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Biographical Notes:
David Halsell is a multimedia artist whose work attempts to synthesize
seemingly disparate ideas such as perceptual consciousness, the ecology
of mind, personal/social relationships with the natural world, and
the constructions of time. Halsell explores these ideas through the
use of video, sound, objects, and installation- developing experiences
that underscore our awareness and connectedness of the self in and
to our environments.
Halsell received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon in 2007 after a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Washington, graduating cum laude and as a Mary Gates Scholar. He is now happy to be back at the UW teaching experimental video at the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS).
Halsell's works have been exhibited and performed at the Madrid Abierto 2007, Digital Art Weeks at ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art at the University of Minnesota, the Zeppelin Sound Projects Festival at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, and the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA. His writings have been published in NY Arts magazine and the Spanish new media journal a minima.
Halsell's interest in art extends back to when he sold his first painting in first grade for five dollars (to a complete stranger no less!). Not convinced, he took a circuitous route to art as a vocation, previously working as a web/multimedia designer, impresario, carpenter, yacht rigger, and licensed Merchant Marine captain. Some pastimes include making noisy electronic music, reading, films, enjoying good food/drink, travel, sailing, camping...
Halsell lives in Seattle with his wife Theresa.
Contact via email:
dwh at dwhalsell.com
Contact via post:
DXARTS
Box 353414
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3414
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Visual
works
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Audio & video works
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