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Alicia Eggert

Interdisciplinary artist

Fellows Class:
Alicia Eggert

Professional Role

Current Titles:

Assistant Professor of Art, Bowdoin College

Current Organizations:

College Art Association, New Media Caucus, International Sculpture Center


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Biography

I am an American interdisciplinary artist whose work primarily takes the form of kinetic, electronic and interactive sculpture. Before pursuing a career in art, I earned an undergraduate degree in interior design and practiced at an architectural firm in New York for several years. After leaving that field, I went on to receive my MFA in Sculpture/Dimensional Studies. My artwork, which remains strongly rooted in design, focuses on the relationship between language, image and time. It has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and is currently included in "O’Clock. Time design, design time," a traveling exhibition originally held at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan that places my work in the company of artists such as John Cage and Damien Hirst. Other recent exhibitions include SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 in Hong Kong; ISEA2012 (the International Symposium on Electronic Art) at the Albuquerque Museum of Art in New Mexico; Cyberfest 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia; Sculpture By the Sea in Sydney, Australia; and various exhibitions and festivals in the US, UK, Poland, Belgium and Canada.


Fun facts

Favorite meal:
A sandwich from Pine State Biscuits in Portland, Oregon: fried chicken, pickles, mustard and honey on a hot, buttermilk biscuit.

A funny story about me:
I was once chased by a rabid groundhog.


Vital Stats

Fellows Class
TED2013
Languages
English
Living in
Portland, United States
Working in
Portland, United States
Born in
Camden, United States

Contact

Twitter
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Websites
www.aliciaeggert.com aplaceintheuniverse.blogspot.com

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