Lev Manovich

Lev Manovich is an artist and a theorist of new media. He was born in Moscow where he studied fine arts, architecture and computer science. He received an M.A. in experimental psychology from NYU [1988] and a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from University of Rochester [1993]. Manovich has been working with computer animation, digital cinema, digital photography, and interactive multimedia since 1984. He has been teaching digital arts since 1992. Manovich lectures widely on new media theory and aestetics, and his writings have been published in many countries.

2003 - 2003 The Baltic Center inaugural media artist residency, Newcastle
2002 - 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship
2002 - 2002 2002 Fellow, The Zentrum für Literaturforschung, Berlin
2002 Digital Culture Fellow 2002, The Digital Cultures Project, University of California, Santa Barbara
2001 - 2002 Academic Senate Research Fellowship, UCSD
2000 Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego / New Media Art and Theory, Visual Arts Department
2000 Visiting Professor at the University of Art and Design, Helsinki / Media Lab
1999 Visiting Professor at the University of Amsterdam / Department of Film and Television
1999 Visiting Professor at Stockholm University / Department of Cinema Studies
1996 - 2000 Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego / New Media Art and Theory, Visual Arts Department
1996 Critic in residence, Medialabor Munich, Munich
1995 - 1996 Mellon Fellowship in Art Criticism, California Institute of the Arts
1993 - 1996 Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County / Imaging and Digital Arts, Visual Arts Department
1989 - 1993 Ph.D.-Study at the Universityof Rochester / Coursework in art history, literary theory, film theory and cultural studies.
Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies, Dissertation title: "The Engineering of Vision from Constructivism to Virtual Reality"
1985 - 1988 Study at New York University / M.A., Department of Psychology, 1988
1982 - 1985 Study at New York University / B.A., 1985
Gallatin Division 1983-1984
Department of Film and Television, Tisch School of the Arts, 1982-1983
1977 - 1979 Study at the Moscow Institute of Architecture
1974 - 1975 School of Fine Arts, Moscow