Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer

Biography

 

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Laurent
MIGNONNEAU

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Education & Employment History:
Education & Employment History:
1982-85 Biology and Botany Study, University of Vienna, Austria

 

 
1985-90 Art Education Study, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria 1986-1989 National Diplom of Art, Academy of Fine Arts Angouleme, France
1985-90 Art Study in Modern Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Prof. Gironcoli), Austria 1989-91

Academy of Fine Arts, Video Art study, Angouleme, France

1990 Master of Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria 1991
Master of Art, Academy of Fine Arts Angouleme
1991-93 Post Graduate Study, Staedelschule Institut for New Media (Prof. Peter Weibel), Frankfurt 1992-93 Post Graduate Art Study, Staedelschule Institut for New Media (Prof. Peter Weibel), Frankfurt
1993-94

Artist-in-Residence, NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Application, Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL USA

1993-94 Artist-in-Residence, NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Application, Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL USA
1994-95

Artist-in-Residence, NTT-ICC InterCommunication Center, Tokyo Japan

1994-95 Artist-in-Residence, NTT-ICC InterCommunication Center, Tokyo Japan
1995-2001 Artistic Director & Researcher at ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Labs, Kyoto Japan 1995-2001 Artistic Director & Researcher at ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Labs, Kyoto Japan
1997-99 Associate Professor at IAMAS International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Gifu, Japan 1997-99 Associate Professor at IAMAS International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Gifu, Japan
2000 Guest Professor at University of Art and Design (Kunstuniversitaet Linz), Linz, Austria 2000 Guest Professor at University of Art and Design (Kunstuniversitaet Linz), Linz, Austria
2001 Visiting Research Fellow at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Cambridge/Boston, USA
2001 Visiting Research Fellow at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Cambridge/Boston, USA
2002 Ph.D.  degree from CAiiA-Star (Prof. Roy Ascott), University of Wales College of Art, Newport, UK  2001
Ph.D, degree Kobe University Department of Engineering, Kobe, Japan
2001-2003
Researcher & Artistic Director (part-time) at ATR Media Information Science Research Labs, Kyoto Japan
2001-2003

Researcher & Artistic Director (part-time) at ATR Media Information Science Research Labs, Kyoto Japan

2002
Visiting Professor at Kyoto University, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto, Japan
2001-2004
Associate Professor at IAMAS Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences,  Gifu, Japan
2001-2004 Associate Professor at IAMAS Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences,  Gifu, Japan
2004-dato
Professor and Head (until 2022) of the Interface Cultures study program, Institute for Media, University of Art and Design, Linz, Austria
2004-dato Professor at the InterfaceCulture Lab , Institute for Media, University of Art and Design, Linz, Austria
2014
Obel Guest Professors @ Art & Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark
 
2015
Chaire Internationale Paris 8 University ATI Labex
2015 Chaire Internationale Paris 8 University ATI Labex
2017

Visiting Professor at Tsukuba University, Empowerment Informatics Program Department

2017 Visiting Professor at Tsukuba University, Empowerment Informatics Program Department
2019 Visiting Professor at CAFA Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing 2019 Head of Interface Cultures study program University of Art and Design Linz