Perry Hoberman is an installation artist whose work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and worldwide. He works with a variety of technologies, ranging from utterly obsolete to seasonably state-of-the-art. Last year, his installation "Timetable" was awarded the Grand Prix at the ICC Biennale '99 in Tokyo, and "Systems Maintenance" won a 1999 Prix Ars Electronica "Award of Distinction"."Unexpected Obstacles", a retrospective survey of his work, was exhibited during summer 1998 at the ZKM Mediamuseum in Karlsruhe, Germany, and before that at Gallery Otso in Espoo, Finland. Other recent works include "ZOMBIAC", exhibited at the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki, and "Workaholic", shown at the exhibition "Vision Ruhr" in Dortmund, Germany. He is represented by Postmasters Gallery in New York and currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts (NY).
Solo Exhibitions
- 2000
- "Cathartic User Interface", "Timetable", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1999
- "Faradays Garden", HTBA Time Base, Kingston-Upon-Hull, England
- 1998
- "Systems Maintenance" and "Faraday's Garden", Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, England
- "Lightpools or El Bal del Fanalet", Fundació Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain (with Galeria Virtual)
- "Systems Maintenance" and "Faraday's Garden", Ferens Gallery, Kingston-Upon-Hull, England
- "Unexpected Obstacles", Mediamuseum, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1997
- "Unexpected Obstacles", Otso Gallery, Espoo, Finland
- "Sorry We're Open", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1995
- "Faraday's Islands", Boston University, Massachusetts
- 1994
- "Bar Code Hotel", Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
- 1992
- "Zombies, Has-Beens & Excess Baggage", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1991
- "Faraday's Garden", Museum of Contemporary Art, Dayton, Ohio
- 1990
- "Faraday's Garden", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1988
- "Corporate Entities", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1986
- "Lightleakers", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1985
- "Dead Space/Living Rooms", Capp Street Project, San Francisco
- "Works in 3D (Stereoshadows)", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1984
- "Inside Out", Galerie Pon, Zurich, Switzerland
- 1983
- "Out of the Picture", Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York
- "Out of the Picture", Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, North Carolina
Group Exhibitions
- 2000
- "Vision Ruhr", Dortmund, Germany
- "Alien Intelligence", Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
- "Microwave Festival 2000", Hong Kong
- 1999
- "Cyber", Lisbon, Portugal
- "Techne", Spazio Oberdan, AIACE, Milan, Italy
- "Interaction", ICC Bienale 99, NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan
- "Cyberarts 99", Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
- "Beyond Technology", Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
- European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany
- "Perspective", C3, Muscarnok, Budapest
- 1998
- "The Art of the Accident", DEAF98, Rotterdam
- "Interpreting", Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
- "The Hole", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1996
- "Electra", Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, Norway
- "Le laboratoire", Artifices 4, Saint-Denis, France
- "Password: Ferdydurke", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- "Constriction", Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn
- "Can You Digit", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- "The Crest Hardware Show", Brooklyn, New York
- "Neo-Kinetics: Postmodern Techne", Eighth Floor Gallery, New York
- 1995
- DEAF 95 (Dutch Electronic Art Festival), Rotterdam
- "Tech Bash", Blasthaus Gallery, San Francisco (with Nick Philip)
- "Arc Gallery", International Media Festival, Los Angeles
- Deutsche Telekom AG, CeBIT '95, Hannover, Germany
- 1994
- "Cyber Art", Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
- "Simply Made in America", Contemporary Art Center, Cincinatti, OH
- "Sound and Motion", Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, North Carolina
- "Resurrections: Objects with New Souls", William Benton Museum, Hartford, Connecticut
- "Benefit Exhibition", Capp Street Project, San Francisco
- 1993
- "Machine Culture", Siggraph '93, Anaheim, California
- "Simply Made in America", Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
- "Images du Futur 93", Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- "Perspectives, Proximities, Perceptions", Montage 93, Rochester, New York
- 1992
- "In Praise of Folly", Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Technorama", Barbara Toll Gallery, New York
- "Art Show", Siggraph '92, Chicago, Illinois
- 1991
- The Living Room, San Francisco, California
- "Tweeking the Human", Brand Name Damages, Brooklyn, New York
- "Waterfront Show", Minor Injury, Brooklyn, New York
- 1991
- Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1990
- Postmasters Gallery, New York
- "Springworks", New York Hall of Science
- "Signals", Queensborough Community College, Queens, New York
- 1989
- Postmasters Gallery, New York
- 1988
- "Poetic Justice", Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York
- 1987
- "Art on the Beach", Creative Time, Long Island City, New York
- "Art in the Dark", City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey
- 1986
- "The Fairy Tale", Artists Space, New York
- "CinemaObject", The Kitchen at City Gallery, New York
- "Mythologies", Diane Brown Gallery, New York
- "Brave New World/New Generation," Denmark & Sweden
- "Paintings/Objects", Postmasters Gallery, New York
- "TV Generations", Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
- Film in the Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1985
- "Between Science & Fiction", Sao Paulo Bienial, Brazil
- "Modern Machines", Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York
- "Biennial Exhibition", Whitney Museum, New York
- "Future Histories: the Impact of Changing Technology", Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
- 303 Gallery, New York
- 1984
- "Found Language", Franklin Furnace, New York
- "Science and Prophecy", White Columns, New York
- 1983
- "Dark Rooms", Artists Space, New York
- 1982
- "Constructed Color", Hayden Gallery, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts
Performances & Spectacles
- 1999
- "Thick Shake", Recombinant 9.9.99, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
- 1998
- "Remote", Mediamuseum, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1997
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", Brooklyn Museum of Art
- 1995
- "Symphonic Appliance System", Sound Traffic Control, Exploratorium, San Francisco
- 1994
- "Symphonic Appliance System", Sound Traffic Control, "Throne of Drones", San Francisco
- 1993
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", Fez Under Time Cafe, New York (monthly event)
- "Neo-Karaoke Workshop", Art & Technology Exposition, Montage 93, Rochester, New York
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", Long Beach Museum of Art, California
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", Mill Valley Film Festival, California
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", Whitney Museum, New York
- 1992
- "Election Night", Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York
- "Khristmas Karaoke", Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York
- "Revenge of Debris", Interferences VII, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
- "Runway", Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris, New York
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", WFMU Benefit, Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York
- 1991
- "Interstate", Art Futura 91, Barcelona, Spain
- "Empty Orchestra Cafe", SFAI Cafe, San Francisco, California (with SFAI class)
- 1990
- "No Salesman Will Call", Les Musiques 90, Marseilles, France (with Christian Marclay)
- "No Salesman Will Call", Musique Action 90, Nancy, France (with Christian Marclay)
- 1989
- "No Salesman Will Call", Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz, Austria (with C. Marclay)
- "No Salesman Will Call", The Kitchen, New York (with Christian Marclay)
- 1988
- "Revenge of Debris", Collective for Living Cinema, New York
- 1987
- "Inferno", Art on the Beach, Creative Time, New York
- Collective for Living Cinema, New York
- "Return to Sender", New Performance Gallery, San Francisco, CA (with Bill Obrecht)
- "Return to Sender", On The Boards, Seattle, Washington (with Bill Obrecht)
- 1986
- Image and Sound Festival, Den Haag, Holland
- Endgame Performance Series, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
- Selected Performances & Spectacles (continued)
- 1986
- Film in the Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- "Seven Wonderful Children", "Modern Longings", The Kitchen, New York (with Haim Steinbach)
- 1985
- "Return to Sender", La Mama ETC, New York (with Bill Obrecht)
- "Smaller than Life", New Langton Arts, San Francisco
- Long Beach Museum of Art, California
- "Dead Space/Living Rooms", Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York
- "Works in 3D", Squat Theatre, New York
- Millenium, New York
- 1984
- Galerie Pon, Zurich, Switzerland
- "Two Works in 3D", Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1983
- "Smaller Than Life", The Kitchen, New York
- "Out of the Picture", Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
Talks, Lectures, Panels
- 2000
- "States of Confusion", paper, College Art Association, New York
- 1999
- Pong Festival, talk, Brown University, Providence
- Yale University, talk, New Haven
- 1998
- "An Interactive Artwork is like a Used Car", paper, MASS 98, Stockholm, Sweden
- "Don't Watch It...Step On It!", paper, In (Between) the Images, Graz, Austria
- "Mistakes and Misbehavior...", paper, DEAF98: The Art of the Accident, Rotterdam
- "Speaking Digital", symposium, Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York
- 1997
- Kodak Lectures, Toronto, Canada
- 1996
- "Storytelling After Cinema", panel, ACM Multimedia Conference, Boston
- "Being Human" Symposium, panel, Apres-Coup, New York
- International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 96), panel, Rotterdam
- "Memesis Symposium" and "Prix Ars Electronica Artists' Forum", Ars Electronica 96, Linz
- "Webbed Spaces", panel, Siggraph 96, New Orleans
- "Mistakes and Misbehavior ...", paper, 5th International Conference on Cyberspace, Madrid, Spain
- Governor's Conference on the Arts, panel, Los Angeles, California
- "Personal Digital Public", panel, Postmasters Gallery, New York
- Savannah College of Art and Design, talk, Georgia
- The Exploratorium, lecture, San Francisco
- "The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction", panel, Small Press Distribution, Berkeley
- 1995
- "Histories of Science, Histories of Art", discussion, Boston University/Harvard University
- Siggraph 95, panel, Los Angeles
- Stanford University Arts and Technology Initiative, talk, Palo Alto, California
- Princeton University, talk, New Jersey
- Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, paper, IS&T/SPIE, San Jose, California
- 1994
- Harvestworks/Studio PASS, talk, New York
- Video Viewpoints, talk, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Hochschule für angewandte Kunst, talk, Vienna, Austria
- Art and Virtual Environments Symposium, panel, Banff, Alberta, Canada
- Interational Center of Photography, panel, New York
- Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference, paper, IS&T/SPIE, San Jose, California
- 1993
- MFA Computer Art Seminar, School of Visual Arts, New York
- 1991
- California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
- 1990
Grants & Awards
- 1999
- Grand Prix, ICC Biennale 99
- 1999
- Award of Distinction in Interactive Art, Prix Ars Electronica 99
- 1998
- First Place, art's_edge Multimedia Competition, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
- 1997
- Design Distinction, I.D. Interactive Media Design Review, New York
- New York Foundation for the Arts (Computer Art)
- 1995
- Archetype Award for Overall Excellence, Interactive Media Festival
- 1989
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- 1985
- Engelhart Foundation Award
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- 1984
- National Endowment for the Arts
Education
- 1978
- Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York
- 1974-77
- Bennington College, Vermont (BA 1977)
- 1972-73
- Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia
- Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute
Teaching
- 1999-00
- Instructor, MFA Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York
- 1996-00
- Instructor, MFA Computer Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York
- 1998
- Visiting Artist, Bard College, New York
- 1992-94
- Adjunct Faculty, Cooper Union, New York
- 1994
- Instructor, School of Visual Arts, New York
- 1991
Related Work
- 1995
- Artist in Residence, Xerox PARC Pair Project
- 1993-96
- Art Director, Telepresence Research, Portola Valley, California
- With Laurie Anderson:
- 1993 Artistic Director, "Stories from the Nerve Bible", performance
- 1992 Artistic Director, "Halcion Days", performance
- 1989 Visual Director, "Empty Places", performance
- 1986 Art Director, "What You Mean We", video, KCTA-TV
- 1986 Projection/Systems Design, "Natural History", performance
- 1985 Artistic Director, "Home of the Brave", feature film
- 1985 Projection/Systems Design, "Mr. Heartbreak", performance
- 1985 Art Director, "Sharkey's Day", music video
- 1984-79 Projection/Systems Design, "United States Parts I-IV", performance
- 1982 Assistant Producer, "Big Science", LP record
- 1981 Assistant Producer, "O Superman", EP record
- 1981 Art Director, "O Superman", music video