Peter Patchen
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url: http://mysite.pratt.edu/~ppatchen/
bio: Peter Frank Patchen is a digital artist exhibiting and lecturing nationally and internationally. He grew up in Colorado where the natural environment had a profound influence on his perception of the relationships that exist between nature, humanity, culture and technology.
After graduating from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs he earned a Masters of Fine Art from the University of Oregon in Eugene Oregon. In 1993, he founded the Cyber Arts (now New Media) program at the University of Toledo. Currently, he is Chair of Pratt’s Department of Digital Arts.
Peter's recent work includes interactive multi-media installations that utilize alternative interfaces like light sensors, bar code scanners, water and motion detectors. He has exhibited at the Beecher Center for Technology in the Arts at the Butler Institute of American Art, International Digital Art Awards (Melbourne), Siggraph Art Exhibitions, Luco Film Festival (Rome), Kalisaar Computer Art Exhibition (Tel-Aviv) and various other solo and group exhibitions.
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