Bio . CV
Jeffers Egan's work defines a new digital aesthetic for Video and Fine Art. Developed entirely with handcrafted, computer based algorithmic processes, Egan's abstract animations explore the concepts of digital as organism, and software as ecosystem. His motion paintings, Live AV performances, and videos have been showcased worldwide at festivals, galleries and museums including Transmediale, Netmage, Dissonanze, Plateaux, Cimatics, Interieur Biennale, Walker Art Museum, Guggenheim Bilbao, and the New York Video Festival. Egan's work has acheived international critical acclaim, nominated for media art awards at the D-Motion, Popkomm and Backup festivals, and hailed as "astounding"(Groove), "beautiful"(New York Times), "fascinating"(Musicwoche), "an extremely provocative multi-media performance with an absolutely unique aesthetic"(KEYS), "a mesmerizing and meditative experience(ArtWeek)" and "the most advanced trip imaginable in the current field of video art."(De:Bug)
Education
1998 MFA program Artcenter College of Design, Pasadena, California
1997 BFA University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin
Awards and Nominations
2003
Bati Dominance - backup.award nomination,
backup festival.new media in film, Weimar, Germany
2002
Slither -
HAL-AWARD nomination,
D-MOTION Conference and Festival for Interactive Media, Halle, Germany
2002
Slither -
POPKOMM Award "Best Surround Production" nomination
2002
Slither -
MUSIKWOCHE DVD of the Week
Solo Exhibitions + Installations
2006
thennexttimearound,
ilove11 restuarant_bar_club, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2006
Motion Paintings,
Interieur Design Biennale 06 with
Cimatics and
Pioneer Belgium, Kortrijk, Belgium
Full Length Albums
2002 Slither,
K20 Records, 41min DVD with audio by
Jake Mandell
1998 Period, 40min videotape with audio from Brett Larner, Jake Mandell, Seth Misterka
1997 iReM%2,
New Sonic Records, 45min videotape with audio by Seth
Misterka
Group Exhibitions + Screenings (selected)
2009
Motion Paintings, With a Little Help from My Friends,
Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Bati Dominance,
Visual Music Marathon, New York, NY
2008
et formosa, The Intergalatic Discourse -
MoCA, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Bytes & Pieces, Project Creo -
the arts center, St. Petersburg, FL
2007
Bati Dominance,
Visual Music Marathon, Boston, MA
2007
hi def, Religiously Delicious, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Monograph,
Screen Music, Florence, Italy
2006
Retrospective: 1996-2006, Visual Muzik @
ResFest Turin, Turin, Italy
2006
wrangelstr,
PAF Animation Festival, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2006
wrangelstr,
International Short Film Festival, Leuven, Belgium
2006
elfreide,
Hexasion 3,
Portland Art Center, Portland, OR
2006
wrangelstr,
GenArts Salon, New York, NY
2006
wrangelstr, Machines That Feel,
Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
2006
Slither, Naturalis Electronica,
Interferenze - New Arts Festival, San Martino Valle Caudina, Italy
2006
wrangelstr,
BAPLab 2006, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Retrospective: 1996-2006,
Dissonanze Festival, Rome, Italy
2006
iotacenter Salon, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Motion Paintings, Evidence of the New,
Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Slither,
Paysages Electoniques, Lille, France
2006
Slither,
Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Lille, France
2005
Nova Cinema w/ Woody and Steina Vasulka, Brussels, Belgium
2005
Slither,
Cimatics Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2005
Slither,
Test Portal 5, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004
YULE Festival of Light, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004
Bati Dominance,
Reload Nemo - at
Le Cube, Issy-les-moulineaux, France
2004
Bati Dominance,
Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA
2004
Bati Dominance,
Villette-Numerique Festival, Paris, France
2004
Bati Dominance,
New York Video Festival 2004 -
Synaesthesiologists: Global Audiovisuals Now, New York, NY
2004
SXSW -
Amoda 3rd Anniversary Digital Showcase, Austin, TX
2004
Bati Dominance,
Nice Film Fest 2004, Nice, France
2004
Bati Dominance,
Festival Nemo, Paris, France
2003
Bati Dominance,
Sound Unseen Film and Music Festival, Minneapolis, MN
2003
Bati Dominance,
backup festival.new media in film, Weimar, Germany
2003
Slither,
Republic-Z Film and Experimental Media Festival, Popovka, Ukraine
2003
Slither,
The New Zealand Filmfestival, New Zealand
2003 Sonoscape, Chicago, IL
2003
Niosumed,
Chicago Motion Graphics Festival, Chicago, IL
2003
Period, Lucid, Chicago, IL
2003
Niosumed,
DV-Cinema, St. Paul, MN
2003
Niosumed,
Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
2003
Slither, International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2003
Niosumed,
Austin Museum of Digital Art, Austin, TX
2003
Niosumed,
BAVC, San Francisco, SF
2003
Niosumed, X|Fest @ the
Remote Lounge, New York, NY
2003
Slither, International Animation Festival, London, England
2003
Niosumed,
Die Lounge, Mannheim, Germany
2003
Slither, Play Gobal Media Lounge @
Transmediale Media Festival, Berlin, Germany
2003
Slither,
Transmediale Media Festival, Berlin, Germany
2002
Slither,
Panoptica, Electronic Music and Visuals Festival, Liege, Belgium
2002
Fruits Help Disperse Seeds,
Pop Eyed @
FILMTAGE Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
2002
Slither,
b.film/DIGITAL VISION Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2002
Niosumed, Transcinema Festival of Expanded Media, San Francisco, CA
2002
Niosumed, Seattle International Film Festival, Seatlle, WA
2001
mordka mix,
Belief EXP Untitled 002: Infinity Project, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Period, Second Nature,
New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Live Performances (selected)
2009
Secret Rhythms w/ Burnt Friedman + Jaki Liebezeit, MUTEK Festival - 10th Anniversary, Montreal, Canada
2008
Secret Rhythms w/ Burnt Friedman + Jaki Liebezeit, Plateaux Festival, Torun, Poland
2007
Secret Rhythms w/ Burnt Friedman + Jaki Liebezeit, Cimatics Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Colorfield Remix, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2007
Mediaterrae, w/ deadbeat, Avellino, Italy
2005
The Bunker @
Tonic, w/ Jake Mandell, New York, NY
2005
Rodan, w/
jRick, Chicago, IL
2004
Mutek Festival w/
Plastikman, Montreal, Canada
2003
AMODA 2nd Anniversary Digital Showcase, Austin, TX
2003
Netmage World VJ/Live Media Championships 03, Bologna, Italy
2002
Bootlab, Berlin, Germany
2002
WMF/Native Lab, w/ Jake Mandell, Berlin, Germany
2001
Netmage/Diesel World VJ Championships 02, Bologna, Italy
2001
Schematic Summer Tour, Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Live w/ Animal Charm, Program 12, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Walker Art Museum -
Sonic Circuits VII w/ Jake Mandell, Minneapolis, MN
Collections
SFMOMA - San Francisco, CA
Compilations
2007
Nigra et formosa es,
Mediaterrae Vol.1 DVD, with audio by
Retina.IT
2006
Elfreide,
Hexasion 3 DVD, with audio by Brett Larner and Jake Mandell
2006
wrangelstr,
Reline 2 DVD, with audio by Jake Mandell
2003
Bati Dominance,
SPECTRUM: Minnesota Soundtracks
2003
Bati Dominance,
Remote DVD Volume #2
2002
Niosumed,
Reline DVD, with Jarrett Smith and audio by Twerk
Broadcasts
2002
Crusty Effluvia,
VIVA Music Television - Electronic Beats, Germany
Art Fairs
2007
Bridge Art Fair w/
Cimatics, Chicago, IL
2006
Bridge Art Fair w/
Cimatics, Miami, FL
Bibliography: Reviews/Interviews (selected)
Paul Young,
Art Cinema, Taschen, Nov 2009
Brian Sherwin,
Art Space Talk: Jeffers Egan, myartspace.com, July, 4 2008
Jessica Troiano,
Ambient Artwork Flows with the Dimension of Time, Memphis Commercial Appeal, January, 15 2008
Dan Hermes,
A Crucible for 21st Century Art: Boston Cyberarts Festival 2007, shiftingplanes, v.03 n.01
Alexis Finch,
Some Notion of Visual Motion: Jeffers Egan Brings HD Motion Paintings to Chicago, Screen Magazine, April 27, 2007
Val Lyle,
Art Basel Miami Beach, Following the Yellow Brick Road to "The Emerald City" of Art, A! Magazine for the Arts, Volume 14, Number 5, May 2007
Jesse Ashlock,
Motion Sickness, RES, pg. 27, Vol. 6 No. 5, 2006
Interupt Video Magazine,
Dissonanze 2006, May 27, 2006
Victoria Meng,
Night of Sights and Sounds: the iotaSalon Exhibition of Contemporary Works for Los Angeles Visual Music Community, April 26, 2006
Baudouin Galler,
Cadres Dynamique, Le Vif/Weekend, April 14, 2006
Bob Kim,
Sounds Like Motion, Graphic Exchange, Fall 2004
Stephen Holden,
Where Psychedelia and Digital Austerity Converge, New York Times, July 14, 2004
Al Ritchie,
Recordings: Slither, Isthmus, pg. 22, vol. 28 #31, August 1, 2003
Rob Geary,
Mad Slinky, XLR8R, pg. 20, Issue #67, May, 2003
Ken Hollings,
Reline: A Video Artist DVD Compilation, May, 2003
Sandy Hunter,
All the Slithers, RES, pg. 22, vol.6 #2, March/April, 2003
Lavina Garulli,
Netmage '03 in Bologna, Exibart, Friday Jan. 24 2003
Neural.it,
Netmage 03 International Live Media Festival, Jan. 2003
T.L. Renzsche,
Diverse, Reline - A Video Artist DVD Compilation, Intro, Jan 22, 2003
Robert Seidel,
Flowing Pictures - Slither DVD, Digital Production, pg. 14, Jan. 11, 2003
Dieter Schwenger,
J. Egan & J. Mandell: Slither DVD, musicexpress, pg.26, Dec, 2002
Bob Humid,
Technique #79, Man & Machine, Studio Visit 2: The Making of Slither, Jeffers Egan & Jake Mandell, Groove, pg. 121-122, #79, Nov/Dec, 2002
Alexis Waltz,
Visuals/Next Generation, Visuals are Dirt, Jake Mandell, Jeffers Egan: Slither, de:bug, pg. 50-51, Sept, 2002
Dieter Schwenger,
DVD of the Week; Slither - A Synthesis of Amoebas and Electronic Sounds, musicwoche, pg. 32, Sept, 2002
Gregor Wildermann,
Slither DVD, Groove, pg. 53, Issue #78, Sept/Oct, 2002
Michael Krumbein,
Autechre, Jake Mandell & Jeffers Egan, DVD Blobs against Rammstein, Intro, pg. 15, Sept, 2002
DVD Vision,
Slither DVD Review, pg. 17, Sept, 2002
Keys,
Slither reimt auf schlittern..., pg. 63-64, Dec. 2002
Frank Eckert,
Egan & Mandell, Surroundsoundschlierenschlittern, SPEX, pg.10, Sept, 2002
Amanda Scotese,
Crossing the Lines, XLR8R, pg. 32, Sept, 2002
Michael Krumbein,
Jake Mandell & Jeffers Egan, Slither DVD, Intro, Aug, 2002
Beam me Up,
Slither Review, Aug, 2002
de:bug,
Jake Mandell DVD Surround Release. K2O Explores New Formats, Aug, 2002
Marcus Schlussler,
Slither Review, Phlow.net, 2002
Phonoclub.de,
Slither DVD, 2002
Phosphor Magazine,
Jeffers Egan and Jake Mandell: Slither DVD, Volume 116, 2002
Alias Newspaper,
Netmage 2 - World VJ + Live Media Championships, Bologna, Italy, Jan. 19, 2002
Lavina Garulli,
Netmage '03 International VJing Contest, Exibart, Friday Dec. 1 2001
Mary-Kay Lombino,
'Second Nature' at New Wight Gallery, Artweek, Dec. 1998
