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
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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