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Jon Rafman
JON RAFMAN
Born 1981
EDUCATION
2006-2008 M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Film, Video and New Media
2000-2004 B.A. McGill University, Philosophy & Literature (Great Distinction)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011“Brand New Paint Job Extended” (solo show) PMgalerie in Collaboration with Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“9 Eyes of Google Street View” Sid Lee Collective, Amsterdam, Holland
“Brand New Paint Job” (solo show) Fabio Paris Gallery, Brescia, Italy2010
"The Age Demanded" (solo show) Golden Age, Chicago, IL
"Paint FX LIVE" (solo show) Future Gallery, Berlin, GermanyGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“Point-of-Presence” Truck Gallery, Calgary, AB
“L’Oeil de Links”, Canal+, France
“Format” Luminary, St Louis, MO
“*new Jpegs*” Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmo, Sweden`
“From Here On” Les Rencontres d’Arles: International Photography Festival, Arles, France
“Inéditos 2011”, La Casa Encendida de Obra Social Caja Madrid, Spain
“Stone Sky over Thingworld” Bitforms, New York, NY
“Offline” Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
“Pepsi Throwback label on a New Coke Can” Reference Gallery, Richmond, VA
“Read/Write” 319 Scholes Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Digital Space Any-Space-Whatever” Centre for Book Arts, New York, NY
“An Important Project” Important Projects. Oakland. CA
2010
"Free" New Museum, New York, NY
"Fotographia Festival Internazionale di Roma" Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Italy
"Repair" Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
"A Unicorn Basking in the Light of Three Glowing Suns" DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, USA
"Man in the Dark" The Woodmill, London, UK
"Within which all things exist and move" Art 45, Montreal, QC
"Kool-Aid Man in Second Life" MMX, Berlin, Germany
"Enchanted" The School of Development, Berlin, Germany
"FutureEverything Festival" Manchester, UK
"Sculpture Storage" LaMaMA gallery, New York, NY ?“Avatar 4D" Noma Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
“15th Anniversary Slamdance Film Festival”, Park City, UT
“European Media Arts Festival”, Osnabrueck, Germany
“13th REGARD-Saguenay Film Festival”, Saguenay, QC
“25th Anniversary Kassel Dokfest”, Kassel, Germany
“Video_Dumbo”, Arts Under the Bridge Festival, Brookyln, NY
"Poke!" FotoFest Gallery, Houston, TX
"Save for the Web" Xpace, Toronto, Canada
SELECTED PRESS / CRITICAL REVIEWS
2011“Report a Concern: Surveillance Sovereignty and Subjectivity in Google Street View” by Gabby Moser, Filip #15
“Why you are the future of photography” by Sean O’Hagan, The Guardian
“Jon Rafman and Tabor Robak’s BNPJ.exe” by Lauren Christiansen, Artinfo.com
“Jon Rafman’s Google Street Views” by Jimmy Chen, Thought Catalog
“Callings from Canada: Virtual Reality Bites” by Raji Sohal, PBS - Art:21
“Independent Projects turn Google Maps into Entertainment” by Rob Walker, New York Times Magazine
2010“Jon Rafman at Golden Age – Art Review” by Jonathan Kinkley, Time Out Chicago
“The Portraits of Google Street View” by Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic
“Deutschland späht durch die Pixellöcher” Spiegel Online
“Networked City: at a festival where the world gets reprogrammed” Motherboard.TV
“Avec view sur la vie” by Marie Lechner, Libération
“The Poignant Photography of Google Street View” Wired
“Take it to the (virtual) streets” by Scott Indrisek, Modern Painters
“Tragedy and Comedy, Starring Pac-Man” by Seth Schiesel, New York Times
2009“Artist Profile: Jon Rafman” by Mimi Luse, BushwickBK
“16 Google Street Views” La Matinale, Canal Plus TV
“Street Views interpreted” by Patrick Lejtenyi, Montreal Mirror
From Robert Frank to Jem Cohen to ... Google” by Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker Magazine
"Meet The Next Best Street Photographer: Google" by Claire O'Neill, NPR: The Picture Show
“Jon Rafman Turns Google Street View Into Art” by Cliff Kuang, Fast Company
“Jon Rafman on Google Street View” by Gabrielle Moser, Projects & Things
PANELS DISCUSSIONS
2011“The Metropolis and Me: New Narratives Urban Interface” Little Tokyo Design Week, Los Angeles
“Jon Rafman: Artist Talk” NMM, Norrköping, Sweden
2010"Visual Art and Fair Use” World Fair Use Day, Washington D.C.
"doing it for the lulz" Xpace Cultural Center, Toronto, ON
"Virtual Explorers" SECAC, Richmond, VA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2011Nine Eyes, Jean Boîte éditions, Paris, France
Inéditos 2011 catalog, La Casa Encendida de Obra Social Caja Madrid, Spain
“In the Nostalgia District” Frieze 20th Anniversary Issue, London
From Here On - Les Rencontres d’Arles catalog, Arles, France
Les Rencontres d’Arles Photography catalog, Arles, France
“The Metropolitan Issue” Gup #30, Amsterdam, Holland
2010Dans lequel tout choses existent et s'animent: Jon Rafman and Gabor Szilasi, Art45 catalog, Montreal, QC
Futurspectives - Fotografia 2010 catalog, Rome, Italy
Repair - Ars Electronica 2010 catalog, Linz, Austria
FutureEverthing 2010 catalog, Manchester, UK
2009“Nine Eyes of Google Street View” Art Fag City, New York, NY
“Search and Destroy” Harper’s Magazine, New York, NY
16 Google Street Views, published by Golden Age, Chicago, IL
Fotofest Biennial 2009 Catalog, Houston, TX
"John Cassavetes & Michaelangelo Antonioni" The DVD Stack. London, UK
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
2011“Interview with Jon Rafman” The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC TV
“Jon Rafman talks to Dean Kissick”, Tank Magazine, vol. 7 issue 1
“Artist Profile: Jon Rafman” by Manuel Berger, Lodown Magazine #75
“Jon Rafman Prend des Photos de Photos Google” Vice France
2010“Some Questions” I Heart Photograph
“Revealing Jon Rafman” Bomb Magazine
“A Conversation with Jon Rafman” Bad at Sports
“Is Second Life the theatre of the absurd?” NPRIL
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of Texas
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Ontario University of Art and Design University
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Art Center College of Design
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Roski School of Art, University of Southern California
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Alberta College of Art and Design, Internet Art
2011 Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of Nevada, Intro to New Media
2010 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Bard College, Intro to Internet Art
2010 Visiting Artist Lecturer, University of California Santa Cruz, Intro to Media Arts
2010 Visiting Artist Lecturer University of Southern California, Internet Art
2007-2008 Assistant Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Media Practices
2007-2008 Assistant Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Video IIAWARDS & HONOURS
2010 Filmmaker’s Assistance Program Grant - National Film Board of Canada
2008 Artist Production Grant - Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging
2008 Research & Creation Grant - Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec
PUBLIC COLLECTIONSDeVos Art Museum, Michigan, USA
Getty Collection, Los Angeles, USA
Carnegie Collection, Pittsburg, USA - Exhibitions
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