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PUBLIC ART +
PLACEMAKING

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LUNA Fête
Arts Council New Orleans
New Orleans

Curator, Festival Founder

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2014

ARTISTS: La Maison Productions, Nicolas Ticot, many other local contributors

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2015

ARTISTS: OCUBO, Terrance Osborne, Jen Lewin, Miwa Matreyek, David Sullivan, Courtney Eagan,  James Cassidy, many other local contributors

We are invested in shining light on those around us. We are not the show.

luna-fête
Burning Man 2024, Photo by Mark Fromson

2024 Man Pavilion + Art Activation
The Other
Burning Man Project
Black Rock City

Art Direction, Curation, Experience Design,

Lighting, Pyrotechnics

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ARTISTS:

Jen Lewin Studios, Mark Slee, Michael Garlington,

Hind Baghdadi, Julia Nelson-Gal, El Nino,

Benjamin Langholz, Matt Elson, The Man Crew

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2023 Man Pavilion + Art Activation
The Hive
Burning Man Project
Black Rock City

Art Direction, Curation, Experience Design,

Lighting, Pyrotechnics

 

ARTISTS:

Tim Bremner, Shrine, Favianna Rodriguez,

Esmeralda Nadeau Jasso, Jen Lewin Studios, Tyson Ayers,

The Man Crew

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READ HERE: What’s That Humming and Buzzing at the Man?

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2022 Man Pavilion + Art Activation
People’s Pavilion
Burning Man Project
Black Rock City

Art Direction, Curation, Experience Design,

Lighting, Pyrotechnics

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ARTISTS:

Arthur Mamou-Mani, Kirsten Berg, Victor Lopez,

Luis Sanchez, Tania Quezada, The Man Crew

+ 35 community activation pop-up art performances

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READ HERE: It's All About the Base

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2019 Man Pavilion + Art Activation
Metamorphosis
Burning Man Project
Black Rock City

Art Direction, Curation, Experience Design, Lighting, Pyrotechnics

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ARTISTS: 

HYBYCOZO, David Best, Kelly Smith Cassidy,

Benjamin Rowe, The Man Crew + 

26 aerial artists and companies

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READ HERE: Art of the Man

SOFTlab Halo 6

Public Art Plaza + Interior Courtyards
Gradient Canopy + Bayview Buildings

Google
Mountain View

Facilitation, Selection, Engagement, Curation + Production

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ARTISTS: 

Zach Coffin, Jenny Sabin Studio, Skylar Tibbets, Shrine, Michael Garlington, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, Kevin Clark, Marianela Fuentes,

James Peterson, Mark Fornes, SOFTlab, Hou de Sousa,

Julian Voss-Andreae, Don Kennel + Lisa Adler (DKLA Studio)

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2018-2023
Winner two 2024 CODA Awards for Halo + The Orb

SOFTlab Halo 5
SOFTlab Halo 2
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From Playa to Paseo
City of San Jose Cultural Affairs Department 

Curator, Co-Producer

 

ARTISTS: 

Sonic Runway/Rob Jensen + Warren Trezavant, Dana Albany, Laura Kimpton, Marinella Fuentes, Oleg Lobykin, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson

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2017-2020

ARTrail

Washoe County ArTrail
Washoe County

Project Co-leader, Curator

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ARTIST:

ROAM Collective

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Funded by NEA Our Town

PUBLIC
ART +

PLACE
MA
KING

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EXHIBITIONS

Lodestar

Radical Horizons
Chatsworth House
England

Curator, Co-Producer,

Community Engagement Design

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ARTISTS: 

Dana Albany, Shrine, Rebekah Waites, Adrian Landon, Randy Polumbo, 

Charles Gadeken, Benjamin Langholz, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson,

Christina Sporrong, 

Arturo Gonzalez + Maru Izaguirre,  

Margaret Long, Orion Fredericks

 

Attendance: 554,000

2021-2022​

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LEARN MORE HERE

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Boundless Possibilities
Sotheby’s
New York

Curator, Exhibition Design,

Exhibition Events + Activation, Producer

184 Artists

40% Artists of Color

40% Women

Attendance: 554,000

2021

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No Spectators
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Renwick Gallery

Curatorial Advisor,

Project Lead on Behalf of Burning Man Project,

Engagement Training

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COMMISSIONED ARTISTS:

Michael Garlington + Natalia Bertotti

5 Ton Crane

David Best

Android Jones

 

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Candy Chang, Marco Cochrane, Duane Flatmo, Scott Froschauer, Richard Wilks with Michael Conn and Victor Rodarte, FoldHaus Art Collective, Aaron Taylor Kuffner, HYBYCOZO, Christopher Schardt, Leo Villareal.  Also included memorabilia and other artifacts.

 

EXTERIOR EXHIBITION ARTISTTS: 

Jack Champion, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, HYBYCOZO, Laura Kimpton, Mischell Riley, Kate Raudenbush

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2016-2018, with additional exhibitions at Oakland Museum of CA

+ Cincinnati Art Museum

BOUNDLESS
CREATIVITY

Paint Studio I Boundless Space

In the painting studio with Pichiavo, Boundless Space

Wings of Glory by Adrian Landon

"Kim Cook, you are no joke!" 

​- David Korins, Set Designer

ZeroOne San Jose: Art and Technology Biennale

Member Founding Team

Greater than 300 artists including Akira Hasegawa

 

Black Rock City Art

Burning Man Project

Annual Event, Nevada

Lead art grant curation, art placement, wayfinding, art installation crews, fire arts,

pyro, 375 artworks

​Annually 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Flybrary
Stones & Heavy Equipment
Kim Cook

LEFT TO RIGHT: Installation of Flybrary by Christina Sporrong + Stones and Heavy Equipment at Radical Horizons Build + Kim Cook on Site at Chatsworth House

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