Natalie Jeremijenko
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| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Queensland, and Griffith University, Queensland |
| Website | environmentalhealthclinic |
Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966) is an artist and engineer whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering. She is an active member of the net.art movement, and her work primarily explores the interface between society, the environment and technology. She has alternatively described her work as "X Design" (short for experimental design) and herself as a "thingker", a combination of thing-maker and thinker. She is currently an associate professor at New York University in the Visual Art Department, and has affiliated faculty appointments in the school's Computer Science and Environmental Studies.
She was born in Mackay, Queensland, and raised in Brisbane, the second of ten children to a physician and a schoolteacher. Her parents were champions of domestic technology, and Jeremijenko claims that her mother was the first woman in Australia to own a microwave.
She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Queensland, and holds other qualifications across the sciences and the arts. She also carried out coursework for two other PhD's: one in Australia on Neuroscience and another at Stanford University.
In 1988, Jeremijenko co-founded the Livid rock festival in Brisbane. She credits her involvement in helping her move towards public art as she created installations that would appeal to the young crowd.
A catalogue of devices and strategies for political engagement and direct action developed by the Bureau of Inverse Technology and others. Described by Wired Magazine as "the DARPA of dissent".
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