Curriculum Vitae
Paloma Kop, Experimental Multimedia Artist & Educator
Table of Contents
- Education
- Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions
- Group Exhibitions
- Screenings
- Live Performances
- Teaching & Talks
- Community Projects
- Residencies
- Publications & Broadcasts
Education
2020 MFA in Electronic Integrated Arts, Alfred University, NY
2014 BS in Visual Arts, 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
Yoga & Meditation Training
2024 100-Hour Meditation Teacher Training, Dharma Moon, Online
2023 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Kalā Yoga & Triyana Studies, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Yearlong Buddhist Studies Course, Dharma Moon, Online
Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions
2023 Synthetic Forest, Installation by Phase Shift Collective, Coaxial, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Space(time) Thresholds, MFA thesis show, Alfred University, NY
2019 Experiments in Public, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2018 Installation at Stull Observatory, Projection mapping and sound environment, Alfred, NY
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)
Group Exhibitions
2024 Silvering Toward Invisible, Lights Out x Speedwell Gallery, Portland, ME
2024 Mall Magic, Pop-up installation in a disused storefront at a dying mall in Ithaca, NY
2022 Supernova 7th Dimension Festival, Presented by Denver Digerati, Denver, CO
2022 Re:Karya International Video Festival Exhibition, Satria Gallery, Telkom Institute of Technology Purwokerto, ID
2022 Installation at Wonderville's Third Birthday, Wonderville, Brooklyn, NY
2020-2022 Videosyntezy at Intermediale Festival (2020 and 2022 editions), Galleria Ring, Legnica, PL, Curated by Małgorzata Dancewicz
2021 Solace Artists Series, Storefront video installation at Testu Collective residency, ChaShaMa, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Metacognition at Spring/Break, New York, NY, Curated by Tali Hinkis and Robin Kang
2019-2020 The Wrong Epicentre, 20 locations across Comunitat Valenciana, ES, Curated by David Quiles Guilló
2019 Philadelphia Pavilion, The Wrong — New Digital Art Biennale, Philadelphia, PA, Curated by Tyler Kline
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
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 Glitch, Backspace, Fayetteville, AR, Curated by Helen Maringer and Art of the Glitch
2016 r4w.EɌ̶Ɍ̶.b1t5!, TCC Chicago, IL, Curated by Jon Cates
2016 Books, Arebyte Gallery, London, UK, Curated by David Quiles-Guilló
Screenings
2023 Signal Culture Alumni: Selections from Videosyntezy 2, Denver Month of Video (MOV), Denver, CO, Curated by Debora Bernagozzi
2021 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 Event, Curated by Testu Collective
2020 Vector Hack Festival, Exportdrvo, Rijeka, HR
2020 Light Year 65: Solace, Projected on the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Summer Series Streaming Program, Presented by Coaxial Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2020 PanLux, Presented by HEARding Cats Collective, St. Louis Central Library, MO, Curated by Kevin Harris
2019 /'fu:bar/ Festival, AKC Attack, Zagreb, HR, Curated by Vedran Gligo
2019 Interference Fest: Women Making Noise, The North Door, Austin, TX, Curated by Tara Bhattacharya Reed
2019 A/V Evening, Rhizome DC, Washington, DC, Curated by Pat Cain
2018 Flat Earth Film Festival, Seyðisfjörður, IS, Curated by Arndis Yr Hansdottír and Austin Thomasson
2017 Ende Tymes 8: Novo Apocalypso, Outpost Artists Resources, NY, Curated by Bob Bellerue
2016 Living Breathing, Monk Space, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by 3 Ton Cinema
2015 Semiotic Recipes, Spectacle Theater, NY
2015 Unstable Signal, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada
Live Performances
Collaborative Audiovisual Projects
2022-2024
Reality Orp
• The Psychic Garden, Rochester, NY
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Out Of Phase, Phase Space, NYC
• Mercuralia,
Phase Space, NYC
2023
Phase Shift Collective
• Synthetic Forest, Coaxial, Los Angeles, CA
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FEED, Erie, PA
2021-2022
New Delusion (a.k.a. Nude Illusion)
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HEXAFLORALIA, Phase Space, NYC
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Photon Playground, Phase Space, NYC
2018-2019
Fugitive Dream Recovery
• Télépresence III, La Lumière, Montréal, QC
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Télépresence II, H0L0, NYC
One-off Collaborative Performances
2025 Live audiovisual set with Lee Tusman, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Live audiovisual set with Matthew Ryals, The Avalon Lounge, Catskill, NY
2022 Fireflies II, Collaboration with Augustus Arnone and Dorota Czerner for OPEN SPACE Encounters: Music from the Time of Renewal, Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock
2022 Live audiovisual set with Matthew Ryals, Littlefield, NYC
2021 Live multimedia performance with Valeria Divinorum, Jonathan Sims, Max Coker, and Andrei Jay for HYPERBOREALIS, Phase Space, NYC
2021 TRVLR, Sound & kinetic sculpture activation with Testu Collective + friends, MIKA, NYC
2020 Live audiovisual set with Andrei Jay for Vidicon, Streamed online from NYC
2020 Recursive News, for /'fu:bar/ Festival, Streamed online from Phase Space, NYC
2017 Live audiovisual set with Colby Richarsdon for Télépresence, La Lumière, Montréal, QC
Live Visuals
2024 Sound: Snark, The Spookfish, headfullofhammers; The Stone House, Kingston, NY
2024 Sound: Matthew Ryals & Stephen Haluska, Lunar Slopes; The Avalon Lounge, Catskill, NY
2022 Sound: Suzanne Ciani, Lori Scacco; Ambient Church, NYC
2021 MESMARIZE05 & MESMARIZE06, Showcases presented by Mesma Records; Trans-Pecos, NYC
2021 Sound: Hiro Kone; ARTIFACT, Atta Inc., NYC
2019 Sound: Killick Hinds; Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY
2018 Sound: Malcolm Cecil, Steve Moore; Ambient Church, NYC
2017 Sound: Roger Tellier-Craig and Alexander Moskos; Ibrida*Pluri Festival, Eastern Bloc, Montréal, QC
Solo Audiovisual Performances
2016-2025 Union Docs (NYC), Ann Arbor Film Festival (MI), ChaShaMa (NYC), Plaxall (NYC), Synesthesia (NYC), Flux Factory (NYC), Alfred University (Alfred, NY), Secret Project Robot (NYC), Transient Visions Festival (Binghamton, NY), Trans-Pecos (NYC), Muchmore's (NYC), The Mudlark Public Theatre (New Orleans, LA), The Park Church Co-op (NYC), Torus Porta (NYC)
Teaching & Talks
2025 HTML Journal Workshop at Low Tech Electronics Faire, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2024 ART 221: Intro to Animation, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
2024 Intro to Analog Video Signals workshop with Phase Shift Collective, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2024 Intro to Video Feedback with Cameras, Online course through Polyphase Portal
2024 Making Fun, Simple Websites with Handwritten HTML/CSS, Online course through Polyphase Portal
2024 Tech talk/demo about Peertube and Self-Hosting, Kingston Open Source, NY
2024 Intro to Live Visuals workshop with Phase Shift Collective, The Psychic Garden, Rochester, NY
2024 Artist talk/demo for Sound, Luck Dragon, Delhi, NY
2023
Intro to Live Visuals workshop tour with
Phase Shift Collective
• FEED, Erie, PA
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Roosevelt Library, Minneapolis, MN
• Patchwerks, Seattle, WA
• Synth Library Portland / CETI, Portland, OR
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Pinebox Studios, Eugene, OR
• Cat Factory, San Francisco, CA
• Indexical, Santa Cruz, CA
2021 Electromagnetic Earth, Artist talk, discussion, and screening for Digital Dish, Ljudmila Lab, Ljubljana, SI & Online
2020 Modulating Material, Artist talk for Vector Hack Festival, Rijeka, HR & Online
2018-2020 Graduate assistantships at Alfred University for Speculative Design (Prof. Eric Souther), Junior Video (Prof. Peer Bode), and Institute for Electronic Arts
2013-2014 Undergraduate assistantships at Purchase College for Programming for Visual Artists (Prof. Joe McKay) and Art in the Age of Electronic Media (Prof. Liz Phillips)
Visiting Artist Talks & Workshops for Universities
2024 Phase Shift Collective returns for another analog video week at TV Club (prof. Anna Oxygen), Hamilton College, NY
2023 Phase Shift Collective talk/demo for Creative Technology Forum (prof. Josephine Shetty), CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA
2023 Phase Shift Collective talk/demo for Digital Imaging (prof. Kevin Kripper), University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2022 Phase Space Collective analog video workshop for TV Club (prof. Anna Oxygen), Hamilton College, NY
2022 Phase Space Collective analog video workshop for Real-Time AV (prof. Monica Panzarino), NYU Tandon School of Engineering, NY
2021 Phase Space Collective analog video workshop & performance, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2020 Artist talk for Realtime (Prof. James Conolly), SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017 Artist talk for Digital Animation (Prof. Paula Morales), San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Community Projects
2023- Co-organizer, Phase Shift, a traveling electronic arts collective
2020- Co-creator and moderator, scanlines.xyz, an online discussion forum for DIY A/V artists and tinkerers
2023-2024 Co-organizer, Polyphase Portal, a collective-run online space for workshops and educational programs
2020-2023 Co-organizer, Phase Space, a multimedia art studio and collective in Brooklyn
2017-2019 Co-organizer, TÉLÉPRESENCE, an experimental video artists' convention and performance held in Montréal and Brooklyn
Residencies
2024 Public Space One, Iowa City, IA (w/ Phase Shift Collective)
2023 Coaxial Arts, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Phase Shift Collective)
2023 FEED, Erie, PA (w/ Phase Shift Collective)
2017 Signal Culture, Owego, NY
Publications & Broadcasts
2024 Lost Poem, February 2024 issue of Chronogram Magazine, Poetry section edited by Phillip X Levine
2023 Elmet Brae: The Land, Compilation album of soundscapes/ambient/noise/drone from the Merveilles community
2020 From Material Space(time) into Electronic Space(time): Interfaces, Simulations, Hybridizations, MFA thesis book/catalog, self-published in edition of 150
2020 Solace, Audiovisual compilation album curated by Maria Takeuchi & Testu Collective (Benefit for Covid-19)
2015-2018 Semiotic Recipes VHS Compilation Volumes I, II, and III, Curated by Cryptic Carousel
2017 Here Comes Everybody Episodes 9-4, 12-1, and 23-3, Monthly cable access TV show curated by Will Erokan
2017 Field recordings for Good Point Podcast Episodes 46 and 87, Hosted by Rafaël Rozendaal and Jeremy Bailey