(condensed version)
Marie Sester short bio
Studio based in Los Angeles, USA
Education
1980 Architect DPLG Degree (M Arch), Ecole d’Architecture de Strasbourg, France
Academic Affiliations and Residencies
| 2005 | Artist Residency, California Institute of the Arts, Center for Integrated Media, USA |
| 2004 | Artist Residency, ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 2003 | Thesis reviews, Interactive Telecommunication Program, NYU, New York, USA |
| 2003 | Artist Residency, Eyebeam, New York, USA |
| 2003 | Associate Artist/Researcher, The SMARTlab Center at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK |
| 2001 | Artist Residency, IAMAS, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences, Gifu, Japan |
| 2000 | Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, USA |
| 1999 | Artist Residency, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, USA |
| 1998 | Workshop, Pratt Institute, USA |
| 1997– | Faculty, Ecole d'Art de Annecy, France |
| 1996 | Thesis Reviews, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Marseille, France |
| 1993 | Artist Residency, Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japan |
Awards and Grants
| 2005 | Nominee, BE[AM], VIPER International Competition 2005, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2005 | Nominee, Rockefeller New Media Fellowship 2006, New York, USA |
| 2004 | Recipient, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) grant, New York, USA |
| 2004 | Recipient, Franklin Furnace Fund grant and Residency, New York, USA |
| 2004 | Recipient, LEF Foundation grant, California, USA |
| 2004 | Listed, for ACCESS, in the "50 Coolest Websites" in the Time Magazine Online Edition, USA |
| 2004 | Recipient, Webby Award, Net Art category, for ACCESS, USA |
| 2003 | Honorary Mention, Interactive Arts, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria |
| 2002 | Recipient, Creative Capital Foundation, Emerging Fields grant, New York, USA |
| 1996 | Recipient, « Villa Médicis hors les murs » Award, AFAA, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Germany , New York, Los Angeles, USA |
Select Solo Exhibitions and Acquisitions
| 2008 | « ACCESS at the Public » Public Gallery, West Bromwich, UK (acquisition) |
| 2008 | « Exposure » gallery@calit2, University of California, San Diego, USA |
| 2007 | « Threatbox.us » Fargfabriken, Laboratory of the contemporary, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2006 | Threatbox.us and BE[AM] previews, California Institute of the Arts, USA |
| 2005 | « ACCESS » ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (acquisition) |
| 2005 | BE[AM] Prototype Preview, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA |
| 2004 | « L’Architecture du Paradis » The Kitchen, New York, USA |
| 2003 | « ACCESS » private preview of prototype, Eyebeam, New York, USA |
| 2002 | « ACCESS » work-in-progress installation, Softopia Center, Gifu, Japan |
| 2000 | « Fictional cities » (with Alain Bublex) Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, USA |
| 1997 | « Apartment » Château du Grand Jardin de Joinville, France |
| 1996 | « Apartment » Centre d'Art Contemporain de Vassivière en Limousin, France |
| 1995 | « Hotel Room » Centre d'Art Contemporain de Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, France |
| 1995 | « Transfert de Paysage » Galerie Psyché, Martigues, France |
| 1992 | « Zafu » Galerie Jade, Colmar, France |
| 1991 | Merle-Portalès et Associés, Paris, France |
| 1990 | Galerie Arthème, Palma de Majorque, Spain |
| 1990 | Cloître des Dominicains, Guebwiller, France |
| 1990 | Claudine Bréguet, Paris, France |
| 1989 | Galerie Arthème , Palma de Majorque, Spain |
| 1089 | Merle-Portalès et Associés, Paris, France |
| 1988 | Galerie Luc Queyrel, Paris, France |
Select Group Exhibitions
| 2008 | The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale (Media_City Seoul 2008), Seoul, Korea (catalog) |
| 2008 | « Teleport » Fargfabriken Norr, Center for contemporary art & architecture, Ostersund, Sweden |
| 2007 | « MIRROR » Scope-Miami art fair, presented by Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery NY, Miami, USA |
| 2007 | The Celebrity Media Mash-up, EYEBEAM 10th Anniversary Celebration, New York, USA |
| 2007 | « Feedback » LABoral, Center for Art & Creative Industries, Gijon, Spain (catalog) |
| 2006 | « ON/OFF » Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg (catalog) |
| 2005 | « Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht » ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 2004 | Villette Numérique Festival, Paris, France |
| 2003 | « Beta Launch 03 » Artists in Residence exhibition, Eyebeam, New York, USA |
| 2003 | « Ars Electronica 2003 » Interactive Art, Linz, Austria (catalog) |
| 2003 | « SIGGRAPH 2003 » Emerging Technologies Exhibition, San Diego, USA (catalog) |
| 2001 | « Blind Vision: video and the limits of perception » San Jose Museum of Art, USA |
| 2000 | « Light fantastic » curated by Constance Lewallen, San Francisco Art Institute, USA |
| 2000 | « Home » Centre d’Art Contemporain de Pougues-les-Eaux, France |
| 1999 | Rebecca Bournigault, Matthieu Laurette, Marie Sester: « Three French media artists explore the obvious and the unseen » New Langton Arts, San Francisco, USA |
| 1999 | « Souvenir Utopie » Stadthaus Ulm, Germany (catalog) |
| 1999 | « Pacaembù » Laboratoire, Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalog) |
| 1998 | « Renate Buser, Marie Sester, Elizabeth Wright » Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (catalog) |
| 1998 | « Digital mapping: Architecture as media » curated by Hani Rashid, Artists Space, New York, USA |
| 1997 | Kwangju Biennale, co-curated by Julie Lazar and Richard Koshalek, Korea, (catalog) |
| 1996 | « Arcos da Lapa » Laboratoire, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (catalog) |
| 1994 | Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1992 | Merle-Portalès et Associés, Uzès, France |
| 1991 | Salon de Montrouge, France (catalog) |
| 1991 | Merle-Portalès et Associés, Paris et Uzès, France |
| 1990 | Agora Saint Nicolas, Strasbourg, France (catalog) |
| 1990 | Ancienne Laiterie, Strasbourg, France |
| 1990 | « Façades imaginaires », Laboratoire, Grenoble, France (catalog) |
| 1989 | ARCO, Madrid, Spain |
| 1989 | Sélest'art, Sélestat, France (catalog) |
| 1989 | Sommet Européen, Palais des Congrès, Strasbourg, France |
| 1988 | ARCO, Madrid, Spain |
| 1988 | Galerie Jacques Girard, Toulouse, France |
| 1988 | Seigneurie des Guillot, Vaison-la-Romaine, France |
| 1988 | Kunstpodium, Schramberg, Germany (catalog) |
Select Publications
| 2003 | L'Architecture du Paradis Artist Pages (p 33-34) appear in Leonardo Journal, Vol. 36, Issue 1 - February 2003, MIT Press, USA |
| 2002 | A. Pilpré, M. Sester, M, Naimark, J-C Terrillon, Y. Niwa, 2002, « ACCESS: A Video-based Tracking Spotlight.» In Proceedings of VSMM 2002, Korea |
| 2000 | « Marie Sester - Quelque chose contraint quelqu'un» - book, with text by J.M. Gleize, published by Al Dante, Paris, France - available at Amazon.fr |
| 1998 | « Four Engines » in La Mazarine, Dec. 98, V118-V119, editions du treize mars, Paris, France |
| 1997 | « The Gate » in SuperUmbau n°2, edited by Ania Corcilius, New York, USA – Hamburg, Germany |
| 1997 | « Les Trois Cités » in Nioques n°1.3, edited by J.M. Gleize, published by Al Dante, Paris, France |
| 1995 | « Ex voto – Dans le paysage » artist book, with Anne Cauquelin, published by Collodion, Marseille, France |
| 1994 | « Elinkine en pays Diola », artist book, with text by G. Barrière, published by Voix R. Meier, Metz, France |
| 1994 | « Hotel Room » catalog, published by the Centre d’Art Contemporain de Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, France |
| 1992 | Réalisation vidéo « Mires, 1992 », Pittiwaf Nelson Production, Strasbourg, France |
| 1990 | « Le beau langage », film 16 mm, Pittiwaf Nelson Production, Strasbourg, France |