Education
2009: PhD Digital Art and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Dissertation title: (re)collector, chair: Shawn Brixey
2000: MA Creative Technology, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
1999: M.A.(Hons.) Fine Art (Sculpture), 1st Class, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
1996: North American Exchange Program, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA
Employment
2013 – present:: Associate Professor, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2007 – 2013: Assistant Professor, Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2004 – 2007: Research Fellow/Lecturer, Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2003 – 04: Senior Lecturer, Art and Media, London South Bank University, London, UK
2000 – 03: Lecturer, Digital Art, London College of Music and Media, Thames Valley University, London, UK
Exhibitions (Solo, since 2013)
2020: International Center of Photography, New York, “Warriors”
2019: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, “Exercises in Passivity”
2018: University of Aarhus, Denmark, “Amazon Basics”
2015: Aktionsart, Seattle, “General Intellect”, 10 single-channel; 3 three-channel video installations.
2015: Bath Spa University, UK, “General Intellect”, 30-channel public video installation.
2013: Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA, “Sanctum”, interactive public artwork (with Juan Pampin)
2013: Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA: “On Observing the Observer of the Observers”, real-time video installation
Exhibitions (Group, since 2013)
2020: On entering a living being. From Social Sculpture to Platform Capitalism, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany, General Intellect, 4-channel video installation
2017: Out of Sight, 115 S. Jackson St., Seattle, “Eat-Pray-Exercise (three times a day)”, video installation
2017: The New Observatory, FACT, Liverpool, “Watchtower (A Machine for Living)”, installation
2015: Global Control and Censorship, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, “Swarm”
2014: Tracing Data, Connecting Spaces Gallery, Hong Kong: “Jalousie Room”, real-time video installation.
2014: Cyberarts, OK Museum of Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria: “Swarm”, real-time video installation
2013: Transformations, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada, “Swarm”
2013: The Public Private, Kellen Gallery, Parsons/New School, New York City: “Panoptic Panorama #2: Five People in a Room”, real-time video/social media installation
Publications (since 2013)
2020: “Short Circuits/Closed Circuits” in Surveillance and Society, Vol. 18, No. 1
2018: “Art, Surveillance and Metadata” in M-D. Hosale (ed.), Worldmaking as Techné: Exploring Worlds of Participatory Art, Architecture, and Music (Riverside Press)
Presentations (since 2013)
2020: ICP, New York City, Reimagining the Image: James Coupe with Joy Buolamwini, invited lecture
2020: Baruch College, New York City, Artist Lecture
2019: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, New Media Caucus Conference, panelist
2019: Town Hall, Seattle, “This is how it ends”, panelist
2018: University of Aarhus, Denmark, Surveillance Studies Conference, Plenary speaker
2016: On the Image Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, “Metadata as Medium”, Plenary speaker
2016: Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, “Chatroom: Labor and Value”, panelist
2015: University of Washington, “Art World Systems: Francis Halsall, Kris Cohen, Johanna Gosse”, chair
2015: University of Utah, Art and Technology Lecture Series, invited lecture
2015: Keynote Lecture, Skill Share Symposium, Northern Lights, Minnesota
2015: Artist Lecture, Art and Technology Lecture Series, University of Utah
2014: Panelist, Surveillance and Privacy symposium, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
2014: Panelist, Creative Time Summit discussion, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
2014: Panelist for Art, Cinema and Code, SIFF Film Center
2014: Lecture for ‘Pirate Cinema’ screening at Northwest Film Forum
2013: Phillips Museum, Lancaster, USA, “On the observing of the observer of the observers”, artist lecture
Awards and Honors (since 2013)
2020: Honorary Mention for Warriors, Interactive Art+ Category, Prix Ars Electronica
2020: Artist Residency, Thoughtworks
2020: Kreielsheimer Grant for Research Excellence in the Arts
2020: ICP commission for Warriors
2019: RRF Award, UW
2019: Kreielsheimer Grant for Research Excellence in the Arts
2017: Surveillance Studies Network Arts Fund Award (for Watchtower)
2017: House of Electronic Arts Basel (HeK) Net-based Audience Award (for General Intellect)
2016: Bergstrom Award, University of Washington
2016: Donald E. Petersen Endowed Fellowship, University of Washington
2015: Artist Trust GAP Grant
2015: 4Culture TechSpecific Grant
2014: Honorary Mention for Swarm, Interactive Art Category, Prix Ars Electronica
2014: Bergstrom Award, University of Washington
2013: Donald E. Petersen Endowed Fellowship, University of Washington
Selected Bibliography
2020; “15 Perspective-Altering Shows to See in New York City in 2020”, Sarah Cascone, ArtNet News, January 2020.
2017: “The New Observatory at FACT”, Daniel Rourke, Furtherfield.org, July 2017
2015: “The Future is Round”, Steve Rose, The Guardian, November 2015
2015: “Meet the New Boss: You”, Jen Graves, The Stranger, October 2015
2015: “The Fussy Eye”, Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly, October 2015
2015: “Only Human”, Ellie Dicola, City Arts, October 2015
2013: Maria Walsh, ‘Oscillations Between Disciplinary and Productive Subjectivity in James Coupe’s Auto-Generative Online Film Project Today, too, I experienced something I hope to understand in a few days (2010)’, Rubinstein D. Golding J and Fisher A. (eds.) On the Verge of Photography: Imaging Beyond Representation, (Birmingham: Article Press, 2013), pp. 171-190.
2013: “We went to Toronto”, Paddy Johnson, ArtFagCity, November 2013
2013: “Projecting Ourselves”, Rosemay Ponnekanti, News Tribune, August 2013
2013: “Is it safe?”, Jen Graves, The Stranger, May 2013
2013: “Waiting to be Seen”, Johanna Gosse, catalogue essay for On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers exhibition catalogue, February 2013