PALOMA KOP
b. 1991 NYC
EDUCATION
2020 MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts, Alfred University, NY
2014 BFA in Visual Arts, Focus in New Media, Minor in Math & Computer Science, Purchase College, NY
2011 Fine Arts Foundation Program, School of Visual Arts, NY
2010 iNDIE Video Art Program, Woodstock, NY
SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 Space(time) Thresholds (MFA thesis show), Online Exhibiton (link)
2019 Experiments in Public, SPACES, Cleveland, OH (link)
2018 Post Analog, Grapefruits Art Space, Portland, OR, Curated by Sarah Turner (w/ Sara Goodman)
2014 UTF-∞: Symbolics of the Unknown, Boys Club, Berlin, DE (w/ Liaizon Wakest)
2014 GLØØM (BFA thesis show), Forum Artspace, NY
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2022 Installation at Wonderville’s Third Birthday, Wonderville, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Screening at Vidicon Festival, Berlin, DE & Online
2021 Vector Hack Screening Program at 27th MFRU - International Festival of Computer Arts, Maribor, SI
2021 Currents.fm Common Multiverse Initiative, Online Screening, Curated by Testu Collective (NY)
2021 Solace Artists Series, Storefront video installation at Testu Collective residency, ChaShaMa, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Videosyntezy Exhibition at Intermediale Festival, Galleria Ring, Legnica, PL, Curated by Małgorzata Dancewicz
2020 Screening at Vector Hack Festival, Exportdrvo, Rijeka, HR
2020 Light Year 65: Solace, Projected on the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Summer Series, A streaming program presented by Coaxial Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Metacognition, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY, Curated by Tali Hinkis and Robin Kang
2020 PanLux, A screening presented by HEARding Cats Collective, St. Louis Central Library, MO, Curated by Kevin Harris
2019-2020 The Wrong Epicentre, 20+ locations across Comunitat Valenciana, ES, Curated by David Quiles Guilló (link)
2019 Philadelphia Pavilion, The Wrong — New Digital Art Biennale, Philadelphia, PA, Curated by Tyler Kline
2019 Screening at /’fu:bar/ Glitcͥh Art Festi̯val 20̣̼͘19̡, AKC Attack, Zagreb, HR, Curated by Vedran Gligo
2019 Screening at Interference Fest: Women Making Noise, The North Door, Austin, TX, Curated by Tara Bhattacharya Reed
2019 Screening at A/V Evening, Rhizome DC, Washington, DC, Curated by Pat Cain
2019 Video Worship, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL, Curated by Sara Goodman
2019 Performing Media Exhibition, IU South Bend Gallery, IN, Curated by Eric Souther
2018 Signal Flo, SL8 Gallery, Gainesville, FL, Curated by Nic Silvestris
2018 Visibility, Kirchner Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, AR, Curated by Milena Pafundi (link)
2018 Flat Earth Film Festival, Seyðisfjörður, IS, Curated by Arndis Yr Hansdottír and Austin Thomasson
2017 Experimental Film Festival, The Buffs, Middlesbrough, UK, Curated by Aimee Louise Suggitt
2017 Ende Tymes 8: Novo Apocalypso, Outpost Artists Resources, NY, Curated by Bob Bellerue
2017 Generator Pop Up Exhibition, Richmond, VA, Curated by Gen Ken Montgomery
2017 Snds Like Voices, Digital Art Demo Space, Chicago, IL, Curated by Jon Cates
2016-2017 VISPO a}hoy, Touring exhibition: Aachen - Studiengalerie Stadt Aachen, Monschau - Aukloster Monschau, Geilenkirchen - Haus Basten, Nettersheim: Kulturbahnhof (KUBA), Düren - Museum Schloss Burgau, DE, Curated by Claudia Franken
2016 Living Breathing, Monk Space, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by 3 Ton Cinema
2016 Glitch, Backspace, Fayetteville, AR, Curated by Helen Maringer and Art of the Glitch
2016 Virtual Dream, Online Exhibition, Curated by Haydi Roket (Istanbul)
2016 Des Formes Obliques, Gallery T, Online Exhibition, Curated by Nikolas Koroloff (FR)
2016 r4w.EɌ̶Ɍ̶.b1t5!, TCC Chicago, IL, Curated by Jon Cates
2016 Books - London Edition, Arebyte Gallery, London, UK, Curated by David Quiles-Guilló (ES)
2015 Semiotic Recipes VHS Compilation Screening, Spectacle Theater, NY
2015 Unstable Signal: Glitch Video Screening, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Hypermedia Dreams Pavilion, The Wrong — New Digital Art Biennale, Curated by Haydi Roket (TR)
2015 International Video Art Exhibition, Synesthesia Festival, Portland, OR
TEACHING & TALKS
2021 Artist talk, discussion, and screening for Digital Dish series, Ljudmila Lab, Ljubljana, SI & Online
2021 Interactive workshop and collaborative performance with Phase Space Collective, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2020 Visiting artist talk for Realtime class (Prof. James Conolly), SAIC, Chicago, IL
2020 Modulating Material, Artist talk at Vector Hack Festival, Rijeka, HR & Online
2020 Graduate Assistantship, Speculative Design (Prof. Eric Souther), Alfred University, NY
2019 Assistance & Documentation, Vector Synthesis Workshop w/ Derek Holzer, Harvestworks, NY
2019 Artist talk for first-year BFA students, Division of Foundations, Alfred University, NY
2019 Graduate Assistantship, Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, NY
2018 Graduate Assistantship, Junior Video (Prof. Peer Bode), Alfred University, NY
2017 Artist talk via Skype, Digital Animation for Young Artists taught by Paula Morales, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2016 Asemic Media: Conversations on Nonsense (in collab w. Liaizon Wakest), Uxi Duxi, New Orleans, LA
2015 Glitch Art Workshop, KazGASA University, Kazakhstan
2014 Undergraduate Assistantship, Programming for Visual Artists (Prof. Joe McKay), Purchase College, NY
2013 Undergraduate Assistantship, Art in the Age of Electronic Media (Prof. Liz Phillips), Purchase College, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 Co-Organizer, TÉLÉPRESENCE III Experimental Video Hardware Expo and A/V Performances, La Lumière, Montréal
2018 Organizer, TÉLÉPRESENCE II Experimental Video Hardware Expo and A/V Performances, H0L0, NY
2017 Co-Organizer, TÉLÉPRESENCE Experimental Video Hardware Expo and A/V Performances, La Lumière, Montréal
2016 Co-Curator, NOOTROPIC AUTOMAT Pavilion, The Wrong — New Digital Art Biennale, New Orleans & Online
2014 Co-Curator and Coordinator, Zinefeast Small Press Festival, NY
2013 Curator, Glitch Art Show, Installation Space at Purchase College, NY
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2020-2021 Co-creator, Scanlines, an online discussion forum for DIY A/V (link)
2020-2021 Co-organizer, Phase Space, a DIY multimedia art studio and collective (link)
RESIDENCIES
2017 Artist in Residence, Signal Culture, Owego, NY
2014 Web-Based Art Residency, O.Foundation, Berlin, DE
PUBLICATIONS & BROADCASTS
2020 From Material Space(time) into Electronic Space(time): Interfaces, Simulations, Hybridizations, MFA thesis book/catalog, self-published in edition of 130 (link)
2020 Solace, Audiovisual compilation curated by Maria Takeuchi & Testu Collective, NY (Benefit for Covid-19)
2018 Semiotic Recipes: Vol. III, Video anthology curated by Cryptic Carousel, NY
2017 Field recordings, Good Point Podcast, Eps. 46 & 87, Hosted by Rafaël Rozendaal and Jeremy Bailey, NY & Toronto
2017 Here Comes Everybody (Eps. 9-4, 12-1, and 23-3), Monthly cable access TV show curated by Will Erokan, CA
2016 Arkitip Issue No. 0062, Arkitip x Ello Edition, CA
2016 Semiotic Recipes: Vol. II, Video anthology curated by Cryptic Carousel, NY
2016 Interview, Ed. Andreas Maria Jacobs, Nictoglobe Magazine, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Animated illustration, A Hacker’s Guide to Bending the Universe, Wired.com
2015 Semiotic Recipes VHS Compilation, Video anthology curated by Cryptic Carousel, NY
2014 Internet Feels VHS Zine, Video anthology curated by Sofachips, CA
SELECTED COMMERCIAL PROJECTS
2019 Sound design for War Assistant - installation by Ronnie Karfiol for Deep Feeling: AI and Emotions exhibit, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel (link)
2017-present Development of video encoding automation software, Paramount Global, NY
2017 Music video for Detatek - Ghost Dealer, LA (link)
2016 Editing and motion graphics for Standing Rock media coverage, IB5k, NY
2016 Promotional animations for Tom Clancy’s The Division, Ubisoft UK
LIVE PERFORMANCES & EVENTS
2022 Collaborative A/V Performance as New Delusion for HEXAFLORALIA, Phase Space, NYC
2022 Live video / projection mapped performance for Suzanne Ciani / Lori Scacco, Ambient Church, NYC
2021 Live Video Performance for MESMARIZE06, Trans-Pecos, NYC
2021 Collaborative A/V Performance with Hiro Kone for ARTIFACT, Atta Inc., NYC
2021 Collaborative A/V Performance for HYPERBOREALIS with Valeria Divinorum, Jonathan Sims, Max Coker, and Andrei Jay, Phase Space, NYC
2021 Live Video Performance for MESMARIZE05, Trans-Pecos, NYC
2021 Collaborative A/V Performance as New Delusion for Photon Playground, Phase Space, NYC
2021 TRVLR, Collaborative Sound/Kinetic Sculpture Performance with Testu Collective, MIKA, NYC
2021 Electromagnetic Environments, Solo A/V Performance for Ann Arbor Film Festival, Streamed online from NYC
2021 Solo A/V Performance, March 14, ChaShaMa Storefront Residency Space, NYC
2020 Solo A/V Performance with Spherical Balloon for Edge of Light, Plaxall, NYC
2020 Collaborative A/V Performance with Andrei Jay for Vidicon, Streamed online from NYC
2020 Recursive News, Collaborative A/V Performance for /’fu:bar/ Festival, Streamed online from Phase Space, NYC
2020 Solo A/V Performance for Interval II, Synesthesia, NYC
2019 Solo A/V Performance for SOLSTICE, Flux Factory, NYC
2019 Fugitive Dream Recovery, Collaborative A/V Performance for Télépresence III, La Lumière, Montreal, QC
2019 Solo A/V Performance, April 19, School of Art+Design, Alfred University, NY
2019 Solo A/V Performance for 6 Unusual A/V Sets, Secret Project Robot, NYC
2019 Collaborative A/V Performance w/ Killick Hinds, February 26, Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
2018 Solo A/V Performance for Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image, Johnson City, NY
2018 Installation at Stull Observatory, Immersive audio-visual environment, Alfred, NY
2018 Solo A/V set and durational video performance, August 23, Trans-Pecos, NYC
2018 Solo A/V Performance, July 26, Secret Project Robot, NYC
2018 Live video / projection mapped performance for Malcolm Cecil / Steve Moore, Ambient Church, NYC
2018 Fugitive Dream Recovery, Collaborative A/V Performance for Télépresence II, H0L0, NYC
2018 Solo A/V Performance, March 3, Muchmore’s, NYC
2018 Solo A/V Performance, Jan 4, H0l0, NYC
2017 Solo A/V Performance, June 17, The Mudlark Public Theatre, New Orleans, LA
2017 Collaborative A/V Performance w/ Colby Richarsdon for Télépresence, La Lumière, Montreal, QC
2017 Collaborative A/V Performance w/ Roger Tellier-Craig and Alexander Moskos for Ibrida*Pluri Festival, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, QC
2017 Solo A/V Performance, Apr. 25, Flux Factory, NYC
2016 Solo A/V Performance, Dec. 29, Trans-Pecos, NYC
2016 Solo A/V Performance for Semiotic Recipes Release Show, The Park Church Co-op, NYC
2016 Solo A/V Performance, June 4, Torus Porta, NYC