Christiane Paul (curator)
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Christiane Paul is a scholar in the field of digital art
and an historian
of art
and technology
. She is Professor of Visual Arts at The New School
and author of the seminal book Digital Art. Dr. Paul has previously taught in the MFA computer arts department at the School of Visual Arts
in New York (1999-2008); the Digital+Media Department of the Rhode Island School of Design
(2005-08); the San Francisco Art Institute
and the Center of New Media at the University of California at Berkeley (2008).
As Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art
, Paul curated the exhibitions Profiling (2007), Data Dynamics (2001) and the net art selection for the 2002 Whitney Biennial
. She has also curated artport, the Whitney Museum’s website devoted to Internet art
.
Other recent curatorial work includes: Feedforward - The Angel of History (co-curated with Steve Dietz at the Laboral Center for Art and Industrial Creation, Gijon, Spain, Oct. 2009) and INDAF Digital Art
Festival held in Incheon
, Korea in August of 2009). Also Scalable Relations at the Beall Center for Art and Technology in Irvine, California
as well as galleries at UCSD, UCLA and UCSB in 2008-09.
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
and an historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
of art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
. She is Professor of Visual Arts at The New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
and author of the seminal book Digital Art. Dr. Paul has previously taught in the MFA computer arts department at the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in New York (1999-2008); the Digital+Media Department of the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
(2005-08); the San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Art Institute is a school of higher education in contemporary art with the main campus in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California. Its graduate center is in the Dogpatch neighborhood. The private, non-profit institution is accredited by WASC and is a member of the...
and the Center of New Media at the University of California at Berkeley (2008).
Biography
Dr. Paul received both her MA and PhD from the University of Düsseldorf. She writes comprehensively on new media arts and lectures on art and technology. An expanded edition of her book Digital Art was published by Thames & Hudson in 2003.As Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, Paul curated the exhibitions Profiling (2007), Data Dynamics (2001) and the net art selection for the 2002 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
. She has also curated artport, the Whitney Museum’s website devoted to Internet art
Internet art
Internet art is a form of digital artwork distributed via the Internet. This form of art has circumvented the traditional dominance of the gallery and museum system, delivering aesthetic experiences via the Internet. In many cases, the viewer is drawn into some kind of interaction with the work...
.
Other recent curatorial work includes: Feedforward - The Angel of History (co-curated with Steve Dietz at the Laboral Center for Art and Industrial Creation, Gijon, Spain, Oct. 2009) and INDAF Digital Art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
Festival held in Incheon
Incheon
The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...
, Korea in August of 2009). Also Scalable Relations at the Beall Center for Art and Technology in Irvine, California
Irvine, California
Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
as well as galleries at UCSD, UCLA and UCSB in 2008-09.
Publications
- New Media in the White Cube and Beyond - Curatorial Models for Digital Art (UC Press: Berkeley, CA, December 2008)
- Digital Art, revised and expanded edition (Thames & Hudson: London, UK, June 2008)
- Forthcoming: Information Arts, co-authored with Jack Toolin, in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, eds. Marcia J. Bates and Mary Niles Maack, Taylor and Francis Group, NY
- Expanding Cinema: The Moving Image in Digital Art in Stuart Comer (ed.), Film and Video Art (Tate Publishing: London, UK, 2009) 2008
- Sustainable Art Practices, essay for the catalogue accompanying the SOS 4.8 festival, Murcia, Spain
- Digital Art / Public Art: Governance and Agency in the Networked Commons in Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignoneau, Dorothee King (eds.), Interface Cultures - Artistic Aspects of Interaction (Springer Verlag, 2008)
- Not just Art — From Media art to Artware in Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignoneau, Dorothee King (eds.), Interface Cultures
- Artistic Aspects of Interaction ([transcript] Kultur- und Medientheorie, 2008)
- The Medium of Response, catalogue essay for the exhibition Maquinas y Almas, June 26 - October 13, 2008, Reina Sofia, Madrid. Spain;
- Game Engineering the Image, MIT Technology Review, March / April 08