Is a scenographer, designer, educator, art and technology installation artist, associate
professor of design and digital media, and immersive environment designer. Has current
research and authorship in the relationship of space to telematics and telepresence.
Conducts the only VR/AR/XR lab at Stony Brook '4dlab and Volumetric.org where all
aspects of lidar scanning, 3d printing, AI, and other spatial manifestations are used.
Conducts Stony Brook University study abroad programs in Rome, and Seoul. Integrates
the ‘zero distance’ telematics with public installation through fundraising in New
York City and in Korea. Conducts a campus and Brooklyn based grant writing group and
NGO: ‘Global Civic Media’. MFA from Yale University in design, FAAR, Fellow of the
American Academy in Rome 1994. Worked and lived in Seoul, Tokyo, Rome, Singapore on
various scenographic, art, technology, UX consulting, and digital media/telematics
projects. Winner of six international prizes and funding in design including The Rome
Prize. Recipient of numerous yearly awards, grants, and prizes including the Japan
Foundation Prize 1996 for work in Design, Performance, and Information Technology,
Recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Award, Jerome Foundation Grant for
Collaboration, Japan-US Partnership for the performing arts, Korea Industrial development
grant, Creative Economy grant with the Korean minister of culture, Hyundai art and
installation grant for work with Nam Jun Paik on the border of North and South Korea,
Singapore Interactive media grants, and other grants and research in Art and Technology.
He has conducted paid lectures and workshops in five continents in institutions and
countries such as Egypt, Chile, U.A.E/Dubai, South Korea, Italy, Singapore, Cuba,
and others. He Is interested in the relationship of human computer interface, Urbanism
and the Internet, affordable Urbanism, STEAM taxonomies, and artistic expression in
the performing arts, cities, environments, and architecture. He Maintains a design
practice and business in New York City, is an Associate Professor at Stony Brook University.
He Lives in Bridgeport.