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Nationality
  
American

Occupation
  
Artist


Website
  
jenlewinstudio.com

Name
  
Jen Lewin



Born
  
May 9, 1974 (age 49) (
1974-05-09
)

Known for
  
SculpturePublic ArtInteractive Art

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Jen Lewin is an interactive artist with a studio based in New York City who specializes in large scale installations in public spaces, usually combining elements such as light, sound and complex engineering. Her interactive light installation The Pool debuted in 2008 and has been exhibited across the globe, in cities such as Singapore, Sydney, Denver, Montréal and Prague, and in events such as South By Southwest and Burning Man.

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Lewin has written publications about CAD-related topics. Her work has appeared on National Geographic.

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Life and career

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Lewin grew up in Maui and obtained her BA in Architecture and Computer Aided Design from the University of Colorado Boulder, later obtaining her M.P.S. degree in Interactive Design from Tisch School of the Arts.

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Her most known work, The Pool, featured on Wired, consists of over 200 LED-lit platforms that change colours ...according to pressure and speed changes elicited by viewers' interactions with the system. Termed an "interactive light sculpture", where human interaction is necessary for its display, this installation has toured several countries. Specializing in works that involve technology and human interaction, she often includes musical elements into her creations. For instance, other projects or hers include laser harps, where people elicit music via interrupting the laser arrangements.

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According to the Boulder Weekly, Google commissioned Lewin to "create an Android app for tracking feedback between her innovations and the groups of people interacting with them". Lewin, along with her Pool installation, was featured by the BBC News in May 2013.

Jen Lewin was co-founder of The Kitchen restaurants in Boulder, along with Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk. She designed its three locations.

Installations

  • 2015 Yinshun Ring Rd Park, Singapore: Mini Pool
  • 2015 Be The Match Foundation, Minneapolis: Sidewalk Harp"
  • 2015 The Magical Bridge Playground, Palo Alto: Magical Harp
  • 2013 Session Kitchen, Denver: Ceiling Element
  • 2011 Lenfest Plaza, Philadelphia: The Paint Torch by Claes Oldenburg, Light Art by Jen Lewin
  • 2010 Solaris, Vail: The Water Tree by Lawrence Argent, Light Art by Jen Lewin
  • Exhibitions

    2016

  • Arrow Arts Challenge, Denver, Colorado
  • Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado
  • Midtown Crossing at Turner Park, Omaha, Nebraska
  • WAVE: Light + Sound + Art, Breckenridge, Colorado
  • NYCxDESIGN at the Design Pavilion, New York City
  • B-Light Festival, Manama
  • Mother of the Nation Festival, Abu Dhabi
  • Light City, Baltimore
  • i Light Marina Bay, Singapore
  • SPECTRA, Aberdeen
  • Winter Lights at Canary Wharf, London
  • 2015

  • Luna Fete, New Orleans
  • Istanbul Light Festival, Istanbul
  • igNIGHT, Fort McMurray
  • Burning Man
  • Cherry Creek Arts Festival at Stanley
  • Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Bonnaroo Music Festival
  • Summer in Paradise, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Montreal en Lumiere, Montreal, Quebec
  • Canal Convergence, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • 2014

  • University of Warwick Arts Centre
  • Signal Festival, Prague
  • Art de Colombo, Lisbon
  • Burning Man, Honorarium Artist
  • AHA! Light Up Cleveland
  • Vivid Sydney
  • i Light Marina Bay, Singapore
  • Luminosity, Lexington
  • 2013

  • Chalk The Block, El Paso
  • Conway Artsfest
  • Denver Art Biennale
  • Escape From Wonderland
  • Electric Daisy Carnival, Orlando, NYC, Chicago & Vegas
  • University of Colorado Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado: Its Electric
  • South by Southwest Republic Park
  • 2012

  • La Napoule Art Foundation, Denver
  • Burning Man, Honorarium Project
  • Awards

  • 2015 Architizer A+, Popular Choice "Edison Cloud"
  • 2014 Black Rock Arts Foundation Honorarium, Super Pool
  • 2014 Rotational Molding Product Design Competition: 1st Place Professional Division "Learning Gardens"
  • 2013 University of Central Arkansas - Artist in Residence
  • 2012 Black Rock Arts Foundation Honorarium, The Arc Harps
  • 2008 Burning Man artists grant: The Pool
  • 2005 Burning Man Honorarium: "Light Harp"
  • 1996 Presidents Fund for Teaching Technology Research Grant
  • 1996 Colorado Advanced Software Institute Research Grant
  • References

    Jen Lewin Wikipedia