Origins
Born in New York, I studied Art-Semiotics and Computational Biology at Brown University and hold an MFA in Emergent Digital Practices from the University of Denver: all fields with something to teach about the nature of information, memory, code, and relationality. I joined Andrew Henderson and Steve Lewis in developing the world's first wearable luminescent biosensor, a now-patented technology awarded at the 2017 International Biodesign Challenge at MoMA, and was an Arte Laguna Prize finalist that same year for Breath Vessels, my interactive installation which translates human exhalations into 3D-printed clay vessels.
Teaching
I previously served on the faculty of Inworks (now the Smart Futures Lab) at the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus. Before that, I designed and directed a suite of creative technology learning spaces at Denver's tri-institutional Auraria Library. I've also taught at the University of Colorado Boulder Creative Technology and Design (formerly Technology Arts and Media) program, the Art, Culture & Technology (formerly Emergent Digital Practices) at the University of Denver, and at the Laba Douala Free Academy of Fine Arts in Cameroon.
To me, tools teach: every object or every interface is also pedagogy, shaping not only how people interact in that encounter but the sensibilities they carry away from it. Today, I translate this ethos into the creation of objects, wayfinding tools, and learning resources for other companies and organizations through my studio CHROMAKAIROS.