Pat Badani

Pat Badani is an artist, writer and researcher who explores notions of utopia and dystopia through emergent art practices. Her artworks have been showcased in international museums, art centers, festivals, and symposia. She has received over twenty awards and commissions in the USA and Canada and was nominated for an AWAW award recognizing women of vision (2018); and an Art Matters Fellowship (2011). In 2020 her work was recognized by the Electronic Literature Lab for Advanced Inquiry into Born Digital Media alongside other international e-lit women pioneers and visionaries. Her academic trajectory includes full-time faculty at Illinois State University and at Columbia College Chicago; Editor-in-Chief of “Media-N, Journal of the New Media Caucus” (USA), and Lead Editor of “Artelogie” EHESS (France). She currently serves on the board of directors of ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art) overseeing the continuation of the annual symposia. She has participated in conferences with her essays and talks in over 15 countries including at the Institute of Cultural Studies ZHdK Zurich (Switzerland); iDAT Plymouth University (U.K.); Sci Center + Lab, UCLA (USA); NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, N.Y. (USA); Kungl. Konsthögskolan/KKH, (Sweden); and University of Bologna (Italy).

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SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Roles:
  • SPARKS Moderator
  • SPARKS Presenter