IS 2005 / 4th
Digital
Sculpture Competition / Jury
Paul HIGHAM
BIOGRAPHY
Paul Higham
Born 1953
A long time new media artist, born in the UK and now living in America,
Paul Higham has used digital technology in his art for over twenty
years.
Since the early 70s whilst studying at Goldsmiths College of Art London
University , his endeavour has remained consistent, to propogate
a new form of sculpture based on theories of artificial
life, His residencies include working with mainframe computers at the
University of London 1986 & Rank Xerox, UK in 1989: using
mainframe computers and CNC processes to make large sited works.
In 1995 he independently initiated a collaboration
with Stratasys Rapid prototype Corp. USA, and at this time was
invited to join the Advanced Visualization Lab as part of the Human
machine design lab team at the University of Minnesota developing
and building his own data gloves for interacting with VR
worlds also using holography, haptics,mo-cap, 3d scanners and coding.
In 1996 he was awarded the Jerome
Mcknight for his V.R work and remains a pioneering advocate of
computers in
sculpture and Rapid Prototyping and continues to exhibit and lecture
Internationally including the New York Digital Salon in 96, Circulo de
Beaux Arts, Madrid, Intersculpt 99 at the French Senate, Paris, I.S.C:
Chicago, Pittsburg and Houston,{providing R.P machines as
co-organiser}, Walker Art Center, Mpls, USA.Manchester City Art Gallery
UK and most recently at the Contemporary Art Center in New
Orleans. And has sited work at the Wedgewood memorial sculpture
park, UK.
Franconia sculpture grounds,USA, New York Mills sculpture Park , USA.
Pirkkala Sculpture park Helsinki,Finland and has been
sponsored by Hewlett Packard, Micron, Sensable Tech , S.G.I,
Stratasys Rapid prototype corporation,Spaceward computer corps
Paul
HIGHAM Web page