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  Present Position:

                         Artist, living and working Brooklyn, NY

   2004-Present:  Assistant Professor, Digital Media, Pace University, New York, NY

   1999-2004       Assistant Professor, Area Coordinator Electronic Intermedia,
                         Department of Art & Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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  Education:

                         MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1997

                         BA, Harvard College, Visual and Environmental Studies, Cambridge, MA

 

  
  Upcoming Exhibitions:

          2008       “Rhizome Commissions 2008,” New Museum, New York

                         “Traveling Scholars,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb. 5
                         
          
2007        “Invisible Influenced,” Turbulence.org, Net Art Commission
   
                         Collaborative project, “Before and After,” Kristin Lucas,
                         Postmasters Gallery, NY

   Selected Exhibitions:

          2007        “Counting Cars,Conflux, New York

                         “Place Relations,” 4 person exhibition, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich

                         “This Is Not The Future,” Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                         “Public Mood Ring,” Urban Institute for Contemporary Art,
                         Grand Rapids, Michigan                        

          2006       “Hypertexturalities, (Architectures and Morphologies)” curated by Lee Klein,
                        Florence Lynch Gallery, Chelsea, New York

                        ISEA2006/ZeroOne festival, “C4F3,” Inter-Society for Electronic Arts,
                        "Net-Gift Mood Systems,", San Jose Musem of Art, San Jose, CA

                        cabaret voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland

                        IV06 and CGIV06 Symposia, Digital Art Gallery Online, London, England
                        and Sydney, Australia

                        Parnassus benefit Auction, Heidi Cho Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

          2005       FILE 2005, International Festival of Electronic Language,
                        “Breath On Me,” SESI Art Gallery, Sao Paolo, Brazil

                        Synthesis and Distribution: Experiments in Collaboration,
                         Pace University, Art Galleries, New York, NY

                         “X INDUSTRIA CAFKA 05,” hosted by the Contemporary Art Forum
                         Kitchener and Area
, Kitchener, Onario, Canada

                         “Sampling Landscape,” Studio Soto, Boston, MA

                         “Interactive Futures O5, Technology in the Life World
                         Open Space Centre Gallery, Victoria Film and Video Festival,
                         Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

          2004        “First to See the Light, 2004,” Quay School of Art Gallery, Wanganui,
                         New Zealand

                        “Video MUTE,” Judi Rotenberg Gallery, curated by Dina Gwin,
                         Videospace, Boston, MA 

                         “Night of 1000 Drawings,”Artist Space, New York, NY

                         “Art from the Rucksack 1,”Limerick City of Art Gallery, Limerick, Ireland

          2003        Art Basel Miami Beach, curated by Bernice Steinbaum, University of
                         Florida Faculty Show, Miami

          2002        “Evidencing, Drawing with Light and Pixels,” The College Art Gallery,
                         College of New jersey

                         Solo Exhibition, Gallery II, Western Michigan University, Michigan
                         
                         Free Biennial, ” New York, New York

                         3 Person Exhibition, “RE, Mathew Hincman, Larimer Richards, Will
                         Pappenheimer
,” Studio Soto , Boston, MA

                         “37th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition” The University Art Museum
                         Gainesville, FL

          2001        “immedia:1901,” Media Union Gallery, University of Michigan

                         “Deeper Still,” with Terry Adkins, collaborative video injet stills,
                         Harn Art Museum, Gainesville, Florida

                          “Looking for Zapaptistas,” collaborative video/performance with
                         Barbara Jo Revelle, National Seminar, New York University,
                         New York, NY 2000 

          2000        "Remote," for Christine Hill's"Pilot,"exhibition, a video project with                           Dave Herman as part of the pilot taping, Ronald Felman Fine Arts,                           New York, NY

                         The Graduate School of Europe, Seminar on Choragraphy, Saas Fe                          Switzerland, August 2000

                         Telstra Adelaide Festival, Artists Week, Ngapartji Multimedia Center,                          Adelaide Festival, South Australia,collaborative live video/text web                          broadcast with Greg Ulmer for "Verve: The Other Writing,"

          1999        "Paradise 8," Exit Art, New York, NY

                         "Digital Arts & Culture" Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology
                         Atlanta, Georgia

                         "Flicker" The Coolidge Corner Cinema, Brookline, MA

                         "34th Annual Art Faculty Exhibition" The University Art Museum,
                         University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

                          USC International Digital Works on Paper, McKissick Museum,
                          University of South Carolina Columbia, SC

          1998        "Video MOS" Thayer Academy Galleries, MA

          1997        "The Eighth Triennial," Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

                         "Zendada," Mobius artists space, Boston, MA

                         "MFA Thesis Exhibition," Tisch Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center,
                         Tufts University, Medford, MA

                         "Irony Rules: Incongruity in Video," VideoSpace at Mobius,
                         Boston, MA

          1996        "50/50, Video works from New York City and Boston Artists,"
                         VideoSpace at Landsdowne Street Playhouse, Boston, MA

                         "Six Figures," Gallery Naga, Boston, MA

                         "From Fact to Fiction," VideoSpace at Landsdowne Street Playhouse,
                         Boston, MA

                         "Film and Video Annual" juried, Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine                           Arts, Boston, MA

          1995        "the Unexpected," Tisch Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center,
                          Tufts University, Medford, MA

          1993        "In Other Gardens," Installations by five artists, The Somerville
                          Museum, Somerville, MA

                         "The 753629 Group," Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA

          1993        "Artcetera," Auction to benefit The Aids Action Committee, Boston, MA

          1991        "The David Jacob Chodorkoff Collection, Detroit Institute of the Arts,
                          Detroit, Michigan

          1989        "Boston Now" The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

 
 
Fellowships, Grants
 
and Awards:

           2007      “Rhizome Commissions 2007-8,” (Member Selection), Rhizome.org online,
                        New Museum, New York

                         Turbulence.org, Net Art Commission       

          2006        Traveling Scholars Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

                         Scholarly Research Grant, Pace University          

          2005        Kenan Fund, Pace University 
                         Scholarly Research Grant, Pace University         
                         Equal Merit Award, 8th National,” Gallery West, Alexandria, VA

          2004        Fine Arts Scholarship Enhancement Grant, University of Florida,
          2000        Gainesville, FL

          1999        University Scholars Program University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

                         Award of Excellence, USC International Digital Works on Paper,
                         McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina Columbia, SC

          1990        National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship

                         Artist in Residence, The New York Experimental Glass Workshop,
                         New York

                        Rudolf Arnheim Prize for thesis work, Harvard College

 


  Publications
and Reviews

          2008       “Digital Art,” 2nd edition, by Christiane Paul, curator of New Media, Whitney
                        and Reviews Museum of American Art, NY, Thames & Hudson Ltd

                        Art In America, Gallery Review, “Before and After,” curated by Kristin Lucas,
                        Postmasters Gallery, NYC

                        “Tuning in Rorschach Maps,” paper, Will Pappenheimer, published in                         "Transdisciplinary Digital Art: Sound, Vision and the New Screen", edited by                         Randy Adams, Steve Gibson and Stefan Muller Arisona, 2008, Springer                         Publishing, Communications in Computer and Communication Science series

                        Exhibition Catalog, “SMFA Traveling Scholars,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

                        “Will Pappenheimer’s Glowblots, online review, Ben Alper, Exposure Project,                         Boston “Tuk-Tuks Topiary by Will Pappenheimer,” review, Saatchi Online, by                         Ryan Eber

                        “’Invisible Influenced’ by Will Pappenheimer and Chipp Jansen, “ Rhizome.org,                         Front page, February 15

          2007       Digital Brainstorming Online, “The Newest Prick in Google Meets                         Results in the Color Green,” Villö Huszai, July 17

                        Scan, Media Arts Journal, “Report on The Digital Art Weeks 2007,”
                        by Andrew Jones, July, 2007

                        Home Made Labor: Weblog: Music Media Art, “tendency-struggle                         among other things (Digital Art Weeks)” July 12

                        Click Here, online, “Digital Art Weeks, at the interface to the science)
                        Villö Huszai, July 19

                       “This is not the Future,” review, roberta fallon and libby rosof's artblog

                        NY Arts International, “Hypertexturalities,” Volume 12, No. 1⁄2

          2006       NOEMA- technologie & societa, Telepresence Art, Anna Vera Meati

                        NBC 11:00 News, San Francisco and NBC 11.com, Interview, August 7

                        Turbulence.org, , online, networked_performance, Aug. 10

                        “Changing Interiors”, we make money not art.com,, June 7

                         Turbulence.org, , online, networked_performance, July, 25

                         weBlogArt- Motion Still Life 1, July, 23

          2005        "Electronic Monumentality," Gregory Ulmer, University of
                         Minnesota Press
, Chapter 8, "Soft Wishing Y (A Collaboration),”
                         includes 7 illustrationsPart of a series called "Electronic Mediations"
                         edited by Sam Weber and Kate Hayles.

                         TV Cultura, Brazil, Report on FILE 2005, interview

                         Net Art, Summary of FILE 2005

                         Turbulence.org, networked_performance, "Here For You," September 30

                         Zed TV, Canadian Broadcasting, "The New New Media," April 1, Interview
                         with Andrea Levesque
                         
                         Neural.it, on line, Breathe On Me, possibilità e limiti in telepresenza

                         Leonardo On Line Journal, Interactive Futures, review, Dene Grigar

                         we-make-money-not-art.com, “Breathe On Me,” March 7, 2005

                         Turbulence.org, Breath as a Fundamental Form of Communication,
                         networked_performance, February 4

                         Boston Globe, Capturing life's transience with Skill an Imagination,
                         Cate McQuaid, March 25

          2003       Miami Puts on an Arty Party New York Times, Sunday Styles
                         cover photo, December 7

                         Le Monde website, Culture Section, “Miami, plaque tourante de l’art
                         contemporaine, December 9

                         National Post, Canada, Arts and Life Scene Section, December 9

          2002        Art US (formerly Art and Text), Inaugural Issue, Article:
                         The Third Degree. “Soft Wishing Y for 9/11,” by Gregory Ulmer

                         Leonardo Electronic Almanac, July Issue, collaborative project with the
                         Florida Research Ensemble (FRE)

          2001        Journal of Visual Culture, Volume 1, Issue 3, collaborative project with
                         the Florida Research Ensemble (FRE)


 
Lectures and Visiting Critic

          2006       “Collective Surveillance Play,” Digital Art Weeks, ETH Computer Systems
                         Institute, Zurich, Switzerland

          2005       Artist Presentation, X INDUSTRIA CAFKA 05 hosted by it be the
                        Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Area, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

                         “Transoptical Paradise Now,” “Interactive Futures05: Technology
                         in the Life World,” Victoria, British Columbia

          2004        “Transoptical Paradise Now,” Center for Communications
                         Artist and Reviews: and Information Technologies, University of Toronto,                          Toronto, Canada

          2003        Session Chair, “Transoptics: Webcam Network /Artwork Vision,”
                         Critic and Reviews College Art Association 91st Annual Conference,
                          New York, 2003

                         Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Austin, Texas,
                         “Amer Emer Agency Zones,” Session Chair and presenter

 
        2001        Society for Photographic Education, National Conference
                         Savanah, GA

                         Maine College of Art

                         Massachusetts College of Art, Center for Interreated Media

          1999        Society for Photographic Education, Southeast Conference,
                         Dayton, FL

                         Center Scholar Lecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

          1996        Panelist, "Beauty and Desire: A Dialogue Across Disciplines,"
                         School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

          1993        Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA

                         Massachusetts Institute of Technology

          1991-6     Massachusetts College of Art, Visiting Critic

          1990        Harvard College, Visual and Environmental Studies
                         Visiting Critic

          1989        The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA


  Collections: 

                         Rhizome.org ArtBase at the New Museum

                         Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

                         Detroit Institute of the Arts, Michigan