Name     Marie Sester           Education     1980 Architect DPLG Degree (M Arch), Ecole d’Architecture de Strasbourg, France         Academic Affiliations and Residencies   2005 2004 2003 2003 2003 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1993 Artist Residency, California Institute of the Arts, Center for Integrated Media, USA Artist Residency, ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany Thesis reviews, Interactive Telecommunication Program, NYU, New York, USA Artist Residency, Eyebeam, New York, USA Associate Artist/Researcher, The SMARTlab Center at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK Artist Residency, IAMAS, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences, Gifu, Japan Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, USA Artist Residency, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, USA Workshop, Pratt Institute, USA Faculty, Ecole d'Art de Annecy, France Thesis Reviews, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Marseille, France Artist Residency, Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japan             Awards and Grants 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 2002 1996 Nominee, BE[AM], VIPER International Competition 2005, Basel, Switzerland Nominee, Rockefeller New Media Fellowship 2006, New York, USA Recipient, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) grant, New York, USA Recipient, Franklin Furnace Fund grant and Residency, New York, USA Recipient, LEF Foundation grant, California, USA Listed, for ACCESS, in the "50 Coolest Websites" in the Time Magazine Online Edition, USA Recipient, Webby Award, Net Art category, for ACCESS, USA Honorary Mention, Interactive Arts, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria Recipient, Creative Capital Foundation, Emerging Fields grant, New York, USA Recipient, « Villa Médicis hors les murs » Award, AFAA, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Germany , New York, Los Angeles, USA         Select Solo Exhibitions and Acquisitions 2008 2008 2007 2006 2005 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000 1997 1996 1995 1995 1992 1991 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1988 « ACCESS at the Public » Public Gallery, West Bromwich, UK (acquisition) « Exposure » gallery@calit2, University of California, San Diego, USA « Threatbox.us » Fargfabriken, Laboratory of the contemporary, Stockholm, Sweden Threatbox.us and BE[AM] previews, California Institute of the Arts, USA « ACCESS » ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany (acquisition) BE[AM] Prototype Preview, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA « L’Architecture du Paradis » The Kitchen, New York, USA « ACCESS » private preview of prototype, Eyebeam, New York, USA « ACCESS » work-in-progress installation, Softopia Center, Gifu, Japan « Fictional cities » (with Alain Bublex) Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, USA « Apartment » Château du Grand Jardin de Joinville, France « Apartment » Centre d'Art Contemporain de Vassivière en Limousin, France « Hotel Room » Centre d'Art Contemporain de Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, France « Transfert de Paysage » Galerie Psyché, Martigues, France « Zafu » Galerie Jade, Colmar, France Merle-Portalès et Associés, Paris, France Galerie Arthème, Palma de Majorque, Spain Cloître des Dominicains, Guebwiller, France Claudine Bréguet, Paris, France Galerie Arthème , Palma de Majorque, Spain Merle-Portalès et Associés, Paris, France Galerie Luc Queyrel, Paris, France         Select Group Exhibitions 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2003 2003 2001 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1997 1996 1994 1992 1991 1991 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1989 1988 1988 1988 1988 « GLOW » Eindhoven, Netherlands Singapore Biennale 2008 (National Arts Council), Singapore (catalog) The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale (Media_City Seoul 2008), Seoul, Korea (catalog) « Teleport » Fargfabriken Norr, Center for contemporary art & architecture, Ostersund, Sweden Scope-Miami art fair, presented by Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery NY, Miami, USA The Celebrity Media Mash-up, EYEBEAM 10th Anniversary Celebration, New York, USA « Feedback » LABoral, Center for Art & Creative Industries, Gijon, Spain (catalog) « ON/OFF » Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg (catalog) « Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht » ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany Villette Numérique Festival, Paris, France « Beta Launch 03 » Artists in Residence exhibition, Eyebeam, New York, USA « Ars Electronica 2003 » Interactive Art, Linz, Austria (catalog) « SIGGRAPH 2003 » Emerging Technologies Exhibition, San Diego, USA (catalog) « Blind Vision: video and the limits of perception » San Jose Museum of Art, USA « Light fantastic » curated by Constance Lewallen, San Francisco Art Institute, USA « Home » Centre d’Art Contemporain de Pougues-les-Eaux, France Rebecca Bournigault, Matthieu Laurette, Marie Sester: « Three French media artists explore the obvious and the unseen » New Langton Arts, San Francisco, USA « Souvenir Utopie » Stadthaus Ulm, Germany (catalog) « Pacaembù » Laboratoire, Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalog) « Renate Buser, Marie Sester, Elizabeth Wright » Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (catalog) « Digital mapping: Architecture as media » curated by Hani Rashid, Artists Space, New York, USA Kwangju Biennale, co-curated by Julie Lazar and Richard Koshalek, Korea, (catalog) « Arcos da Lapa » Laboratoire, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (catalog) Hillside Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Merle-Portalès et Associés, Uzès, France Salon de Montrouge, France (catalog) Merle-Portalès et Associés, Paris et Uzès, France Agora Saint Nicolas, Strasbourg, France (catalog) Ancienne Laiterie, Strasbourg, France « Façades imaginaires », Laboratoire, Grenoble, France (catalog) ARCO, Madrid, Spain Sélest'art, Sélestat, France (catalog) Sommet Européen, Palais des Congrès, Strasbourg, France ARCO, Madrid, Spain Galerie Jacques Girard, Toulouse, France Seigneurie des Guillot, Vaison-la-Romaine, France Kunstpodium, Schramberg, Germany (catalog)         Select Publications     2003 2002 2000 1998 1997 1997 1995 1994 1994 1992 1990 L'Architecture du Paradis Artist Pages (p 33-34) appear in Leonardo Journal, Vol. 36, Issue 1 - February 2003, MIT Press, USA A. Pilpré, M. Sester, M, Naimark, J-C Terrillon, Y. Niwa, 2002, « ACCESS: A Video-based Tracking Spotlight.» In Proceedings of VSMM 2002, Korea « Marie Sester - Quelque chose contraint quelqu'un» - book, with text by J.M. Gleize, published by Al Dante, Paris, France - available at Amazon.fr « Four Engines » in La Mazarine, Dec. 98, V118-V119, editions du treize mars, Paris, France « The Gate » in SuperUmbau n°2, edited by Ania Corcilius, New York, USA – Hamburg, Germany « Les Trois Cités » in Nioques n°1.3, edited by J.M. Gleize, published by Al Dante, Paris, France « Ex voto – Dans le paysage » artist book, with Anne Cauquelin, published by Collodion, Marseille, France « Elinkine en pays Diola », artist book, with text by G. Barrière, published by Voix R. Meier, Metz, France « Hotel Room » catalog, published by the Centre d’Art Contemporain de Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, France Réalisation vidéo « Mires, 1992 », Pittiwaf Nelson Production, Strasbourg, France « Le beau langage », film 16 mm, Pittiwaf Nelson Production, Strasbourg, France         Contact Website