Tiffany Holmes (born 1964) is an American new media artist and educator. She is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Early life and education

Tiffany Holmes was born in 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her formal education includes: a PhD (2004–2010) "Eco-visualization: Combining art and technology to reduce energy consumption," from the Arts Department at

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. Additionally she has an MFA degree (1996–1999) in Imaging and Digital Arts,

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a Public university, public research university in Catonsville, Maryland named after Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County. It had a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 un ...

; an MFA degree (1992–1996) in Painting,

Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a Private university, private art school, art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, it is regarded as one of ...

(MICA); and a BA degree (1986–1990, cum laude) Art History with a minor in Environmental Studies,

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...

Work

In her research and practice, Holmes explores the potential of technology to promote positive environmental stewardship. She coined the term "eco-visualization" in 2005. Her creative projects include a commission for the

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where sequences of experimental animations visualize real time energy loads. Her paper detailing this work, “Eco-visualization: Combining art and technology to reduce energy consumption,” won a Best Paper award at

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2007 and a 2010 doctoral degree. She lectures and exhibits worldwide in these venues:

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary ...

J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California, United States, housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa. It is operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's wealthies ...

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, 01SJ Biennial,

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2000, Worldart in Denmark, Interaction ’01 in Japan, ISEA Nagoya. A recipient of the Michigan Society of Fellows research fellowship in 1998, Holmes has earned the

Illinois Arts Council The Illinois Arts Council is a government agency of the state of Illinois formed to encourage development of the arts throughout Illinois. Founded in 1965 by the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Arts Council provides financial and technica ...

individual grant, an Artists-in-Labs residency award in Switzerland, and a 2010

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. Holmes has been a professor in the Department of Art and Technology Studies at the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a Private university, private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which gr ...

, and in 2018 joined the administrative leadership team at

Art work

*''We can't swim forever'' (2011) Holmes, We can't swim forever
/ref> *''darkSky'' (2009) *''World Offset'' (2008) *''fishbowl'' (2005) *''Floating Point'' (2004) *''Follow the Mouse'' (2001)

Publications

*''Socializing Blogs, a Guide for Beginners'' (2011) Learning Through Digital Media: Experiments in Technology and Pedagogy, editor, 27-34. *''Beyond Eco-Art: 21st century Eco-visualization'' (2010) Transdiscourse: Volume 1: Mediated Environments, Springer Press. *''Searching for stories in the sea of data: Promoting environmental stewardship though ecovisualization'' (2007) Journal of Museum Education, Volume 32, Number 3 / Fall 2007: 273-284. *''Eco-visualization: combining art and technology to reduce energy consumption'' (2007) Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Creativity & Cognition, Washington, DC, USA, SESSION: Tools, media and environments: 153-162. *''Environmental Awareness though Eco-visualization: Combining Art and Technology To Promote Sustainability.'' Reconstruction 6.3: Studies in Contemporary Culture on “Water: Resources & Discourses,” summer 2006. *''Floating Point: A Creative Visualization of Water Quality,'' residency report, in Artists-In-Labs: Processes of Inquiry, editor, Jill Scott, Springer Press, 2006. *''The Mighty Mouse: Communicating addiction research through computer art,'' Intelligent Agent, thread: biotech/transgenics, Winter-Summer 2003, http://www.intelligentagent.com/. *''Arcade Classics Spawn Art? Current Trends in the Art Game Genre.'' Fine Arts Forum, 2003. *''What do computers eat? Teaching beginners to think critically about technology and art,'' in Computers and Graphics, Elsevier, June 2003, Volume 27, No. 3, 361-368. *''Performing Virtual Dissection,'' in Art, Technology, Consciousness, London: Intellect Books, 2000. *''The Corporeal Stenographer: Language, Gesture, Cyberspace,'' published in conjunction with catalogue of international traveling exhibit, The Digital Salon. Leonardo Almanac: International Resources in Art, Science, Technology, Volume 32, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.

References

External links

* Artist website: http://tiffanyholmes.com/ * Artist project: http://solarcircus.org/ * Artist video documentation: https://vimeo.com/user6397169 {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Tiffany American new media artists Artists from Chicago Living people 1964 births American digital artists American women digital artists Maryland Institute College of Art alumni Williams College alumni University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni Alumni of the University of Plymouth School of the Art Institute of Chicago faculty Educators from Baltimore Artists from Baltimore