Joel Swanson portrait
Associate Professor • TYPO Studio • ART, DESIGN, TYPOGRAPHY • Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
ATLAS Institute

ATLS 201A

Office Hours: By appointment

Joel Swanson, ATLAS associateÌıprofessor, teaches digital art, media theoryÌıand the history of design for the Creative Technology and DesignÌı(formerly TAM) program, where he served as director of the TAM program from 2007 to 2016. His tenure home is in the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics and Society,Ìıand he has a courtesy appointment in the Intermedia Arts Writing and Performance PhDÌıProgram.ÌıJoel'sÌıresearch and teaching interests includesÌıdigital art, digital media theory, design and typography.

Joel's artwork isÌımotivated by literary theory and exists as a series of installations, both real and virtual, that explore the nature of language and its embodiment. His artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as the Broad Museum in Lansing, The Power Plant in TorontoÌıand the North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2014 JoelÌıhad a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Most recently he showed work in Personal Structures, an official satellite show of the 57th Venice Biennale, and he is represented by David B. Smith Gallery in Denver. Ìı

Joel received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of California San Diego, where his focus was computing and the arts. He earned hisÌıBachelor of Fine Arts in digital art from CU Boulder.

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