RAY SWEETEN
b. 1975
b. 1975
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Cryptophasia, Moving Image Art Fair, New York, NY
Cryptophasia, Moving Image Art Fair, New York, NY
2013
Thresholds. Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Thresholds. Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
the optimal value for y, solo exhibition DataSpaceTime, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
the optimal value for y, solo exhibition DataSpaceTime, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Group Exhibitions
2013
Dialogic, curated by Mary C. Salvante, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Dialogic, curated by Mary C. Salvante, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Overt & Covert: technology and portraiture, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Collision18: Present, Cyber Arts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Collision18: Present, Cyber Arts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
engage, Detroit Interactive Art Exhibition, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI
Festival A-part, section Emergences, July 5-31, Mas de l’Amarine, Provence, France
Selected Performances
2011
“DataSpaceTime” w/DataSpaceTime, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Ray Sweeten: oscilloscope & video feedback works”, featured artist, Bushwick Open Studios Festival, Brooklyn, NY
“DataSpaceTime” w/DataSpaceTime, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Ray Sweeten: oscilloscope & video feedback works”, featured artist, Bushwick Open Studios Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2010
“Ray Sweeten”, oscilloscope & video performance, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Sexual Energies School – Quebec City”, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn NY
“Sexual Energies School – Frankfurt”, The Stone, New York NY
“Ray Sweeten”, Mixology Festival at Roulette, New York NY
“Ray Sweeten”, oscilloscope & video performance, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Sexual Energies School – Quebec City”, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn NY
“Sexual Energies School – Frankfurt”, The Stone, New York NY
“Ray Sweeten”, Mixology Festival at Roulette, New York NY
2009
“Arpege”, La Superette, NY NY
Ray Sweeten | Nate Boyce, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY
Issue Project Room Fundraiser, Galapagos, Brooklyn NY
“Arpege”, La Superette, NY NY
Ray Sweeten | Nate Boyce, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY
Issue Project Room Fundraiser, Galapagos, Brooklyn NY
2008
“Improvisations for Piano and Oscilloscope”, The Stone, NY NY
“Vangeline Theater and Ray Sweeten: Mesmerized”, New Museum, New York, NY
“Unity Gain”, MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
“Darmstadt – Classics of the Avant Garde”, Galapagos, Brooklyn NY
San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco CA 2008-06-27 – Lux Fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla Spain
“Unity Gain” MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
Ray Sweeten | Andy Graydon — Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY
“Improvisations for Piano and Oscilloscope”, The Stone, NY NY
“Vangeline Theater and Ray Sweeten: Mesmerized”, New Museum, New York, NY
“Unity Gain”, MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
“Darmstadt – Classics of the Avant Garde”, Galapagos, Brooklyn NY
San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco CA 2008-06-27 – Lux Fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla Spain
“Unity Gain” MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
Ray Sweeten | Andy Graydon — Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY
2007
“Falkminster”, The Conflux Festival, Brooklyn NY
Ray Sweeten & Zach Layton, Warm Up Series, PS1, Queens NY
Zach Layton, Ray Sweeten, and Vito Acconci. Roulette, NY NY
“Media Archeology”, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
FilmMakers Coop 3rd Annual Benefit Concert, Angel Orensantz, NY NY
“Falkminster”, The Conflux Festival, Brooklyn NY
Ray Sweeten & Zach Layton, Warm Up Series, PS1, Queens NY
Zach Layton, Ray Sweeten, and Vito Acconci. Roulette, NY NY
“Media Archeology”, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
FilmMakers Coop 3rd Annual Benefit Concert, Angel Orensantz, NY NY
2006
Terry Riley’s “In C”, Darmstadt Series, Brooklyn NY
Sweeten, Layton, Waterman and Bard. The Stone, NY NY
“Little Dream:o” , Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
“Vatican Satellite”, NOISE! at Ontological Theater, NY NY
“Visual Acid”, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY
Terry Riley’s “In C”, Darmstadt Series, Brooklyn NY
Sweeten, Layton, Waterman and Bard. The Stone, NY NY
“Little Dream:o” , Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
“Vatican Satellite”, NOISE! at Ontological Theater, NY NY
“Visual Acid”, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY
2005
“Transparent Processes”, The Kitchen, NY NY
“Transparent Processes”, The Kitchen, NY NY
Selected Collaborations
2010
Shana Moulton + Nick Hallett: WHISPERING PINES 10, The Kitchen, NY NY
“Fatherland”, Ideal Glass, New York NY
2010
Shana Moulton + Nick Hallett: WHISPERING PINES 10, The Kitchen, NY NY
“Fatherland”, Ideal Glass, New York NY
2009
“NowThenAfter”, Harvestworks, NY NY
“Voice & Light Systems, Part Four: Auroville”, The New Museum, NY NY
“Voice & Light Systems, Part Three: Whispering Exercises Premiere”,The New Museum, NY NY
“NowThenAfter”, Harvestworks, NY NY
“Voice & Light Systems, Part Four: Auroville”, The New Museum, NY NY
“Voice & Light Systems, Part Three: Whispering Exercises Premiere”,The New Museum, NY NY
2007
“Alabisalabisalab”, The Kitchen, NY NY
“What the dormouse said – Sweeten, Layton and Loud Objects” MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
“Alabisalabisalab”, The Kitchen, NY NY
“What the dormouse said – Sweeten, Layton and Loud Objects” MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
2006
“The Sea Calls us Home,” MIX Film Festival, NY NY
“Stripped” Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool UK
“The Sea Calls us Home,” MIX Film Festival, NY NY
“Stripped” Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool UK
Selected Screenings
2010
“HAI SCOPERTO L’AMERICA!”, White Box, NY NY
Directors Lounge 2010, Directors Lounge, Berlin Germany
2010
“HAI SCOPERTO L’AMERICA!”, White Box, NY NY
Directors Lounge 2010, Directors Lounge, Berlin Germany
2009
“Reoccurrence Research”, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow Scotland UK
“NYC to PAL”, Lucca Film Festival, Lucca Italy
“Reoccurrence Research”, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow Scotland UK
“NYC to PAL”, Lucca Film Festival, Lucca Italy
2007
New York Independent Film and Video Festival, Village East Cinemas, NY NY
“Extremely Shorts 10″, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
Monkey Town Semiennial, MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
Free to Be You and Me Invitational, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
Bacchanale, New York Underground Film Festival, NY NY
Free to be… , Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA
New York Independent Film and Video Festival, Village East Cinemas, NY NY
“Extremely Shorts 10″, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
Monkey Town Semiennial, MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
Free to Be You and Me Invitational, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
Bacchanale, New York Underground Film Festival, NY NY
Free to be… , Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA
2006
Void Ratio, CinemaTexas, Austin TX
Free to be…, Chicago FilmMakers, Chicago IL
Aerodynaics of a Hummingbird: Science, Cinema, and Ways of Seeing, Millennium Film Workshop, NY NY
Void Ratio, CinemaTexas, Austin TX
Free to be…, Chicago FilmMakers, Chicago IL
Aerodynaics of a Hummingbird: Science, Cinema, and Ways of Seeing, Millennium Film Workshop, NY NY
Awards
AIR – Experimental Television Workshop
Finishing Funds – Experimental Television Center
Van Lier Fellowship – Harvestworks
AIR – Fabrica, spa. Venice IT
Finishing Funds – Experimental Television Center
Van Lier Fellowship – Harvestworks
AIR – Fabrica, spa. Venice IT
Recent Press
Glazer, Brian Christopher. "Inaugural Boston Cyberarts Gallery Exhibition", BR&S, November 30, 2012 Boston, MA
Opeiko, Sasha. "Whitdel Arts: ENGAGE", Windsor Contemporary Art, November 7, 2012 Ontario, Canada
Delarte, Alonso. "Whitdel Gets Patrons to Participate in Art", Detroit Examiner, October 8, 2012
Xiao, An. “QR Code Art Makes Its Way Into The Galleries”, Hyperallergic, March 23, 2012
Neilson, Laura. “Highlights from the Fountain Art Fair”, Cool Hunting, March 9, 2012
Thomas/ “Art Uncovered: DataSpaceTime”, Breakthru Radio interview, December 20, 2011
Egert, Roger. Williamsburg/Greenpoint News + Arts, February 2011
Balo, Andy, “Oscilliscope Fun and Games”; Waxy, November 16, 2011
Ebert, Roger; “Fountain Art Fair: Grungier Antidote to Armory Show; Willilamsburg Greenpoint News and Arts; March 7, 2011
Horwitz, Andy, “Voice & Light Systems”, Culturebot, May 2009
Pecula, Alexandra, “Your Guide to This Weekend’s Bushwick Open Studios, Gothamist, June 2, 2011