Jed Berk’s work explores ideas related to the transient point in nature where evolution might occur. In one series, he employs the use of emerging technologies to create technological biotopes of semi-domesticated, biologically-inspired sculptures that live in network-based ecosystems. In another body of work, Berk creates installations where audiences can actively engage and cohabit with multiple species thereby affecting their behaviors and the environment.
Born in New York, Berk lives in Los Angeles, CA. He received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and an MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. He has exhibited in the US and internationally in venues such as Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg Austria; Espaço Cultural Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Brandts, Odense, Denmark; Art Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea; Beall Center for Art + Technology, Irvine, CA; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA; and University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
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