CV
Education
Markus Kison has studied graphic design and physics at the Berufskolleg für Grafik-Design Ulm and at the University of Ulm till 2003. In 2008 he graduated from the University of the Arts Berlin in the Digital Media Class of Prof. Joachim Sauter and Prof. Jussi Ängeslevä.
Group exhibitions
Bilderschlachten, in cooperation with COLOSSAL - Kunst Fakt Fiktion, curated by Jan Hoet, Osnabrück, DE, 2009
Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, TW, 2008
Identity, Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, DE, 2007
Ars Electronica Center, Linz, AT, 2007
The world is my imagination, Cube Centre, Manchester, UK, 2007
Geomatrix, SESI Gallery, Sao Paulo, BR, 2007
ComputerKunstWerke, ZKM Karlsruhe, DE, 2006
Festivals
Wearable Technology, Netherlands Media Art Institute - Montevideo, NL, 2009
13th Media Art Biennale WRO - Expanded city, WRO Center Wroclaw, PL, 2009
Ich-Maschine, Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst Oldenburg, DE, 2009
Japan Media Arts Festival, The National Art Center Tokyo, JP, 2009
Cyberarts - Prix Ars Electronica Linz, OK-Centrum, AT, 2008
EMAF - European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, DE, 2008
Seamless 08, Boston Museum of Science, USA
Ars Electronica Linz, AT, 2007
International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, Wroclaw, PL
Transmediale 06, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, DE
Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, JP, 2006
Pixelache Festival, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, FL, 2006
Awards/grants
Postgraduate scholarship of the state Berlin (NaFög), 2009
Artist-in-residence: Tokyo Wonder Site, 2009
Japan Media Arts Festival 2008, Excellence Price
Prix Ars Electronica 2008, Honourable Mention
Re/act Festival 2008, winner category "Interactiv Art"
Re/act Festival 2008, winner special price: residency at ZKM Karlsruhe
Digital Sparks Award 08, Honourable Mention
CYNETart Festival 2006, "Sponsorship Award of the Saxon Ministry of Science and the Fine Arts"
Transmediale Award 2006, nomination
Winner Digital Sparks Award 06
Japan Media Arts Festival 06, Jury Recommended Artwork
Selected talks
this happened, BFI Southbank London, GB, 2008
amber '08, Istanbul, TR, 2008
FILE 07 - Electronic Language International Festival, SESI Gallery, Sao Paulo, BR, 2007
Innovationsforum Interaktiondesign, Hans Otto Theater, Potsdam, DE, 2007
Digital Sparks Award, ZKM Karlsruhe, DE, 2006
Transmediale 06, Akademie der Künste Berlin, DE, 2006
CURRENT
2009/11/05 - 2009/11/07.
lab.stop, part of
lab30, Augsburg, Germany.
Exhibited work:
Ticker Cross.
2009/04/22 - 2009/10/04.
Bilderschlachten, part of
EMAF 2009, Osnabrück, Germany.
Exhibited work:
touched echo Osnabrueck.
2009/08/19.
Optica Festival La Paz 2009, Cinemateca Boliviana, La Paz, Bolivia.
Exhibited work:
Crucifixion (video documentation).
2009/07/15 - 2009/7/19.
Wearable Technology - Powered Art and Fashion Design, part of
5-days-off,
Netherlands Media Art Institute - Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL.
Exhibited work:
Vanity Ring
2009/05/05 - 2009/05/10.
13th Media Art Biennale WRO - Expanded city, WRO Center Wroclaw, Poland.
Exhibited work:
Vanity Ring.
2009/05/08 - 2009/05/17.
i-Machine,
Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst Oldenburg, Germany.
Exhibited work:
Charming Burka.
2009/04/02 - 2009/04/05.
Pixelache Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland.
Exhibited work:
pulse (video documentation).
Since 2007/10/3.
Brühlsche Terrasse, Dresden, Germany.
Exhibited work:
touched echo.
2009/2/4 - 2009/2/15.
Japan Media Arts Festival, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Winner "Excellence Price".
Exhibited work:
touched echo.
Read
interview.
2007/9/5 - 2009/1/1.
Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria.
Exhibited work: Commissioned version of
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser.
2008/11/8 - 2008/12/28.
Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Exhibited work:
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser.
2008/12/5 - 2008/12/12.
Pixxelpoint Festival.
Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
Exhibited work:
crucifixion.
2008/11/7 - 2008/11/16.
amber'08, Istanbul, Turkey.
Exhibited work:
pulse.
2008/11/15.
This happened #6,
BFI Southbank London, part of the
Onedotzero festival.
Presentation:
touched echo.
2008/11/13 - 2008/11/15.
LAB30 Augsburger Kunstlabor, Augsburg, Germany.
Exhibited work:
Vanity Ring &
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser.
2008/9.
Newspaper coverage:
touched echo in
El Mundo (Spain),
Images Magazine.
pulse in
Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil),
2008/9/4 - 2008/10/12.
Prix Ars Electronica,
OK Centrum, Linz, Austria.
Honourable mention.
Exhibited work:
touched echo
2008/04/23 - 2008/05/25.
EMAF 2008,
Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche / DGB Gebäude, Osnabrück, Germany.
Exhibited works:
Vanity Ring &
Ticker Cross
2008/04/26
Digital Sparks Award 08
touched echo
Presentation during
EMAF 2008, Osnabrück
Honourable mention
2008/05
Re/act Festival
touched echo
Winner category interactive &
special price: residence stay at the ZKM
2008/02
Charming Burka on the web
Spiegel online (german),
Zeit online (german),
heise: telepolis (german),
Boing Boing,
Engadget,
Financial Times (german)
2008/01/30
SEAMLESS 2008
Vanity Ring &
Charming Burka
Boston Museum of Science, USA
2007/11/16
CYNETart 07 encounter
touched echo
Festspielhaus Hellerau, Germany
2007/10/10 - 2007/10/18
VanityRing in the newspapers
New York Post,
Turun Sanomat (Finland),
DN (Sweden),
The Statesman (India),
Courrier (Japan), Il Corriere della Sera (Italy)
2007/10/10 - 2007/10/18
VanityRing on the web
BoingBoing,
Make,
Wired,
information aesthetics,
Gizmodo,
engadged,
ecrans (France),
Ehrensenf (Germany)
2007/10/20 - 2007/11/4
Reviewing the medium
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
artlabs center, Sibiu, Romania
2007/9/7 - 2007/11/3
THE WORLD IS MY IMAGINATION
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Cube Centre, Manchester, UK
2007/9/5 - 2007/9/11
Ars Electronica 07
crucifixion &
Ticker Cross
NeoAnalogue Exhibiton, Linz
2007/8/13 - 2007/8/16
FILE - Electronic Language International Festival
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Sao Paulo, Brazil
2007/5/16 - 2007/6/16
International Media Art Biennale
WRO 07
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Wroclaw, Poland
2007/5/12 - 2007/5/20
Designmai
crucifixion &
Ticker Cross
Galerie Tristesse Deluxe, Karl-Marx-Allee 137, Berlin, 12-20h
2007/3/30
Innovationsforum Interaktiondesign
touched echo &
Still valid tickets
Hans Otto Theater, Potsdam
Presentation
2007/2/27
Pecha Kucha
Still valid tickets
Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
Presentation
2007/1
Page Magazin
crucifixion &
Ticker Cross
Article about sacral design
2006/12/27 - 2006/12/30
Chaos Communication Congress
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Berliner Congress Centrum, Berlin
2006/11/9 - 2006/11/19
CYNETart Festival
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden
Winner "Förderpreis der Säsischen Staatsministerin für Wissenschaft und Kunst"
2006/10/31 - 2006/11/4
Gran Canaria Media Festival
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Gran Canaria
"Selected Work"
2006/7/21 - 2006/07/23
Rundgang 06
crucifixion
University of the Arts Berlin
2006/7
Page Magazin
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Article about Digital Sparks
2006/5/12 - 2006/5/21
KunstComputerWerke
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
ZKM, Karlsruhe
2006/5/12
Digital Sparks 06
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
ZKM, Karlsruhe
Winner "Digital Sparks Award 2006"
2006/4/6 - 2006/4/7
React Festival
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Schloss, Mannheim
2006/3/31 - 2006/4/2
Pixelache Festival
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2006/2/24 - 2006/3/5
Japan Media Arts Festival
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
"Jury Recommended Artwork"
2006/2/3 - 2006/2/7
Transmediale 06
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Award nomination
2005/07/15
Rundgang 2006
Roermond-Ecke-Schönhauser
University of the Arts Berlin
intermediate diplomas
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