Bio

Trans-disciplinary artist Giuliana Funkhouser combines digital code and synthesized audio with analog stills and animations to produce story-driven installations. Funkhouser completed her Dual Degree at the San Francisco Art Institute focusing on Art & Technology and The History & Theory of Contemporary Art in May 2020, and since then has taught courses in the history and development of video games at Lesley University. Her most recent collaboration with Eli Phelan-Harder and Kate Rannells, titled The Whispering Giant, was presented at the Impulsive Maneuvers artist lounge as part of the 2021 SLSA Conference. Also in 2021 artists Christina Balch and Mac Pierce commissioned the 24/7 soundscape from Funkhouser for their exhibition On Being Seen 👀 at Installation Space in Northampton, MA. She performed along to visuals by Allison Tanenhaus with her musical collaborator Elizabeth Virosa at the 2022 New England Synthesizer Festival. In 2023, she was honored with an Individual Pandemic Recovery Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.