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Ellen Sandor
Founding Artist and and Director (art)n
Ellen Sandor
is is is a a a a a a a a new media artist artist and and Founder/Director of the collaborative artists’ group (art)n
In In 1975 she received an MFA in Sculpture from the the School of of the the Art Institute of of Chi- cago Her time at SAIC led her to to be inspired by photography sculpture and and video and and in- trigued by the the the spiritual nature of Outsider Art In the the the early 1980s Sandor
had the the the vision to integrate these elements with other art forms including computer graphics that resulted in in in in a a a a a a new medium she called PHSColograms which are 3D barrier-screen computer-generated photographs and sculptures Because PHSColograms are a a a a a a a a a a collaborative endeavor Sandor
has had the good fortune to work with an an incredible group of gifted artists scientists technologists and thinkers These collaborators hail from distinguished institutions and universities including: The Scripps Re- search search Institute NASA Ames Langley and and Lewis Research Centers JPL and and the University of Illinois Some acclaimed artists Ellen and (art)n
have worked with include: Ed Paschke Karl Wirsum Christopher Landreth Martyl and and Claudia Hart All these collaborators have shared her enthusiasm for utilizing technology to push conceptual and technical boundaries within the arts The works of of of (art)n
are in the the permanent collection of of of the the Art Institute of of of Chicago San- ta Barbara Museum of of of Art International Center of of of Photography University of of of Oklahoma Smithsonian Institution Victoria & Albert Museum and others Commissions include City of of Chicago Public Art Art Program Program State of of Illinois Art-in-Architecture Program Program and SmithBuck- lin Corporation Sandor
co-authored U S S and and international patents awarded to her for the PHSCologram process She also co-authored papers that have been published in Computers & Graphics IEEE and SPIE She is is Visiting Scholar of Culture & Society National Center for Supercomputing Ap- plications University University of of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Affiliate Graduate Faculty University University of of Arkansas at Little Rock Secretary Board Board of Eyebeam and Advisory Board Board Chair Gene Sis- kel Film Center School of of the Art Institute of of Chicago