Diane

Diane Willow 

Experimental and Media Arts • University of Minnesota • willow@umn.edu  

Education 

1992 M.S.Visual Studies,  Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

         Thesis: Gardening the Elements in a Landscape of Technology 

Academic Experience 

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2004-present Associate Professor, Experimental and Media Arts, Department of Art

2010 Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1999-2004 Artist in Residence |Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA

2012-2013 Visiting Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA

Invitational Solo Exhibitions • Commissioned Works • Artist Lectures (selected examples)

• Commissions

2013    Ambient Sites, The Other Festival [a prelude], MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA

2012 tuning the sky, Weisman Art Museum | Northern Spark Festival, Minneapolis, MN

2011   Mississippi River Bridge Plaza Design Competition Winner, VJAA + HouMinn + Diane Willow   

            beneath a glowing ceiling veil of living light, Northern Spark Festival, Minneapolis, MN

2010   The Bower Project, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

2009   Sonic Candela, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA 

2005   ReFresh :: Gateways, Okawa Center, Keihanna, Japan

2002   Dream Tree, Okawa Center, Keihanna, Japan

• Selected One-Person and Two-Person Exhibitions 

2013 Interludes, Carlton College, Northfield, MN) in process

commonplace, Weisman Art Museum, Target Studio for Creative Collaboration, MN

tuning the sky, iPlay, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Ft Worth, TX

2009    Serenade, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China  

2008    co~presence, Joy Art Gallery/Hy Space, 798 Art District, Beijing, China,    

Light Sensitive, Subtle Technologies Festival, Pixel Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

2007    Re-Inhabiting, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 

2003    Whispering Touch, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA 

2000    SEAt, MIT, Lobby10, Cambridge, MA 

• Selected Artist Presentations 

2013 Walker Art Center, Loeb Fellows Panel, Minneapolis Art and Culture: Creative CityMaking

2012 UMN School of Architecture, Keynote Speaker, Digital Provocations Symposium,

2011 Stanford University, Art + Design Lecture Series, Ambient Sites, Stanford, CA

2010 Society for Cultural Anthropology, Natureculture conference, Santa Fe, NM

2009 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Beyond Sight Conference, NYC, NY 

2008     Subtle Technologies Symposium, Light Sensitive, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2007 Exploratorium, Wonder Women::Art & Technology 1968 – 2008, San Francisco, CA,

2006 Studio XX, Sounds and Spaces, 10th Anniversary, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2004    ACADIA/AAI conference, Responsive Architecture, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2003 Art & Technology Biennial Symposium, Digital Dialogues, Connecticut College, CT

Ludwig Foundation, Participation & Interaction, Visiting Artist, La Habana, Cuba