Eddo Stern

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Eddo Stern
Born1972
Tel Aviv, Israel
EducationBFA: University of California, Santa Cruz. MFA: California Institute of the Arts
Known forExperimental Video Games, Game Art, Machinima
AwardsRockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship, Rhizome at the New Museum NetArt Commission, Creative Capital Grant, ZKM International Media Award, Edith Russ Site for Media Art Stipend,
Website http://eddostern.com/

Eddo Stern (born 1972 in Tel Aviv) is a California-based artist and developer known for creating experimental video games, game art and machinima-based works. Stern was a founding member of the physical-computing based collective and artist-run space C-Level. [1] He holds a BA in Electronic Media and Art from University of California at Santa Cruz and an MFA in Art and Integrated Media from California Institute of the Arts. A professor at University of California Los Angeles' Design Media Arts program, he is additionally the director of the UCLA Game Lab. [2] [3]

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Career

Eddo Stern's work has been exhibited in a number of prestigious institutions including but not limited to the Sundance Film Festival, Tate Gallery Liverpool, The Haifa Museum of Art, Museo Reina Sofia, the Walker Art Center, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, The New Museum, The Rotterdam Film Festival, The Kitchen, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Machine Project, The British Film Institute, and The Adelaide Film Festival. [4]

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  2. ↑ "UCLA Design Media Arts / Faculty". dma.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
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