Amelia Marzec (born 1980) is an American
Interactive Artist based in
New York City.
Art
Marzec's work explores the effects that various technologies (particularly telecommunications) and the social conditions that surround them have on aspects of our interpersonal relationships such as privacy, intimacy, and publicity. She has frequently cited her experience of losing hearing in one ear, as well as her experience working inside a media giant compromised by the
PRISM program (
America Online
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) as formative.
Career
Marzec received her
Bachelor of Fine Arts
A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students for pursuing a professional education in the visual, fine or performing arts. It is also called Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) in some cases.
Background
The Bachelor ...
(BFA) from
Mason Gross School of the Arts in
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.)
is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admini ...]
(MFA) from
Parsons School of Design
Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhatt ...
. Her work has been exhibited at Flux Factory, New York Hall of Science, Governor's Island, MIT, SIGGRAPH, and the DUMBO Arts Festival. She has been awarded a residency at
Eyebeam, the A.I.R. Gallery Emma Bee Bernstein Fellowship, a full commission for LUMEN, and a nomination for the World Technology Awards for Art.
Her work has been featured in Wired, Make, and Hyperallergic.
References
External links
Amelia Marzec
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American contemporary artists
American women artists
1980 births
Living people
Artists from New York (state)
Parsons School of Design alumni
Mason Gross School of the Arts alumni
21st-century American women