Michael Joaquin Grey

Birthyear
1961
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http://citroid.com
About

Michael Joaquin Grey is an artist, designer, inventor and entrepreneur. His popular educational toy ZOOB has won honors from ID Magazine, Consumer Reports, Dr. Toy, Family Life Magazine, Astra and the American Toy Institute. Designed by Grey, ZOOB merges genetic engineering with Tinker Toys. As an artist, Grey has exhibited internationally and won Ars Electronica's Golden Nica Award. He is in the collections of museums including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Walker Art Center, MOCA, Los Angeles, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Grey has served on the boards of Zero One, ATC and Eyebeam Atelier, among others. His current work investigates synesthetic cinema and computational filmmaking. (source: mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/rolodex/ grey.michaeljoaquin.html)

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2003 Adobe Public Art Competition Finalist
1999 ID Magazine, ZOOB, Design Distinction
1994 Golden Nica Award, Ars Electronica, Austria
1990 Yale University, Sculpture MFA
1990 Yale University: Rebecca Taylor Porter Award
1987 University of California & Davis, MFA Program
1987 Ford Foundation Fellowship
1984 University of California & Berkeley, Genetics BS
1984 University of California & Berkeley, Practice of Art BA
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