education
2015—2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
2007—2011
Kent State University | Kent, OH
2010
Kent State University | Florence, Italy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
MS Art, Culture, & Technology_4.9 GPA
Media Arts & Sciences_School of Architecture + Planning
[Department of Architecture Graduate Fellow]
2007—2011
Kent State University | Kent, OH
BS Architecture & Environmental Design
2010
Kent State University | Florence, Italy
Study Abroad Program_Spring
teaching
2021
Becoming Otherwise: Practices in Expanded States of Consciousness | Virtual
Course creator, designer, researcher, curator, co-facilitator
2019
School of the Museum of Fine Arts @ Tufts University | Boston, MA
2018
NuVu Studio | Cambridge, MA
2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
2016
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
Becoming Otherwise: Practices in Expanded States of Consciousness | Virtual
Course creator, designer, researcher, curator, co-facilitator
2019
School of the Museum of Fine Arts @ Tufts University | Boston, MA
Lecturer, “The History of Sound Art”
Lecturer, “The Everyday Practice of Listening”
2018
NuVu Studio | Cambridge, MA
Technology Coach + Course Instructor, “Musical Interventions”
2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant, Jan St. Werner & Sam Auinger: “Kinetic Speakers and Experimental Sound Creations II”
2016
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow, Ernst Karel: “Sonic Ethnography (Anthropology 2722)”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant, Jan St. Werner: “Kinetic Speakers and Experimental Sound Creations I”
artist talks + workshops
2023
Visiting Artist w/ Tyler Rai and Marion Spencer @ Rutgers University | New Brunswick, NJ
Tidewater performance process presentation
2022
Audio Exchange Network: delay, relay, feedback loop | Virtual
collaborative 3-pt. radio workshop for Wave Farm ︎︎︎
2021
Charting the Ephemeral, Aural Cartography | Virtual
Map and Listening Workshop w/ Bayo Akomolafe’s
We Will Dance With Mountains Course
2020
Mindful Drawing and Meditation | Virtual
2019
“Mobile Subjects” @ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | Lincoln, MA
”Aural Cartography: Practices in Sound + Space” @ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | Lincoln, MA
2018
“Multimedia Programing with MaxMSP” @ NuVu Studio | Cambridge, MA
2017
Guest Lecturer, Sound Art @ Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston, MA
“Reverberations” @ Arts for the Armory | Somerville, MA
Visiting Artist w/ Tyler Rai and Marion Spencer @ Rutgers University | New Brunswick, NJ
Tidewater performance process presentation
2022
Audio Exchange Network: delay, relay, feedback loop | Virtual
collaborative 3-pt. radio workshop for Wave Farm ︎︎︎
2021
Charting the Ephemeral, Aural Cartography | Virtual
Map and Listening Workshop w/ Bayo Akomolafe’s
We Will Dance With Mountains Course
2020
Mindful Drawing and Meditation | Virtual
2019
“Mobile Subjects” @ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | Lincoln, MA
Soundwalk, Spatial Thinking, + Map Design
”Aural Cartography: Practices in Sound + Space” @ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | Lincoln, MA
2018
“Multimedia Programing with MaxMSP” @ NuVu Studio | Cambridge, MA
2017
Guest Lecturer, Sound Art @ Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston, MA
“Reverberations” @ Arts for the Armory | Somerville, MA
Listening, and DIY instrument building workshop for youth
selected projects + exhibitions
2023
Tidewater by Tyler Rai, Marion Spencer, Tatyana Tenenbaum, José Alejandro Rivera (in process)
live sound score for 60 min. dance and movement performance
can i get a witness? by Lead2Life (in process)
sound design, editing, & mix
2022
Co-regulating the Spectrum: Meanwhile the wave
radio piece and broadcast ︎︎︎
A Sigil’s Landscape by Karla Claudio-Betancourt
sound recording & original music for 3-part video series ︎︎︎
2021
Here, There Diaspora Garden Community (on-going)
creator, facilitator, land tender ︎︎︎
Between Starshine and Clay by Lead2Life
sound design, editing, & mix ︎︎︎
2020
Time Pocket Clock, Random Listening/Meditation Timer
custom program, MaxMSP
Green Rooms 2020, “The Earth is Watching...”, National Art Centre English Theatre
A*rray 3 by Andy Graydon
Violence in Boston Fundraiser
Non-Event At Home 7
Sonorium @ Salem Access TV | Salem, MA
Oversoul: Borikén pt.1 @ Studios at MASS MoCA | North Adams, MA
2019
Grounding Aether @ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | Lincoln, MA
Electric Streams of Wind
Variations @ Bromfield Arts Gallery | Boston, MA
Exordium by Laura Knott + Kevin McLellan
2018
Non-Event 2018 Showcase Group Exhibition @ The Yard (Handcock Tower) | Boston, MA
Moon Villian @ Chinatown | Boston, MA
MIT Dissolve Music Conference @ Warehouse XI | Cambridge, MA
Washington Street Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
Unknown Results // The Perception Of Order Within Group Exhibition
@ Aviary Gallery | Jamaica Plain, MA
“Querencia” Hopper Magazine: May 2018 online feature
Sonic Section Perspectives (For Paul Rudolph) @ CVPA UMass Dartmouth | New Bedford, MA
2017
Non-Event 2017 Year-in-Review podcast
“What About Things That Don’t have Skinlike Surfaces For Borders?” @ Artist’s Row | Salem, MA
Vespers 08: “Seasonalities” | Somerville, MA
Non-event Showcase Group Exhibition: Untitled Lobby installation @ Le Laboratoire | Cambridge, MA
“Electric Streams” @ Goethe Institut Boston | Boston, MA
Untitled Staircase Installation @ Goethe Institut Boston | Boston, MA
“Water + Way” for Mural Slam, @ Salem Arts Festival | Salem, MA
“Electric Streams of Wind (Silvering The Edges of Broken Clouds)” | Cambridge, MA
“Investigating the Sonic Commons” @ List Visual Arts Building | Cambridge, MA
Together Boston Festival @ Middlesex Lounge | Cambridge, MA
“Black Pond” by Jessica Rinland
Performance Xfest 2017 Group Exhibition @ Holyoke City Hall | Holyoke, MA
Rare Frequency, Podcast 58 @ WZBC 90.3fm | Newton, MA
AV performance @ Le Laboratoire | Cambridge, MA
2016
“The Document” @ fortyK Gallery | Cambridge, MA
“Planes” by Janne Holtermann
“Control Automation” by Yusef Audeh
Issue 21 :: Sonic Materialities for textsound.org
Framework Radio :: MECHAN-032 audio presentation
“An Act Or No Future” group exhibition @ MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
Sound Creations and Kinetic Speakers Publication
“MetaPatterns: Processes in Time” @ MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
AV Performance @ Le Laboratoire | Cambridge, MA
Drift Podcast featuring Andy Graydon
2015
5 Actions, Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 @ ICA Boston
“Reflections of a Thousand Faces” @ MIT List Visual Art Center | Cambridge, MA
MECHAN-032 : building systems @ MIT List Visual Art Center | Cambridge, MA
“Continuum of Unmeshed Space”
“Random Sequence” by Erin O’Malley
Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo
Pangea Project 59 @ Venture Compound | St. Petersburg, FL
2014
Memory Surface
AV Performance @ Seahive | Sarasota, FL
2013
Sounds of Abetenim, Ghana
Design & construction of performance space for youth dance & drumming group @ Abetenim, Ghana
2012
MOCA Cleveland Musicircus_Soundwalks for John Cage | Cleveland, OH
2011
Forms:Topographic
Tidewater by Tyler Rai, Marion Spencer, Tatyana Tenenbaum, José Alejandro Rivera (in process)
live sound score for 60 min. dance and movement performance
can i get a witness? by Lead2Life (in process)
sound design, editing, & mix
2022
Co-regulating the Spectrum: Meanwhile the wave
radio piece and broadcast ︎︎︎
A Sigil’s Landscape by Karla Claudio-Betancourt
sound recording & original music for 3-part video series ︎︎︎
2021
Here, There Diaspora Garden Community (on-going)
creator, facilitator, land tender ︎︎︎
Between Starshine and Clay by Lead2Life
sound design, editing, & mix ︎︎︎
2020
Time Pocket Clock, Random Listening/Meditation Timer
custom program, MaxMSP
Green Rooms 2020, “The Earth is Watching...”, National Art Centre English Theatre
commisioned sound design piece
A*rray 3 by Andy Graydon
30.00s commissioned sound design piece, collaborative
Violence in Boston Fundraiser
Virtual Performance
Non-Event At Home 7
Virtual Performance
Sonorium @ Salem Access TV | Salem, MA
Solo Performance
Oversoul: Borikén pt.1 @ Studios at MASS MoCA | North Adams, MA
multichannel installation (light, sound, video, electronics)
2019
Grounding Aether @ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | Lincoln, MA
Quadraphonic, exterior audio performance / field activation, gps
Electric Streams of Wind
38:52s audio, CD booklet/object
Variations @ Bromfield Arts Gallery | Boston, MA
Quadraphonic performance
Exordium by Laura Knott + Kevin McLellan
Sound Design for 09:00s film, recording, mixing + editing
2018
Non-Event 2018 Showcase Group Exhibition @ The Yard (Handcock Tower) | Boston, MA
2-channel sound installation :: meditation102
Moon Villian @ Chinatown | Boston, MA
AV performance
MIT Dissolve Music Conference @ Warehouse XI | Cambridge, MA
19.9 channel audio performance
Washington Street Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
3 channel audio performance
Unknown Results // The Perception Of Order Within Group Exhibition
@ Aviary Gallery | Jamaica Plain, MA
Solo & duo audio performance w/ Michael Rosenstein
“Querencia” Hopper Magazine: May 2018 online feature
w/ Alyssa Irizarry as Surface+Symbol
Sonic Section Perspectives (For Paul Rudolph) @ CVPA UMass Dartmouth | New Bedford, MA
Co-composer, technical director, performer, multichannel audio performance for 6 participants
2017
Non-Event 2017 Year-in-Review podcast
Audio contributor, “2em_a”
“What About Things That Don’t have Skinlike Surfaces For Borders?” @ Artist’s Row | Salem, MA
8’x8’ public mural, and booklet as Surface+Symbol (José Rivera + Alyssa Irizarry)
Vespers 08: “Seasonalities” | Somerville, MA
Experimental score, performance
Non-event Showcase Group Exhibition: Untitled Lobby installation @ Le Laboratoire | Cambridge, MA
8 channel audio installation, technical director/contributor
“Electric Streams” @ Goethe Institut Boston | Boston, MA
AV performance
Untitled Staircase Installation @ Goethe Institut Boston | Boston, MA
8 channel audio installation, technical director/contributor
“Water + Way” for Mural Slam, @ Salem Arts Festival | Salem, MA
8’x4’ maplike mural of Salem’s waterways as Surface+Symbol
“Electric Streams of Wind (Silvering The Edges of Broken Clouds)” | Cambridge, MA
8 channel installation and audio work for MIT Green Building
“Investigating the Sonic Commons” @ List Visual Arts Building | Cambridge, MA
Lecture/performance, AV presentation, MIT Sound Creations group exhibition
Together Boston Festival @ Middlesex Lounge | Cambridge, MA
Solo AV performance
“Black Pond” by Jessica Rinland
Sound recording, mixing, editing and design for 50 min. film
Performance Xfest 2017 Group Exhibition @ Holyoke City Hall | Holyoke, MA
Rare Frequency, Podcast 58 @ WZBC 90.3fm | Newton, MA
Radio performance
AV performance @ Le Laboratoire | Cambridge, MA
2016
“The Document” @ fortyK Gallery | Cambridge, MA
Solo AV presentation, group exhibition
“Planes” by Janne Holtermann
Sound design for 45 min. film
“Control Automation” by Yusef Audeh
Sound design & composition for 6 min. film
Issue 21 :: Sonic Materialities for textsound.org
Contributor, published sound submissions (“Obroni tro-tro” + “32-MECHAN“)
Framework Radio :: MECHAN-032 audio presentation
“An Act Or No Future” group exhibition @ MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
Solo 8 channel media installation, “A Weave, the Fragment”
Sound Creations and Kinetic Speakers Publication
Editor + graphic designer
“MetaPatterns: Processes in Time” @ MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
Co-curator, solo 8 channel audio performance
AV Performance @ Le Laboratoire | Cambridge, MA
Drift Podcast featuring Andy Graydon
Producer:: Sound design, recording
2015
5 Actions, Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 @ ICA Boston
4 experimental music performances, workshops, group exhibition
“Reflections of a Thousand Faces” @ MIT List Visual Art Center | Cambridge, MA
12 channel sound installation
MECHAN-032 : building systems @ MIT List Visual Art Center | Cambridge, MA
Digital self-release, sound
“Continuum of Unmeshed Space”
Digital self-release, sound
“Random Sequence” by Erin O’Malley
Sound design for digital video
Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo
Sound design for digital video
Pangea Project 59 @ Venture Compound | St. Petersburg, FL
Solo AV performance
2014
Memory Surface
Digital self-release, sound
AV Performance @ Seahive | Sarasota, FL
2013
Sounds of Abetenim, Ghana
Digital self-release, sound
Design & construction of performance space for youth dance & drumming group @ Abetenim, Ghana
2012
MOCA Cleveland Musicircus_Soundwalks for John Cage | Cleveland, OH
Digital self-release, sound
2011
Forms:Topographic
Digital self-release, sound
residencies
2022
Wave Farm | Acra, NY
Radio Art Archive Fellow
Bennington College | Bennington, VT
Tidewater Residency (w/ Tyler Rai)
2020
Studios @ MASS MoCA | North Adams, MA
2013
Nka Foundation | Abetenim, Ghana
2009
Building Bridges Arts Collaborative | Cleveland, OH
Wave Farm | Acra, NY
Radio Art Archive Fellow
Bennington College | Bennington, VT
Tidewater Residency (w/ Tyler Rai)
2020
Studios @ MASS MoCA | North Adams, MA
Artist-in-Residence
2013
Nka Foundation | Abetenim, Ghana
Art, Architecture + Sound Artist-in-Residence
2009
Building Bridges Arts Collaborative | Cleveland, OH
Graphic Designer + Artist-in-Residence
honors + awards
2022
Radio Art Archive Fellowship // Wave Farm
Creation Grant // Vermont Art Council
Artist Development Grant // Vermont Art Council
2020
Cambridge Art Council // Artist Relief Grant
Assets for Artists // Capacity-Building Grant
Studios @ MASS MoCA + CreateWell // Financial Wellness Residency
2019
Arts Grant // Cambridge Art Council, Cambridge, MA
2017
Distinction in Teaching Award, Harvard University
2015—2017
Department of Architecture 2-Year Graduate Fellowship // MIT
ACT Pilot Grants // MIT
Directors Grants // Council for the Arts @ MIT
2007—2011
Oscar Ritchie Memorial & Trustee’s Scholarships // Kent State University
2008
LERCIP Intern Team of the Year
Radio Art Archive Fellowship // Wave Farm
Creation Grant // Vermont Art Council
Artist Development Grant // Vermont Art Council
2020
Cambridge Art Council // Artist Relief Grant
Assets for Artists // Capacity-Building Grant
Studios @ MASS MoCA + CreateWell // Financial Wellness Residency
2019
Arts Grant // Cambridge Art Council, Cambridge, MA
2017
Distinction in Teaching Award, Harvard University
2015—2017
Department of Architecture 2-Year Graduate Fellowship // MIT
School of Architecture + Planning
ACT Pilot Grants // MIT
Directors Grants // Council for the Arts @ MIT
2007—2011
Oscar Ritchie Memorial & Trustee’s Scholarships // Kent State University
2008
LERCIP Intern Team of the Year
Architecture & Facilities Division
National Aeronautics & Space Administration // NASA
work
2023
Vermont Releaf Collective | Vermont, US
Aural Cartography Organizer / 2023 Organizing Squad
Oral history + storytelling, land + map workshops, archive
2022
Whetstone Media | Atlanta, GA
Whetstone Radio Collective, Editor
2021
Wildstone Organic Farm | Pownal, VT
Farm crew // cultivation, harvesting, bed prep
2018—2020
Harvard University, Media & Technology Services | Cambridge, MA
2015—2020
Non-Event Experimental Music Concert Series | Boston, MA
2018
Beyond Walls Mural Festival | Lynn, MA
2017—2018
Multicultural Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
2017
Brightspot/Project Brooklyn | Cambridge, MA
2012—2015
Schumacher Homes | Canton, OH
2010
BHDP | Columbus, OH
Kent State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design | Kent, OH
2007—2008
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) | Cleveland, OH
Vermont Releaf Collective | Vermont, US
Aural Cartography Organizer / 2023 Organizing Squad
Oral history + storytelling, land + map workshops, archive
2022
Whetstone Media | Atlanta, GA
Whetstone Radio Collective, Editor
2021
Wildstone Organic Farm | Pownal, VT
Farm crew // cultivation, harvesting, bed prep
2018—2020
Harvard University, Media & Technology Services | Cambridge, MA
Freelance Media Technician, Sound Engineer + Videographer
2015—2020
Non-Event Experimental Music Concert Series | Boston, MA
Freelance Live Sound Engineer + Graphic Designer
2018
Beyond Walls Mural Festival | Lynn, MA
Artist Assistant (Lift Certified)
2017—2018
Multicultural Arts Center | Cambridge, MA
Production Assistant_Sound and Lighting Engineer
2017
Brightspot/Project Brooklyn | Cambridge, MA
Experience Design Contractor/Consultant
2012—2015
Schumacher Homes | Canton, OH
Architectural Designer
2010
BHDP | Columbus, OH
Architectural Intern
Kent State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design | Kent, OH
Laser-Cutter + Print Room Technician
2007—2008
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) | Cleveland, OH
LERCIP Intern, Architecture & Facilities Division
volunteer / leadership
2022—
Community Engagement Committee + Unschool Task-Force @ All Brains Belong VT ︎︎︎
Psychedelic Peer Support Volunteer @ Fireside Project ︎︎︎
Community Engagement Committee + Unschool Task-Force @ All Brains Belong VT ︎︎︎
Psychedelic Peer Support Volunteer @ Fireside Project ︎︎︎