Jody Zellen

1961–

Jody Zellen (b. 1961; Boston, Massachusetts) works in animation, interactive installation, app art, net art, drawing, painting, photography, public art, and artist’s books, among other mediums. She earned an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (1989) and an MPS from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (2009). Zellen received a California Arts Council Established Artist Fellowship (2023) and other awards in the state, including project fellowships from the City of Santa Monica (2021, 2016, 2011); a California Community Foundation Mid-Career Fellowship (2012); a Center for Cultural Innovation grant (2011); and a 2004 COLA (City of Los Angeles) Fellowship. Her site-specific interactive installations have been shown in California at Nan Rae Gallery, Woodbury University, Burbank (2022); the Los Angeles International Airport (2019); Long Beach City College (2017); and Fringe Exhibitions, Los Angeles (2008); as well as in South Carolina at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston (2014).

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Introduction

Jody Zellen (born 1961, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American artist and educator. Her practice, consisting of digital art, painting, video art, and drawing, has been showcased by way of interactive installations, public art, and curated exhibitions. She is also known for her art criticism.

Zellen uses media-generated representations as raw material for aesthetic and social investigations that combine text and image components. Her works range from mobile apps, net art, and digital animation to drawing, painting, photography, and artists' books. Her fourth curated exhibition "Poetic Codings" was the nation's first touring exhibition of artists' apps. She is based in Los Angeles.