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INTERPLAY, SITE Santa Fe
Neil Mendoza, Iván Navarro, Camille Utterback, Robert Rauschenberg curated by Brandee Caoba INTERPLAY is a grouping of four interactive installations, including Neil Mendoza’s Robotic Voice Activated Word Kicking Machine, Iván Navarro’s Reality Show (Black), Robert Rauschenberg’s Eco-Echo, and Camille Utterback’s Untitled 5. Activated by the … Continue reading
Computer History Museum Talk and Screening
Camille will discuss her work along with a screening of historic computer generated films by Stan VanDerBeek, John Whitney, and Lillian Schwartz. Films screened include: –Stan VanDerBeek, “Poemfield No. 7” (1967–68) –John Whitney, “Permutations” (1968) –Lillian Schwartz, “Pixillation” (1970) Event … Continue reading
In the Flow, Nevada Museum of Art
curated by JoAnne Northrup In the Flow presents work by a group of artists who use a variety of media–from oil on canvas to computer code—to manifest the concept of flow in different ways. Whether channeling the rhythms of the … Continue reading
Bright Golden Haze, inaugural exhibition at OK Contemporary
Curated by Jennifer Scanlan Originally set to open in March of 2020, but postponed to August, Bright Golden Haze was the inaugural exhibition at Oklahoma Contemporary’s new downtown location. The exhibition explored ways in which artists use light to create … Continue reading
Where Art & Tech Collide, Nevada Museum of Art
curated by JoAnne Northrup Drawn from the permanent collections of the Nevada Museum of Art with several key loans from contemporary artists, Where Art and Tech Collide highlights the various ways that artists use technology to inspire wonder and curiosity. … Continue reading
Artists Talk at The Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Information and tickets for this talk can be found on the Amon Carter Events page for the event. The talk is in conjunction with the exhibition Set in Motion: Camille Utterback and Art that Moves at the Amon Carter Museum … Continue reading
National Portrait Gallery’s Black Out exhibition travels to Birmingham Museum of Art
Camille’s interactive installation Precarious is on view at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama as part of a traveling group exhibition Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now organized by the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington DC. The exhibition catalog published by the … Continue reading
Set in Motion – Camille Utterback and Art that Moves at The Amon Carter Museum
This exhibition, which opens as part of the debut of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art’s newly renovated and rehung permanent collection galleries in Forth Worth, Texas, pairs Camille’s Untitled 5 installation with a century of art depicting motion … Continue reading
Kinetics: Art in Motion at the Museum of Sonoma County
Two of Utterback’s custom kiln-formed glass and animation pieces, Radiant Cache (Palm) and Radiant Cache (Eucalyptus) will be on view at the Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, California as part of their Kinetics: Art in Motion exhibition, curated … Continue reading
National Portrait Gallery’s Black Out exhibition travels to Mississippi Museum of Art
Camille’s interactive installation Precarious is on view at the Mississippi Museum of Art as part of a travelling group exhibition Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now organized by the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington DC. Mississippi Museum of Art Exhibition webpage The exhibition … Continue reading
Camille Utterback and Monir Farmanfarmaian at Haines Gallery
Haines Gallery, which represents Camille in San Francisco, features three of her large scale installations in a two-person exhibition with celebrated Iranian artist Monir Farmanfarmain. The exhibition, Kaleidoscope Eyes, brings together the glittering mirrored mosaics of Monir Farmanfarmaian and the interactive … Continue reading
Talk at UC San Diego for Design@Large
Join Camille at UC San Diego for Designing for Humans – An Artist’s Perspective, part of the Design@Large lecture series. Design@Large is a quarterly seminar series hosted by the UC San Diego Design Lab, featuring distinguished academic and industry speakers … Continue reading
Distinguished Speaker at the Jacobs Institute at UC Berkeley
Camille will be a distinguished speaker as part of Berkeley University’s Jacobs Design Conversations on October 19. Information on the talk series: The Jacobs Institute is excited to kick off another semester of engaging speakers and other opportunities to visit … Continue reading
Precarious at The National Portrait Gallery
Camille’s will debut a new interactive installation Precarious in the group exhibition Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now at The National Portrait Gallery, in Washington DC. Princeton University Press is publishing the scholarly exhibition catalog, which is forthcoming in June … Continue reading
Artists Talk at Bullseye Glass Resource Center Bay Area
Join Camille at The Bullseye Glass Resource Center in Emeryville, CA for a presentation about her background, influences, and the kiln formed and kiln cast glass work she created during her residency at Bullseye in the fall of 2017. For … Continue reading
Artist Residency at Bullseye Glass Resource Center
Bullseye Projects recently announced their June – December, 2017 artists-in-residence, which includes Camille. The self-directed glass residency program provides artists and designers with the materials, equipment and space needed to explore a new material, expand the scale of their work, or refine … Continue reading
Artist Talk at The University of Utah
Adventures in Interactive Art – From Falling Text to Projection Mapped Glass Talk Description: Artist Camille Utterback’s interactive installations combine innovative technology, elegant design, and surprising situations to reconnect us to our physicality, to each other, and to the world … Continue reading
Entangled at Emerson College Urban Arts’ Media Art Gallery
Camille Utterback: Entangled Emerson Urban Arts: Media Art Gallery March 1 – May 13, 2017 Opening Reception: Friday March 3, 5-7pm Camille’s dual screen interactive installation Entangled commissioned by the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco in 2015, will make its … Continue reading
Sustaining Presence at The Stanford Art Gallery
The Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University presents Sustaining Presence, on view from January 24 to March 26, 2017 with a reception on Thursday, January 26, from 5-7 PM, at the Stanford Art Gallery. Continue reading
Review of Vital Current—Seeking the San Lorenzo
Camille’s commission, Vital Current—Seeking the San Lorenzo, was reviewed in Good Times, Santa Cruz County’s premier weekly newspaper. You can read there article here.
Living Room Light Exchange Talk
Camille will be presenting at the Living Room Light Exchange along with Desiree Holman and Shapeshifters Cinema (Kathleen Quillian + Gilbert Guerrero) The Living Room Light Exchange is a monthly salon dedicated to new media forms and dialogues amongst artists … Continue reading
Keynote Lecture, ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces
2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, Niagara Falls, Canada Closing Keynote Lecture, November 9, 2016 In her talk for ISS, “An Artist’s Perspective on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces,” Utterback will use examples of her own ground-breaking computer … Continue reading
Stanford Art Practice Faculty Talk Series at the Cantor
Internationally acclaimed artist Camille Utterback creates aesthetically rich, experientially layered social spaces by combining various sensing and display technologies with the custom software she writes. Whether expressed in the form of building scale projections, custom LED lighting, or intimate sculptures … Continue reading
Vital Current – Seeking the San Lorenzo Opens at the Santa Cruz MAH
For the past year Camille has been collaborating with Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History to create a site-specific artwork for the museum’s lobby. The project is funded by a Creative Work Fund Grant received in 2015. The artwork … Continue reading
Artist Talk at The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
As part of the First Friday: Ebb & Flow + Abbott Square Preview Night at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Camille gave a lecture on her art practice and the making of Vital Current – Seeking the San … Continue reading
San Francisco Commonwealth Club Panel Discussion
Meet the Geniuses: Inside the MacArthur Foundation’s Creative Thinking Awards Wed, Aug 10 2016 – 6:30pm More information, and audio and video recordings of the event, can be found here. Maneesh Agrawala, Computer Vision Technologist; MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grantee Camille … Continue reading
Presentation at Grey Area Urban Prototyping Meetup
Urban Prototyping July Meetup July 20th, 2016 7:00 PM More information can be found here. Join us for the second public engagement Meetup for our Urban Prototyping Research Lab! Open to the public and cash bar for those 21 and … Continue reading
Press for NEAT at the CJM & Digital Catalog
Closing January 17, 2015, NEAT: New Experiments in Art and Technology at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) featured Camille’s work alongside nine other Bay Area digital artists. NEAT has had many great reviews and press, click through the links below to … Continue reading
NEAT: New Experiments in Art and Technology at the CJM
Camille will be participating in NEAT: New Experiments in Art and Technology at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) alongside eight other Bay Area digital artists. NEAT looks at the rapidly evolving relationship between artists and technology almost 50 years since … Continue reading
Video Interview with Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine produced this video interview of Camille discussing Text Rain, her collaborative project with Romy Achituv, and her art practice more generally. The video shows Camille working in her studio, and visitors engaging with Text Rain while it was on view … Continue reading
2015 Creative Work Fund Media Arts Grantee
Camille has been selected as a grantee for the 2015 Creative Work Fund in media arts! 14 grants were awarded supporting the creation of new works by San Francisco Bay Area artists who are working in collaboration with an array … Continue reading
Artist Residency at Pilchuck Glass School
Camille has been selected to serve as an Artist in Residence at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington this summer. From May through September every year, Pilchuck’s program offers a series of courses as well as residencies for established artists … Continue reading
Navigating Creativity and Commerce Panel at The Gray Area Festival
Camille will serve as a panelist in a discussion on Navigating Creativity and Commerce at The Gray Area Festival in San Francisco. She will be speaking alongside Chris Delbuck, Michael Chang, Rachel Binx and Reza Ali. For artists / developers … Continue reading
Artist Panel Discussion for Watch This! at The Smithsonian Institute
Camille will participate in an artist panel discussion in conjunction with the Watch This! Revelations in Media Art exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Michael Mansfield, curator of film and media arts, will lead the discussion featuring artists in … Continue reading
Watch This! at The Smithsonian American Art Museum
Camille is participating in Watch This! Revelations in Media Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Text Rain, Camille’s collaborative project with Romy Achituv, is included in the exhibition and is one of Smithsonian American Art Museum’s recent acquisitions to … Continue reading
Film Screening and Panel Discussion: !Women Art Revolution
Through intimate interviews, art, and rarely seen archival film and video footage, Lynn Hershman Leeson’s !Women Art Revolution reveals how the Feminist Art Movement fused free speech and politics into an art that radically transformed the art and culture of our … Continue reading
Momentum: Women/Art/Technology at Rutgers University
Momentum: Women/Art/Technology features two exhibitions at the Rutgers University-New Brunswick campus. Camille will be participating in a group exhibition alongside Emilia Forstreuter, Jennifer Hall, Claudia Hart, Yael Kanarek, Jeannette Louie, Ranu Mukherjee, Mary Bates Neubauer, Marie Sivak, Adrianne Wortzel, and … Continue reading
Dances of the Sacred and Profane at the Cowell Theater
For Camille’s debut creating interactive visuals for live performance, she teams up with choreographer Mark Foeringer, physicist David Glowacki, and sound designer Michael St. Clair to create Dances of the Sacred and Profane which premieres this September in San Francisco … Continue reading
Americans for the Arts, Leadership Roundtable, The Arts + Technology Discussion Panel
Camille will be participating in the Americans for the Arts Leadership Roundtable taking place in Sun Valley, Idaho from June 26th-28th. She will be serving as a discussion panelist for Artists + Technology: Materials at Hand. The Arts Leadership Roundtable will bring … Continue reading
ArtMarket San Francisco, Body of Work: Women Artists talk tech Panel Discussion
Camille will be a panelist for Body of Work: Artists talk tech, presented by ZERO1. The discussion will take place at ArtMarket San Francisco held at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion May 15-18th. Join us for a multi-generational discussion featuring Camille … Continue reading
LASER Talk at UC Santa Cruz
LASER (Leonardo Art/ Science Evening Rendezvous) Exploring the Frontiers of Knowledge and Imagination Tuesday, February 25, 2014 – 6:45pm Presented by: Institute of the Arts and Sciences The Institute of the Arts and Sciences presents Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous:Exploring the … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes Video of Flourish
Michelle Higa Fox of Slanted Studios collaborated with Camille Utterback on the interactive animations for Flourish. Check out the behind the scenes video that Michelle made to documents the project.
The Orange County Museum of Art acquires Glimpse for their permanent collection
Camille’s interactive installation, Glimpse, has been acquired by the Orange County Museum of Art for the permanent collection. Check back for more news regarding when the piece will be on display. For more information on the collection at OCMA, please … Continue reading
Four by Four Lecture Series: Art + Design x Science at CCA
Camille will be participating in the Four by Four Lecture Series at California College of the Arts on March 5. The Lecture will take place in Nahl Hall, which is located at 5212 Broadway (at College Avenue), Oakland, CA. For more … Continue reading
Camille to Speak at INST-INT at the Walker Art Center
Camille is excited to participation in INST-INT, a gathering focused on sharing insights and experiences from the field of interactive installation. Camille will be part of a panel discussion and lead a session entitled “Backup Plan.” Great ideas and technology … Continue reading
New work on display at The Headland’s First Look
As part of the The Headlands Center for the Arts event, First Look, Camille will present three new screen based works that incorporate custom glass. First Look is an art-filled evening of cocktails, food, entertainment, and community celebrating Headlands Artists … Continue reading
Patent Pending at the ZERO1 Garage
Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv’s installation, Text Rain, is included in ZERO1’s fall exhibition, Patent Pending. Patent Pending, is a group exhibition that uses patents as a starting point to investigate the relationship between artists, ownership, and invention. Patent Pending features artworks by … Continue reading
Camille to participate in The 2013 California-Pacific Triennial
Formerly known as the California Biennial, OCMA has re-envisioned this important survey of contemporary California art and will re-launch it as the California-Pacific Triennial in 2013 with participating artists representing a cross-section of countries from throughout the Pacific rim. California’s … Continue reading
Emerging Practices in Design Lecture Series at Stanford
Camille will be presenting a lecture entitled A Matter Of Time, as part of Stanford’s Department of Art & Art History’s Emerging Practices in Design Lecture Series. The talk will take place on February 21, 2013 in the Cummings Art Building. … Continue reading
Tracing Time/Marking Movement at the Frist Center for Visual Arts
Camille is very excited to announce her solo exhibition, Tracing Time/Marking Movement at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, TN. The exhibition includes four interactive digital installations —Text Rain, Liquid Time – Tokyo, Untitled 5, and Untitled … Continue reading
