{"data":{"id":"8240","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":8240,"topgoose_id":6269,"tms_id":8240,"display_name":"John Klima","sort_name":"Klima John","display_date":"1965–","begin_date":"0","end_date":"0","biography":"\u003cp class=\"large\"\u003eJohn Klima (b. 1965; Redondo Beach, California) builds large scale electro-mechanical installations driven by 3D game software he programs from scratch. He has exhibited his work extensively in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His project \u003cem\u003eecosystm\u003c/em\u003e, commissioned by Zurich Capital Markets, was shown at the Whitney as part of the exhibition \u003ca href=\"/exhibitions/bitstreams\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBitStreams\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (2001) and his work \u003cem\u003eEARTH\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e(2001)\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ewas included in the \u003ca href=\"/exhibitions/biennial-2002\"\u003e2002 Whitney Biennial\u003c/a\u003e. In New York, he has also exhibited at Eyebeam, the New Museum, MoMA PS1, and the Brooklyn Museum. Klima has also participated in exhibitions at the Museum of Communication, Bern, Switzerland; the NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo; the Daejeon Municipal Museum, South Korea; and festivals including VIPER Switzerland; and the European Media Art Festival. More recently, Klima has focused on sound and music. In 2014 he founded Scratchbuilt Studios in Lisbon, where he has recorded countless musical and experimental sound projects, focusing on vintage analog recording equipment.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":true,"artport":true,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":null,"wikidata_id":"Q6243274","created_at":"2023-11-17T18:10:32.052-05:00","updated_at":"2026-04-04T07:03:00.005-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/8240/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/8240/exhibitions"}}}}