STEVE LAMBERT
P.O. Box 543 Beacon, NY 12508
Grants, Awards, & Residencies
Festivals
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Selected Public Art Works & Projects
Curatorial Projects
Authored Works
Collections
Books
Press and Media Appearances
Documentaries
Performances & Lectures
Teaching
Workshops
Affiliations
Education
Grants, Awards, and Residencies
- 2019-21
- Organization Grant, Open Society Foundations, 2019-21 (for Center for Artistic Activism)
- 2019
- Project Grant, Action Aid Denmark, 2019, (for C4AA West Africa Creative Action Team)
- 2018
- Decompression Summer Camp Residency (Leader) | Corniolo Art Platform, Italy
- 2017
- Blue Mountain Center Residency
- Project Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 2017 (for the Art Action Academy).
- Organization Grant, David Rockefeller Fund, 2017 (for Center for Artistic Activism)
- Project Grant, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations, 2017 (for the Center for Artistic Activism).
- Project Grant, LUSH Charitable Giving Program, 2017 (for How to Win: The Art of Activism).
- Finalist, Democracy Innovation Award, World Forum for Democracy, Council of Europe, 2017 (for School of Creative Activism, 2nd place)
- 2016
- Participant Grant, Peacebuilding Practice Artists’ Assembly, British Council, 2016
- Project Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 2016 (for the Art Action Academy)
- Project Grant, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations, 2016 (for the Center for Artistic Activism)
- Project Grant, LUSH Charitable Giving Program, 2016 (for the School for Creative Activism)
- Organization Grant, Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Art and Social Justice Initiative, 2016 (for Center for Artistic Activism)
- Research Grant, Compton Foundation, 2015 (for Arts & Activism Efficacy Project)
- 2015
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence
- Project Grant, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations, 2015 (for the School for Creative Activism/Europe and Africa)
- 2014
- Open Society Foundations Health Media Initiative Grant (for Center for Artistic Activism)
- Visual Arts Network Community Fund Artist Residency | Space 111, Birmingham AL
- Topol Faculty Development Award | State University of New York, Purchase College
- 2013
- Art Matters Foundation Grant
- Open Society Foundations Health Media Initiative Grant (for Center for Artistic Activism)
- Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Visual Arts Network (VAN) Artist Residency
- 2012
- Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM | Artist Residency for Half-Life Exhibition
- Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL | Visual Arts Network (VAN) Artist Residency
- Institutional Grant | A Blade of Grass (for Center for Artistic Activism Book Project)
- Open Society Foundations Democracy and Power Grant (for Center for Artistic Activism)
- 2011
- SPACES, Cleveland, OH | SPACES World Artist Program – Artist Residency
- 2010
- Headlands Center for the Arts | 2010 Bridge Residency
- Open Society Institute Grant, 2010-2011 (for the School for Creative Activism)
- 2009
- Prix Ars Electronica | Award of Distinction
- Lower East Side Printshop | Special Editions Residency
- 2008
- Eyebeam Art & Technology Center | Senior Fellowship
- San Francisco Weekly | Best Public Art of 2008
- Turbulence Commission | for ABSML with Jeff Crouse
- 2007
- Rhizome Commission for AddArt | Member Selection
- Eyebeam Art & Technology Center | Senior Fellowship
- 2006-07
- Eyebeam Art & Technology Center | OpenLab R&D Fellowship
- 2004
- Creative Work Fund | Visual Art Award | for The Anti-Advertising Agency
- 2002
- California Arts Council Residency Grant | Artist In Residence
- 1981
- San Mateo Times | Father’s Day Draw Your Dad Contest | 1st Prize
Festivals
- 2019
- NeON Digital Arts Festival | Dundee, Scotland
- 2018
- Melbourne Festival of Live Art | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- Melbourne Fringe Festival | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- White Night Festival | Geelong, Australia
- 2017
- Fierce Festival | Birmingham, UK
- 2016
- VIVID Festival (Speaker) | Sydney, Australia
- 2015
- 2Degrees Festival | Arts Admin, London
- 2012
- Conflux Festival | New York University
- INCUBATE Festival | Tilburg, Holland, The Netherlands
- 2009
- Piemonte Share Festival, Torino Italy
- 2007
- Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona | “OFFF Festival” | w/ Graffiti Research Lab
Solo Exhibitions
- 2016
- Connecticut College | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- 2015
- Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, NY | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- 2014
- Space One Eleven, Birmingham AL | Public Forum
- 2013
- Times Square, NYC | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids IA | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- 2012
- Charlie James Gallery, LA CA | “It’s Time to Fight”
- San Diego Museum of Art | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- Real Art Ways, Hartford CT | Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- 2011
- SPACES, Cleveland OH | “Capitalism Works For Me”
- 2009
- Pulse Miami Art Fair | IMPULSE Solo Feature with Charlie James Gallery
- Charles James Gallery, Los Angeles CA | “Everything You Want Right Now!”
- 2005
- McBean Project Space at the San Francisco Art Institute, SF CA | Offices of the Anti-Advertising Agency
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2019
- Open Ocean | Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic CT
- 2018
- Marx@2000 | SPACE and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
- 20/20 Hindsight | SPACES, Cleveland OH
- 2017
- Give Us The Vote | ArtsWestchester Gallery, NY
- 2016
- Times Square(d): Theater of the Absurd | Theatre of Nations New Space, Moscow
- 2015
- AgitProp! | Brooklyn Museum, Sackler Center for Feminist Art
- Corpocracy | Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston TX
- EXPO Chicago Art Fair
- A Prologue to the Past and Present State of Things | Delfina Foundation, London
- Manifest: Justice | Los Angeles
- Resistance and Revolution | Gund Gallery, Kenyon College
- Off the Grid | EN EM Art Space, Sacramento CA
- 2014
- CAFK+A Biennial | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- Dirge: Reflections [on Life] and Death | Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
- I AM: Money Matters | Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids MI
- FORM.PERFORM.REFORM | Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland
- Kickstarter Blockparty | Kickstarter Headquarters, NY
- Unrest: Art, Activism, & Revolution | Helen Day Art Center
- 2013
- (con)TEXT | Sharon Arts Center of the New Hampshire Institute of Art
- Turning FACT inside out | Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool UK
- Dallas Art Fair
- Cartographies of Hope: Change Narratives | DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
- POISON GREEN | Czech Center New York
- Word on the Street: Image, Language, Signage | Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago
- Sharper Image | Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NYC
- We’ll Make Out Better Than Okay | The Charlotte Street Foundation’s La Esquina Gallery, Kansas City, MO
- 2012
- Decordova Biennial | Decordova Museum, Lincoln MA
- Enacting Populism | Kadist Foundation, Paris
- MINUS SPACE en Oaxaca: Panorama de 31 artistas internacionales, Multiple Cultural Venues, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Half Life: Patterns of Change | Santa Fe Art Institute
- Capital Offense: The End(s) of Capitalism | Beacon Arts Building, Los Angeles
- Intra Country: Patriotic Expressions | Gallery Kayafas, Boston
- Required Reading: Printed Material as Agent of Intervention | The Center for Book Arts Gallery
- Co- Re-Creating Spaces | CentraTrak at UT Dallas
- Cartographies of Hope: Change Narratives | DOX Center for Contemporary Art, Prague
- Project Art Fair, Miami
- Art in the Age of Truthiness | Site Santa Fe July 8, 2012—January 6, 2013, Minneapolis Institute of Arts March —1—June 9, 2013
- 2011
- Creative Time’s Living as Form
- SPACES, Cleveland OH | Capitalism Works For Me!
- The Harlem Stage, NYC | A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World
- Charlie James Gallery and Marine, Los Angeles | If These Walls Could Talk group show
- 2010
- Portland Art Museum, Portland Maine | False Documents and Other Illusions
- Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC | “Short Term Deviation”
- Just Art 2010 | NY CLU Benefit
- Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA | HollywoodMerchmART! curated by Emma Grey
- Park Life, SF CA | “this is the book I have written for you”
- U.Turn Art Space, Cinncinati OH | Palling Around with Socialists
- Eyebeam Art and Technology Center | Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus
- Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich | Drawings curated by Marcel van Eeden
- Lower East Side Printshop | EDITIONS ’10
- San Francisco Fine Art Fair
- NEXT Exhibition, Chicago
- PULSE Art Fair, NYC
- 2009
- The Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ | Moolah: An Exhibit About Money
- Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek | SF Arts Commission Art on Market Street Project
- Schroeder Romero Gallery, NYC | Play It Forward
- Gallery Alfero, NJ | Camera Chimera
- OK Centre, Linz, Austria | Ars Electronica Award Exhibition
- Jen Bekman Gallery, NY | Summer Reading
- Weatherspoon Art Museum | Our Subject Is You
- San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art | It’s Not Us, It’s You
- FACT, Liverpool | Climate for Change
- 2008
- The Vera List Center at Parsons The New School for Design | Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding
- Park Avenue Armory/Creative Time | Democracy In America: The National Campaign
- The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ | The House That Sprawl Built
- Articule – Viva Art Action Montreal | Black Market Type & Print Shop Poster Series
- International Guerilla Video Festival, Milan, Italy
- The Audacity of Desperation | Urbana Champaign IMC, traveled to PS 122 Gallery at DEMO Space 122
- Whitney Museum of American Art | Whitney Biennial – collaboration with Neighborhood Public Radio
- Catharine Clark Gallery, SF, CA | “Wish You Were Here: Postcards from our Awesome Future” prints
- 2007
- 20th Dallas Video Festival | “Tech-Art Activism: A Video Art Collection curated by Carolyn Sortor”
- Eyebeam, NY NY | “Source Code: 10th Anniversary Show”
- American Film Institute, LA, CA | “Pixelodeon 2007” | curated by Kenyatta Cheese
- YBCA, SF CA | Collective Foundation
- Federation Square Big Screen, Melbourne Australia | “Caught on Tape”
- The Lab, SF CA | “Corporate Identity”
- Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival | for the Samaras Project (with Dara Greenwald and Josh MacPhee)
- 2006
- Glowlab Conflux 2006 | Brooklyn, NY | with Sara Dierck and Michael Dodge as Anti-Advertising Agency
- The Lab, SF CA | “Some Assembly Required” curated by Michael Arcega and Stephen Wolf
- Catharine Clark Gallery, SF CA | with Packard Jennings as Anti-Advertising Agency
- The New Gallery, Calgary Alberta CANADA | Shopdropping
- 2005
- Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | 2005 Rotterdam VHS Festival
- POND Gallery, SF CA | Shopdropping
- Haley Martin Gallery, SF CA | Sprawl
- 2004
- The Luggage Store | “A Spoonful of Sugar”
- Mission 17, SF CA | “Budget Gallery Allstars”
- New Langton Arts, SF CA | Underwear Party
- 2003
- stART at Judson Church, NY NY | “Breaking News”
- 2002
- Luggage Store Gallery, SF CA | “NO WAR”
- Detroit Museum of New Art, Detroit MI | “Ground Zero”
- 2001
- Theater for the New City, NY NY | “Counting Coup”
- Center for Social Change, Northhampton MA | “Counting Coup”
- 2000
- Havana, Cuba | 7th Havana Biennial | “Paladar”
Selected Public Art Works & Projects
- 2019
- “508” | Temporary Memorial for Seattle Overdose Deaths (with C4AA) | Seattle City Hall
- 2011-
- “Capitalism Works For Me! True/False” | Temporary public art installation touring Cleveland, Boston, Hartford, Santa Fe, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City, Holland, Manchester, London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Melbourne, and other cities.
- 2014
- “PUBLIC FORUM” | Space One Eleven, Birmingham AL
- “THE END” | video billboard art project | Toronto, Canada
- “TODAY WE ARE ALIVE” | Billboard, Kitchener ONT
- “NYPD AT PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH” Photo series
- 2012
- “It’s Time to Fight” Billboard | Print & Paste, Manchester, England
- 2011
- “CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE” | video billboard art project | Toronto, Canada
- “I Want You To Have This” | Edition of 80 with subscription art service, The Present Group
- “It’s Time to Fight” WaffleShop Billboard | Pittsburgh PA
- 2008
- Viva Art Action Montreal | Black Market Type & Print Shop | Posters pasted around Montreal in conjunction with exhibition
- 2007
- San Francisco Arts Commission Art on Market Street Poster Series
- Davis Art Commission, Davis CA | Welcoming Committee performance | Curated by Renny Pritikin
- 2006
- The Steve Lambert Show | series of bi-weekly experimental public affairs radio programs on KDVS radio.
Curatorial Projects
- 2014
- Public Energy Art Kit with Post Carbon Institute
- 2008-
- Add-Art/Addendum | Browser plugin that replaces online advertising with art
- 2006-14
- WhyTheyHate.US | Online
- 1999-05
- The Budget Gallery | San Francisco and Los Angeles
- 2003
- Adeline Kent Award | “Gail Wight: The Evolution of Disarticulation” | Walter McBean Gallery
Authored Works
- 2020
- Chapter with Stephen Duncombe, DESIGN (&) ACTIVISM, Mimesis International
- 2018
- “Why Facebook Is a Waste of Time—and Money—for Arts Nonprofits” | Artnet News, February 23, 2018, news.artnet.com
- “Artistic Activism,” with Stephen Duncombe, in Routledge Companion to Media and Activism, Graham Meikle, ed. London: Routledge, 2018
- “Fail better: An interview with the Center for Artistic Activism: Alix Camacho interviews Steve Duncombe and Steve Lambert” in Art As Social Action, edited by Gegory Sholette and Chloe Bass, Allworth Press
- 2017
- “Lessons from Utopia,” with Stephen Duncombe, Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art, 6:2, 2017. pp. 253–72
- Chapter author, “Artist as Cultural Producer: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life,” edited by Sharon Louden, Intellect Press, 2017.
- 2016
- “And What Do I Do Now? Using Data Visualization For Social Change” | Response for the Responsible Data Forum on Data Visualization
- 2015
- “An Artist Reflects on When to Walk Away” | Creative Time Reports, September 18, 2015, creativetimereports.org
- 2014
- “On Utopia,” chapter for Keri Smith’s “The Imaginary World of…” Perigee Trade/Penguin Books, 2014
- “No One Wants to Watch a Drum Circle” The Sun (Literary Journal), May 2014, Issue 461, p13
- “No Longer Interested” | published on A Blade of Grass’ Growing Dialogue online platform, abladeofgrass.org, April 1, 2014
- “Is Capitalism Working for You?” | Creative Time Reports, April 7, 2014, creativetimereports.org
- “Is There a Place for Satire and Comedy Within Socially Engaged Art?” chapter for “The Questions We Ask Together” edited by Gemma-Rose Turnbull, OE in Print, 2014
- 2013
- “Activist Art: Does it Work?” | co-written with Stephen Duncombe for Open! Magazine (Netherlands) onlineopen.org, October 1, 2013
- 2012
- Chapter on “Drum Circle Theory” for “Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution” OR Books,
- “An Open Letter to Critics Writing About Political Art” | co-written with Stephen Duncombe for the Center for Artistic Activism, c4aa.org
- 2011
- Chapter on Add-Art for “NetWorks: Case Studies in Web Art and Design” edited by xtine burrough, Routledge, 2011
- “On Fucking The System” | introduction for Abbie Hoffman’s “Fuck The System” for Wooden Leg Press
- 2009
- “The Yes Men” BOMB Magazine, Spring 2009
- 2008-09
- Contributor | Joey Skaggs’ ArtOfThePrank.com
- 2005-07
- Contributor | Stay Free! Daily
Collections
- Mystic Seaport Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Michael Hardt
- Sheldon Museum of Art
- Library of Congress
- Progressive Insurance Collection
- Lynda and Stewart Resnick Collection
- Rhizome/The New Museum
- Center for Book Arts, New York City
Books
- 2017
- Anuradha Vikram, Decolonizing Culture: Essays on the Intersection of Arts and Politics, Art Practical + Sming Sming Books
- Christian W. Chun, The Discourses of Capitalism: Everyday Economists and the Production of Common Sense, Routledge/Taylor & Francis
- 2016
- Alain Bieber, Planet B: Ideas for a New World, Koenig Books
- Sarah Cook (ed), Information (Documents of Contemporary Art), Whitechapel Gallery
- 2015
- Social Design: Public Action, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
- Elizabeth Herrmann and Ryan Shelley , CO-LAB: Collaborative Design Survey, BIS Publishers
- Anthony Downey, Art & Politics Now, Thames & Hudson
- 2014
- Sophia A. McClennen and Remy Maisel, Is Satire Saving Our Nation?: Mockery and American Politics, Palgrave Macmillan
- 2013
- Jorell A. Melendez Badillo and Nathan J. Jun, Without Borders or Limits: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Anarchist Studies, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, Speculative Everything, The MIT Press, 2013 p. 41
- Slanted, BRIGHT! Typography between Illustration and Art, DAAB Books
- The F.A.T. Manual, Link Editions, Brescia 2013.
- 2012
- Ramia Mazé et al. Share This Book, Axl Books
- 2011
- Jorinde Seijdel (Editor), Liesbeth Melis (Editor), Merijn Oudenampsen (Editor), Open 20: The Populist Imagination, NAi Publishers, Pgs 27-37
- Iaspis, DESIGN ACT Socially and politically engaged design today — critical roles and emerging tactics, Sternberg Press
- Dalton Conley, You may Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist, 2e., W. W. Norton & Company
- burrough (Editor), NetWorks: Case Studies in Web Art and Design, Routledge
- 2010
- Marc and Sara Schiller, TRESSPASS A History of Uncomissioned Urban Art, Taschen Press
- Patrick Frank, Prebles’ Artforms, 10th edition, Prentice Hall, pg. 447
- Stéphanie Lemoine, Artivisme: Art, Action Politique et Résistance Culterelle, Editions Alternatives
- 2009
- The Yes Men Activity book/Keep It Slick, Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University
- Alexander Alberro and Blake Stimson (editors), Institutional Critique, MIT Press
- Annice Jacoby (editor) Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo! Abrams Press
- xtine borrough and Michael Mandiberg, Digital Foundations Intro to Media Design, AIGA/New Riders
- Geoff Manaugh, The BLDGBLOG Book, Chronicle Books
- 2008
- Russell Howze, Stencil Nation, Manic D Press, Inc.
- Nato Thompson (editor), A Guide to Democracy in America Creative Time Books
- 2007
- Keri Smith, The Guerilla Art Kit, Princeton Architectural Press
- David A. Lauer and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics 7th Edition, Wadsworth Publishing
- 2004
- Josh MacPhee, Stencil Pirates Soft Skull Press
Press & Media Appearances
- 2019
- Becca Savransky, “‘508’: Remembering lives lost from drug overdoses in Seattle” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 4, 2019
- Tim Harris, “Director’s Corner: A successful approach to addiction demands political courage and compassion” Real Change, August 21, 2019
- LAR Magazine #38 | “Capitalism”
- 2018
- TV 21 Macedonia | “‘??? ????’: ???????? ??????? ?? ???????” June 9, 2018
- ABC’s The Mix | “Does Capitalism Work For You,” television feature
- Matthew Westwood, “Festival Art Gives the West a Run for its Money,” The Australian, March 14, 2018
- ABC Radio National | The Drawing Room | March 15, 2018
- ABC Radio Melbourne | The Conversation Hour | March 20, 2018
- KIRO News | “Supporters of safe injection sites distribute information in Seattle,” Feb 7, 2018
- Melissa Hellmann, “Nurses Push For Progress on Local Safe Consumption Sites,” Seattle Weekly, February 8, 2018
- Dave Segal, “Local Music Community to Support Safe Consumption Spaces in Seattle,” The Stranger (Seattle), Jan 31, 2018
- Tony Huffman, “The Artist as Cultural Producer, a Defense of New Media, and Re-Shaping Public Attitudes about Contemporary Art,” ÆQAI, September 23rd, 2017
- 2017
- Phyllis Korkki, “How to Make the Most of Your Workday”, The New York Times, March 20, 2017
- Paul Buchheit, “How 90% of American Households Lost an Average of $17,000 in Wealth to the Plutocrats in 2016”, CommonDreams.org, March 6, 2017
- Pamela Duncan, Monica Ulmanu and Daan Louter, “How to finish a novel: tracking a book’s progress from idea to completion,” The Guardian, March 20, 2017
- Steven Friess, “How Betsy DeVos Became an Unexpected Champion of LGBTQ Art,” The Daily Beast, September 30, 2017
- 2 Beers In Podcast | “Steve Lambert”
- 2 Beers In Podcast | “Art and Activism”
- 2016
- Al Jazeera’s The Stream | “Art and Activism Part 2”
- Al Jazeera’s The Stream | “Art and Activism”
- Andrew Salomone, “Need More Activism In Your Art? Look No Further Than This Center,” The Creator’s Project
- Team Human Podcast with Douglas Rushkoff | “Episode 11: Steve Lambert”
- ABC Radio (Australia) | Interviews and discussions on 3 different broadcasts surrounding VIVID Festival
- ABC Television (Australia) | Interview with Natalie Jeremijenko about VIVID Festival
- Michael Hardt, “Collectors: The Philosophers — On Recent Acquisitions”, Aperture Magazine #222
- Molly Glentzer, “Exhibit of works by activist artists is subversive, thoughtful, hilarious” Houston Chronicle, January 29, 2016
- Paul Mullan, “Corpocracy: Engaged Art In Practice” RedWedgeMagazine.com, January 4, 2016
- 2015
- Systematic Podcast, Episode 151
- BBC Television “BBC Newsnight” September 21, 2015
- Ben Davis “Ben Davis Picks His 10 Best Booths at a Bubbling Expo Chicago 2015” Artnet News September 18, 2015
- Rachel Corbett “Slow and steady wins the race at Expo Chicago” theartnewspaper.com September 18, 2015
- Alanna Martinez “Expo Chicago Sports Art From Every Genre, at Every Price Point” Chicago Observer September 18, 2015
- BBC World Service Radio “World Business Report” July 23, 2015
- Andrew Simms “Why climate action needs the arts” TheGuardian.com June 4, 2015
- Mustafah Amalah, “Sex At the Specs – Sex Workers Protest in Sea Point” African Seer, April 7, 2015
- Abigail McDougall, “Sex at the specs: Sex workers protest in Sea Point” Ground Up (South Africa), April 7, 2015
- News 24 (South Africa), “Sisonke Sex at the Specs” April 9, 2015
- Anuradha Vikram, “The Business End of Art” DailyServing.com March 25, 2015
- Fifth Estate staff, “Fifth Estate Shorts” Fifth Estate Magazine, Spring 2015
- 2014
- Siscu Baiges, “Activistes internacionals denuncien a l’Hospital del Mar el cost dels tractaments contra l’hepatitis C” El Diario (Spain), December 18, 2014
- Cristela Briones, “Gratis hablaré con quien sea, sobre lo que sea” El Mañana (Mexico), November 24, 2014
- Lee DeVito, “ArtPrize finalist Steve Lambert pledges to donate all winnings to LGBT group” MetroTimes Detroit, October 10, 2014
- WZZM 13 Grand Rapids “Citing politics, ArtPrize finalist turns down money if he wins” October 10, 2014
- Alex Greenberger, “Finalist Steve Lambert Says ‘No Thanks’ to ArtPrize” ArtNews.com, October 10, 2014
- Michael H. Hodges, “ArtPrize finalist vows to give money away” The Detroit News, October 10, 2014
- Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, “ArtPrize finalist says he would turn over DeVos prize money to LGBT fund” MLive.com, October 10, 2014
- Cait Munro, “ArtPrize Finalist Steve Lambert Doesn’t Want the Money (UPDATED)” ArtNet News, October 10, 2014
- Walter Lewellyn, “The Fine Art of Democracy” WELD, Birmingham AL, September 4, 2014
- Andrew Yeager, “Art Walk: Public Forum” WBHM Radio, September 4, 2014
- Michael Huebner, “Signs of the times: Artist Steve Lambert aims to spark meaningful discussions at ArtWalk” Alabama.com, August 31st, 2014
- Iana Robitaille, “On the Cover: Steve Lambert” Chronogram Magazine, August 2014
- Regine Debatty, “Interview with the Center for Creative Activism” WeMakeMoneyNotArt.com, March 17, 2014
- 2013
- Jennifer Schuessler, “Times Square Art Project Keeps Score on Capitalism” The New York Times, September 21, 2013
- Future Tense Radio Program, “Pranks and Tricksters” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 3, 2013
- Alicia Eler, “Critic’s Pick” Art Forum, December 2013
- Marty Carlock, “Steve Lambert” Sculpture Magazine, p66, April 2013
- New Yorker Magazine, September 28, 2013
- Gisele Regatao, “Capitalism Works for Me: True or False? New Yorkers Say False” WNYC Radio, September 20, 2013
- Margot Adler, “Does Capitalism Work? A True/False Quiz In Times Square” NPR Weekend Edition, October 5, 2013
- Mary Louise Schumacher, “Steve Lambert blinkering on Lake Drive” Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, April 5, 2013.
- Polina Dubik, “Dictionary of Modern Art” Harper’s Bazaar Art Russia, April 2013
- Ilene Strizver “TypeTalk: Steve Lambert’s Typography for Social Change” creativepro.com, January 16, 2013
- “Capitalism Test: Artist wants to know if capitalism is working for Americans” Cedar Rapids Gazette, June 17, 2013 Page 10A
- Heather Hubbs, “Public Work of Art Asks: Does Capitalism Work for You?” KCRG 9 Cedar Rapids Television, Jun 16, 2013
- Michelle Corless, “Artwork on capitalism asks audience for answer” KWWL Cedar Rapids Television, Jun 17, 2013
- Ben Kieffer, “World Food Prize and Capitalism on Trial” Iowa Public Radio, June 21, 2013
- Kyle Petreycik, “Giant, Interactive “Capitalism Works for Me” Sign Coming to Times Square” Animal New York, September 5, 2013
- Candice Bernd, “Art as Resistance: New York Festival Crosses the Line” truth-out.org, September 14, 2013
- “The Approval Matrix: Week of September 16, 2013” New York Magazine, Sep 8, 2013
- Christine Jun, “Top ten deserving data visionaries” dazeddigital.com, October 1, 2013
- Christopher Robbins, “Times Square Art Installation Wants Your Opinion On Capitalism” Gothamist.com Sep 12, 2013
- Liz Stinson, “Clever Digital Sign Asks You to Vote ‘Yes!’ for Capitalism” Wired.com September 17, 2013
- Jeremy M. Barker “Crossing the Line 2013: At the Intersection of Social Practice and Inter-Disciplinary Art” Culturebot.org, September 19, 2013
- Leah Gonzalez, “Artist Steve Lambert’s Capitalism Works For Me lets passersby take a stand by hitting a ‘true’ or ‘false’ button” PSFK.com, September 20, 2013
- Kyle Petreycik, “‘Capitalism Works for Me!’ Interactive Sign Turns on in Times Square” Animal New York, September 20, 2013
- Zinta Lundborg, “NYC Weekend: Vampires, Vote for Capitalism, Anna Nicole” Bloomburg Business Week, September 20, 2013
- Zach Brown “Does capitalism work for you? Vote in Times Square” The Midtown Gazette, October 9th, 2013
- Erin Bylander, “The art is in the mail” The Washington Post, October 10
- Karin Kamp, “Does Capitalism Work for You?” BillMoyers.com, October 11, 2013
- Roberta Smith, “Burying the Lede: News as Art” New York Times, October 17, 2013
- Harriet Fraad and Richard Wolff, “Capitalism Works (or Not) for Me” Turth-Out.org October 18, 2013
- Social Text Journal #114 – Cover Image
- Paul Eeles, “Art and politics collide at FACT this Summer” Bay TV Liverpool, May 16, 2013
- Mike Pinnington, “Artist takeover turns FACT Liverpool inside out”, June 8, 2013
- Catherine Jones, “Turning FACT Inside Out marks the venue’s 10th birthday” Liverpool Echo, June 10, 2013
- Lauren Strain, “Glitch in the Matrix: FACT Turns Ten” TheSkinny.com, June 10, 2013
- Laura Davis, “INTERVIEW: What to expect from the exhibition Turning FACT Inside Out” Liverpool Daily Post, June 13, 2013
- Robin Brown, “Review: Turning FACT Inside Out” SevenStreets.com, June 13, 2013
- Jade-Elizabeth Masters, “FACT celebrates 10th birthday with Turning FACT Inside Out exhibition” Purple Revolver, June 14, 2013
- Turning FACT Inside Out, AestheticMagazine.com
- Quakes and capitalism in Turning FACT Inside Out, Culture24.co.uk, June 18, 2013
- Rob Wilkes, “Turning FACT Inside Out at FACT Liverpool” WeHeart.co.uk
- Susanna Davies-Crook “Art News Hun & Drawn: FACT’s anniversary…” DazedDigital.com, June 29, 2013
- Drank Swain, “We went to Liverpool for TURNING FACT INSIDE OUT” Arcfinity, July 2, 2013
- Matteo Cremonesi, “404 error: not found” Artribune (Italy), March 8, 2013
- Jason Sims Puts Your In Your Place Podcast
- The Best Show on WFMU, September 17, 2013
- 2012
- WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio – interview during local segment on Morning Edition
- Boston Metro, “Artwork Capitalizes on Public Spaces, Feedback” p2, April 10, 2012
- Francine Koslow Miller, “At the DeCordova Biennial, Dreams of Disneyland” Art in America, Jan 26th
- Adam Stock, “Making Art in Dystopia,” Alluvium, Vol. 1, No. 3 (2012): n. pag. Web. 1 August 2012.
- Shelley Leopold “Political Prankster Steve Lambert Brings His Interactive Signs to Charlie James Gallery” LA Weekly, September 20 2012
- Stephen Truax, “Is This Free” ArtPulse Magazine
- 2011
- Rens Groenendijk, “Het Katern/Onzichtbaar” Eigen Huis & Interieur (Netherlands), October 2011, pg 271
- Sam Gould, “Against Generosity, or: Steve Lambert and a Lot of Other People, Want Something From You,” Catalog essay for The Present Group,
- Joseph Clark, “Patriot Games” Cleveland Scene Magazine, Sept 14, 2011
- Steven Litt, “Spaces gallery kicks off Fall season with a slant toward conceptual art”, Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 26th
- Rob Walker, “Implausible Futures for Unpopular Places” DesignObserver.com
- John d’Addario, “The (Other) C-Word” Hyperallergic.com
- Paul Laster, “The Best Art Projects in the History of Kickstarter” flavorwire.com
- 2010
- Sarah Hanley, Lower East Side Printshop’s Special Edition Residency 2010 Catalog essay, Lower East Side Printshop
- Erin Lindholm, “New York’s Satellite Fairs: Bling, String, and Subversive Things” artinamericamagazine.com, March 10, 2010
- Rachel Dry, The slackers’ guide to New Year’s resolutions, The Washington Post, January 3, 2010
- 2009
- Geez Magazine, Back Cover Image
- Christopher Knight “Review: Steve Lambert at Charlie James Gallery” Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2009
- Ben Marks “It’s Not Us, It’s You” KQED Arts, May 07, 2009
- Fillip Magazine “Best Case Scenario” Winter 2009
- Harper’s Magazine “The Times, They Are A-Changin'” January 2009
- Paddy Johnson “Best of the Web 2008” artfagcity.com, January 12, 2008
- Jenna Wortham “Firefox Add-Ons Double as Art, Pranks and Fun” The New York Times Bits Blog, February 12, 2009
- 2008
- Carl Lavin, “Iraq War Ends (On Paper); Why real newspapers should take a lesson from a fake one.” Forbes.com
- Nato Thompson (editor), “A Guide to Democracy in America” Creative Time Books
- Geoff Manaugh, “Q&A” Dwell Magazine, October 2008, page 64
- Andrew Adam Newman, “Profile: Steve Lambert.” AdWeek Magazine, June 30, 2008
- Hamilton Nolan “Offers You Can’t Refuse: Get Paid to Quit the Advertising Industry!” Gawker.com, April 17 2008
- Bryant Park Project “Dialog Over Public Advertising Gets Sticky” National Public Radio, April 2008
- Lamar Clarkson “WikiBusiness” ArtNews, April 2008
- Roberta Fallon “Come Play With Me” Philadelphia Weekly, January 23rd, 2008
- Eliran Levy, Ma’ariv Weekend (Israel), p10,11 Jan 4, 2008
- 2007
- Michael Leaverton “World of Tomorrow” SF Weekly, Arts and Entertainment, November 14, 2007
- Elizabeth Haines “”Windows and Wallpapering: Questions about Art, Technology and Poetic Interference” ModArt Magazine, October 2007
- Merit Karise “Interview with Steve Lambert” Estonian Ekspress (Estonia), August 30, 2007
- Stefano Caldana “Llega el plugin art para Firefox El País, CiberPaís9, July 9, 2007
- CBC News “Banner ads spur positive responses, study finds” CBC News Online, May 15, 2007
- Andrew Adam Newman “Web Fight: Blocking Ads and Adding Art” New York Times, C8, May 14, 2007
- Florencia Werchowsky “La protesta contra la polución publicitaria Clarîn (Argentina), Mar 18, 2007
- Rocketboom.com, “Field Report” (Light Criticism), Jan 25, 2007
- 2006
- Cory Doctorow, “Biofeedback Game Where You Compete to Relax” BoingBoing.net, July 21, 2006
- Ivan Fulco, “Simmer Down Sprinters: Videogiocare con lo stress” La Stampa (Italy), Aug 24, 2006
- Kenneth Baker, “Jennings and Dulzaides at Clark” San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2006
- Rachel Gregg, “A Parallel Universe” Sacramento News & Review, Page 15-17, Jan 12, 2006, Vol 17 Issue 42
- McVeigh, Jennifer “Shop Till you Drop: The Art of Shopping Takes on New Meaning” Calgary Herald June 2006
- Del Pesco, Joseph “Beware of Subversion in Your Supermaket” Fast Forward, Calgary, June 8th 2006
- 2005
- Scott Indrisek, “Budget Gallery” BlackBook Magazine: State of the Arts Issue, Page 58, Fall 2005, n40
- Kathleen Holder, “Anarchists Unite!” Dateline UCDavis, Page 2, Oct 7, 2005, v19, n4
- David Kaplan, “Anti-Advertising Antidote” MediaPost’s Media, Page 13, March 2005
- 2004
- Elise Soukup, “Advertising: Counterprogramming” Newsweek Magazine, Pg13, October 11, 2004, vCXLIV, n15
- Jess Greenwood, “The Sky’s Off Limits” The Reel Magazine, Pg38, October 2004, Issue12, London, England
- Wooster Collective Website “Profile: Steve Lambert”, August 2, 2004
- 2003
- Emily Landes, “Talking Back Public Space One Art Show at a Time” The Wave Magazine, Pg35, Jun 4, 2003, v3 i11
- Aurelia d’Andrea, “Vigilante: A Veteran Street Artist Leaves his Mark for Political Change” (with SF Print Collective), [X]Press Magazine, Pg10, April 2003
- Kitchen Sink Magazine | “The New Art Scene: Art Found Alive and Well and Living in the Bay Area”
- 2001
- Manny Hyde, “Puppet Street Project” Punk Planet Magazine, Pg 58-60, May/June 2001, i43
- Bay Area and National TV News | Coverage for Puppet Street Project
Documentary Film Appearances
- 2011
- This Space Available: The Grassroots Movement Against Visual Pollution
- 2010
- Cultures of Resistance
- 2009
- The Yes Men Fix The World
- 2008
- Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season
Performances And Lectures
- 2020
- Frank Gathering | University of Florida
- Scrimshaw Distinquished Lecture | Sage Colleges, Albany NY
- 2019
- Keynote for NeON Re@ct Conference | Dundee, Scotland
- 2018
- Imagining Utopia Presentation (with Stephen Duncombe) | Guerilla Science 2018 Conference
- Guest Lecture (with Stephen Duncombe) | Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
- Acting Out: Art that Changes the World (panel) | The Wheeler Center, Melbourne, Australia
- Keynote for The 13th International Conference on Art and Society | Emily Carr University
- Keynote for Cancel the Apocalypse | Re:Publica, Berlin
- Conversation with Emily Sexton | State Library Victoria, Australia
- Visiting Artist Lecture | Museum of Contemporary Art, Macedonia
- Panel and workshop | Museum of Contemporary Art, Macedonia
- Conversation with Sharon Louden at 21C Museum Hotel in Lexington KY
- Opening talk, with Stephen Duncombe, Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice, Philanthropy New York
- 2017
- Closing Speaker | Eyeo Festival
- Art, Story, Affect | Eyeo Festival
- “The Impact and Evaluation of Artistic Activism,” opening introduction, with Stephen Duncombe, and panel chair, Artistic Activism: Connecting Social Activism and Artistic Practice | Philanthropy New York, New Nork, NY, March 30, 2017
- “New Ways to Communicate about Old Institutions,” with Stephen Duncombe, invited presentation, United Nations Arts and Culture Exchange, United Nations, New York, NY, January 26, 2017.
- Artist as Cultural Producer book launch and reading | Strand Bookstore
- “When Art Claims to do Good” | Co-chair of panel with Elizabeth Grady, CAA Conference
- Shantz Visiting Artist Lecture | University of Waterloo
- 2016
- “Artistic Activism,” with Stephen Duncombe, invited presentation, Comhlámh Center, Dublin, Ireland, December 18, 2016.
- “Collective Knowledge,” with Stephen Duncombe, invited panelist, Art, Politics and Cities in Transition conference, AIANY/Center for Architecture, New York, NY, October 21, 2016.
- Performance | Talkies Roundup at Roxie Theater, San Francisco
- Performance | CATCH at the Hudson Basilica
- AIGA Presents: Stephen Duncombe – Dreaming Bigger Than Clients | Reno Museum of Art
- Keynote Address | Vivid Festival, Sydney Australia
- Panel Discussion | Vivid Festival, Sydney Australia
- Connecticut College | Visiting Artist Lecture/Economics Panel Discussion
- 2015
- Opening remarks and workshop | Humanity in Action New York Conference on Art and Activism
- Keynote Address | Creative Catalyst Conference, Toronto
- Visiting Artist Lecture/Economics Panel | SUNY Cortland
- Visiting Artist Lecture | Queens Museum/Queens College, NYC
- Closing Remarks | Fordham Urban Law Journal Symposium, Vol. XLII
- Visiting Artist Lecture | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- Visiting Artist Lecture | Kenyon College, Ohio
- Eyebeam Artists in Conversation | Gallery 216, Brooklyn, NY
- 2014
- Visiting Artist Lecture | Grand Valley State University
- Visiting Artist Lecture | University of Nevada at Reno
- Confravision online conference platform
- “Power of Imagination” lecture | Institute of Contemporary Art and Ideas, Gothenburg Sweden
- 2013
- United Nations meeting on Advertising and Cultural Rights
- Keynote at Broken City Lab’s HOMEWORK II: LONG FORMS / SHORT UTOPIAS Conference | Windsor, ONT
- “Does Capitalism Work?” with Richard D. Wolff and Harriett Fraad | AMC Empire 25, Times Square NYC
- Humanity in Action New York Conference, September 20, 2013
- Social Design Public Action International Symposium | University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Experiments in Extra-Institutional Education | CUNY Grad Center, NYC
- Flux Death Match: Arts Funding, Follow the $$$$ | Flux Factory, NYC
- MIT Civic Media Lunch: Steve Lambert | MIT Civic Media Lab
- 2012
- Creative Time Summit | NYC
- CAFK+A Big Ideas Lecture | Kitchener Ontario
- Visiting Artist Lecture, Arts Practicum Program in NYC
- NYU Hemispheric Institute “Creative Activism Thursdays” Lecture on Comedy and Activism
- Conflux Festival | panel discussion
- Applied Brilliance Conference
- MediaImpact: International Festival of Activist Art (moderator) | NYU
- NPN/VAN Annual Meeting | Performance/lecture on comedy with Kristina Wong and Chris Kaminstein
- 2011
- Occupy Amsterdam Art Tent | “‘Political Expressionism’ and Other Fallacies of the Political Artist” informal lecture
- Carnegie Mellon University | “‘Political Expressionism’ and Other Fallacies of the Political Artist” lecture and workshop with Stephen Duncombe
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Colloquium “From Appropriation to Infiltration: Accessing Public through Tactical Media”
- De Baile, Amsterdam | Symposium “The Populist Front; On the Role of Myth, Storytelling and Imaginary in Populist Movements”
- 2010
- The New Museum | “Free: A Talk and Walking Tour with Jokes”
- Liquid Democracies Panel at Transmediale Festival, Berlin Germany | “Utopia”
- Parsons/The New School – School of Art, Media, and Technology | Visiting Artists Lecture
- Headlands Center for the Arts | “The YouTube School of Social Politics” lecture (a Red76 project)
- Humanity in Action NYC | “American Protest” lecture and panel
- Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC | “Discussion: The Artist-Citizen, Advocating Change”
- 2009
- FREEDOM: Do It Yourself with Steve Lambert and Sam Gould | Vera List Center at the New School, NY
- The Brooklyn Rail Presents RhantRhapsody #19 “The Absurdity of Hope” | Reading
- “Everything You Want, Right Now!” How advertising distorts culture | Figment Festival, Pershing Hall, Governor’s Island, NYC
- “But Does it Work?” | with Stephen Duncombe and Joseph Delappe | Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
- Red76 Flying University’s Pop-Up Book Academy
- Carnegie Mellon Department of Art | School of Art Lecture Series
- 2008
- Harvard University | The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts presents Bring Your Own: Voices of the Contemporary
- University of Iowa | Artist Lecture: The Eyebeam Roadshow
- The New Museum | Rhizome Commission presentation
- Museum of Modern Art | Graffiti Research Lab Screening and Panel Discussion with James Powderly and Evan Roth
- Gelf Magazine Presents | Non-Motivational Speaker Series with Alan Abel and Ron English
- California College of the Arts | Urban Visions Panel with Packard Jennings, Peter Albert, John Peterson, Tom Radulovich, and Seleta Reynolds
- 2007
- UC Santa Barbara | Guest Artist Lecture
- Maker Faire Bay Area, San Mateo County Fairgrounds | Lecture with James Powderly
- University of California Institute for Research in the Arts’ State of the Arts Conference | D I Y = > D I T : New Social Practices & Digital Distribution with James Powderly of the Graffiti Research Lab, Sal Randolph, Josh Greene, and Larisa Mann.
- Free University Program at Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago IL | VERSION>07 THE INSURECTION INTERNATIONALE
- Mess Hall, Chicago IL | Eyebeam Roadshow
- Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona | Now: Meetings in the Present Continuous | Panel discussion with Gemma Galdon, Richard Sennett, and Pierre Humeau
- Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology | The Great Internet Sleepover | “Game Show”
- Transmodernage Festival, Baltimore | “I WILL TALK…”
- Fountain Art Fair, New York | “I WILL TALK…”
- Eyebeam | Shopdropping Workshop Series
- 2006
- Version Festival 06 | Free University Program | Lecture
Teaching
- 2015-
- Associate Professor in New Media, State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase
- 2014-15
- Graduate Student Advisor | Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Graduate Program
- 2013-14
- Graduate Studio Advisor | Transart Institute
- 2012-15
- Assistant Professor in New Media, State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase
- 2010-12
- Regular Full-Time Faculty in Text and Image Arts | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- 2010-15
- External Participating Faculty | New York University Artistic Activism Research Group
- 2008-13
- Creative Capital Foundation | Internet for Artists Workshop Leader
Workshops
“School for Creative Activism,” long course led with Stephen Duncombe, North Carolina Community Organizers, Mebane, NC, April 1-3, 2011, New York Area Artists and Activists, New York, NY, May 13-15, 2011; Equitable Texas State Budget, Austin, TX, June 19-11, 2012, United for a Fair Economy, Boston, MA, August 3-5, 2012; Incarcerated Youth and Family Rights, Houston, TX, October 26-28, 2012; Occupy Faith, Ivoryton, CT, November 9-11, 2012; HIV and Maternal Health, Nairobi, Kenya, March 19-22, 2013, Muslim-American Organizers, Warwick, New York, May 31-June 2, 2013; Iraq Veterans Against the War, Chicago, IL, July 29-31, 2013; Undocumented Youth Immigration Activists, San Antonio, TX, September 13-15, 2013; Changin’ Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, November 1-3, 2013; GLTBQ and Roma Rights, Skopje, Macedonia, March 18-23, 2014; Access to Medicine, Barcelona, Spain, December 15-18, 2014, SWEAT and Sisonke (sex worker rights) Cape Town, South Africa, May 30-April 2, 2015; LGBTQI rights, Atlanta, GA, September 24-27, 2015; TGEU (transgender rights),Berlin, Germany, October 8-11, 2015; Greenpeace, Washington DC, January 9-13, 2017.
“School for Creative Activism,” short course led with Stephen Duncombe, Family Values at Work, Ford Foundation, New York, December 3, 2012; United for a Fair Economy, Boston MA, June 5, 2013; Beautiful Trouble/CAA/Yes Labs joint training, New York, February 8, 2014; Auburn Seminary, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago IL, April 25, 2014; Humanity in Action conference on Art and Activism, New York, October 17, 2015; Jewish Voices for Peace, New York, October 24, 2016; Greenpeace, Washington DC, April 30, 2017.
“Art Action Academy,” long course led with Stephen Duncombe, Portland State University, Social Practice Arts Program, January 17-19, 2013; CEC ArtsLink, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 2-6, 2014; OSF Arts Exchange, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, August 10-12, 2016; NEA, Queens Museum, Series of 7 Saturday Workshops, Queens, New York, October 8-November 20, 2016; European sex workers and artists, Dublin, Ireland, December 13-17, 2016; OSF Arts Exchange, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, October 11-14, 2017; NEA, Queens Museum, series of weekend workshops, Queens, New York, October 7-28, 2017, OSIWA, Conakry, Guinea, December 18-22, 2017; OSF Arts Exchange, Skopje, Macedonia, June 5-9, 2018; Action Aid Denmark, Accra, Ghana, May 4-11, 2019, OSF West Balkan Creative Lab, Sarajevio, Bosnia, October 13-19, 2019.
“Art Action Academy,” short course led with Stephen Duncombe, iSchool NYC public high school, November 29 & December 20, 2012; October 4 & 25, 2013; Incubate Festival, Tilburg, The Netherlands, September 14, 2012; Tribeca Film Festival fellows program, NYC, March 23, 2012; Creative Time Summit, New York City, November 14, 2015; Creative Capital, New York City, May 23, 2016, Creative Capital, New York City, May 4, 2017.
“Creative Activism Hubs,” curriculum development workshops led with Stephen Duncombe and Rebecca Bray,OSF Arts Exchange, Skopje, Macedonia, October 14-21, 2018;OSF Arts Exchange, Skopje, Macedonia, April 6-12, 2019; Action Aid Denmark, Accra, Ghana, May 4-11, 2019 (with Art Action Academy).
“Imagining Utopia,” workshop led with Stephen Duncombe, PS3 Charrette Elementary School, NYC, February 21, 2013; Creative Time Summit, NYC, October 13, 2012; Artists and educators from Pakistan, organized through the “Art for Social Change” program of the American Embassy in Islamabad, November 22, 2013; Blade of Grass Fellowship Program, NYC, January 16, 2016; The Kenan Project, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, September 26, 2018; Guerilla Science Conference, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY, November 3, 2018.
“Tactical Culture,” led with Stephen Duncombe, Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology, NYC, June 30 – July 16, 2009.
Affiliations
- 2011-
- Founder and Co-Director | Center for Artistic Activism
- 2014-
- Board Member | Eyebeam Art and Technology Center
- 2013-14
- Foundry Theater Artist Council member
- 2013
- Participant | United Nations Special Rapporteur experts meeting on Advertising’s Effect on Cultural Rights
- 2006-10
- OpenLab Fellow (Senior Fellow 2007-2010) | Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology
- 2009
- P!oneers Fellowship Program | Humanity in Action, New York/Amsterdam
Education
- 2006
- University of California at Davis | MFA, Studio Art
- 2001
- San Francisco Art Institute | BFA, Interdisciplinary
- 1995-98
- College of San Mateo (Community College may have saved my life)