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Maureen A. Nappi, Ph.D.
230 West 79th Street, #84 South
New York, NY 10024-6210
voice: (212) 877-3168
fax: (212) 496-5412
man5@nyu.edu
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Maureen Nappi
Maureen Nappi is an
artist, theorist and technologist committed to a thoughtful integration
of the theory and practice of the creative use of computers and advanced
technology. Internationally awarded and recognized as a computer artist,
Nappi exhibits and lectures extensively on both. Nappi was recently
awarded a Ph.D. in the Critical Studies area of the Department of Art
and Art Professions at New York University for her work on the aesthetics
of computer arts and advanced technology. As an AAUW, American Association
of University Women Doctoral Fellow, Nappi's dissertation entitled Language,
Memory and Volition: Toward an Aesthetics of Computer Arts constructs
an aesthetic framework for computer arts based on the most fundamental
operational components of the computer. For Dr. Nappi, the primacy of
process within the computer is a reflection of "how we think we
think" and as a meta-tool, is an integration of cognitive processes
aligned with various skill sets.
Dr. Nappi’s artwork is particularly concerned with humanistic issues
including the relationship between humanity and technology, spiritualism,
homelessness, feminism and racial violence. Her work has been widely
exhibited in such venues as: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY;
a variety of The New York Digital Salons, New York, NY; The Franklin
Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA, for which she was also an
Artist-in-Resident; Art Futura–Virtual Reality, Barcelona, Spain;
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan; IMAGINA,
Monte-Carlo, Monaco; The IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, NY;
The Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance and Film, New
York, NY; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; the London Film Festival,
London, England; as well as numerous ACM SIGGRAPH Art Exhibitions.
From 1996 to 1999, Nappi served as a member of the Artists’ Advisory
Committee for the Artists’ Fellowship Program of the New York Foundation
for the Arts. In 1996, as a member of this committee, Nappi was the
driving force behind the founding of the first discipline category specifically
devoted to computer arts within arts funding in the United States. In
addition, Nappi has taught at New York University’s Center for
Advanced Digital Applications, and The Tisch School of the Arts; iEAR
Studios at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Graduate and Undergraduate
Computer Art Departments of the School of Visual Arts.
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