Jody Zellen

Zellen earned a BA degree from Wesleyan University (1983), MFA degree from California Institute of the Arts (1989), and an MPS from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (2009).{{cite web|url=http://www.jodyzellen.com/resume.html|title=jody zellen - resume|website=www.jodyzellen.com|accessdate=23 April 2018}} A one-time member of Group Material,{{cite web|url=http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=16755#.Vnp2qrYrLDc|title=MASS by Group Material - Specific Object|website=www.specificobject.com|accessdate=23 April 2018}} her work was included in "MASS," Group Material's exhibition that traveled to eight venues, including the New Museum in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Entity/Show/entity_id/2404|title=Home - New Museum Digital Archive|website=New Museum Digital Archive|accessdate=23 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leftmatrix.com/grouptlist.html|title=GROUP MATERIAL|website=www.leftmatrix.com|accessdate=23 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503045457/http://www.leftmatrix.com/grouptlist.html|archive-date=3 May 2018|url-status=dead}} Zellen has been the recipient of nine competitive grants, such as the Center for Cultural Innovation's 2011 Investing in Artists Grants Program{{cite web|url=http://www.cciarts.org/_Library/investing_releases/IA_RoundVII_PressRelease.pdf|website=Center for Cultural Innovation | title=The Center for Cultural Innovation Announces Grants to 26 California Artists | accessdate=31 August 2015}} and a 2011 City of Santa Monica artist's fellowship. She also received a 2012 mid-career artist's fellowship from the California Community Foundation {{cite web|url=http://my.calfund.org/artist-gallery/gallery/year-2012/jody-zellen/|title=Jody Zellen {{pipe}} California Community Foundation|publisher=my.calfund.org|accessdate=2015-02-09}} and a 2004 COLA Individual Artist Grant from the City of Los Angeles.

She has been awarded residencies in Barcelona and Rotterdam, as well as at Pace University, Banff Centre for the Arts and Art/OMI.

Additionally, Zellen has held teaching positions at University of Southern California (2014–2015), California State University-Fullerton (2012), School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2008–2010), CSU, Los Angeles (2007), Cal Poly-Pomona (2002–2005), UCLA (1998–2002), California Institute of the Arts (2000–2001) and Santa Monica College (2000).

In 2001, Zellen was awarded Java Artist of the Year{{cite web|url=http://www.javamuseum.org/?page_id=10|website=JavaMuseum.com g| title=JavaArtist of the Year Award | accessdate=31 August 2015}} and has since been commissioned to produce new works for the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art (2014, Charleston, South Carolina),{{cite web|url=http://halsey.cofc.edu/exhibitions/jody-zellen-above-the-fold/|title=Jody Zellen: Above the Fold – The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art|publisher=halsey.cofc.edu|accessdate=2015-02-09}} Disseny Hub Museum (2011, Barcelona) and the Pace University Digital Gallery (2005, NYC).{{cite web|url=http://csis.pace.edu/digitalgallery/zellen/jody_zellen.html|title=Pace Digital Gallery|publisher=csis.pace.edu|accessdate=2015-02-09}} She has been commissioned to create online works for Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Austin Peay State University (Clarkson, Tennessee), turbulence.org, and artport.whitney.org.{{cite web|url=http://artport.whitney.org/gatepages/index.shtml|title=Whitney Artport: Gate Pages|publisher=artport.whitney.org|accessdate=2015-02-09}}

Since 1997, Zellen's work has been featured during nearly 200 media and web-art conferences around the globe, including notable digital festivals: SIGGRAPH (2006, 2004, 2001, 1999), the 25th São Paulo Bienal (2002), WEB Biennials in Istanbul (2013, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2005, 2003), ISEA (2012, 2006 and 2000), File RIO (2008, 2007, 2006 and 2004) and Currents-the Santa Fe International Media Festival (2015, 2014 and 2012).

Composed of four artist's digital installations and mobile apps produced by eight artists (including John Baldessari), "Poetic Codings", a touring exhibition Zellen curated, opened at Los Angeles' Fellows of Contemporary Art Exhibition Space (2013), traveled to Boston's Cyberarts Gallery (2013) and finished at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (2014).

Zellen's art apps for the iPad include: Unemployed (2019), News Wheel (2015), Time Jitters (2014), Episodic{{cite web|url=http://twentyfourhourszine.blogspot.be/2013/06/computers-and-lit-2-spine-sonnets-apps.html|title=twenty-four hours archive: Computers and Lit #2: Spine Sonnets, Apps, and Beyond with Jody Zellen|publisher=twentyfourhourszine.blogspot.be|accessdate=2015-02-09}} (2013), 4 Square (2012), Art Swipe{{cite web|url=http://unframed.lacma.org//2012/02/08/in-wonderland-inspires-artist-app/|title=In Wonderland Inspires Artist App {{pipe}} Unframed|date=8 February 2012 |publisher=unframed.lacma.org|accessdate=2015-02-09}} (2012), Urban Rhythms (2011) {{cite web|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/jul/3/art-your-pocket-3-sensor-driven-ipad-and-iphone-ar/|title=Rhizome {{pipe}} Art In Your Pocket 3: Sensor Driven iPad and iPhone Art Apps|date=3 July 2012 |publisher=rhizome.org|accessdate=2015-02-09}} (2011) and Spine Sonnet.{{cite web|url=http://unframed.lacma.org//2011/02/01/spine-sonnet-jody-zellen-on-steve-wolfe/|title=Spine Sonnet: Jody Zellen on Steve Wolfe {{pipe}} Unframed|date=February 2011 |publisher=unframed.lacma.org|accessdate=2015-02-09}}{{cite web|last1=Ryme|first1=Leah|title=Artist Jody Zellen puts viewers in charge of her art|url=http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/artist-jody-zellen-puts-viewers-in-charge-of-her-art/Content?oid=4853221|website=CharlestonCityPaper.com|publisher=Charleston City Paper|accessdate=14 July 2015}}

Commenting on Zellen's process of photo-copying collaged texts, Susan Kandel remarked that "There is something perverse in lingering over obsolete photochemical techniques in this era of electronic ubiquity. And yet there is a certain logic as Zellen's imagery converges on the antique and the anachronistic...it is actually quite nostalgic, whether by accident or design".Susan Kandel."Art Review." Los Angeles Times. April 4, 1996.

Zellen's work has been featured in solo and dual exhibitions in commercial galleries, museums, university galleries and artist-run spaces. These include Cerritos College Art Gallery (2020),{{Cite web |last=Valdez |first=Rocio |date=2020-03-04 |title=Jody Zellen presents "THE HUMAN TOUCH," an art exhibition that brings paintings to life {{!}} Talon Marks |url=https://www.talonmarks.com/arts-entertainment/arts/2020/03/04/jody-zellen-presents-the-human-touch-an-art-exhibition-that-brings-paintings-to-life/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Talon Marks {{!}} Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.}} Long Beach City College (2017),{{Cite web |last=Walters |first=Sydney |date=February 25, 2017 |title=Long Beach City College Exhibitions Give Hope in the Midst of Chaos |url=https://artandcakela.com/2017/02/25/long-beach-city-college-exhibitions-give-hope-in-the-midst-of-chaos/ |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=Art and Cake}} Proxy Gallery (2016), Culver Center for the Arts (2015), Carl Solway Gallery (2014), Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art (2014), Post (2012, 1998, 1997), Fringe Exhibitions (2008),{{cite web|url=http://fringexhibitions.com/sept08_2.html|title=Fringe Exhibitions|publisher=fringexhibitions.com|accessdate=2015-02-09}} Printed Matter (2007), Paul Kopeikin (2007), Pace University Digital Gallery (2005), Laguna Art Museum (2004),{{cite web|url=http://newmediafix.net/aminima/jodyZellen.pdf|title=Jody Zellen USA {{pipe}} Jody Zellen En mi obra fuerzo los límites de varios medios|accessdate=2015-02-09}} Susanne Vielmetter Projects (2002),{{cite web|url=http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/art-talk/jody-zellen-monique-van-genderen-c-o-l-a|title=Jody Zellen; Monique van Genderen; C.O.L.A. — Art Talk — KCRW|publisher=kcrw.com|accessdate=2015-02-09}} Robert V. Fullerton Museum (2001), Montgomery Gallery-Pomona College (2000), Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art (1999), SF Camerawork (1995), Center for Contemporary Photography-Melbourne (1995) and Dorothy Goldeen Gallery (1993).Peter Weibel and Timothy Druckery.Net Condition: Art and Global Media. MIT Press. 2001. p. 316

Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art (2014), Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design (2013), Mass MOCA (2011), Krannert Art Museum (2008), Santa Monica Museum of Art (2006),Joshua Dector.Dark Places. Santa Monica Museum of Art. 2006. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (2004), Artists Space (2002), University of California Riverside- California Museum of Photography (2002), Exit Art (2002), Robert V. Fullerton Museum (2001), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2000, 1995), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2000) and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (1989).{{cite web|title=Jody Zellen Ghost City|url=https://contactzones.cit.cornell.edu/artists/zellen.html|website=Contactzone.com|publisher=Cornell.edu|accessdate=14 July 2015}}

Zellen has received public art commissions from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles MTA. These projects include installations at Los Angeles International Airport (2017-2018, 2019),{{Cite web |title=NEW LAX ART EXHIBITIONS EXAMINE MACHINES, MATERIALS AND MEDIA |url=https://www.lawa.org/news-releases/2017/news-release-41 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.lawa.org}} banners for the Los Angeles Metro's Silver Line (2014), custom bike racks for the City of Santa Monica (2014), as well as posters (2003) and fences (1994–1997) for MTA stations and a tile installation in the Emergency Drop-Off entrance to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital.{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Two Artist Designed Bicycle Racks Installed In Santa Monica|url=http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/Two-Artist-Designed-Bicycle-Racks-Installed-In-Santa-Monica/40117|website=smmirror.com|date=8 May 2014 |publisher=Santa Monica Mirror|accessdate=8 July 2015}}

Zellen's artists' books include:

If (2013), The View (2011), Without a Trace (2010), Imagine (2008), '[https://www.amazon.com/JODY-ZELLEN-UTOPIA-Zellen-Jody/dp/B000RNIL38/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1440982702&sr=8-4&keywords=jody+zellen 'Of a Lost Utopia] (2007), Reliable (2007), Untitled (2006), To (2004), The Blackest Spot{{cite web|url=http://www.jodyzellen.com/artwriting/jab-interview.pdf|date=23 April 2013|title=Sensation, and all the modalites of perception fold into and out of each other. Attention most twisted|accessdate=2015-02-09}} (2002), [https://www.amazon.com/JODY-ZELLEN-VIEWS-Zellen-Jody/dp/B000OE1T3O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440982610&sr=8-1&keywords=Jody+Zellen+The+View City Views] (2001), Gridded Paths (2000), [https://www.amazon.com/JODY-ZELLEN-STANDING-STILL/dp/B000OREQMW/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1440983858&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=Jody+Zellen+If Standing Still: Still Standing] (2000), Pinspot #2 (1998), [https://www.amazon.com/JODY-ZELLEN-BLUR-Zellen-Jody/dp/B00J40111Y/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1440982702&sr=8-5&keywords=jody+zellen Blur] (1997) and Beneath the Ruins'' (1996).

• Leah Rhyne. "Now You See It: Jody Zellen Puts Viewers in Charge of her Art." Charleston City Paper. January 29, 2014. *{{cite web|url=http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/artist-jody-zellen-puts-viewers-in-charge-of-%20her-art/Content?oid=4853221|title=Jody Zellen Puts Viewers in Charge of Her Art| work=Charleston City Paper|publisher=articles.www.charlestoncitypaper.com|accessdate=2015-02-08}}
• Dan Weiskopf. "Bodies at Play, Bodies at Work: Bob Trotman and Jody Zellen." www.burnaway.org. March 4, 2014. *{{cite web|url=http://burnaway.org/bodies-play-bodies-work-bob-trotman-jody-zellen-halsey-institute|title=Bodies at play, Bodies at work: Bob Trotman and Jody Zellen| publisher=Burnaway.org| work=articles.www.burnaway.org|accessdate=2015-02-08}}
• Tate Shaw. "Immersion: A Conversation with Emily McVarish, Jody Zellen and Janet Zweig." Journal of Artists' Books. Spring 2013
• Jonah Brucker-Cohen. "Art in your Pocket 3: Sensor-Driven iPhone and iPad Art Apps." Rhizome. July 3, 2012.
• An Xiao. "LACMA lets you play 'Exquisite Corps' on your iPhone." Hyperallergic. February 15, 2012.
• Chris Funkhouser. "Case Studies 3: Poems of the web, by the web and for the web." New Directions in Digital Poetry. Continuum Press 2012.
• Susan Kandel. "Art Review." Los Angeles Times. April 4, 1996. *{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-19-ca-60453-story.html|title=Time Warp | work=Los Angeles Times|date=19 April 1996 |access-date=2015-02-03}}

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• [http://www.jodyzellen.com/ Jody Zellen's website]
• [http://vimeo.com/tag:jody+zellen Jody Zellen videos] on Vimeo
• [http://www.jodyzellen.com/apps/ Jody Zellen's downloadable apps]

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