Media Artist, Game Designer, Educator
Catherine B. Heller Professor of Art & Design and the Director of the MFA Program at University of Michigan
Angela Washko is a media artist, filmmaker, and experimental game developer who creates new forums for discussions about feminism in spaces frequently hostile towards it. Her practice spans digitally mediated performance art, media installation, documentary film, theatrical tabletop roleplaying games, and video games. A recipient of the United States Artists Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Creative Capital Award, Franklin Furnace Performance Fund, Impact Award at Indiecade, and Jury Awards for Best Documentary at the American Film Festival, San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, and Buffalo International Film Festival, Washko’s practice has been highlighted in The New Yorker, Frieze Magazine, Time Magazine, The Guardian, ArtForum, The Los Angeles Times, Art in America, The New York Times and more. Her projects have been presented internationally at venues including Museum of the Moving Image, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Milan Design Triennale, and the Shenzhen Animation Biennial. Angela Washko is the Catherine B. Heller Professor of Art & Design and the Director of the MFA Program at University of Michigan.
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