Website/Blog/YouTube/ or Viemeo site

https://tamikothiel.com/

When and how have you participated at SIGGRAPH Conferences? (exhibits, talks, panels, performance, screenings). OK if you have not participated.

2001 exhibited interactive VRML installations "Beyond Manzanar" in the Art Gallery

2007 exhibited interactive VRML installations "Travels of Mariko Horo" in the Art Gallery

2013 exhibited augmented reality installation "Water Lily Invasion" at SIGGRAPH Asia in Hong Kong.

2024 Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art, for innovations in VR and AR art to explore place, space, the body, and cultural memory

2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Award Talks

2024 Retrospective: Art and Memory panel, moderator Julian Gomez.

2024 projection of "Anthropocene Daze" on the Daniels and Fisher Clock Tower in public space as part of " New Media Architecture(s) Virtual Topologies in Urban Spaces"

Are you a member of ACM SIGGRAPH?

Yes

Are you on a SIGGRAPH Committee?

No

Have you shown art in any SIGGRAPH Art Shows?

Yes

If you answered yes to the above question, please list year(s)

2001 and 2007

Have you shown in any SIGGRAPH Animation Screenings?

No

What countries do you work in?

Germany, USA

Short Bio

In 2024 Tamiko Thiel was awarded the SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Lifetime Achievement Award in Digital Arts and inducted into the inaugural cohort of AWE XR Hall of Fame for her politically and socially critical media artworks exploring place, space, the body and cultural identity. Earlier awards include 2018 SAT Montreal Visionary Pioneer and 2009 IBM Innovation Award in Art and Technology. Her art practice ranges from the visual design of the first AI supercomputer (1983-1986) to VR (since 1994), AR (since 2010), large immersive installations, videos, digital prints and ceramics.