Everest Pipkin is a drawing, game, and software artist from Central Texas, who produces intimate work with large data sets. [1]
Early life
Pipkin's parents worked with a nonprofit organization called The Nobelity Project, and they began their artistic career as a young teen taking photographs for the organization's work. [2] Pipkin graduated from Westlake High School in 2008, [3] studied on a Young Masters grant at the Art Academy of San Francisco and Paris American Academy [3] and finished by receiving a BFA at the University of Texas and an MFA Carnegie Mellon University. [2]
Work
![[icon]](/info/en/?search=File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (September 2013) |
Pipkin makes drawings, computational artwork, generative poetry and other software, including games. [4]
From 2011 to 2013, Pipkin ran Wardenclyffe Gallery, an Austin multidisciplinary art space. [5] In 2013, Pipkin was a part of exhibitions at Greyduck Gallery, The Texas Biennial, and Fusebox Festival. [2]
In 2016, Pipkin contributed to the art game anthology Triennale Game Collection with the piece The Worm Room, using images from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. An updated standalone release was published in 2020.
In 2020 Pipkin created a tool called "Image Scrubber" in response to Black Lives Matter protests that allowed protesters to blur out faces and remove metadata from their images, this tool became widely used during the movement to protect protesters' safety. [6] That same year they also created Shell Song, an interactive audio narrative game that explores deepfake voice technologies and the data sets behind them. [7]
Awards
As an undergraduate student, Pipkin was named All State Artist by the Texas Art Education Association. [8] In 2012, Pipkin won Artist of the Year - Early Career in the Austin Visual Arts Awards. Pipkin was a Hunting Art Prize finalist in 2015 and 2016. [9]
References
- ^ "Everest Pipkin - Data as Culture - ODI - The Open Data Institute". Data as Culture. 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ^ a b c Irwin, Matthew (August 9, 2013). "Techno-Artistic: Katie Rose Pipkin and the new art". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ a b Anderson, Dane (February 26, 2010). "Eyes of Katie Rose". Westlake Picayune. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Bucher, Taina (July 12, 2015). "About a bot: Interview with Katie Rose Pipkin". Furtherfield. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ Fraser, Michael (April 24, 2012). "Roommates develop creative hub for artists". The Daily Texan. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ "You Can Blur Protesters' Faces in Photos Using This Tool". PAPER. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ^ "Shell Song - Data as Culture - ODI - The Open Data Institute". Data as Culture. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ^ "Texas Cultural Trust: Young Masters Program" (PDF). Texas Cultural Trust. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Hunting Art Prize: News". 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.