jonCates, Curriculum Vitae

jonCates ➝ Artist, Curator, Educator

Born in 1973, Iowa, USA. Lives and works in 台北，台灣 (Taipei, Taiwan)

EDUCATION

Media Art Histories Masters, Donau-Universität Krems (Austria, 2009)

Studio Art BFA with honors, Illinois State University (1997)

MAJOR WORKS

DIGITAL ART

Glitch Art pioneer since the 1990s

• Early work creating and establishing the field since 1997
• Continuing innovation across museums, galleries, festivals, Internet
• Invited international exhibitions including 

◆ 臺北數位藝術中心 (Digital Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan) (2024), ART BASEL, Miami, USA (2014), Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany (2013), Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria (2004), The Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland (2005), etc

Glitch Western Founder of the international Glitch Western genre, since 2016 with exhibitions including

• Chicago Gamespace solo exhibition 鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator game (2022)
• SESC Avenida Paulista, The Wrong Biennale exhibition, São Paulo, Brasil (2019)
• Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, USA, solo exhibition feature film premiere (2018)
• 鳳甲美術館 Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, biennial exhibition (2016), etc

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

• MuseumsQuartier Vienna, Austria, etc (2017)
• Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2015)
• Museum of Moving Image, New York, USA (2013)
• Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2002)

CURATING

Chicago New Media: 1973–1992, curator of acclaimed Digital Art survey exhibition

• Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, invited exhibition (2019) 
• Gallery 400, University of Illinois Chicago, USA (2018)
• Supported by MacArthur Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art, US Embassy Vienna, Austria, Goethe-Institut Chicago, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Video Data Bank, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the  Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts;  the Illinois Arts Council, the City of Chicago, etc

Glitch Art Gallery Founder and Director

• Physical and digital exhibitions online and in 台北，台灣 (Taipei, Taiwan) in partnerships with Superchief Gallery at SCOPE Art Show Miami, Florida (2024),  FUBAR Glitch Art Festival, Zagreb, Croatia (2024), objkt, world's largest Digital Art platform on Tezos blockchain (2024), 龍山文創基地 Longshan Cultural & Creative Base (2024), 藝術宮 Artgong (2023 - 2024), etc

• Paris’ first Glitch Art Festival, Parsons Paris, France (2015)
• Building foundations of Glitch Art in Chicago and worldwide with r4WB1t5 Raw Bits Festivals of Digital Art and Dirty New Media, USA and Mexico (2005), GLI●TC/H, Glitch Art Festivals, Chicago, USA (2010 - 2012), dorkbotChicago (2008 - 2009), Version Festivals at Museum of Contemporary Art and alternative galleries, Chicago USA (2002 - 2004), etc

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

• Chicago New Media 1973–1992 University of Illinois Press (2018)
• Radical Software West Den Haag (2018)
• Chapters in books by MIT Press, University of Chicago Press, Penn State University Press, Intellect Books, Gestalten, and Unsorted Books.

INVITED LECTURES

臺北數位藝術節 (Digital Arts Festival Taipei), Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (2024), Center for Innovation Taipei (2023), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) (2022), etc

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

• Building foundations of Glitch Art by creating festivals, exhibitions, and educational programs
• glitch.shool Founder and Director, expanding Glitch Art in Taiwan (current)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) (1999 - 2023)

◆ Chair of Faculty (2020–2021), Highest elected position with responsibilities for 700 Faculty 

◆ Chair of Faculty Senate (2016–2017), Led school's governing body in top elected position

◆ Chair, Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, SAIC (2012-2016)

◆ First tenured New Media Art hire, establishing award-winning New Media Art program ranked among top 5 (US News & World Report), mentoring generations of influential Digital Artists

FULL EXHIBITION RECORD

Available upon request