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Jennifer McCoy
Professor
Art
Location: 5144 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5181
Fax: 718.951.4728
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Jennifer McCoy's multimedia artworks examine the genres and conventions of filmmaking, memory and language. She works in collaboration with artist and NYU professor Kevin McCoy. They are known for creating video installation and sculpture. They were 2011 Guggenheim Foundation Fellows and 2005 Wired Rave Award winners. The McCoys' work has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally; exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Pompidou Center (Paris), BFI (British Film Institute) Southbank (London), Hanover Kunstverein, The Beall Center (Irvine, Calif.), pkm Gallery (Beijing), The San Jose Museum of Art, and Palazzo della Papesse. Their work can be seen in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum and MUDAM in Luxembourg.
Education:
Doctor Degree Equivalent, . - 1998
M.F.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 1994 (Electronic Arts)
B.A., Cornell University - 1990 (Theater Arts)
Areas of Expertise:
Video art, animation, installation, new media, digital art.
Books and Publications
McCoy, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. "Our Work in Four Ltrs or Less." Switch: New Media Journal of the CADRE Laboratory for New Media, February. http://switch.sjsu.edu/ (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Creative Work
Group exhibition, "Objects of Wonder," The Beall Art Center, Irvine, CA 2015
Group exhibition, "The Scary", New Media Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2015
Group exhibition, "Your smarter than me. i don't care.", Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA 2015
Solo exhibition, "Priests of the Temple", Rowe Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 2015
Group exhibition, "thingworld", The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China 2014
Solo exhibition, "All Exit", Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA 2014
Group exhibition, "HEIMsuchung. Uncanny Spaces in Contemporary Art," KunstMuseum Bonn, Germany 2013
Solo exhibition, "Jennifer and Kevin McCoy" 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA 2013
Cinema 2.0. Hong Kong group show, Hong Kong Arts Centre. 2012
Installation View. CollectorSpace. Istanbul. 2012
Installation View. Solo exhibition/curatorial project (catalog). 601 Artspace. New York. 2012
Northwest Passing. Solo exhibition/curatorial project. The Project Room. Seattle. 2012
Performance Night. Art Dubai. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 2012
The Architecture of Fear. Z33, group show, Hasselt, Belgium. 2012
The Index. Solo project / residency. EMPAC. Troy, N.Y. 2012
Co-Existing and Co-llaborating. The Aurora Picture Show. Houston. 2010
The Dissolve. Site Sante Fe Bienniel. Sante Fe, N.M. 2010
"Jennifer and Kevin McCoy: Constant World" solo exhibition. 21c Museum. Louisville, Ky. 2009
Co-Existing and Co-llaborating. Spaces. Cleveland. 2009
FeedForward. Laboral. Gijion, Spain. 2009
The Family Show. Freedman Gallery, Albright College. Reading, Pa. 2009
"Tiny, Funny, Big and Sad" solo exhibition. British Film Institute, Southbank (catalog). London. 2007
"Tiny, Funny, Big and Sad" solo exhibition. VIVID. Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2007
Big Box. Sculptural kinetic video installation with flat-screen display, laser-cut and hand-made miniature elements, live video camera, motorized turntable. 2007
The Constant World. Suspended sculptural video installation with flat-screen display, aluminum base with miniature elements, lighting, 36 video cameras, custom electronics and video sequencing software. 2007
The High Seas. Sculptural kinetic video installation with projection, CNC-cut plywood, copper track, motor and belt drive system, wireless video camera and halogen light mounted on metal and plastic car. 2007
Double Fantasy 2 (sex). Installation with video projection, aluminum sculpture with miniature elements, lighting, live video cameras, custom video sequencing software, audio. 2006
Double Fantasy 3 (career). Installation with video projection, aluminum sculpture with miniature elements, lighting, live video cameras, custom video sequencing software, audio. 2006
Double Fantasy 4 (god). Installation with video projection, aluminum sculpture with miniature elements, lighting, live video cameras, custom video sequencing software, audio. 2006
Dream Sequence. Installation with double video projection, steel and aluminum kinetic sculpture with miniature elements, lighting, live video cameras, mirrors, audio. 2006
Scary Things 1. Sculptural video installation with flat-screen display, aluminum and Plexiglas frame with miniature elements and acrylic lettering, lighting, 10 video cameras, custom electronics and video switching software. 2006
Scary Things 2. Sculptural video installation with flat-screen display, aluminum and Plexiglas frame with miniature elements and acrylic lettering, lighting, 10 video cameras, custom electronics and video switching software. 2006
Special Things. Suspended sculptural video installation with flat-screen display, 16 hanging steel bases with miniature elements and acrylic lettering, live video cameras, custom electronics and video switching software, audio. 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Headlands Center for the Arts Residency, Sausalito, CA
(Grants and Fellowships) 2014
Guggenheim Fellowship, Filmmaker. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
Harpo Foundation Fellowship, Headlands Center for the Arts Residency, Sausalito, CA (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Production commission, Zero One 2008, for Heaven/Hell. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Production commission, Addison Gallery of American Art, for The High Seas. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Production commission, the British Film Institute, London, for The Constant World. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Production commission, Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany, for Double Fantasy 4 (God). (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
Visual Artist of the Year, Wired Rave Award, Wired magazine, San Francisco. (Awards and Honors) 2005
Production commission, Terminal 5, New York, for How We Met. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
Production commission, Villette Numerique, Paris, for Traffic. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
Critics Choice Award (forthcoming), for Horror Chase, Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (Awards and Honors) 2003
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Alumni Weekend Speaker Cornell University
Ithaca, NY (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Eyeo Festival Minneapolis, MN (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Guest Artist/Lecturer Amherst University Art Department Amherst, MA (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Guest Artist/Lecturer Oberlin University Art Department Oberlin, OH (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
Lecture, Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Invited lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Conserving New Media Conference panel, Association of Moving Image Archivists. Rochester, N.Y., September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2007
Guest artist/lecturer. Art Department, Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Guest artist/lecturer. FUSE Lecture Series, Montalvo Arts Center/Art Department, San Jose State University. San Jose, Calif., October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Lecture. British Film Institute. Southbank. London, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Lecture. Museum of Modern Art. New York. June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
"Convergence: Art and Film" panel. Sundance Film Festival. Park City, Utah. January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006
"Supercinema: Movement." Guggenheim Museum. New York. February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
Guest artist/lecturer. Art Department, Claremont Graduate University. Claremont, Calif., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
Guest artist/lecturer. Zemeckis Media Lab, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
Professional Leadership
Brooklyn College Faculty Leadership Fellow. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Other Professional Activities
Curator, "Bulldoze Cement," exhibition, SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2016
Big Box and Band Riders 3 & 4. "Jiffy Pop," Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY,
March. 2007
Special Things. "Am Schlimmsten/Nicht im Sommer sterben." Nassauischer Kunstverein. Weisbaden, Germany, March. 2007
The Constant World. "Tiny, Funny, Big and Sad," VIVID. Birmingham, United Kingdom, December. 2007
The Constant World. "Tiny, Funny, Big and Sad," VIVID. Birmingham, United Kingdom, June. 2007
The High Seas. "Models as Muse," Addison Gallery of American Art. Andover, Mass., February. 2007
Traffic #1: Our Second Date. "Automatic Update," Museum of Modern Art. New York, June. 2007
Traffic #2: At Home. "Feedback/Feedforward," Laboral. Gijon, Spain, March. 2007
Traffic #2: At Home. "The World is My Imagination," Media-Model-Miniature International Media Art Exhibition at CUBE, The Centre for the Urban Built Environment. Manchester, United Kingdom, September. 2007
Traffic 1-4 and The Constant World. "Tiny, Funny, Big and Sad," British Film Institute, Southbank (catalog). London, March. 2007