Ken Rinaldo
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Kenneth E. Rinaldo (born 1958)[1][2] is an American neo-conceptual artist and arts educator, known for his interactive robotics, 3D animation, and BioArt installations. His works include Autopoiesis (2000),[3][4][5] and Augmented Fish Reality (2004), a fish-driven robot.[6]
1958 (age 67–68)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ken Rinaldo | |
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| Born | Kenneth E. Rinaldo 1958 (age 67–68) Queens, New York |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Known for | Interactive art installations using technology |
| Website | kenrinaldo |
Biography
Rinaldo was born in Queens and raised in Long Island.[7] He attended Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, New York.[7] He moved to California and earned an Associate of Science degree in Computer Science from Cañada College,[7] 1982. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in communications from The University of California, Santa Barbara;[7] 1984 and a Master of Fine Arts in Conceptual Information Arts from San Francisco State University, 1996.[7] At San Francisco State he studied with artists Steve Wilson, Brian Rogers, George LeGrady and Paul DeMarinis.[7]
In 2000 he received the first prize at the VIDA 3.0 International Artificial Life Competition for Autopoiesis;[8] in 2001 the same piece received an honorable mention at the Ars Electronica Festival.[9][10] In 2004 Rinaldo's Augmented Fish Reality, a fish-driven robot, won an award of distinction at the same festival.[9] In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 edition of The New Art Fest, an annual art and technology festival in Lisbon.[11]
Rinaldo directs the Art and Technology Program in the Department of Art at Ohio State University.[9][12]