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- RESIDENCY DATES : Feb 20th 2012 to Feb 29th 2012 | Aug 2nd 2011 to Aug 30th 2011 | Jan 3rd 2011 to Apr 1st 2011
- FROM : USA
Chico MacMurtrie is internationally recognized for his large-scale, performative, robotic installations, and interactive public sculpture. His work has been widely exhibited in America, Europe, and Asia. MacMurtrie has received the support of many notable granting agencies, including the Rockefeller Foundation and the Daniel Langlois Foundation. His awards include five grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vida Life, and Ars Electronica Award.
MacMurtrie is the Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works (ARW), a collective he founded in 1991, consisting of artists and engineers who help in the realization of his work. Currently operating out of Brooklyn, New York, ARW is dedicated to the study and creation of movement as it is expressed in anthropomorphic and abstract robotic forms.
MacMurtrie has been working over the last years on his innovative, inflatable sculptures, which were exhibited internationally in major museum shows, including Machines and Souls, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (2008); Synthetic Times: Media Art China, National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2008); Wood Street Gallery, Pittsburgh (2009); Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2009).
Education:
B.F.A. University of Arizona, 1983
M.F.A. New Forms and Concepts, UCLA, 1987