Tamiko Thiel visual artist
[email protected] www.tamikothiel.com C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E EDUCATION 1991 AKADEMIE der BILDENDEN KÜNSTE (Academy of Fine Arts), Munich, Germany. Fine Arts Diploma. Concentration on found object installations and video art installations. 1983 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA, USA. M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Studies in Biomechanics Lab and in precursor to MIT Media Lab. 1979 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA, USA. B.S. in General Engineering/Product Design. Concentration in human-machine interface design. COLLECTIONS: MUSEUM of MODERN ART (MoMA), New York, NY. Connection Machine CM-2 WHITNEY MUSEUM of AMERICAN ART, New York, NY. Unexpected Growth AR installation SAN JOSE MUSEUM of ART, San Jose, Silicon Valley, California. Beyond Manzanar VR installation ROSE GOLDSEN ARCHIVE of NEW MEDIA ART, Cornell University, Cornell, USA. COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM, Silicon Valley, California. Connection Machine CM-1 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington DC. Connection Machine CM-2 JULIA and ANTON HOFMEIER Collection, Nothing of Him That Doth Fade, ceramic 3D print, AR PEGGY and THOMAS WILL Collection, paintings from the Mountains series SELECTED AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, COMMISSIONS: 2020 FILM FERNSEH FONDS BAYERN (Film Commission Bayern) project development grant for a mixed reality VR installation on the elemental cycles of life. NANTESBUCH FOUNDATION commission for "Suspended Spring" video artwork, for the "Arts for Spring" online exhibition during the coronavirus crisis. “My Identity Is This Expanse,” commission as guest VR artist for this VR experience by Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron, with funding from FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG. DiMoDA 4.0 commission for a VR artwork, curated by Christiane Paul.