IAN BRILL
CV / Resume
1978, New York City
Based in Pittsburgh, PA
Performances, Installations and Public Art:
2024 Measure, Curated Storefront / Downtown Akron Partnership / The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Akron, OH2024
2024 Band: Archipelago , Curated Storefront / Downtown Akron Partnership / The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Akron, OH
2024 Beamer, Curated Storefront Benefit, Highland Universal Gatheringspot | Akron OH
2024 Symposium, Curated Storefront Benefit, Highland Universal Gatheringspot | Akron OH
2024 Conduit, Velum, with the support of Duolingo, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Archipelago: O'Neill, Curated Storefront, Akron, OH
2024 Archipelago: Polsky, Curated Storefront, Akron, OH
2024 Archipelago: O'Neill, Curated Storefront, Akron, OH
2024 Archipelago: E, Curated Storefront, Akron, OH
2024 Shoji, Party On Butler, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Archipelago: Lot, GLOWLAND, presented by Oakland Business Improvement District, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Archipelago: Clip, GLOWLAND, presented by Oakland Business Improvement District, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Resort, GLOWLAND, presented by Oakland Business Improvement District, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Loft, GLOWLAND, presented by Oakland Business Improvement District, King's Court, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Plume, Wonderspaces, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Currencies , Ragioni Tecniche, Venice, Italy
2023 Magnet 2, Gecko, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Currencies , Power - Online, AAP, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Plume, TELUS Spark Science Centre / Wonderspaces, Calgary, Alberta
2023 Kinetix, a collaboration with Garth Zeglin and Curated Storefront, Akron, OH
2022 Resort, GLOWLAND, presented by Oakland Business Improvement District, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Retreat, GLOWLAND, presented by Oakland Business Improvement District, 115 Atwood St. Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Fast, part of solo show "Supply and Demand", Wood Street Galleries, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Impression, part of solo show "Supply and Demand", Wood Street Galleries, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Crawl, Radiant Ball, Radiant Hall Mckees Rocks, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 I Work In Metals, Curated Storefront, Akron Civic Theatre, Akron, OH
2022 PixElation, a collaboration with Chloe Baierl and Curated Storefront, Cascade Plaza, Akron, OH
2022 Magnet, Gecko Robotics, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Symposium, Quaker Square Galleries, Curated Storefront, Akron, OH
2022 Venus, Belvedere's, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Figure - Ground, San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego, California
2022 Portal, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Constant, Illumin-Ave, Hazelwood local, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Aura , with Clara Kent, KST Alloy Studio, Pittsburgh PA
2021 Event Horizon, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Arc, Wonderspaces, Austin, Texas
2021 09/09, a collaboration with Shawn Rudiman at SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Band, Curated Storefront / Downtown Akron Partnership / The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Akron, OH
2020 Plume, Wonderspaces, Scottsdale, Arizona
2020 Stimulus, 3 Dots, State College, PA
2020 Symposium, Light Play, Carry Furnace, Rivers of Steel, Homestead, PA
2020 Colonnade, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley PA
2019 Perpendicular, First Night, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh PA
2019 Exponent, In collaboration with Curated Storefront at Mana Decentralized in partnership with Superchief Gallery during Miami Art Week 2019
2019 Vault 4.0, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Voed, Permanent contribution to the Hieronymus Collection, Akron, PA
2019 Aggregate, Rivers of Steel, Homestead, PA
2019 Shelter, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Court, Hub Robeson Gallery, University Park, PA
2018 Vault 3.0, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Arch, with Mozilla, Github Universe, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018 Reverie, Curated Storefront / FRONT International Akron, OH
2018 Trunk, Curated Storefront / FRONT International Akron, OH
2018 Arch, with Mozilla, JSConference, Arena, Berlin, DE
2018 Arc, 707 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Vault 2.0, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Gates, Thrival, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Channels, August Wilson Center, Multiple Choice, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Venus, Jailbreak Community Festival of Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Shōji, August Wilson Center, CREATE / Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Cabinet, Spirit Lodge, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Vault, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Hull, USX Building, Re:New Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Peaks, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 John Riegert, with Susanna Weyandt, John Riegert, Space, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Lining, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Gale, Three Rivers Arts Festival / CREate Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Labyrinth, Light City, Baltimore, MD
2015 Labyrinth, Spirit Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Trunc, VIA Festival 2015, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Plume, Three Rivers Arts Festival / CREate Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Storm, McCain Gallery at The Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2015 TRANSMISSION- DOME, The Wander 2015, Unicorn Meat NYC
2014 Satellite, Spectrum / Artscape, Baltimore, MD
2014 Plume, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 TRANSMISSION- DOME, The Wander 2014, Unicorn Meat NYC
2013 TRANSMISSION- DOME, Surreal, Unicorn Meat NYC
2013 TRANSMISSION V, The Rex, VIA Pittsburgh
2013 TRANSMISSION IV, ::ILLUMINATE::, Unicorn Meat NYC
2013 Instabiles, with Andrew Hieronymi, 3 River Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Wanderer, The Wander 2013, Unicorn Meat NYC
2012 TRANSMISSION III, ::ILLUMINATE::, Unicorn Meat NYC
2012 TRANSMISSION II, Other People's Phenomenologies, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
2011 Double Random, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
2011 Max Poetic, part of the Pittsburgh DATA awards Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Graduate Research Exhibition, HUB-Robeson Gallery, University Park, PA
2011 TRANSMISSION I, 707 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Ligature, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
2009 After Gericault, SPACE Gallery, part of "Behind our Scenes" Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Wax Poetic, Fi’Art International Family Art Festival, Pompidou with Garth Zeglin, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Colorful Code Conveyor, with Garth Zeglin at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Synaestopic DC, with Garth Zeglin at The Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Device Chain, “Crosscurrents 2”, with Garth Zeglin at Stuckeman Family Building, University Park, PA
2007 Spaces of the Multitude, with Jonathan Kline at Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA,
2006 Uptown Reverberation, part of "In Lieu of Condemnation", with Garth Zeglin at Sage Building, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Jabberwocky vs. Dada, a performance at Artists Upstairs Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Sounds of the Sounds of Science, performative accompaniment for George Magalios, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2001-2002 member of Precision Contractors with Brian Grant, William Earl Kofmehl III and George Anastasios Magalios
Curated shows
2021 This Sacred Thing, with Sammy D. Smith and Keith Tassick at SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Presented Work/Panel Discussions/Lectures
2022 Organization and Mobility through Modularity, Wonder Spaces / The University of Texas at Austin
2021 Illumin-Ave, Hazelwood local, Pittsburgh, PA
2020 Ocean County College Career Day
2018 Untitled Photograph of "Gale Installation", Artistic License, curated online show by José Carlos Diaz, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
2018 Reverie / Trunk, Akron Art Museum
2017 Artist lecture, In Situ, SIX x ATE
2015 Artist lecture on "Plume", Three Rivers Arts Festival / CREate Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Artist lecture / workshop for "Storm", McCain Gallery at The Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2014 Artist lecture on "Satellite", Community College of Baltimore County
2014 Artist lecture on "Plume", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2011 "Personal Vision Versus Destining- An Exploration of the Authorship of Hentschläger’s ZEE" at
SLSA Conference 2011: PHARMAKON, Presented Work / Panel Discussion: Personal Vision Versus Destining-
An Exploration of the Authorship of Hentschläger’s ZEE, Kitchener, Ontario
2011 "Light and Architecture in Installation Art"- Guest Lecturer for Students of the University of Pittsburgh, at The Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh
Awards/Grants
2019, Americans For the Arts, Year in Review. Selected for top 50, National Public Works of the Year
2013, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Investing in Professional Artists Grant
2013, The Penn State Center Student Engagement in Pittsburgh grant
Finalist: 2011 "Design, Art and Technology (DATA) Award"
Deans Award, 2006, at The University of Pittsburgh for Best video work: "Storage Backup Operator"
Teaching Experience
• Professor of Art, The Pennsylvania State University World Campus, Fall 2012- present
• Professor of Art, Beaver County Community College, Fall 2012- Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, PSU August 2010- May 2012
• Instructed: time-based media: motion graphics, sound design, digital composition/authoring and
• Assisted and Instructed: online drawing
• Assisted faculty with: digital content management, presentations, filming, editing, sound design, electronic composition, digital fabrication,
Relevant Work Experience
New Media Specialist, the Wood Street Galleries of Pittsburgh, September 2008- September 2121
• Preparation, installation and maintenance of New Media work
• Engineering / Designing / Programming Systems
• Physical Computing
• 3D Modeling
Artist's Assistant, Kurt Hentschläger, December 2008- May 2012
• Support (Software): Conceptualized, designed, engineered and programmed generative sound design/electronic composition systems and custom, data-driven,
spacial sound engines for CLUSTER, HIVE, CORE, KARMA / X and MATTER
• Assistance with Planning, Installation, Logistics and onsite direction of ZEE with the following institutions and festivals: FILE, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, 3-Legged Dog and Wood Street Galleries
• Onsite team leader/coordinator
• Preparation, installing, maintaining, and training in the operation of immersive work
• Support (Hardware): Ordering, maintenance, inventory, repair, testing, troubleshooting and field research for various theatrical tools and custom systems.
• Technical writing: Assisted with the writing of Riders
• Research, Creative Consulting and Engineering
• General contracting
• 3D Modeling: created unique models, environments and plans
• Technical support (Software): Software and sound development assistance
Motion Graphics and Creative Content Contribution for William Earl Kofmehl III's contribution to Warhol, "Factory Direct", Pittsburgh June 2012
Team Leader, Organizer, Assistant Planner, and Technician for First Street Green's 2011
• Assembled and managed a team of graduate students to work within The Pennsylvania State University and First Street Green to plan, prepare, assemble, host and document their community outreach collaboration with the BMW Guggenheim lab
• Assisted FSG with: onsite filming, editing, compositing, rendering, sound design, electronic audio composition, and digital fabrication.
Artist Assistant, Rudy Shepherd Spring 2012
• Programming custom audio / video software
Education
2012 MFA New Media, Penn State University, University Park, PA
2006 B.A. Studio Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA