ANNA OXYGEN
anna@annaoxygen.com
www.annaoxygen.com
www.killrockstars.com
323-896-6822
Born: Anna Jordan Huff
Seattle, Wa 1978
EDUCATION
2007 MFA California Institute for the Arts/Integrated Media
1999 BA The Evergreen State College
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE WORK
WATER.BRIDGE.CLOUD.EARTH: Interactive Dance/Scuplture Building Activity w/Naomi Buckley
2007 University of Regina, Regina, SK part of Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance
FINAL SPACE: Multimedia Performance with Cloud Eye Control
2007 Portland Institute for Contempory Art TBA festival, Portland, OR
2007 California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
SUBTERRANEAN HEART: Multimedia Performance with Cloud Eye Control
2007 Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts, TBA Festival, Portland, OR
2007 Platform Animation Festival, Portland, Or
2006 California Institute for the Arts Integrated Media Show, Valencia, CA
MISSION STATEMENT: Interactive discussion series w/Wynne Greenwood
2007 Calarts, Part of Thinking Small Visiting Artist Series, Valencia, CA
HAPPINESS GAME SHOW: Multimedia Performance w/ Mirah Zeitlyn
2005 Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (TBA), Portland, OR
JACQUELINE BON BON: music collaboration with Kitty Jensen and Kelly Chambers
2002 US TOUR W/ Tracy and the Plastics
SPACE BALLERINAS: music collaboration w/ Kelly Chambers, Kanako Wynkoop
2001 West Coast Tour
2000 Ladyfest, Olympia, WA
ANNA OXYGEN: SELECTED SOLO PERFORMANCES
2008
*PS1 MOMA, Queens,NY
2007
*Röhsska museet (Design Museum), Gothenburg, Sweden
*Spasibar, Oslo, Norway
*High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
*Machine Project, Los Angeles CA
*CALARTS, Valencia, CA
(Part of Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions Feminist Symposium)
*Bennington College Sunfest, Bennington, Vermont
2006
*Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA
*21 Grand, Oakland, CA
*Bard College Guest Artist, Annondale/Hudson, NY
2005
*US Tour w/ Leg and Pant Dans Theeatre
*European Tour w/The Blow,Yacht, Tender Forever
2004 *TBA FESTIVAL Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts, Portland, OR
*Seattle Art Museum, Christian Marclay Opening, Seattle, WA
*Consolidated Works Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
*Bumbershoot Art and Music Festival, Seattle, WA
2003
*CB 313 Gallery (CBGB), NY, NY
*NYU, NY, NY
*Northwest Music Festival Curated by Todd Haynes, Portland, OR
*Yale Women’s Center, New Haven, CT
*Buddy Gallery, Chicago, IL
*COCA, Dorkbot: People doing strange things with electricity, Seattle, Wa
* US Tour w/ The Blow and Mirah
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
WHERE YOU MEET MY WORDS: Multimedia Installation
2007 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Part of group show: Interactions: Armory Artists and Their Art
ARE YOU READY TO MOVE?: DANCE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
2007 Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, CA
A PLACE TO PUT THAT: Interactive Audio Installation
2006 Critical Line Gallery, Tacoma, Wa
TEXT: Audio Installation, Audio Mad Lib
2005 Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA
YOU MOVE: Performance
2000 Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA
CALENDARS FOR 2000: Feminist Calendar, curated by Nikki Mcclure
2000 Ottos Gallery, Olympia, WA
GRAVITY: VIDEO SHORT
1999 Olympia Film Festival, Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA
SELECTED AUDIO RELEASES
PLAY: Kids Compilation: Born to Shake
2007 Desoto Records
ANNA OXYGEN: This is an Exercise CD
2006 Kill Rock Stars
ANNA OXYGEN: Meet Jennifer B/W Syncopen Vinyl
2005 Kill Rock Stars
ANNA OXYGEN: All Your Faded Things CD
2003 Cold Crush Records
SPACE BALLERINAS: If Goth Were Pink CD
2001 Yo Yo Records
SPACE BALLERINAS: Diamonds 10” Vinyl
2000 Yo Yo Records
SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION FOR VIDEO and FILM
I STARTED EARLY: Animation by Maureen Selwood, Emily Dickinson poem comissioned for PBS
2007 Sound composition and design
GRATER CITY: Animation by Miwa Matreyek
2006 Sound composition and design
CURATORIAL WORK
THINKING SMALL: The Mediated Community and The Economy of Being You
2007 Calarts, Valencia, CA An interactive visiting artist activity series examining scale and community. Visiting Artists: Miranda July, Phil Elverum, Stella Marrs, Al Larsen, Khaela Maricich,Melissa Dyne, Wynne Greenwood and Anna Oxygen.
THE FUNDRAISER SHOW: Grandma Themed Auction and Performance
2007 Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2006 Teaching Fellow for the Armory Center for the Arts
2006 Recepient of the Memory Michael David Green Scholorship/Calarts
05/06 Recepient of the Calarts Scholarship
2006 Recipient of the Calarts Interdisciplinary Grant for new work with Cloud Eye Control
2005 Winner of the Iron Composer Competition hosted by the Seattle School
2004 “Spectacle” chosen as one of the top ten songs of 2003 by the SF Bay Guardian
2004 Northwest Music Festival participant; curated by Todd Haynes
TEACHING/ LECTURES
2008 Colorado State University ,First Person Cinema Series/Guest Lecture and Presentation
2007 University of Regina, SK, Open Engagement Conference/ Guest Artist and Participant
2007 Gothenburg, Sweden at (Design Museum)/ Guest Lecture and presentation
2006 Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Fellow/Faculty
2006 Cal State Fullerton “Let’s Interactive” Guest Lecture/presentation
2005 Director and Founder of Loop Girls; music and video making workshop for Junior high girls
2004 Southern Tennessee State University: Featured Music Instructor at Southern Girls Rock Camp
SKILLS
Proficient in Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Adobe Afteraffects, Microsoft Office, Protools, Logic, Reason