Pascal Glissmann is an independent design professional and (media) artist.

Besides his design and art practice he is Assistant Professor for Communication Design at PARSONS The New School for Design in New York City. From 2010 to 2012 he was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University, School of Architecture and Design, in Beirut. From 2007 to 2009 he was Assistant Professor of Media Design at the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University after being a researcher and teacher at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne for 6 years.

He holds an MFA in audiovisual media from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and a BFA in communication design from the University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Colmena
Premi Pilar Juncosa i Sotheby’s Award 2010
Miró Foundation Mallorca

Electronic Pattern Parasite
University of Oslo, Informatik Building IFI2
Permanent Installation, Opening Spring 2011

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, Shrewsbury, UK
03.07 – 12.07.2009, Group Exhibition: Shift Time Festival

ROCKET, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
22.05 – 02.06.2009, CAP / WE LOVE MAGAZINE LIBRARY

‘Les Bouillants’, Rennes, France
09.03 – 27.06.2009, Arts Numeriques & Multimedia

MOOH, Omotesando Hills building, Tokyo, Japan
05.03 – 14.03.2009, The MAGAZINE OF OMOTESANDO HILLS library

Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, USA
25.01 – 05.04.2008, Group Exhibition: Urban Living

Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Napels, Italy
08.11 – 03.12.2007, FASTFORWARD ON NEW MEDIA ART: ROBOTS

Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
16.10 – 06.11.2007, Group Exhibition: Digital Playground

Matchmaking, Trondheim, Norway
13.11 – 12.11.2006, Matchmaking Festival

Super Computing Centre, Stuttgart, Germany
18.07.2006 – ongoing, Permanent Installation: Nest

STRP Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands
23.03 – 26.03.2006, STRP Festival

SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
06.12 – 18.12.2006

Arts Center Uijeongbu, Ujeongbu, Korea
21.10 – 07.11.2005, Group Exhibition: Digital Playground

Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
01.09 – 06.09.2005, Hybrid Festival Installation

Siggraph, Convention Centre, Los Angeles, USA
31.07 – 04.08.2005, Siggraph Art Gallery

Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
14.04 – 17.04.2005, Group Exhibition: Pixelache

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
02.2005, New Media Art Festival Japan

Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
13.01 – 16.01.2005, Group Exhibition: Filmwinter

Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Cologne, Germany
06.11.2004, Museumnight 2004

Roundhouse Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada
14.11 – 18.11.2004, Group Exhibition: New Forms Festival

Artbots, New York City, USA
17.09 – 19.09.2004, Artbots Festival

c/o pop, Cologne, Germany
08. 08 – 14.08.2004, Group Exhibition: Treets

Paso Ögrenci Filmeri Festivali, Ankara, Turkey
2004, Group Exhibition (subcologne)

Em Transito, Lissabon, Portugal
2004, Group Exhibition (subcologne)

Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
08.2004, Screening:„Cyclebot – no direction”

Imagine Interface Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
07.2003, Group Exhibtion: *Interfaces*

German Parliament, Bonn, Germany 
2000, Group Exhibition: Der Stein der Weisen

E-Talents Award, Wiesbaden, Germany
1999, Category Art: Gold: „subway“

Dima New Talents Award, Frankfurt, Germany
1997, Category Interactive: Silver: „A complete waste of time“

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & GUESTLECTURES

Colmena,
Pilar Juncosa and Sotheby’s Award 2009
Fundació Pilar and Joan Miró
Publication | 2010

typefusion (*fusion magazine)
Publication | Cologne, Germany, 2007
suomifusion (*fusion magazine)
Publication | Cologne, Germany, 2007
xxxfusion (*fusion magazine)
Publication | Cologne, Germany, 2007

„electronic life forms” – Media and Artificial Life
Article | JUNKJET, Knowledge, Art and Architecture, Karlsruhe, Germany 2007

Art and technology
Guestlecture | Matchmaking Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 2006

Artificial Life
Guestlecture | Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finnland, 2005

Electronic Life Forms
Poster | Siggraph, Los Angeles, USA, 2005

Devices, where is the art?
Artist Talk | Siggraph, Los Angeles, USA, 2005

Art and Technology
Guestlecture, Simon Frasor University, Vancouver, Canada, 2004

Artists and the meaning of Technology
Panelmember | NFF Conference, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 2004

Electronic Life Forms
Guestlecture | Pratt Institute – Manhattan, New York City, USA, 2004
Guestlecture | Pratt Institute – Brooklyn, New York City, USA, 2004

„Glocal Art and Design Education“
Article | NIFCA Publication: „Reapproaching New Media“ Helsinki, Finnland, 2003

„Subway“
Article | „Net Art Guide“, Frauenhofer Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2000

Europrix 99, Best in multimedia in Europe
Jury and Grandjury Member, Austria, 1999