SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014 Cultural Exchange Consultant for ESS (funded by the MacArthur Foundation), Chicago, IL
2013 Teaching Assistant (Dept. of Art and Technology), SAIC, Chicago, IL
2012 Teaching Assistant (Dept. of Sound), SAIC, Chicago, IL
2012 Library Specialist, Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Chicago, IL
2011 Native English Teacher, Wongok Elementary School, Ansan, South Korea
2009 Teaching Assistant (Sculpture), Art Student League of New York, NY, NY
2009 Teaching Assistant (Dept. of Poli Sci), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 Assistant Show Supervisor, Battersea Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
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