{"data":{"id":"8238","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":8238,"topgoose_id":6293,"tms_id":8238,"display_name":"MTAA","sort_name":"MTAA","display_date":"1996–","begin_date":"0","end_date":"0","biography":"\u003cp class=\"large\"\u003eMTAA (M.River \u0026amp; T.Whid Art Associates), formed in 1996, is a conceptual and net art collaboration of Michael Sarff (b. 1967; Iowa City, Iowa) and Tim Whidden (b. 1969; Elyria, Ohio). MTAA has presented work in New York at the New Museum, MoMA PS1, Postmasters Gallery, and Artists Space; as well as at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York; the 2010 01SJ Biennial, San Jose, California; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Beall Center for Art and Technology, University of California, Irvine; the Getty Center, Los Angeles; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Their work also has been shown at international venues including ARTBOOM Festival, Krakow, Poland; iCommons Summit ’07, Dubrovnik, Croatia; Split Film Festival, Croatia; and the Second International Video Art Biennial, Tel Aviv. They have earned commissions, grants, and awards from Creative Capital, 01SJ Biennial, EMPAC, SFMOMA, Rhizome, Eyebeam, and New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc (1981–2017).\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":true,"artport":true,"biennial":false,"collection":true,"ulan_id":null,"wikidata_id":"Q6712263","created_at":"2023-11-17T18:10:33.075-05:00","updated_at":"2026-04-04T07:03:07.289-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/8238/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/8238/exhibitions"}}}}