ABOUT AMY KARLE
Amy Karle is an internationally award-winning ultra-contemporary artist working at the nexus of where digital, physical and biological systems merge. Karle is also a provocateur and a futurist, opening future visions of how art, science, and technology could be utilized to support and enhance humanity while making advancements in the technology towards those goals in the process of making her artworks. Current projects probe who we could become as a result of our exponential technologies and how interventions could alter the course of our future.
Karle has shown work in 54 international exhibitions, including at: The Centre Pompidou, France; The Mori Art Museum, Japan; The Smithsonian, USA; Ars Electronica, Austria; Beijing Media Arts Biennale, China; FILE International Electronic Language Festival, Brazil. Karle is also regularly invited to share her innovations and insights as an expert speaker and in think tanks world-wide. She was honored as one of BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women, has been named one of the “Most Influential Women in 3D Printing”, and was Grand Prize Winner of the “YouFab Global Creative Award”. Karle was also an Artist Diplomat through the U.S. Department of State tasked with diplomacy, social innovation, women’s empowerment, and supporting cross disciplinary collaborations using art and technology to address social issues.
Her work speaks to a wide audience as it inspires exploration into what it means to be human and encourages us to contemplate the impacts of technology on our future. The long-term goals of her work are to continue to pioneer in ultra-contemporary art, bioart, and the art and tech fields and make contributions to the advancement of society, technology and healthcare in the process.
“I use my Artwork as a means to express and study my own experience.
I offer it to others as an experience to relate to.”
– Amy Karle
Awards & Honors
- Artist Diplomat, American Arts Incubator | US Department of State ›
- American Visions National Art Award
- BBC 100 Women
- Edge Condition at Pier 9: The Future of Making Things Public Art Finalist
- Endowed Performance Fund
- Fellow | Salzburg Global Seminar
- Most Influential Women in 3D Printing
- National Gallery of Art Silver Key Award
- New York State Senate Excelsior Award
- NFT.NYC Best Use of Emerging Technology for Digital Art award nomination
- Pinnacle Award: Best of Show honor from Corcoran Museum of Art
- Pioneer Art Award
- Presidential Honor of Distinction
- San Francisco Arts Commission Prequalified Artist Pool
- SOMArts Fiscal Sponsorship
- YouFab Global Creative Award, Grand Prize
Residencies
- Autodesk Artist in Residence
- Centrum Nauki Kopernik | Copernicus Science Centre
- Experimental Television Center (ETC)
- HP Labs (Hewlett Packard)
- Signal Culture
- Studio Quantum
- AIxMUSIC (hackathon) | Ars Electronica
Speaking Engagements
2024
- “Artists Exploring Creativity and Language With Generative AI”. NVIDIA GTC, San Jose, CA, USA & Online ›
- “The Next Evolution”. Interstellar Foundation, Online
- “Quantum Art with Amy Karle”. Human Nurture Salon Series. San Francisco, CA, USA ›
2023
- “Scripting the Future”. Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. Warsaw, Poland & Online.
- “Daring to Explore Quantum Creativity: How Can Art Help Us Understand Quantum Technologies?” Berlin Science Week, Einstein Center for Digital Futures, Berlin, Germany ›
- “Frontiers of Human Enhancement: Exploring Potentials Through Art, Design & Biotechnology”, Panel: “Repair or Upgrade? Bionic Organs”. Przemiany Festival, Copernicus Science Centre. Warsaw, Poland ›
- “Machine Dreams and Bio-Realities: Mapping Identity and Humanity Through Art and Technology”. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wrocław, Poland ›
- Opening Keynote: “From Imagination to Innovation: The Power of Artistic and Emergent Technology’s Synergy in Envisioning and Co-Creating the Future”. 1st International Conference Methodological and Cognitive Aspects of Visual Arts. Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wrocław, Poland ›
- “Digital Dreams and Bio-Realities: Reimagining Humanity Through Art and Technology”. LASER Talk | Leonardo Art Science Evening, Stanford University Medical School, CA, USA & Online ›
- “Intersecting Intelligences: Machine Dreams, Bio-architecture & Identity”. unMuted Lecture Series, Academy of Art University, CA, USA & Online ›
- “Humanity x Technology: The Next Evolution”. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan & Online
- “Imagine the Future through Art”. Sapporo, Japan & Online.
- “AI: The Next Evolution”. Chimaera Gallery. Baltimore, MD, USA & Online
- “Tugging at the Roots of AI”. Treasury Space. San Francisco, CA, USA
2022
- “An Artist’s Ghost: Art, Exponential Technology, & Embodiment: Artist Talk & Conversation with Artist Amy Karle” hosted by SuperRare. Online ›
- Artist Talk: “Art x Emerging Technology”. Contemporary Art Platform(CAP) Kuwait. Kuwait & Online ›
- CERN Sparks! Forum: Future Technology for Health. (video in conference) Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN. Geneva, Switzerland & Online ›
- “Humanity x Technology” HP Labs. Palo Alto, California, USA
- Conference Lecture: “Design for a Phygital World: New Challenges”. Sapienza Design Factory Lab. Rome, Italy and Online ›
- Artist Talk. ESC Medien Kunst Labor. Online
- “The Work and Practice of Amy Karle: Art, Technology, Embodiment, & Beyond”. Alfred University Artist Speaker Series. Alfred, NY, USA and Online
2021
- Artist Talk: “An Artist’s Ghost: Embodiment, Exponential Technology, & Afterlife”. subnetTALK. Online & TV ›
- Panel Discussion (host and participant): “Pushing the Limits of Additive Manufacturing in Healthcare”. Women in 3D Printing Wi3DP TIPE conference. Online ›
2020
- Presentation: “New Worlds: AI x Music” Ars Electronica Festival. Online & TV ›
- Conversation: “Artist + Scientists: Future Visions” Science Gallery Rotterdam at Erasmus MC. Online ›
- “(UN)REAL Science Gallery Rotterdam Online Artist Talks” Science Gallery Rotterdam at Erasmus MC. Online ›
- Lecture: “Amy Karle: The Investigative Studio: Biodesign, Technology, Embodiment, & Beyond” California College of the Arts. San Francisco, California, USA
2019
- Talk: “The Future Human: Who will we become under the influence of technology?” | BBC 100 Women 2019 – The Female Future. London, England ›
- Talk: “Human Modification at the Dawn of the Biotech Era.” Innovative City Forum: How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow. Future and Arts Session, Lifestyle and the Augmented Body. Roppongi Academy Hills, Mori Tower. Tokyo, Japan ›
- Artist Talk: “The State of Us” The Lowry. Manchester, England
- Lecture: “The Embodiment of Technology” | Congreso de Ingeniería Biomédica. Monterrey, Mexico & Online
- Roundtable Discussion: Les Salons Stochastiques #4: Human Modification at the Dawn of Biotech. Stochastic Labs. Berkeley, California, USA
- Artist Talk: “Amy Karle: Art x Technology x Humanity” Adobe. San Francisco, California, USA
- HP Tech Talk: Artist Amy Karle. HP Labs. Palo Alto, California, USA
- Talk: “La Fabrique du Vivant” (Designing the Living) | Forum Vertigo (Symposium) IRCAM / Centre Pompidou. Paris, France
2018
- Closing Keynote | Cross Innovation Conference. Hamburg, Germany
- Talk: “Can We Design Happiness?” Innovative City Forum: Designing Life for Future. Ropppongi Academy Hills, Mori Tower. Tokyo, Japan ›
- Keynote: “Post-Life: At What Point is Transcendence?” Beijing Media Arts Biennale. CAFA Museum of Modern Art. Beijing, China ›
- Lecture: “Data Dreams, Mechanical Animals & Biotranscendence: Artist Amy Karle in Conversation With the Future”. The Central Academy of Fine Arts. Beijing, China ›
- Keynote: “New Media Diplomacy | Empowerment in the BioTech Era”. American Arts Incubator at Centrum Nauki Kopernik. Warsaw, Poland ›
- Artist Talk: “Laboratorium Artystyczne: Ciało otwarte. Eksperyment” (“Artistic Laboratory: Body Open Experiment”). Copernicus LATES: The Laboratory of Life, Centrum Nauki Kopernik. Warsaw, Poland ›
- Future Innovators Summit | FIS Tokyo. Think tank, talks and presentations on DEATH-LIFE, using Tokyo as the laboratory for the future. Tokyo, Japan ›
- Closing Keynote: “Metamorphosis: Fashion’s Immersive Future.” Tech Fashion Week 2018. San Francisco, CA, USA ›
- Opening Keynote: “The Shock of the New: Arts, Technology, and Making Sense of the Future“ Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 593. Salzburg, Austria ›
- “How Biotechnology can be used to Unlock Creativity and Human Potential” BioClub × YouFab Amy Karle トークイベント Hosted by BioClub, YouFab and Media Culture in Asia: A Transnational Platform (MeCA). Tokyo, Japan
- Keynote Grand Prize Acceptance Speech: “Collaborative Futures: Design, Technology and Art.” YouFab Global Creative Awards. Tokyo, Japan ›
2017
- Closing Keynote: “Our Role in a Bionic Future” Biomedical Lecture: 3rd International Interdisciplinary 3D Conference. Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Hungary ›
- “Artifacts of a Speculative Future” Arts and Design Lecture: 3rd International Interdisciplinary 3D Conference. Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Hungary ›
- Keynote: “Future Fashion: Automation, Customization, Fabrication, Presentation” Fashion Tech Week NY. New York, USA and Online ›
- Future Innovators Summit: talks, think tank and presentations on using AI to enable Future Humanity. Linz, Austria ›
- Artist Talk: “Diagramming Bionic Futures: Creating the Material, Revealing the Spiritual”. FILE Electronic Language International Festival. FIESP, São Paulo, Brazil ›
- Opening Keynote: 3DHEALS: 2017 Global Healthcare 3D Printing Conference. UCSF, San Francisco, CA ›
2016
- Opening Keynote: Human Organogenesis: Bio-Print Me. San Francisco, CA ›
- Closing Keynote: 2nd International Interdisciplinary 3D Conference. Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Hungary ›
- Bypassing Biology: A Discussion of Futurism, Transhumanism, and Design in a Technologically Augmented Future. University of Baltimore, MD ›
- Future Factories: Experimenting at the Edges of the Next Industrial Revolution. California College of the Arts Digital Craft Lab, San Francisco, CA ›
- Artist Talk. Autodesk Pier 9, San Francisco, CA ›
- REAL Capture > Compute > Create Reality Computing Conference. San Francisco, CA
- “Designing with the Building Blocks of Life”. X-Summit. San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions
2024
- “The Last Snow”, Sapporo International Art Festival SIAF Triennial, Future Theater. Sapporo, Japan ›
- “Dreaming New Worlds”, Untitled Gallery. Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
2023
- Nova Rio Biennale of Art and Technology, Museu do Amanhã. Río de Janeiro, Brazil ›
- “Desert of Realities” ESC Medien Kunst Labor. Graz, Austria ›
- “Superorganism” Exhibition, Przemiany Festival, Copernicus Science Center. Warsaw, Poland ›
- “AI: The Next Evolution” Chimaera Gallery. Baltimore, MD, USA & Virtual ›
- BioDesign Challenge, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) NY, USA
- NFT.NYC Artist Gallery, Showcase, and Times Square Billboard NY, USA›
- “Unknown Unknowns” Milano Triennale, Italy (cntd from 2022) ›
2022
- “Unknown Unknowns” Milano Triennale, Italy ›
- “WAGMI: Kuwait’s First IRL NFT Exhibition” at the Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) Kuwait ›
- “Perfect Body” ESC Medien Kunst Labor. Graz, Austria ›
- “Art, Design & Technology” Astro Studios, San Francisco Design Week. USA
- “The Skull Collection” NFT.NYC 2022, New York, New York, USA
- “The Skull Collection” (Solo Show) Wake Gallery. OnCyber, The Metaverse ›
- “Gaia: Gene, Algorithm, Intelligent Design and Automata_ A Mirage Self, The Other Realm” The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (MoCA) Taipei, Taiwan ›
2021
- “Future U” RMIT Gallery. Melbourne, Australia (continued through 2022) ›
- “Am I Human to You?” KUBE Art Museum. Ålesund, Norway ›
2020
- “Regeneration Through Technology” The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. Washington, DC USA ›
- “[UN]REAL” Science Gallery Rotterdam at Erasmus MC. Rotterdam, The Netherlands ›
- Ars Electronica .ART Global Gallery. Online, Global
- Ars Electronica: “In Kepler’s Gardens”. Ars Electronica Garden Rotterdam. Rotterdam, The Netherlands ›
- “Future and the Arts: How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow” Mori Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan (continued from 2019) ›
2019
- “Future and the Arts: How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow” Mori Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan ›
- “The State of Us” The Lowry. Manchester, England ›
- “Future Art and Life, Post Life” Tian Contemporary Art Space. Shanghai, China
- “Life. As We Know It, And Beyond” MuseOn. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- “La Fabrique Du Vivant” (Designing the Living) Centre Pompidou. Paris, France ›
2018
- “Post Life” Beijing Media Art Biennale. Beijing, China ›
- “Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet” Beijing, China ›
- Ars Electronica Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan
- Solo Show: Planetarium Show. Heavens of Copernicus Planetarium, Centrum Nauki Kopernik. Warsaw, Poland ›
- “Layers of Life: What is Life in The Biotech Era?” Centrum Nauki Kopernik. Warsaw, Poland ›
- “Imagination Manifests”. Youth Square. Hong Kong, China ›
- “L.A.S.T. Exhibition”. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University. CA, USA ›
- “Collaborative Futures – Design, Technology and Art”. Good Design Marunouchi. Tokyo, Japan ›
2017
- “The Body & Technology: A Conversational Metamorphosis” SOLO SHOW San Francisco, CA USA ›
- Ars Electronica: “Artificial Intelligence: AI / The Other I”. Linz, Austria ›
- FILE Electronic Language International Festival. São Paulo, Brazil ›
- Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia ›
- ASOVFF 9: A Shaded View on Fashion Film International Festival. Sofia, Bulgaria ›
- Convergence Film Festival. Sydney, Australia ›
2016
- Autodesk Pier 9 Artist in Residence Fall Show. San Francisco, CA
- Imagine Science Film Festival. NY, NY ›
- Mykonos Multimedia Festival. Mykonos, Greece
- Autodesk Pier 9 Artist in Residence Spring AiR Show. San Francisco CA
- “Chronodrift” The Lumber Room. Portland, OR
2015
2014
- ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art), Dubai ›
- “Off The Screen” Exploratorium, San Francisco CA ›
2013
- Imagine Science Film Festival, NY ›
- Galerie Chartier, CT
- “100,000 Artists and Poets for Change” Just Buffalo Literary Center, NY
- “Poetic Micro Videos” Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Access Center, NY
- World TV Video Art online
2012
- Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA
2011
- “Now. Showing” Scholastic Art Awards benefit, NY
- Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit MI
2010
- “The Artist is Present” MoMA participation in performance with and by Artist Marina Abromovic, NY
2005
- “CONCEPT::CREATE::CURE”, American Cancer Society benefit, NY ›
- “Still”, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, NY
- “Boxed In”, Orazio Salati Gallery, NY
2003
- “Fashionably Detroit” benefit, Detroit, MI
2002
- “Dislocation” Binns Merrill Hall, NY ›
- 23rd Annual Outdoor Light Exhibition, The Museum of Luminous Phenomenon, NY
- “Wearing Whatchamacallit” Robert Turner Gallery, NY
- Valentine’s Day Installation John Wood Studios, NY ›
2001
- “What Remains” ArtSite, NY ›
- “No Frills” AIDS Community Services fashion show benefit, Hamlin House, NY
- “Context, Construct, Code” ArtSite, NY ›
- “Fabric of Remembrance” Division of Expanded Media at Alfred University, NY
- “Double Talk” Division of Expanded Media at Alfred University, NY ›
2000
- “Slipping Away” Ithaca, NY
- Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo NY
- “Thumbs-Tied” year-long performance
1999
- “Losing Sole” ArtSite, NY
- “No Frills” AIDS Community Services fashion show benefit, Club e, NY
1998
- Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
- Arnot Art Museum, NY
1997
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC