cv/bio

roryshackles

sound+new media artist

Education

Masters of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006.
Graduate Change Program, The Ecole Superieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France, 2005
Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002.

Exhibitions/Shows

Tacoma Contemporary Art, Tollbooth Gallery, 2010
Sound / video Installation, “It’s hard to throw away something with a face”

This is Not a Test: Audio Picnic at Chicago’s Pritzker Pavilion, 2008
Audio composition, “Jumping over Koons”

Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, G2 Gallery, 2006

Locos Sonos Space, The Ecole Superieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France, 2005, Electronic sound performance, “rock-pyor”

Bachlors of Fine Arts Graduation Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, G2 Gallery, 2002

Performing Arts Chicago Edge Festival, 2005
Sound performance, “A barge workers common law wife, a sound/video performance”

Sonic Arts Network, Compilation CD,”A Call for Silence”, curated by Nicolas Collins, 2003
Sound Composition, “ between ragin, and hell”

Performing Arts Chicago Edge Festival, 2004
Live electronic sound performance, “business end” with trumpeter David Grant

A.H.S. Gallery, Boston, MA, 2002
Audio installation, “out of reach”

Group Projects

Electronic improvisational performances in the Chicago area. Venues; Empty Bottle, 6odim, DeadTech Space and the Athenaeum Theater.

Grants/Awards

Recipient of the 2005 French Academic Cultural Exchange (F.A.C.E.) Grant for Academic Partnership, (The Ecole Superieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence and Ecole Nationale Superieure
d’ Art Villa Arson Nice with The School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
Enrichment Scholarship Recipient, (SAIC, 2000-2002)

Teaching

Educator in media arts since 2006. Specializing in Experimental Audio, Experimental and Traditional Animation and Media Installation.

Websites

www.idleproduction/rshackles.com