Matt Kenyon

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Matthew Kenyon
Born1977
NationalityAmerican
Known forNew Media Art
Notable workConsumer Index, [1] Improvised Empathic Device (I.E.D.), [2] The Notepad, Supermajor, Spore 1.1, Tardigotchi

Matthew Kenyon (born 1977) is an American new media artist and director of the art practice, S.W.A.M.P. (Studies of Work Atmosphere and Mass Production). Kenyon focuses on critical themes addressing global corporate operations, mass media, military-industrial complexes, and the liminal area between reality and artificial life.

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Biography

Matthew Kenyon received his BFA from Southeastern Louisiana State University in 1999 and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002. He is currently the director of the graduate program at the University at Buffalo department of art. [3] He was previously associate professor of art at the University of Michigan's Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and associate professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). [4]

In 1999, Kenyon founded S.W.A.M.P. with fellow artist Douglas Easterly. The pair operated S.W.A.M.P. as a collaborative partnership until 2012, when Kenyon assumed full creative direction of the practice. [5] Their work, The Notepad (2007) is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). [6] [7]

In 2015, Kenyon was awarded fellowships at TED and the Macdowell colony. [8] [9] [10]

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