Yael Kanarek
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Yael Kanarek is an artist based in New York City
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Kanarek has been developing an integrated media
project called World of Awe since 1995. At the core of World of Awe is “The Journal”—an original narrative that uses the ancient genre of the traveler's tale to explore connections between storytelling, travel, memory and technology.
Selected for the 2002 Whitney Biennial
, Kanarek has been recognized in the United States and abroad with awards including the Rockefeller
2005 New Media Fellowship, 2003 Netizens Webprize, and CNRS/UNESCO
Lewis Carroll Argos prize in France. She has received grants from the Jerome Foundation Media Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and commissions from San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Turbulence.org, and the Alternative Museum. Kanarek has also completed artist residencies at Eyebeam
and Harvestworks.
Kanarek’s work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art
; Sala Uno Gallery in Rome; K-99, in Cologne; Nelly Aman, Israel; Rhizome openMouse; The Kitchen
; SIGGRAPH
; American Museum of the Moving Image
; The Drawing Center; and bitforms gallery
, New York and Seoul, among many others. http://www.bitforms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=91#id=14&num=1
Kanarek is the founder of The Upgrade!, an international network of artists and curators concerned with art, technology and activism. She holds an MFA
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Kanarek has been developing an integrated media
Integrated arts
Integrated arts practice refers to inter-disciplinary art, art research,development, production, presentation, or artistic creation of work that fully uses two or more art disciplines to create a work for a specific audience.-Related concepts:...
project called World of Awe since 1995. At the core of World of Awe is “The Journal”—an original narrative that uses the ancient genre of the traveler's tale to explore connections between storytelling, travel, memory and technology.
Selected for the 2002 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
, Kanarek has been recognized in the United States and abroad with awards including the Rockefeller
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
2005 New Media Fellowship, 2003 Netizens Webprize, and CNRS/UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Lewis Carroll Argos prize in France. She has received grants from the Jerome Foundation Media Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and commissions from San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Turbulence.org, and the Alternative Museum. Kanarek has also completed artist residencies at Eyebeam
Eyebeam Atelier
Eyebeam, is a not-for-profit arts and technology center in New York City. Their stated purpose is to promote the creative use of new technologies by funding artwork, education and exhibitions. The founders were John S. Johnson III, David S. Johnson and Roderic R...
and Harvestworks.
Kanarek’s work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
; Sala Uno Gallery in Rome; K-99, in Cologne; Nelly Aman, Israel; Rhizome openMouse; The Kitchen
The Kitchen
The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at at 512 West 19th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
; SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals...
; American Museum of the Moving Image
American Museum of the Moving Image
The Museum of the Moving Image is a media museum located in Astoria, Queens on the former site of the Kaufman Astoria Studios. The museum originally opened in 1988 as the American Museum of the Moving Image. The museum began a $67 million expansion in March 2008 and reopened in January 2011...
; The Drawing Center; and bitforms gallery
Bitforms gallery
bitforms gallery is a gallery in New York City, New York, United States of America devoted to new media art practices. Breaking new ground in 2001, bitforms gallery has become a destination for artists, curators, and collectors exploring new art forms that lie at the intersection of software and...
, New York and Seoul, among many others. http://www.bitforms.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=91#id=14&num=1
Kanarek is the founder of The Upgrade!, an international network of artists and curators concerned with art, technology and activism. She holds an MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
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