Robert Nideffer
1964 –

Robert Nideffer is a Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he served as Head of the Department of Arts until 2018. From 1998–2013 he was a Professor of Art at the University of California, Irvine, where he founded the Game Culture and Technology Lab (1999) and was Co-Director (2005–2007) and Director (2007–2009) of the Art Computation Engineering (ACE) graduate program. His work has been exhibited at a variety of national and international venues including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte in Spain; the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California; the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the 2002 Whitney Biennial. He has lectured extensively both inside and outside the academy, and his projects have been discussed in major media outlets including books, journal articles, television, the internet, film, and radio.