Asmuth utilizes scientific and technological media to explore culture, aesthetics, and social practices. His eclectic work and collaborations have been exhibited internationally including turbulence.org, ISEA2012, Zer01 Biennial('06, '08, '12), 319 Scholes, Salisbury University, the Laguna Art Museum, the Francis Tang Teaching Museum, and the Sixth Annual International Streaming Festival.
He earned an MFA (Digital Media, 2008) from the CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San José State and a BFA (Painting, 2000) from the San Francisco Art Institute. The subjects of his current research include autonomous singing robots, 'Space Race' portraits, and biofeedback controllers for building automation networks.
http://thomasasmuth.com / http://kidneutrino.blogspot.comBruneau is the cofounder of Ars Virtua, The Third Faction, and the San Jose State Game Developers Club. He has an MFA in Digital Media from the CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San Jose State University. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego in ICAM (Inter-disciplinary Computing in the Arts Major). Primarily working in games as a medium, his projects range from interactive installation pieces, to online game development, to performance art in virtual worlds. He has exhibited his workin Zer01 SJ, The Streaming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum and ISEA as well as others. His goal is to find new, innovative ways to improve education though technology and most importantly, keep learning fun.
She is interested in creating dynamic interactive experiences for participants that highlight real world problems and promote social activism. Her current work aims to pioneer the bridge between virtual environments and geophysical space. Castle has exhibited at The Laguna Art Museum, Zero1SJ, ISEA, and Rhizome.
Zhenya Chayka graduated from the Ural State University in 2011 with a Masters degree in Philosophy. Her primary area of specialization is aesthetics and art-management. In the last 6 years she has been participating in various projects related to the cultural sphere. Zhenya enjoys teaching Spanish to her students. She is especially happy when they are picking up the new language quickly and easily. Zhenya is not a gamer.
She currently teaches digital media, illustration and graphic design courses at two Bay Area community colleges.
Agata Iordan is an art historian and a curator. She is currentlya post-graduate student at the Ural Federal University inYekaterinburg. Agata is writing a thesis about Russian artistswho immigrated to the USA in 1920-30s. For the last 5 years,she has been working as a contemporary art curator andproject manager.
James Morgan is and artist, educator and researcher. He has an MFA in Digital Media Art from the CADRE Laboratory for New Media. He has worked as a curator for nearly ten years, and shown work nationally and internationally at venues such as 01SJ, ISEA2006, EMAF, Laguna Art Museum.
James is the advisor for the Game Development Club at SJSU.
Nina Rizhskaya was born in Sverdlovsk in 1985. She is both, a scientist and an artist. In 2009, Nina graduated from the Department of Physics at the Ural State University with a degree in celestial mechanics. Her current research interests include: quantum mechanics, the physics and chemistry of solid materials, as well as the physics of minerals. In 2000, Nina graduated from the School of Art, Architecture and Creativity associated with UGAHA. She won a number of local and regional painting exhibitions and participated in many art projects.
Nikita Rokotyan is a researcher at the Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Physics at The Ural Federal University. He is also a creative coder and a digital artist.
Karl Boley, Sara Gevurtz, Tamara Hoyt, Anton Klyukin,
Cody McCabe, Regina Muftakhova, Sergey Naymushin,
Svetlana Usoltseva.