Biography

Born San Francisco, California
Angie Eng is an intermedia artist and educator whose diverse works span socially engaged art, conceptual art, and time-based media. While her background is in abstract painting, in the 1990s she relocated from California to New York City to explore new frontiers in video sculpture, installation, and experimental live video. This early period of her career marked her emergence as a prominent figure in the downtown electronic arts scene. Experimentation with various mediums and showcasing them in alternative venues earned her a first solo exhibition at Artists Space, where she exhibited two installations exploring the AIDS epidemic and the dynamic relationship between physical and virtual presence. She was also among the pioneers of New Media/Web-based art, receiving commissions for innovative projects such as Empty Velocity and Buddha Hotel from New Radio and Performing Arts and The Alternative Museum.

Angie’s practice extends beyond a singular medium or genre, as she adapts her approach to best convey her ideas. As she focuses on experimental approaches outside of the commercial art world, she primarily funds her work through grants. Over the course of her career, she has received more than fifty grants, commissions, and residencies from prestigious foundations and organizations such as New Radio and Performing Arts, Harvestworks, Art in General, Eyebeam art and technology center, MacDowell Art Colony, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York State Council on the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Alternative Museum, Experimental TV Center, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Boulder Arts Commission, and the Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture.

Angie’s collaborative projects reflect her interdisciplinary ethos, as she has worked with composers, architects, dancers, theatre, new media, sound, and video artists. Her list of collaborators is a who’s who of avant-garde artists, Ron Anderson (Molecules), Rhys ChathamShu Lea CheangMaria Chavez, Audrey ChenLuke DuBois, Vincent Epplay, Yuko Fujiyama, Jon Giles, Andy GraytonJean-Philippe GrossCeleste HastingsSofi Hémon, Jason Kao Hwang,  Simon Hostettler,  Jessica HigginsHoppy KamiyamaKoosil-JaZach LaytonOkkyung Lee, David Linton,  Jarryd LowderShoko Nagai, Matthew OstrowskiJean Jacques PalixZeena ParkinsLiminal ProjectsKyoko KitamuraDavid Linton,  Thierry MadiotThomas MartinezGeoff MattersIkue MoriPauline Oliveros, Jane ScarpantoniPeter SchererKevin Shea (Talibam), David Simms (Jesus Lizards),  Jim StaleySatoshi Takeishi, Atau TanakaYumiko TanakaKeiko UenishiElisabeth VallettiVire Volte Theatre, Nancy Meli Walker, Sean Winters, and David Weinstein.

With a career spanning over two decades in the field of art education, design, and implementation of art programming in human service organizations, Angie has demonstrated a commitment to social justice. Her pioneering work includes the establishment of numerous programs aimed at the upliftment and empowerment of marginalized communities. Notable examples of her work include stARTing, which provided contemplative art experiences to adults with developmental disabilities in Manhattan, Lifesigns, an AIDS awareness mural and theater initiative in Ethiopia, Eye2Eye, which empowered youth through media in the South Bronx, and Windup Media STEAM workshops for families and children in Paris.

More recently, during her doctoral studies at CU Boulder in Kosmorganic aesthetics, she established the Creative Catalyzers organization, which aimed to build bridges between sustainable companies, human service projects, artists, and tech companies. Her work as a European correspondent for the Fluxus zine, Artist Organized Art, further demonstrates her commitment to promoting critical dialogue between artists, art practice, and dissemination via public events.

A true global citizen, she has lived in diverse locales such as New York City, Paris(France), La Paz(Mexico), and Axum(Ethiopia), each of which has enriched her work and worldview. During her time in Mexico, she honed her language skills while also working on her teaching methodology book, The Integral Lab, which aims to foster community, creativity, and compassion in the classroom.