[dNASAb] has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Florida State University and has received numerous awards and scholarships, including but not limited to, an International Summer Residency at the Experimental Television Center, Owego, NY (2006), {where he worked with the “Wobulator,” Nam Jun Paik’s pioneering video synthesizer}, Artist Honoree at the BRIC Contemporary Art Gala and a scholarship at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center. [dNASAb] received a commission from Bloomberg World Headquarters to create a living coral reef ecosystem of reclaimed plastics titled “Sculptural Aquascaping” (2014). He produced a solo installation of new works at Volta, New York (March, 2011), and a solo exhibition in New York with Frederieke Taylor Gallery (2010).The late NYC gallery of Frederieke Taylor represented the works of the artist for a decade. He presented his work in the “Art Salon” Art Basel Miami Beach 2009. His work has been published in the Washington Post, Sculpture magazine, Art Papers magazine, ART 21, and Reuters Television. He has exhibited his work worldwide, including New York, Moscow, Basel, Berlin, Seoul, Netherlands, Austria and Paris, and has collaborated with major companies such as Microsoft, Apple and Bloomberg. His works are in private, public and University collections worldwide. He had lived and worked in Brooklyn, NY for 20 years until 2017 when set his attention to transforming a South Florida home into his studio and utilized time to develop new works inspired by complex Environmental challenges occurring in South Florida’s natural ecosystems. The artist’s work is a fusion of the current and future, as he explores the unknown effects of technology on humanity and the environment, while also imagining an optimistic future where life continues to flourish among and in unison with technology.
“Like an Ocean gyre , a vortex of artifacts of a consumption based contemporary society such as; plastic bottles and bags, fishing nets, and helium balloons become en-snarled with driftwood, dead coral, and seaweed creating a grotesques amalgamation of disparate materials which remarkably can still harbor life and be a sculptural framework for life to grow. I aim to develop work that embodies this contemporary conundrum.”[dNASAb]
[dNASAb] ©__”The real enemy is the disneyfication of everything.” _
[dNASAb] Selected Exhibitions
___2023___
Vizcaya Late _”New Growth :: The Land is a Spectrum_””Faux Ecologies / the Anthropocene gardens + Artificial reefs of the Nature-verse” curated by Rev. Houston Otter Cypress of Miccosukee Tribe, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens 3251 South Miami Avenue Miami, FL 33129, Mar.2023*
Music Is Art, International Music +Video Art festival, Aesthetics of Decay screened on 50 screens,curated by Christopher Borkowski,Buffalo,NY Sept. 2023*
Oolite Arts and Locust Projects Awarded “TALKS” Studio visit with International Curator, Hassan Al-Khudhairi, Sept. 2023*
AR Cities,exhibiting Augmented Reality sculptures in 30 worldwide cities,curated by Street Gallery and Levan Geliashvili, ongoing 2023*
___2020___
NYC Bridge video projections “Lightyear_Even though I walk through the valleyof the shadow of death, I will fear no evil” Nov. 2020
“Obscene Plasticene Daydream” at Showfileds Miami, created 11 new mediated sculptures made from up-cycled materials for the opening. December 2020
“Articulating Sustainibilty” Artists respond to the Climate Emergency, panel discussion, December 2020
____2019_____
“From Eden to Sahahra” Art Basel 2019 Kimpton Surf Comber, curated by Gustavo Oviedo Miami FL
Annual Congress, IKT, the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, presented video from the series “Derelict Reef Resiliency” April 2019
____2017___
“ECOAESTHETICS. Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics” with Oolite arts, ARTSail and resident Blanca de la Torre June, 2017
____2016__
relocated my showroom/studio from a Bushwick Brooklyn warehouse to a Mid-Century modern home by Barry Sugarman in South Florida. Constructing/renovating and augmenting it into a proper environmental sculpture studio and immersive experiential showroom.
____2015____
“PARA-SPACE” NY Media Center by IFP, films created to be displayed on a 27 screen media wall and a 360 degree video wall, curated by CHiKA and Andrea Wolf Oct 5th-Nov 1st 2015
“Jumping The Shark” Royal Society Of American Art, Sept 12th-Oct 7th 2015
“Luminary” Temporary Storage gallery/Brooklyn Fireproof, July 17-Aug 5th 2015
“Williamsburg On Warren” curated by WYE Berlin, One Art Space, NYC June –July 7th 2015
VOLTA_NY 2015, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Pier 40, Mar 2015
____2014____
“Sculpting Life, A Recontextualization of the living marine reef ecosystem” Bloomberg Building 731 Lexington Ave. NYC 2014 [Bloomberg Sculptural Aquascaping Project] installed June 27-28th 2014, permanent commission
Cutlog Video screening program “Separation Anxiety””Aesthetics of Decay” May 11th, 2014
“Hotter than July” group photography show, Studio Gallery, LES, NYC May 2014
“Separation Anxiety” “iPad Virgin Mary” WALLPLAY gallery NYC. Curated by Lee Wells and Laura O’Reilly,March 2014
___2013___
CYBERFEST 2013,w/Cyland New Media Art Lab; St.Peterburg,Russia “Paradigm Shift” site specific version of “Ästhetik des Verfalls; Design for Sterben Electronics” in Berlin,Germany at the WYE, Berlin. Nov. 2013
“Redhook International Film and Video Festival” Screening of “Anonymous, Stealing your Data” Oct 2013
“The Silver Shore” GRAHAM gallery(est.1857) East 67th street, NYC, July 11th-August 2013
Mykonos BIENIALE 2013,”Crisis + Paganism” Cine Manto, Mykonos,Greece- June 2013
“SHOOT” Lesley Heller Workspace, 54 Orchard street,NYC, June 5th-July 3rd 2013
___2012___
“Colliding Complexities_Extreme feats of the New York New Aesthetic” Storefront Bushwick, curated by [dNASAb], NY Sept. 2012
“May Day 2012″ (Anarchist Art Fair) curated by Lee Wells, Peanut Underground, NYC
“Y Picasso Cogio iPad” [and Picasso took his iPad], Galeria Trama, Barcelona,Spain curated by Paco Barragán, Oct.2012
___2011___
“Haywire” Storefront Gallery, Ny group, September 23-October. 23rd 2011
“Afterlife” 526 W 26th St. #712,Nyc,group opening September 23rd, 2001
“Dataklysmos” Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC, solo April 30th-June 4th 2011
Volta NY, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, “Dataclysmic video sculptures, March 3rd- 6th 2011 NYC
“Artforum” Artist Lecture, Montclair State University, November, 2011
___2010___
“Artist Honoree” 2010 BRIC Contemporary Art Gala, Brooklyn Art: Work.2010
”HARVESTWORKS” Educational Scholarship” Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center,NYC
“ArtistInResidence”Institute for Electronic Art”, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 2010
“dataclysmic”,Frederieke Taylor Gallery, NYC,solo,January 7th-February 20th-2010
“LUMEN” Middlesex County College,Edison,NJ,group,January -February 2010
“ArtForum” Artist Lecture Series, Montclair State University, Jan, Feb, + Mar 2010
“The Experimental Sequential” International Streaming Festival (The Hague), NL
“10th Anniversary Invitational #2”. Frederieke Taylor Gallery,Nyc, April-May,2010
___2009___
“Contemporary Art + Social Media” Art Salon”,Art Basel,Miami Beach panel Dec ’09
“NEXT POST.Solo Projects Exhibition”, Rupert Ravens Contemporary,NJ February-April 2009
“Currents in Contemporary Photography” Flanders Art Gallery,Raleigh,NC, jan-feb 2009
“Tomorrow City” Incheon Korea, Robot video project, Janet Oh Gallery, Seoul Korea 2009
“Microsoft Gallery” Internet Week Exhibition, 414 W. 14th st, NYC 2009
Microsoft permanent collection acquires 4 large photographs Redmond WA 2009
John + Diane Marek Collection Acquisition, 3 channel video installation, Chattanooga,TN 2009
“GLOW” AnnMarie Sculpture Park in association w/ Smithsonian Institute MD Nov – Feb 2010
“system:system” curated by Christina Vassallo, St.Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, Oct .2009
“Art Forum Lecture Series” Montclaire State University Fall 2009
___2008___
“Drift”NCCA MOSCOW,National Center for Contemporary Art Moscow,Nov. 2008
Frederieke Taylor Gallery nyc,”solo project” Bridge Art Fair,Art Basel, Miami 2008
“INformation” Bric Rotunda Gallery ,NY curated by Elizabeth Ferrer November 2008
“AstralProjections” Secret Project Robot,NY,group a/v sculpture show,April 2008
“Best of [PAM]” Perpetual Art Machine curated video program, ScopeNy,group March 2008
“Info-sphere Aesthetics”University of Tenneessee at Chattanooga solo show February 2008
___2007___
“LIVE” curated by Elizabeth M. Grady Whitney Museum w/ Marc dePuechredon gallery
“iPODEcosystem” The Los Angeles International Art Fair,Spinello Gallery
“Random Access Poetics” Brooklyn New Media artists, vertexList,NY group
“Video as Urban Condition”Lentos Kuntsmuseum/ Museum of Modern Art Linz,Austria
“iPod Sculptures” Bridge Art Fair 07′,Chicago, Romo Gallery
“Video Salon 2″ Galerija10m2 Sarajevo, group video
“10 plus 10″ Marc dePuechredon gallery, Basel Switzerland
“Venice Video Festival” during Venice Biennale,group video
Galleries at Peeler, DePauw University solo show Aug.22nd,SOLO
“VideoArt in the Age of the Internet” Chelsea Art Museum,NYC,group
“Particulate” Lump West Gallery, Eugene,OR,group
“Particulate 2 “Vox Populi Gallery,Philadelphia ,group
“Paris SHOWoff Art Fair” Paris,FR
“Istanbul Contermporary Art Fair’ Istanbul Turkey
“PHOTOmiami 07’” Miami FL,ArtBasel
“Teleculture” Pace University Digital Arts Gallery,NYC,group
___2006___
“North American Exhibition of Paper and Plastic Arts” SwopeArt Musuem,IN
“Land Tracking Land” Rochester Contemporary,NY
“50 Minutes” Show OFF,Marc de Puechredon gallery Paris FR
“The Affair”at the Jupiter Hotel,Portland,OR,Romo Gallery
“Future Perfect”Curators Choice,curated by Lee Wells ScopeHamptons NY
“Experimental Televison Center” International Summer Residency, Alfred University NY
“One Year Later”Romo gallery, Atlanta, GA.group
“All Systems Go” Curated by Marisa Olson for Rhizome at ScopeNY.group
“Perpetual Art Machine” Cinemascope gallery at ScopeNY.group
___2005___
” Hey Hot Shot”, Jen Bekman Gallery,NYC group
“ Obscure Sexual Habits of Wireless Data”, Romo gallery, Atlanta, GA.solo
“ Top 40”, The Los Angeles Center For Digital Arts, Los Angeles, CA, group
___2004___
” Unframed First Look 04’” curated by Cindy Sherman, Jack Pierson and Adam Fuss, Sean Kelly Gallery, NY, group
___2003___
” Brave Destiny”, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, group
” EHIVE”, Fluxcore Art Space, Brooklyn, NY,group
” EYEWASH” ,FREIGHT, New York, NY, group
___2002___
” INVOLUTION”, BPM, New York, NY, group
” FUSION”, curated by D’Angelo Thompson, group
“ NOMUSIC TOURNAMENT”, World Audio Tournament, internet based group
“ THE RESONANT WAVE”, The Spannwerk, Berlin,Germany, group
___2001___
“ National Coalition Against Censorship. ART NOW: Nationwide Artistic Responses to September 11 & Its Aftermath,” Rhizome.org, New York, NY, internet based group exhibition
“RGB:between digital lines”, SmackMellon, Brooklyn, NY, performance based installation
” OVM organic visual messages” Independent Experimental Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY, group
“Surface Geographies and the Land Behind Our Eyes:”New York Center for Media Arts,LIC, NY
” Regurgitation Show” The Art Center on First, Jersey City, NJ, group
” LITESHOW” part of Boston CyberArts 2001,Boston MA,group
___2000___
Tech-KNOW LOGIC.Moving Image Gallery.Michelle Thursz, New York, NY,2000, group
“Artimation”,Digital Moving Image Makor Screening Room May – June 1, 2000
___1999___
“Apocolypse 99′, Williamsburg Arts & Historical Society ,Brooklyn ,NY, group
___1998___
“ Future Garden?”, public installation, Houston and 14th Street, New York, New York
___1997___
“ Urban Consumption Research 001, First Internet Based Work, public and internet based installation, New York Subway transit system, New York, New York.
Selected Bibliography
Mark Jenkins “[dNASAb]‘s Dataklysmos’ offers cyber chaos at Irvine Contemporary” Washington Post, May 12th, 2011 http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dnasabs-dataklysmos-offers-cyber-chaos-at-irvinegallery/2011/05/12/AFgLPZ1G_story.html
Susan Knowles “Sculpture in the 21st Century” SCULPTURE Magazine, vol 27 no. 9, nov 2008
Denise Sanabria “Mark Andreas +[dNASAb] +Ryan Wolfe” ArtPapers Magazine, Aug. 2008. pgs 56
Julie Rooney “The sexy turnwheel: New media and the art of [dNASAb]” The DePauw Newspaper,August .31..2007
http://media.www.thedepauw.com/media/storage/paper912/news/2007/08/31/Features/The-Sexy.Turnwheel.New.Media.And.The.Art.Of.dnasab-2961723.shtml
Vanessa Paech “Is that an Ecosystem in your pocket?” ArtsHub,April 12th 2007 http://www.artshub.com/us/news.asp?sId=15649&catId=0
Caryn Coleman”I-SEXY/UBER SEXY SCULPTURE” Art.Blogging.La, Mar.20,2007
http://www.art.blogging.la/archives/2007/03/isexy_sculpture.phtml
Eddie Hargreaves “iPod sculptures featured in Art exhibition” theAPPLEblog, Mar.25th,2007 http://theappleblog.com/2007/03/25/ipod-sculptures-featured-in-art-exhibition/
Caroline McCarthy “New in post-postmodern art : ipods that a’splode” CNet, Mar.23rd,2007 http://www.crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9700285-.html?part=rss&ag=rssad.6170024&ubj=news
Bureau Report “iPod an enduring symbol of pop culture” ZeeNews India, Mar.06,2007
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=35828&sid=lif&ssid=204
Johhny Evans “Reality Distortion: iPod as an art form” MacWorld,Feb.28th,2007
http://www.macworld.com/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=1&entryid=89
Bobbi Rebell “iPods elevated to pop art” REUTERS NEWS, Feb. 27th.2007 http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=14657
Christian Gattoni”Un designer des echanges informels” La Critique, Oct.19th,2006 http://www.lacritique.org/articleun-designer-informel
Martin Dawber “PIXEL SURGEONS Extreme Manipulation of the Figure in Photography” published in 2005 by Mitchell Beazley,Octopus Publishing Group pp.56-62
Catherine Fox “VISUAL ARTS: Two diverse visions worth comparing” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta GA Sunday, June 26, 2005)
Felicia Feaster “THE OBSCURE SEXUAL HABITS OF WIRELESS DATA”
Atlanta.Creativeloafing.com . (Atlanta GA July7th-July 13th,2005)