About

Jessica Ling Findley is an artist, musician, designer and professor with roots spanning from Omaha to Hong Kong.  Her work imagines the impossible, plays with perspective, blurring the line between spectator and participant. She received Masters from ITP, Tisch School of the Arts where she studied the intersection of art and technology.  Her public participatory inflatable bike ride, Aeolian Ride toured over 20 cities around the world. Past exhibitions and awards include: Dublin Museum of Science, New Museum, Issue Project Room, and Deitch Art Parade in NY, Tokyo Wondersite Residency.  She recently received a commission for a public participatory work of art from the Port of San Diego for 2019. “Endangered Landscapes” stereo prints and paintings of habitats at risk due to climate change which is showing at the San Diego Institute for the Arts in February 2019. 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2019 DEVIATE / LANDSCAPE, SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, SAN DIEGO, CA
2018 TIME TOURIST SELFIES, ALEXANDER SALAZAR FINE ART, SAN DIEGO, CA
2018 COLLECTORS CHOICE, STUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS, CAMARILLO, CA
2017 PROJECTED SWIMMERS, ROCKAWAY WATERFRONT ALLIANCE, NYC
2015 COLLECTED TOGETHER, NYC
2015 AEOLIAN-RIDE.INFO inflating the world since 2004: FLORENCE, ITALY, GOVERNOR’S ISLAND, MONTREAL, RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL, BREMEN, GERMANY, LISBON, PORTUGAL, GREEN PRIX, SAN JOSE, CA, LISBON, PORTUGAL, SANTA BARBARA ARTS FORUM, TOKYO, JAPAN, MILAN, ITALY, DIETCH ART PARADE, NEW YORK, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, LOS ANGELES, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, SAN FRANCISCO, NYC
2013 IDEAS CITY, UNTAPPED INVITATIONAL, NEW MUSEUM, NYC
2011 DIFFERENCE ENGINE – III, CLEMENTE SOTO VELEZ CENTER, NYC
2011 LOS SIENTOS POR SONIDO – SEQUENCE OF WAVES, ST. CECILIA, NY
2011 JOYRIDE – DASH GALLERY, NYC
2010 AURA BOOTH – YOUR 3rd EYE IS A DICTATOR, GOWANUS STUDIOS, NY
2010 GATE OF ANUBIS – LOST SYMBOLS °¬Δ©∂¢§•o– ̃∫ç∂ßΣ, ST. CECILIA, BROOKLYN, NY
2010 NARWHAL- DUALISM, ZEBULON, BROOKLYN, NY
2010 CONSCIOUSNESS – PAPER SPACESHIP 1, BROOKLYN NY, KNITTING FACTORY
2008 LUMEN – FROM POINT TO DEPARTURE, ISSUE PROJECT ROOM, NY
2008 ART FOR THE HEART OF NEW ORLEANS – SPRING GALLERY, BROOKLYN, NY
2007 WHAT DID YOU BRING ME – PATHOGEOGRAPHIES, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
2007 BATTLESHIPS – FOOT FETISH : A CELEBRATION OF THE 12 INCH MEASURE, UNITARD GALLERY, LA
2006 GROW, BAPLAB, BROOKLYN, NY
2005 FRONT- toured since 2000 – HTMLES, MONTREAL, WOMEN.CULTURE.LAB, GERMANY, FRESH, NEW MUSEUM, NY, V INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ARTS, COLLOQUIUM, HAVANA, CUBA, SIGGRAPH, SAN ANTONIO, DIGITAL DUMBO, MASTEL & MASTEL, NY
2004 SHOW + TELL – BIG LOVE, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2000 VORTICAL- MELI MELO GALLERY, HONG KONG

PROFESSOR

2015-19 GRAPHIC DESIGN, THE ART INSTITUTE SAN DIEGO
2012 DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA CULTURE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

FOUNDER, DESIGNER

2000-19 SONICRIBBON.COM ART DIRECTION & ILLUSTRATION, INTERACTIVE, MOTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN

EDUCATION

2001 MASTER’S, INTERACTIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM, TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, NYU
1999 BACHELOR’S OF ARTS, FILM, VIDEO, ANIMATION & HYBRID MUSIC, EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE

ACCOLADES + AWARDS + RESIDENCIES

2019 PORT OF SAN DIEGO PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
2010 ARTIST GRANT – GREEN PRIX
2009 TOKYO WONDERSITE CREATOR IN RESIDENCE
2009 BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL
2008 YOUR STUDIO AWARD SAATCHI GALLERY
2005 GRANT – BLACKROCK ARTS FOUNDATION
2001 HONORS, VIDA 4.0 GENERATIVE ART

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