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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
Inclusion of art work in Barbara London's 2020 publication, "Video Art: The first fifty Years". (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2020
Co authored (with Alexandra Juhasz) an article entitled "Re-energizing VHS Collections, Expanding Knowledge: A Conversation about VHS Archives" in "KULA: knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation studies". (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2018
McCoy, Jennifer."Learning from Vito Acconci, a Relentlessly Curious Teacher." Hyperallergic, May 5, 2017 (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
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: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002
Creative Work
Inclusion of short film, CLEANER, as an official selection of the Fine Art Film Festival. 2020
Whitney Museum of American Art
March 2019-September 2019
Solo online exhibition/commission
"Public Key/PrivateKey"
This is a project that explores the intricacies of public vs private ownership of artworks.
We made a 16mm film, donated it to the museum, then issued blockchain-based cryptographic tokens, the possession of which allows the owner to be listed as one of 50 credited donors of the work in the Museum's special collection.This is the first blockchain-based project to be sponsored by a major US museum and is the culmination of many years of research and creative development of this technology 2019
Exhibition, "Broker" and "Mussafah" at Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX 2018
Film Week, IFP Media Center, New York
Video installation and performance
During the run of the IFP film week festival we presented a two-channel video installation and performance, previewing work from our up-coming film project "Cleaner" 2018
"Inhabiting the World We Made," John Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2017
Exhibition, "Broker" Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2017
Group exhibition, "Alt-Facts" Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY 2017
Group exhibition, "Bklyn Immersive" Spring/Break, City Point, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Group exhibition, "Demo Day" Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY 2017
Exhibition "Broker, " Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY 2016
Group exhibition "Design and Violence" The Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2016
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
Kickstarter Creator in Residence (Awards and Honors) 2018
Leonard and Claire Tow Creative Acheivement Fellowship (Grants and Fellowships) 2017
Leonard and Claire Tow Creative Achievement Award (Awards and Honors) 2017
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
Guest Artist/Lecturer, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
Guest Artist/Lecturer, Princeton University (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
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
ISCP
February 2019
New York
"Dream Homes and Heartache"
spoke on a panel about film "Broker" 2019
SpringBreak Art Fair
I co-curated a group show of 13 artists as part of the Spring Break Art Show
Tons of people came and there were several good reviews written about it
2019
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