John Klima

1965–

John 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 ecosystm, commissioned by Zurich Capital Markets, was shown at the Whitney as part of the exhibition BitStreams (2001) and his work EARTH (2001) was included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial. 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.

Wikipedia entry

Introduction

John Klima (born 1965 in Redondo Beach, United States) is an American new media artist, who uses hand-built electronics, computer hardware and software to create online and in gallery artworks.

Received his BFA from State University of New York in 1987

He has had solo exhibitions at Postmasters Gallery and the Whitney Museum's Artport in New York City, and the Bank Gallery in Los Angeles

For a period in 1993 Klima worked as a coder for Microsoft developing Microsoft's internal PowerPoint slides, to create the illusion of a presentation on screen.

In 1996 he worked for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, his work with the company included the design of a learning game that was later distributed to the sales representatives of the company for the launch of Zyrtec.

In 2014 John founded Scratchbuilt Studios in Lisbon, Portugal. The studio is used for music and experimental sound projects. In 2018 he was invited to The New Art Fest, an art and technology festival based in Lisbon and exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (Lisbon).

He lives and works in Brooklyn and is currently adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design and Brooklyn Polytechnic University. Klima was a resident at Eyebeam.