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Benton C Bainbridge

Benton C Bainbridge is a media artist based in the Bronx. Working with custom systems of his own design, Bainbridge creates immersive environments, interactive installations and digital time-based artworks. His visual performances – solo and in collaboration with artists of many disciplines – have been presented on 5 continents.

Bainbridge has shown at Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center, Museum of the Moving Image, American Museum of Natural History, The Kitchen, Frieze Art Fair (NYC), EMPAC (Troy, NY), SFMoMA (San Francisco), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.), Dallas Video Festival, Boston Cyberarts Festival, Mercat des les Flors (Barcelona), LUX2006 (Sevilla), Auditorium Parco della Musica (Roma), Sonic Light (Amsterdam), Wien Moderne (Vienna), Inventionen (Berlin), Teatro Col--n CETC (Buenos Aires), CELCIT (Managua), International Horticultural Expo (Xi’an, China), Korean Festival (Seoul), Good Vibrations (Australia), and MTV Networks (global).

Currently, Bainbridge is making video paintings and teaching in the MFA Computer Arts Department of School of Visual Arts. Bainbridge founded Intersection Arts, LLC in 2014 to make media art for cultural institutions and select clients, including American Museum of Natural History’s “One Step Beyond” monthly late night event. intersectionarts.com

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Benton C Bainbridge, based in the Bronx, is a media artist who uses custom systems to create immersive environments and digital time-based artworks; his visual performances have been presented on five continents. He has shown at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art; he teaches in the MFA Computer Arts Department at the School of Visual Arts and founded Intersection Arts, LLC in 2014 to produce media art for cultural institutions and clients, including the American Museum of Natural History’s One Step Beyond monthly late-night event.

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