Curriculum Vitae

Projects

• v i r t u a (founder), 2024-present
• Xhurch (venue and residence, founder), 2010-present
• NTVTY (installation art series), 2010-2023
• Portland Immersive Media Group (artist group, co-founder), 2015-2018
• M.A.S.S. (music/performance & poetry series, co-host & co-curator), 2013-2014
• Magisterial / Digital Twin ^TM (midi music duo), 2013-2020
• Xhurches (online archive - adaptive reuse of former religious spaces), 2011-present

Shows/Exhibitions

• 2024 [upcoming] “The Gift", Lloyd District, Portland, OR
• 2023 “NTVTY" at Lloyd Center Mall, Portland, OR
• 2023 “House of Moire” European XR Awards, Brussels, Belgium
• 2023 “House of Moire” Viborg Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Denmark
• 2023 “House of Moire” Psych.e, 23 degrés, Paris, France
• 2023 "House of Moiré" @ FIVARS, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2023 "House of Moiré" @ Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
• 2023 "House of Moiré" @ MUTEK, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• 2023 "House of Moiré" @ Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain
• 2022 "House of Moiré" @ MUTEK / Beyond The Frame, Tokyo, Japan
• 2022 "House of Moiré" @ Magnetic Fields Festival, India
• 2022 "House of Moiré" @ FilmGate, Miami Arts Week, Miami, Florida
• 2022 "House of Moiré" MUTEK, Immersive Collection Debut, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• 2022 "Flux Emanation" performance, MUTEK, Play 1, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• 2022 "Forgotten Portland," State of Being, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
• 2021 Local Cinema Online, Portland, OR, curated by Theresa Sweetheart
• 2020 Pink Noise V, quarantine edition, Portland, Oregon
• 2020 [cancelled] “Moirés”, featuring Chloe Alexandra, Hellerau, Dresden, Germany, curated by Mutek
• 2019 NTVTY X, Xhurch, Portland, Oregon
• 2019 send + receive festival of sound, Video Pool, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• 2019 MUTEK Festival, Les 7 Doigts/Studio 1, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• 2019 “Undertones II", Portland Art Museum, Whitsell Auditorium, Portland, OR
• 2019 "Pink Noise iii", Boathouse Studios, Portland, OR
• 2019 “Un-learning The Future”, Spinning Beachball of Death, MoHA/Fusebox Festival, Austin, TX
• 2019 “Democratizing VR for More Livable Cities”, Design Week Portland, Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2019 “Moirés”, featuring Chloe Alexandra, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR
• 2019 “The Inner Reaches of Outer Space”, Spaceness Festival, Sou’wester, Seaside, WA
• 2018 "NTVTY IX" feat. Craig Dorety, Daniel Smolentsev, Rachel Hibbard, Xhurch, Portland, OR
• 2018 "S.E.C.R.E.T.S.: Prince Romeo The Crow", immersive set design, Time-Based Art Festival, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Fin de Cinema", live film score for Jiri Barta's "The Pied Piper", Holocene, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Holocene 15-Year Anniversary", custom visuals, Holocene, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Matter-Time Vortex", custom visuals for Golden Retriever, Holocene, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Infinitely Possible", collaboration w. students at Open School, Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Immersed Conference", Design Reality inaugural conference, OMSI, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Triad Exhibition", curated by Sam Klickner & Andrew Auble, Grapefruits Art Space, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Matter-Time Vortex", custom visuals for Golden Retriever, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2018 "Matter-Time Vortex", custom visuals for Golden Retriever @ Rewire Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2018 "Static Passenger", Spaceness Festival, Sou'wester, Seaside, WA
• 2018 "Temple IV/Hedge Maze", custom visuals for Dolphin Midwives, Holocene, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Ontology of PIMG", Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
• 2017 "A/V Party", curated by Sarah Turner, Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2017 "SPAM'S - The Internet: The Restaurant", curated by Rachel Stuckey & Zac Traeger, Tacheles, Marfa, TX
• 2017 "Unity Gain: VOL I", curated by Jesse Mejía & Sarah Turner Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2017 “YOU ARE HERE”, Houseguest Residency, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR
• 2017 “Liminal Passage”, multimedia environment, Upstream Music Festival, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
• 2017 “Echo Chamber", Art Hack Day Exhibition, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Portland, OR
• 2016 “Chat Room: Politics of Resistance”, curated by Minh Nguyen, Seattle, WA
• 2016 “VR Spa”, Open Signal (formerly Portland Community Media), Portland, OR
• 2016 “Portland Retro Gaming Expo”, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR
• 2016 "Crossover: Multithreaded Grief Ritual", The Art of Dying, Dream Logic, San Fransisco, CA
• 2016 “VR Spa", official Nominees for IndieCade 2016, Los Angeles, CA
• 2016 “Out of Sight”, curated by Greg Lundgren, Sierra Stinson, Minh Nguyen, Julia Fryett, Seattle, WA
• 2016 “Habitats”, curated by Jeremy Swartz and Jeff Jahn, Portland, OR
• 2016 “Felt Book”, curated by Institute for New Feeling, Los Angeles, CA
• 2015 “Coaxial Opening”, curated by Experimental Half-Hour, Los Angeles, CA
• 2014 "Meanwhile, Elsewhere", curated by Kieran Mckeon, Portland, OR
• 2013 “Xhurches Symposium”, M.A.S.S. performance series, Alberta Abbey, Portland, OR
• 2013 “ONN/OF”, curated by Susan Robb and Sierra Stinson, Seattle, WA
• 2012 “New Years No Age”, Seattle, WA
• 2012 “Episode 34”, Experimental Half-Hour, Portland, OR
• 2012 "Fertility 2.0" alien nativity installation, Burning Man, Black Rock Dessert, NV
• 2012 "Contact", curated by Chloé Womack, Littman Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2012 “Signify, Sanctify, Believe”, Open Engagement, Portland, OR
• 2011 “Xhurch: Residential Residency”, Open Engagement, Portland, OR

Awards/Grants

• 2023 European XR Awards Nominee, “House of Moire”, Stereopsia, Brussels, Belgium
• 2023 'Winner' Black Swan Film Festival for “House of Moire”, Kolkata, India
• 2017 Houseguest Residency, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation/Oregon Community Foundation/PCS Inc.
• 2016 Official nominee for “VR Spa”, Indiecade
• 2016 Precipice Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Art/PICA/Calligram Foundation
• 2016 Project Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council
• 2014 Precipice Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Art/PICA/Calligram Foundation
• 2013 Project Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council
• 2012 Black Rock Arts Ticket Gift (Burning Man)

Residencies

• 2018 Open School North, Portland, OR
• 2018 Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
• 2017 Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2016 Laboratory Residency, Spokane, WA

Talks/Appearances

• 2022 Mutek Immersive Collection, Beyond The Frame Festival, Tokyo, Japan
• 2022 Mutek Immersive Collection, Mutek Forum, Montreal, Canada
• 2022 "Realtime 3D for Musicians" workshop, PATHWAVES, Mutek, Montreal, Québec, Canada
• 2021 "Unity for Artists" workshop, Worlding Protocol, Grey Area Festival, San Francisco, CA
• 2020 "Xhurch NTVTY Retrospective Mix", Lost Discoveries Radio, Belfast, Maine
• 2018 "Real-Time Technology Integrations for Community Media", presentation, Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Mixed Reality Futures: How Real-Time Technology is Transforming Creativity", artist talk, NewRelic, Portland, OR
• 2018 "Access The Future", panel discussion @ Alliance Community Media conference, Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2018 "URL Lecture Series", Transmedia artist talk, University of Texas, Austin, TX
• 2017 "What is Virtual Reality?", artist talk, Willamette University, Salem, OR
• 2017 "You Are Here", artist talk, Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2017 "Studio Visit", Freeform Portland (KFFP 90.3 FM), Portland, OR
• 2017 "The Evolution of Portland Immersive Media Group", New Social Entanglements, University of Oregon
• 2016 "Who is OMGv6?: Social Experiments in Second Life", Xhurch, Portland, OR
• 2016 "The Spectacle, Unleashed", Labratory Residency, Spokane, WA
• 2016 "Exhibiting Virtual Reality", Upfor AR/VR Artist Research Residency at Oregon Story Board, Portland, OR
• 2016 "Introducing VR Spa", Echo AiR student talk at Open Signal, Portland, OR
• 2016 "What is Xhurch?", Art In Context at PNCA Intermedia Department, Portland OR
• 2015 "Xhurch VR", PIGSquad Talent Talks, Portland, OR

Selected Bibliography

• 2024 "Dawn of the Undead Mall" (featuring Virtua Gallery), Rachel Saslow, Willamette Week
• 2018 "What's behind a screen?", essay featured in i/C/U publication curated by Hiba Ali / home school, (print only)
• 2016 "Rituals Are Important", Mrrranda L Tarrow, Freeform Portland (print only)
• 2015 "Using Virtual Reality To Archive Art Installations", Kent Bye, Voices of VR
• 2015 "Virtually Real: ntvty vi", Paul Wolfe, Wolf Shrine
• 2015 "Xhurch", Kazunori Toganoki, Out Music Magazine, Tokyo, Japan
• 2014 “MASS X” preview, Robert Ham, Portland Mercury
• 2014 “Meanwhile… Elsewhere Vol. 3”, Matthew Sweeney, Foreign Accents
• 2013 “MASS IX” preview, Wyatt Schaffner, Portland Mercury
• 2013 “Xhurches Travelogue”, Guru Rugu’s Experimental Meditation Hour, KCHUNG
• 2013 “ONN/OF Retrospective”, Raya Leary, 4Culture
• 2012 “Episode 34: Princes Dies IV…”, Experimental Half-Hour
• 2012 “Temporarily Inducted at Xhurch”, Alieta Herrera-Train, Into The Woods
• 2011 “Bizarre Nativity Scene Using Aliens Instead of Wisemen”, Craig Mckenzie, Daily Mail
• 2011 “Only In Portland: Alien Nativity Scene”, Claire Evans, IFC
• 2011 “Space Christ: Alien Nativity Is Out Of This World”, Ben Waterhouse, Willamette Week

Skills/Proficiencies

Education

• Portland State University, 2000-2003
• Pacific Northwest College of Art, 2005
• Augmented Reality Development, Oregon Story Board, 2016
• HD Studio certification, Open Signal, 2017
• Developing Inclusive Practices, Open Signal, 2019
• Grading for Equity, Portland Community College, 2020