Art Exhibitions and Performances
2017 Enter Through the Headset 2, Gazelli Art House, London, UK
2017 Moving Image New York, Waterfront New York Tunnel, New York, USA
2017 toute seule, Gazelli Art House, London, UK
2017 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerpen, Belgium
2017 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
2016 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
2016 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, Den Norske Opera, Oslo, Norway
2015 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, Lichtburg, Essen, Germany
2015 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, DR Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, video projections, Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2014 ONE Night, (Steady State) ONE Archives Gallery & Museum, West Hollywoo, CA, USA
2014 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
2014 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria
2014 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, El Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
2014 Dance Machines: From Leger to Kraftwerk, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 nonliteral, B3 Biennale of the Moving Image, (Figues in Motion), ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt, Germany
2013 Spectacle: The Music Video. Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Kraftwerk 3D Video Installation 12345678. SPRÜTH MAGERS, Berlin, Germany
2013 Momentum: Women/Art/Technology- (Liminal Identities) Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
2013 Spectacle: The Music Video. Museum of the Moving Image, New York, NY, USA
2013 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
2013 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, Tate Modern, London, UK
2013 Kraftwerk – The Catalogue 12345678, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013 Roboter (Kraftwerk image exhibition). NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 Spectacle: The Music Video.MIS – The Museum of Image and Sound in São Paulo, Brazil
2012 Spectacle: The Music Video, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2012 Kraftwerk Retrospective 12345678, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
2011 Kraftwerk 3D, 3D Video Installation, Kunstbau, Munich, Germany. October 15 – November 13.
2011 Kraftwerk 3D Concert. Alte Kongresshalle, Munich, Germany. October 12-13.
2008 Design and the Elastic Mind – (OLPC XO Laptop) Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
2008 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Exhibition – (OLPC XO Laptop) Design Museum, London, UK.
2006 Second Natures – (The Bush Soul #3) Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
2004 Liminal Identities – Interactive Art Installation. Art Futura, Mercat de Les Flors, Barcelona, Spain.
2004 eVolution:The Art of Living Systems, (The Bush Soul #3) Art Interactive Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
2004 Hacking the Timeline: a History of Digital Art – CyberSpace Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2003 The Brain Stripped Bare – Installation/Performance. Doncaster College, Doncaster, UK
2003 Women in Science (Genomically Yours), (The Bush Soul #3) Universal Concepts Unlimited
Galley, New York, NY, USA
2003 Music Video: A Vehicle for New Sensitivity, (Musique Non-Stop) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Curator: Tomoe Moriyama, Tokyo, Japan
2002 The Brain Stripped Bare – Installation/Performance. Tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf, Germany
2002 The Brain Stripped Bare – Installation/Performance. Akzente Festival, Ausstellungshalle am
Innenhafen, Duisburg, Germany
2001 Mixed Realities Exhibition, (Coexistence) Interaction Design Institute Ivrea Gallery, Ivrea, Itlay
2001 ACM1: Beyond Cyberspace Exhibition, (The Bush Soul #3) San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA, USA
2000 SHIFT-CTRL: Computers, Games and Art Exhibition, (The Bush Soul #3) Beall Center for Art
and Technology University of California Irvine. Irvine, CA, USA
2000 Art Futura Exhibition, (The Bush Soul #3) Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo. Sevilla,
Spain
2000 Ground Zero Exhibition, (The Bush Soul #3) The Tech Museum of Innovation. San Jose, CA, USA
1999 Interactive Frictions Exhibition, (The Bush Soul #3) University of Southern California (USC)
Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999 Siggraph Emerging Technologies Exhibition, (The Bush Soul #3) LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1999 Materiale/Immateriale, (The Bush Soul #2) Cento Trevi, Bolzano, Italy
1999 “Life Science”, (The Bush Soul #3) Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria
1999 “Electronic Rituals” (The Bush Soul #3) Intermedia Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1998 Art and Aesthetics of Artificial Life, (The Bush Soul #2) UCLA Center for Digital Arts, Los
Angeles, CA, USA
1998 Siggraph Art Exhibition, (The Bush Soul #2) Orlando Convention Center, Orlando FL.
1998 Doors of Perception 5: Play, (The Bush Soul #2) Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 “Virtual Africa,” (The Bush Soul #1/#2/#3) Royal Museum of Central Africa, Belgium, and web-based virtual exhibition. Curator: Jocelyne Rotily, February 1998, ongoing
1997 “THE FUTURE OF THE FUTURE, (The Bush Soul #1) Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
1995 “Figures” Le Parvis- Centre Meridien, Ibos, France
1995 “Info Art” Kwangju Biennale – International Video, Kwangju, Korea
1993 International Computer Graphic Art Exhibition Yonden Hall, Tokoshima, Japan
1993 “Sugar ‘n’ Spice” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, USA
1993 Venice Biennale German Pavilion. Collaboration with Nam June Paik. Venice, Italy
1993 Korean Pavilion Taejon World Expo, Taejon, Korea
1992 “Art as Information/ Information as Art” Collaboration with Nam June Paik. Permanent Video
Installation. Chase Manhattan Bank, Brooklyn, NY, USA
1992 “Brandenburg Gate” Permanent Video Installation. Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
1992 “Memory Palace” Multimedia Performance. Art Futura, Barcelona, Spain
1992 “Rebecca Allen Retrospective” Institute of Modern Art Valencia, Valencia, Spain
1992 “Siggraph Art Show” Anaheim, CA, USA
1992 “Memory Palace” Multimedia Performance. Seville World Expo, Seville, Spain
1992 “International Computer Graphic Art Exhibition” Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1991 Cybermedia, Art Futura. Light installation titled “Fleeting Words” (LED displays), Museo de Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
1991 Cybermedia, Art Futura. Light installation titled “Fleeting Words” (LED displays), Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, Spain
1991 Cybermedia, Art Futura. Light installation titled “Fleeting Words” (LED displays), Centre Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain
1991 Professors’ Choice, Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA
1990 MUGRA, Art Futura 90. Collaboration with La Fura dels Baus. Multimedia performance
Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona, Spain
1990 Conversations in Video, (Curator) EZTV Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1990 Siggraph Art / Los Angeles Open Festival, EZTV Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1990 Passages de l’Image, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1990 Passages de l’Image, Centre Cultural, Fundacio, Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain
1990 Passages de l’Image, Wexner Center for Visual Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
1990 Passages de l’Image, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
1989 Les Chemins du Virtuel, Galerie du CCI, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
1989 Imageworld: Art and Media Culture, Whitney Museum of Art New York, NY, USA
1988 American Pop Culture Today, Laforet Harajuku Museum Tokyo, Japan
1988 Digital Visions: Computers and Art, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, OH, USA
1988 Digital Visions: Computers and Art, I.B.M. Gallery New York, NY, USA
1988 Digital Visions: Computers and Art, Dayton Art Institute Dayton, OH, USA
1987 Digital Visions: Computers and Art, Everson Museum of Art Syracuse, NY, USA
1987 Computer Superstars, EZTV Gallery Los Angeles, CA, USA
1987 “VALIS” – A multimedia opera and exhibition. Concept and Music by Todd Machover, Musee
National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
1986 Computer Art: The Future Today, Aerospace Corporation Gallery El Segundo, CA, USA
1986 “RAB” Multimedia Performance Saint-Etienne, France
1985 RAB, Multimedia Performance, Joyce Theater New York, NY, USA
1985 RAB, Multimedia Performance, Palace of the Fine Arts San Francisco, CA, USA
1984 The Artist as a Young Machine, (RAB) Ontario Science Centre Toronto, Canada
1984 RAB, Multimedia Performance, Villeneuve-les Avignon Arts and Science Festival Avignon, France
1984 RAB, Multimedia Performance, Sophia Antipolis Festival Valbonne, France
1984 RAB, Multimedia Performance, Ontario Science Centre Toronto, Canada
1984 RAB, Multimedia Performance, Colorado College DanceTheater Colorado Springs, CO, USA
1984 RAB, Multimedia Performance, Dance Hall Cincinnati, OH, USA
1983 The Computer & It’s Influence on Art and Design, Sheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE, USA
1983 The Computer & It’s Influence on Art and Design, NCGA National Computer Graphic Association Chicago, IL, USA
1983 The Computer & It’s Influence on Art and Design, DIGICON International Conference on Digital Arts Vancouver, Canada
1983 The Computer & It’s Influence on Art and Design, Computers in the Visual Arts, Drake University Des Moines, IA, USA
1983 The Computer & It’s Influence on Art and Design, MacNider Museum Mason City IA, USA
1981 Siggraph Art Show Dallas, TX, USA
1979 Resolutions, Creative Photo Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
1979 Resolutions, Photo Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
Film and Video Exhibitions
2016 Femmebit Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015 The Solid State Cinema (Office Workers) Glasgow, UK
2014 Digital Promise Documentary. Produced by TVE (Spain) aired throughout Europe
2011 Exchange and Evolution: Worldwide Video Long Beach 1974-1999 – (Steady State) Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA, USA
2007 Women in Animation (Retrospective of work by Rebecca Allen) Columbus School of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, USA
2001 CHARAMIX.com -Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival and Exhibition, The Garden Hall Tokyo, Japan
2000 RISD LA Film Exhibition Work by Rebecca Allen. Directors Guild. Los Angeles, , USA
2000 Rhode Island School of Design Film presentation of preeminent alumni. (Interview by Rebecca Allen) Directors Guild. Los Angeles, CA, USA
1996 Los Angeles-Fin de Siglo – From the Photographic Image to the Digital Image, Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica, Milan, Italy
1995 IMAGINA Film and Video Festival Monte Carlo, Monaco
1995 Toronto International Film Festival -“Synthetic Pleasures” Toronto, Canada
1995 New York International Film Festival -“Synthetic Pleasures” New York, NY, USA
1995 Digitale: Modern Alchemy Cologne, Germany
1993 IMAGINA Film and Video Festival Monte Carlo, Monaco
1993 VIDEOARCO Festival Madrid, Spain
1992 IMAGINA Film and Video Festival Monte Carlo, Monaco
1992 Art Futura Film and Video Festival Barcelona, Spain
1992 Muu Media Festival Helsinki, Finland
1992 Nits d’Imatge Jardins dels Vivers Valencia, Spain
1993 Siggraph Electronic Theater Chicago, IL, USA
1992 Images du Futur Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1992 Kinetic Perceptions LA Freewaves Festival Los Angeles, CA, USA
1992 Expanded Images -The Synthetic Cinema Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica/Venice Biennale Venice, Italy
1992 Premio Immagine -Mediatech Forum Milan, Italy
1992 SIM International Los Angeles, CA, USA
1991 Art Futura Film and Video Festival Barcelona, Spain
1991 MIMAD Computer Animation Festival Madrid, Spain
1990 Art Futura Film and Video Festival Barcelona, Spain
1990 Mercat de les Flors Barcelona, Spain. Premiere performance of “Mugra” by Rebecca Allen
and La Fura dels Baus
1990 IMAGINA Film and Video Festival Monte Carlo, Monaco
1990 Das Regime der Bilder Festival Frankfurt, Germany
1990 Ars Electronica Festival Linz, Austria. Honorary Mention.
1990 ARTTRANSITION Center for Advanced Visual Studies MIT Cambridge, MA, USA
1989 Pacific Northwest Computer Graphics Film Show Portland, OR, USA
1989 Image and Sound Festival The Haag, Netherlands
1989 Biennale des Arts Electroniques Rennes, France
1988 IMAGINA Film and Video Festival Monte Carlo, Monaco
1988 San Francisco Film Festival San Francisco, CA April 1988. World Premiere of “BEHAVE”.
1988 Image and Sound Festival The Haag, Netherlands
1988 Festival des Arts Electroniques Rennes, France
1988 Pixel-Art Film and Video Show Barcelona, Spain
1988 Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy
1988 Images du Futur Montreal, Canada
1987 IMAGINA Film and Video Festival Monte Carlo
1987 The Biennial of Video Barcelona, Spain
1987 Imaginaire Numerique Film and Video Show Saint-Etienne, France
1987 Prix Ars Electronica Linz, Austria
1987 Siggraph Electronic Theater Anaheim, CA, USA
1987 Pacific Northwest Computer Graphics Film Show Eugene, OR, USA
1986 IMAGINA Film and Video Festival Monte Carlo, Monaco
1986 Imaginaire Numerique Film and Video Show Saint-Etienne, France
1986 International Design Congress, “Erkundungen” Stuttgart, Germany
1986 Siggraph Electronic Theater Dallas, TX, USA
1986 Video Festival of Madrid, Spain
1985 Screening Room West, The American Film Institute (AFI) Los Angeles CA, USA
1985 4th International Forum on New Images Monte Carlo, Monaco
1985 Munich Film Festival Munich, Germany
1985 Siggraph Film and Video Show San Francisco, CA, USA
1985 International Animation Celebration Los Angeles, CA, USA
1985 Committed to Tape General Electric Theater, New York, NY, USA
1984 International Forum on New Images Monte Carlo, Monaco
1984 Siggraph Film and Video Show Minneapolis, MN, USA
1983 New Definitions: a Video Exhibition Millennium Theater New York, NY, USA
1983 Siggraph Film and Video Show Detroit, MI, USA
1982 Siggraph Film and Video Show Boston, MA, USA
1981 Siggraph Film and Video Show Dallas TX, USA
Permanent Collections
Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
Whitney Museum of American Art New York, USA
Ludwig Museum Cologne, Germany
Chase Manhattan Bank Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education
Master of Science, Architecture Machine Group (predecessor to MIT Media Lab), Massachusetts
Institue of Technology, MA, USA
BA in Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, USA