Artists

Many thanks to the ten artists who participated in Privacy in Public:

American Artist is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist whose work extends Black radicalism and organized labor into a context of networked virtual life. American attended the Whitney Independent Study program and has exhibited at The Kitchen (New York), the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Salome Asega is an artist and researcher based in New York. Currently, she is a Technology Fellow at the Ford Foundation. Salome has participated in residencies and fellowships with Eyebeam, New Museum, The Laundromat Project, and Recess Art. She has exhibited and presented at the 11th Shanghai Biennale, Performa, EYEO, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Tega Brain is an Australian born artist and environmental engineer whose work addresses ecology, environmental management and data-driven systems. She is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Digital Media, New York University. She lives and works in New York.

Ingrid Burrington writes, makes maps, and tells jokes about places, politics, and the feelings people have about both. She’s the author of Networks of New York: An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure. Her work has been supported by Eyebeam, Data & Society, and the Center for Land Use Interpretation.  

Taeyoon Choi is an artist, educator, and activist. His art practice involves performance, electronics, drawings, and installations that form the basis for storytelling in public spaces. Choi co-founded the School for Poetic Computation where he continues to organize sessions and teach classes on electronics, drawings, disability and social practice.

Annabel Daou’s work takes place at the intersection of writing, speech, and nonverbal communication. Her paper-and-tape constructions, sound pieces, and performances explore the language of power and intimacy. Recent and upcoming projects include: Chou Hayda? an audio work at the National Museum of Beirut (through Dec 2018) and just one question, a solo show at Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin (Nov 2018).

Alejandra Delfin is a peruvian printmaker. Her works address economic inequality and environmental justice. She graduated from SUNY Empire College, has studied at Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and Atelier 17 with Hayter (France). She is a recipient of BRIO (Bronx Council on the Arts) and Action Lab awards (Bronx Museum).

Sam Lavigne is an artist and educator whose work deals with data, surveillance, cops, natural language processing, and automation.

Mimi Onuoha is a Brooklyn-based artist and researcher investigating the social results of data collection and computational categorization. Her work uses code, text, performance, and objects to explore missing data and the ways in which people are abstracted, represented, and classified.

Toisha Tucker is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist and writer. Through text-based prints, photographs, and installations, they debunk accepted social constructions around race, gender, and identity. Using epistemological, literary and linguistic investigation, they also delve into the relationship between technology and human empathy. See more of their work at toishatucker.com.