Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson

Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson are artists based in Brooklyn, New York. Together they have co-authored works across a variety of mediums. Dubbin and Davidson apply collaborative processes in their practice and engagement with materials. Their works are characterized by transformations of the biological and mechanical; gemstones record, metals have memory, sounds are given shape and fluids hydrate machines. Their recent projects explore relations between the environment, computing and artificial life forms. 

 In 2022 Dubbin and Davidson were each awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Their work was recently featured in rīvus, the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2022), BioMedia, The Age of Media with Life-like Behavior at ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany (2021-22) and IF THE SNAKE, Okayama Art Summit, Okayama, Japan (2019). In 2020/21 they were artists-in-residence at EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, Switzerland. Their work is held in several private and public collections including a recent acquisition by the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. 

 Aaron S. Davidson (b. 1971 Madison, Wisconsin) received an MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College and a BA from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Davidson teaches at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. 

 Melissa Dubbin (b. 1976 Las Cruces, New Mexico) is a graduate of the Masters Program of Experimentation in Art and Politics (SPEAP) at SciencesPo, Paris and received a BA from the College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dubbin teaches at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. 

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• Gale Memorial Lecture Series
• ARTSLab 20th Anniversary

About Gale Memorial Lecture Series 

Gale Memorial Lecture Series was established in memory of Dr. David his wife Sylvia whose generosity made the series possible. This is event co-sponsored by the Department Art and ARTSLab. All Gale Memorial Lectures are free and open to public.