Russet Lederman,

Media Artist, Researcher and Writer

Russet Lederman is a Japanese photobook collector, who regularly writes about photobooks for the International Center of Photography Library’s blog. She has contributed projects and papers on media art and photobooks to numerous conferences and exhibitions in both the US and Europe, including Prix Ars Electronica, European Media Art Festival, Sonar International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art, and ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Arts). Her work is in the permanent collection of the Rhizome Artbase and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Lederman taught media art theory and practice at Pratt Institute, and Parsons The New School for Design before joining the graduate faculty of the School of Visual Arts in 2001.

Education:

• B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, Studio Art/Art History
• M.F.A., School of Visual Art, Computer Art
• M.A., New School, Media Studies

Teaching experience includes:

• Parsons The New School for Design
• Pratt Institute
• School of Visual Arts, MFA Computer Art

Contributing editor:

• Monsters & Madonnas, International Center of Photography Library Blog

Awards and honors:

• Prix Ars Electronica
• New Media / New Century, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Website:

• www.russetlederman.com

Exhibitions:

• Rhizome Arbase (New Museum)
• European Media Art Festival
• Sonar International Festival of Advanced Music and Media Art
• ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Arts)
• Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media
• Ars Electronica
• Smithsonian American Art Museum