JASON DAVID DITMARS
email: jditmars@jditmars.net
“Simultan” – Kunst und Schach, Galerie Alte Brennerei, Kunstverein Ebersberg, DE |
July 10-31, 2005 |
| Fakespace, HERE Gallery, 145
6th Ave., New York, NY |
Jan. 20-Feb. 17, 2001 |
| JASON DITMARS: TheTerrible-Tempered
Mr. Bang! Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH |
Mar. 19-July 30, 2000 |
| ART2D2 Bathroom Installation,
HERE Gallery, 145 6th Ave., New York, NY |
Dec. 4-Jan. 8, 2000 |
| Exhibition 1998, Northern
Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ |
Mar. 26-May 22, 1998 |
| Locker Installation, Gallery
2, 847 W. Jackson, Chicago, IL |
Apr. 10-May 9, 1998 |
| Emulsion, Gallery B-12, 1645
N. Ivar, Hollywood, CA |
Oct. 17-Nov. 16, 1997 |
| Some Young Fun, Richard Heller
Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA |
Sep. 6-Oct. 4, 1997 |
| Inter-penetration, NIU Art
Museum Gallery in Chicago, 215 W. Superior, Chicago, IL (Curated by Marjorie Franklin) |
Sep. 5-Oct. 4, 1997 |
| Re:Degenerate, Century Building,
202 S. State Street, Chicago, IL |
Sep. 22-27, 1997 |
| Hybrid, Gallery 2, 847 W.
Jackson, Chicago, IL (Curated by Annette Barbier, Paul Brenner, Simon Anderson) |
Sep. 5-Oct. 14, 1997 |
| BANG (Venus), School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition |
Apr. 5-19, 1997 |
| ARS Electronica 1996, Hauptstrasse
2, Linz, Austria |
Aug. 7-14, 1996 |
| Cityspace & the Wheelchair Ramp Interface,
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA |
Dec. 3-9, 1995 |
| Virtual Wheelchair: A Change in Perspective,
San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA |
Sep. 9, 1995-1998 |
| Siggraph '95 Art Gallery,
Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Ken O'Connell) |
Aug. 6-11, 1995 |
| Siggraph '95 Interactive Communities,
Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by Coco Conn) |
Aug. 6-11, 1995 |
| InSITE '94: Apparitions, University
Art Gallery, UC San Diego, CA A Bi-National Exhibition of Site-Specific Installation Art |
Sep. 23-Oct. 30, 1994 |
| Computer Controlled Sculptures,
Mandeville Annex Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
Nov. 16-19, 1993 |
| New Drawings & Sculptures,
Mandeville Annex Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
Feb. 16-19, 1993 |
| 8 Large Drawings, Roma Gallery,
La Jolla, CA |
Jan. 14-28, 1993 |
| 3 Drawings and 3 Sculptures,
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy |
Apr. 18-25, 1992 |
| Italia - U.S.A.: Passion per l'Arte,
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy (Curated by the Comune di Firenze) |
Mar. 20-Apr. 4, 1992 |
| Art-Making Machine, Price
Center Plaza, UC San Diego, CA |
May 17-23, 1991 |
| Toy Truck, Mandeville Lawns
and Plaza, La Jolla, CA |
Nov. 23, 1990 |
| Trumpeteer, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA | Nov. 27, 1990 |
| NY arts, "Mob Rule: The Heart of Things" | Apr., 1999 |
| Williamsburg Weekly, "ArtSeen" | Feb., 1999 |
| Rage Magazine, "The Buzz: Pin Balling" | Aug., 1997 |
| F News Magazine, "Shopping in the Art Supermarket" | May, 1997 |
| ARS Electronica 1996 Proceedings Catalog | Sep., 1996 |
| "Cerberus Bites" CD by DOG FACE (Jason Ditmars & Tadd Fernée) | Aug., 1996 |
| Chicago Tribune, "Science shaping art" | Apr. 21, 1996 |
| London Sunday Times, "Safer virtual reality" | Mar. 17, 1996 |
| Gather/Scatter, "SDSC Vislab supports higher end needs" | Dec., 1995 |
| IEEC, "Virtual wheelchair" | Dec., 1995 |
| Leonardo On-Line, Vol.3, No.9, "Siggraph '95 Art Gallery review" by A.Bureaud | Sept., 1995 |
| VISUAL PROCEEDINGS: Art and Interdisciplinary Programs of Siggraph '95 | Aug., 1995 |
| Siggraph '95 Multimedia CD-ROM | Aug., 1995 |
| San Diego Supercomputer Center Image of the Week | Aug., 1995 |
| San Diego Union Tribune, "La Jolla's InSITE works multifaceted" | Oct. 4, 1994 |
| Apparitions Program | Sep., 1994 |
| InSITE '94 Catalog & Review | Sep., 1994 |
| Los Angeles Times CALENDAR, "Janos Negyesy still bucking the party line" | Nov. 7, 1990 |
| 2006- | Instructor, Introduction to Electronic Design & Construction Design Department, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin, Germany |
| 1998-2003 |
Faculty, Computer Art Department, School of Visual
Arts, NYC |
| 2000 | Visiting Lecturer, YSU/Butler
Symposia on American Art Lecture Series 1999-2000 Butler Institute of American Art/Youngstown State University |
| 1997 | Visiting Lecturer, First Year Program
4D, School of the Art Institute of Chicago for Jennifer Reeder Visiting Artist Lecture, "Photography: Electronics in Installations", SAIC for Barbara DeGenevieve |
| 1996 | Teaching Assistant to Blair Thomas,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago First Year Program 4D (Time Arts - Video, Sound, Performance, Film) Teaching Assistant to Shawn Decker, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art & Technology "Smart Machines" (68HC11 Microcontrollers) |
| 1995 | Teaching Assistant to Drea Howenstien,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago First Year Program 4D (Time Arts - Video, Sound, Performance, Film) Visiting Artist Lecture "New Art & Technology Facilities" for Louis Zona, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH |
| ARS Electronica 1996 Installation Art Honorary Mention for Wheelchair Interface | 1996 |
| U.S. Grant w/ Brian Duggan for Virtual Wheelchair | 1994 |
| U.S. Grant for Mind and Body Environment | 1993 |
| UCSD Visual Arts Festival Grant for Group Student Show | 1993 |
| U.S. Grant for Mind and Body Environment | 1992 |
| U.S. Grant for 4 Large Panels | 1992 |
| Honorable Mention in the Drawing Category:
Me and You, Before and After, Adam and Eve Awarded by Comune di Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy |
1992 |
| Most Outstanding Achievement in Drawing Awarded by Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy |
1992 |
| UCSD Visual Arts Festival Grant for Art-Making Machine | 1991 |
Independent Contractor to installation artist group Artist's Anonymous |
Aug.-Sep., 2007 |
Instructor at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee |
2006-Present |
|
Faculty, Computer Art Department,
School of Visual Arts, NYC |
1998 - 2003 |
| Set Design & Construction, Redmoon Theater, Chicago, IL | Sep.-Oct., 1997 |
| Curator of Re-Degenerate, Century Building, Chicago | Aug.-Sep., 1997 |
| Independent Contractor to Werner
Herterich Construction for Chicago homes, cabinet installation, doors, walls, electrical, etc. |
Apr.-Sep., 1997 |
| Lab Technician: Electronics Facilities,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Authorized students on MIG welder, mill, lathe, chopsaw, bandsaws, tapsets, circuit board etching, drills, grinders, maintained facilities |
1995-1997 |
| Independent Contractor to sculptor
Ronen Mintz -- Gambling Machine Construction and programming of stepper-motor control unit |
1997 |
| Independent Contractor to video artist
Chris Bratton, SAIC Construction of headlight sequencing unit for New Museum show, NYC |
1997 |
| Artist's Assistant to electronic
artist Sheldon Brown, UCSD Construction of vacuum-form tool for Video Wind Chimes, InSITE '94 |
1993-1994 |
| Studio Assistant Intern to electronic
artist Sheldon Brown, UCSD Electronic construction and programming for Siggraph '93, Anaheim, CA |
1993 |
| Curator of 1993 Spring Celebration of the Arts, UC San Diego, CA | 1993 |
| Gallery Assistant for Passion per L'Arte: Italia - U.S.A., Palazzo Strozzi, Florence | 1992 |
| 1995-1997 | SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Chicago, Illinois Master of Fine Arts |
| Graduate Advisors: Jerry Saltz
(Critic) Chris Bratton (Video) Werner Herterich (Performance) Michael Myers (Performance) |
Barbara DeGenevieve (Photography) Shawn Decker (Art and Technology) Vanalyn Greene (Video) Steve Waldeck (Art and Technology) |
| 1989-1993 |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO |
| 1992 | PEMBROKE COLLEGE Cambridge, England Studied master drawings at British Museum & Fitzwilliam Museum |
| 1991-1992 | STUDIO ART CENTERS INTERNATIONAL Florence, Italy Studied master drawings at Gabinetto dei Disegni degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy Studied Michelangelo drawings at Salle de Dessin, Musée Louvre, Paris, France |