CV


Krister received his BA in Computer Science from Swarthmore College and his MFA in Media Art from UCLA.

He was born in Singapore and lives in Los Angeles.

krister@tree-axis.com


SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2017
As If It Were Not Ours, Pon Ding, Taipei, Taiwan
The Futures of the Past, TIFA Working Studios, Pune, India

2016
Klaus, Yeo Workshop, Singapore
@}--}---, Lord Ludd, Philadelphia

2015
Bookness: 14 Observations, Window Galleries, Central Saint Martins, London

2014
The Beach That Never Was, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
Sputnik, Midori.so, Tokyo

2013
Cosmology, Mujikobo, Yokohama (Solo Exhibition)

2012
Open Studio, Warehouse Project, Yokohama
Art Radio Show, Midori.so, Tokyo
Pleased To Meet Me, Warehouse Project, Yokohama
T/here, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo

2010
Red, Yellow, Blue, FOXRIVER, Singapore

2007
Forever Is Not Long Enough, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles

2006
Tokyo TDC Exhibition, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo
25th Viper International Festival for Film, Video and New Media, Basel
Lost In Border, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles

2005
Presence / Absence, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore

2004
Packet, New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2003
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong
FILE Hipersonica, SESI Gallery, São Paulo
Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo


SELECT RESIDENCIES

2017
Artel 2017, Pune, India

2016
Coast Time Residency, Lincoln City, Oregon


SELECT AWARDS

2020
Focused Research Award in Machine Learning, Google, Mountain View, California
Typographer-in-Residence, HMCT (ArtCenter College of Design), Pasadena, California

2007
Award of Distinction, I.D. Magazine, New York

2006
Tokyo Type Directors Club, Tokyo

2005
Grand Prize, Keio University Digital Art Awards, Tokyo
Clifton Webb Fine Arts Scholarship, Los Angeles
Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Scholarship, Los Angeles

2002
Excellence Prize, Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo


SELECT LECTURES / WORKSHOPS

2019
Imprint Projects, Los Angeles

2015
London Centre for the Book Arts, London

2010
21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo

2006
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
University of California Digital Arts Research Network, Los Angeles
Electrofringe, Newcastle, Australia
Viper International Festival for Film, Video and New Media, Basel

2005
Machine Project, Los Angeles

2004
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco

2003
California College of the Arts, San Francisco

2002
Rhizome, San Francisco