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Brian Leighton Bartz
Berkeley, California
b. 1994

Education:

• 2018 - 2020        UC Berkeley. M.F.A. Art Practice, certificate in New Media (expected)
• 2013 - 2017        Reed College. B.A. Studio Art

Selected Exhibitions:

• 2019               Murphy Cadogan Exhibition, SOMarts Cultural Center
• 2019               Laughter And Tears, Embark Gallery
• 2019               Support the Tropes, Artist Television Access
• 2019               Repeat Three Times, Worth-Ryder Gallery
• 2018               Re-reimagined, Worth-Ryder Gallery
• 2017               Aggregates, Feldenheimer Gallery
• 2017               Reed Arts Week: Borders, Feldenheimer Gallery
• 2016               HPC, Feldenheimer Gallery
• 2015               82/28, Reed Theatre Annex
• 2013               Eye on Youth, PhotoCentral Gallery

Awards & Fellowships:

• 2019               San Francisco Foundation Cadogan Award
• 2019               Eisner Prize for excellence in creative practice
• 2018               Berkeley Center For New Media (BCNM) summer research fellowship
• 2017               Reed College Commendation for Excellence in Scholarship
• 2017               Reed College Summer Internship Award
• 2016               Kaspar T. Locher Summer Creative Fellowship

Residencies:

• 2019               ACRE Artist Residency, Steuben, Wisconsin
• 2017               Consilience Program Resident Artist, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington

Press:

• 2019               Art Practical - Scenic Overlook: Brian Bartz's Techno-Plant Systems
• 2019               Berkeley Center For New Media: Summer Dispatch

Work Experience:

• summer 2019        Studio Intern/Assistant, Trevor Paglen Studio
• 2019 - present     Graduate Instructor, UC Berkeley dept of Art Practice (digital photography and new media)
• 2018 - 2019        Web Developer, UC Berkeley dept of Art Practice
• 2017 - 2018        Studio Assistant/CNC fabricator, Vance Feldman Studio
• 2017 - 2018        Studio Assistant/programmer, Gerri Ondrizek Studio
• 2015 - 2017        Photography Lab Monitor, Reed College
• 2015 - 2016        Sculpture Studio Assistant, Reed College

Writings:

• 2018               Techno-Politics for Artistic Resistance
• 2017               Reed College Creative Review
• 2016               Reed College Press, Library Special Collections (artist's books)
• 2016               Reed College Press, Library Special Collections (artist's books)