NOVA JIANG
http://www.novajiang.com
nova.jiang@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture | 2009
University of California, Los Angeles
2009 | MFA: Design and Media Art
University of Auckland
2007 | BFA: Painting and Video
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2014
CAFKA.13 Biennial, CAFKA (Kitchener, Canada)
2013
Le Cube Festival, Le Cube (Paris, France)
2012
Machine Wilderness, ISEA|Earthbound Moon (Albuquerque, US)
Sunroom Project Space, Wave Hill (New York, US)*
File Festival (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Illuminated Metropolis Gallery (New York, US)*
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2012
Creatomatic, Grounds for Sculpture (Hamilton, US)
Art Hack Day, 319 Scholes (New York, US)
2011
Creatomatic, Eyebeam-Project Space (New York, US)
Virtual Show, CulturaDigital.Br Festival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Plain, Gymnasia Herzlia (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Ideogenetic Machine, Eyebeam-Project Space (New York, US)*
Roadshow Korea, Total Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, South Korea)
Ritual, Art in Odd Places (New York, US)
Objectivity-A Vocabulary of Objects, Eyebeam (New York, US)
Open Prototyping, Eyebeam (New York, US)
2010
Build Your Own World, 01SJ Biennial (San Jose, US)
Tough Art, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, US)
I Know What You Did Last Summer, St Cecilia Convent (Brooklyn, US)
Innovation Lounge, TEDActive (Palm Springs, US)
Useful Ambiguity, North Carolina State University, College of Design (North Carolina, US)
2009
Autonomies of Disagreement-Transitio_MX, Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City, Mexico)
Cause and Effect, LM Projects (Los Angeles, US)
Your Own Adventure, New Wight Gallery (Los Angeles, US)
Milan Public Design Festival, Piazza XXIV Maggio – (Milan, Italy)
Clash, De Oosterpoort (Groningen, the Netherlands)
The 12th Japan Media Art Festival, The National Art Center (Tokyo, Japan)
New Frontier, Sundance Film Festival (Park City, US)
2008
Night Lights, Scottsdale Waterfront (Scottsdale, US)
Tropical Lab, Lasalle College of the Arts, Project Gallery (Singapore)
MEGA 3, New Wight Gallery (Los Angeles, US)
Glow, Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, US)
Sonar - Future Past Cinema, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (Barcelona, Spain)
INTERACTIVOS?’08, Medialab-Prado - VISION PLAY (Madrid, Spain)
David Bermant Gallery (Los Angeles, United States)
AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Prix Ars Electronica, Interactive Art, Honorary Mention 2012
Wave Hill Van Lier Visual Artist Fellowship 2012
Art and Code Presentation Scholarship 2011
Eyebeam Fellowship 2011
Black Rock Arts Foundation Grant 2011
Sculpture Space Grant 2011
Skowhegan Fellowship 2009
The 12th Japan Media Art Festival - Jury Recommended Work 2008
UCLA Dean’s Scholarship 2008
Anne Reid Memorial Trust Scholarship 2007
Trash to Fashion Supreme Award Winner 2006
Denise Gerard Scholarship 2005
Auckland Abroad Travel Grant 2005
George Elliot Tertiary Scholarship 2002
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Sculpture Space (Utica, United States) 2012
Wave Hill Winter Workspace (New York, United States) 2012
Eyebeam Fellowship, Eyebeam (New York, United States) 2011-2012
Tough Art, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, United States)2010
Skowhegan (Skowhegan, United States)2009
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2012
Presenter, Technarte (Bilbao, Spain)
Panelist, Artists in Labs: Participatory Design at Eyebeam, SXSW (Austin, United States)
2011
Presenter, Visualizing Marathon, Visualizing.org (New York, United States)
Presenter, Art and Code: 3D, Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, United States)
Presenter, Maker Faire, New York Hall of Science (New York, United States)
Artist talk, Roadshow: Korea, Total Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, South Korea)
Instructor, Creatomatic Workshop, Eyebeam (New York, United States)
Co-instructor, DIY Soft Sensors and Sonic Furniture, Girls Eye View: Eyebeam (New York, United States)
2010
Artist talk, Archipelago, 01SJ Biennial, (San Jose, United States)
Artist talk, Moon Theater, TED Active, (Palm Springs, United States)
2009
Instructor, Introductory Electronics and Programming Workshop for Artists
Transitio_MX, (Mexico City, Mexico)
Panelist, Different Ways of Using Technology, Transitio_MX, (Mexico City, Mexico)
Presenter, Interactivos?’08: Vision Play, Medialab-Prado, (Madrid, Spain)
SELECTED PRESS AND REVIEWS
Proceso (Mexico City, Mexico)
la Repubblica (Milan, Italy)
Daily Insider (Park City, United States)
Arizona Republic (Arizona, United States)
LA Times (Los Angeles, United States)
Ciberpais (Madrid, Spain)
ADN (Madrid, Spain)
El Pais (Madrid, Spain)
WEB
Art Shift
Fast Company
Fine Arts LA
JRL, Art Scene
Blueprint Magazine
TV
Telemadrid, June 26, 2008 (Madrid, Spain)