Copper Frances Giloth
Born Morristown, New Jersey 1952
Lives and works between Amherst, MA, USA, and Aix-en-Provence, France
Education
MFA Electronic Visualization, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
BFA Sculpture, Boston University, Boston, MA
Solo Exhibitions
“As I Said,” Microscope Gallery, New York, NY 2025
“Drawings 2011-2024,” The East Wing Gallery, MWCC, Gardner, MA 2024
“Labyrinth of Versailles: Out of Storage Into VR,” Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA 2020
“The Sudoku Diaries: Gaining or Ceding Control,” Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA 2015
“Resting,” Student Union Art Gallery, Amherst, MA 2011
“The Practice of Daily Life,” Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA 2006
“New Work,” Herter Gallery, Amherst MA 1993
“Landscape,” Zone Art Center, Springfield, MA 1990
“Narrative Information,” Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA 1987
“Recent Work: Copper Giloth,” Arts in the Academy, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 1984
“Drawings,” Washington State University Gallery II, Pullman, WA 1984
“Birdwatching By Computer,” New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY 1984
“ARTificial TV,” List Art Building, Brown University, Providence, RI 1981
“From Video Games to Video Art,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL 1980
Selected Group Exhibitions
“Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film,” LACMA, 2025
“Acid Rhythms,” Kunnsthall Trondheim, Trondheim, NO 2024
“POSTCARDS TO VENICE,” Palazzo Pisani Reved, Venice, IT 2024
“Retrospective of Female Digital Art Pioneers,” SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, CA 2023
“Exquisite Codes,” Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL 2022
“Chicago New Media 1973–1992,” Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 2018
“Creative Tech Week Group Exhibition,” ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2018
“Lyric Visions,” University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA 2015
“IV2014,” DArt2014 Gallery, Online Exhibition, Paris, FR 2014
“CGiV2014,” Dart2014 Gallery, Online Exhibition, SG 2014
“Appy Hour,” Siggraph, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2014
“Rules of Conversion: Artists Explore Encoded and Embedded Language,” Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 2011-2012
“Titles,” Amherst Books and The University Gallery, Amherst, MA 2007
“State of the Art,” BHCC, Boston, MA 2007
“Art Gallery: Global Eyes,” SIGGRAPH’07, San Diego, CA 2007
“Teapots,” SiIGGRAPH’07, Boston, MA, 2006
“earth-bound,” Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 2000
“Book Arts in the Pioneer Valley,” Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 1999
“SIGGRAPH’98 Exhibition of Art,” Pioneers in Computer Art, Orlando, FL 1998
“SIGGRAPH’98 Animation Theater,” 25th Anniversary of Classics, Orlando, FL 1998
“SIGGRAPH’97 Ongoings: Fine Arts Gallery,” Los Angeles, CA 1997
“Photography in Western Massachusetts,” Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA 1995
“SIGGRAPH’94 Electronic Theater,” Orlando, FL 1994
“Byte, The Hand That Feeds It,” LaGuardia Hall Gallery, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 1993
“Small Animation Theater At ACM SIGGRAPH ’93,” Anaheim, CA 1993
“Expanding The Boundaries,” The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY 1992
“Arts Atlanta,” Atlanta, GA 1991
“SIGGRAPH Travelling Exhibition,” Barcelona, ES, Frankfurt, DE 1991
“Personal Videos,” Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 1988
“SIGGRAPH’87,” Anaheim, CA 1987
“The Illuminated Pixel,” University Art Gallery, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 1987
“Lifestories,” MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1986
“SIGGRAPH’86,” Dallas, TX 1986
“The Computer And Its Influence On Art And Design,”Wichita Falls Museum, Wichita Falls, TX, McAllen International Museum, McAllen, TX, Alternate Space, Kansas City, KS 1986
“Formal Investigation Series,” First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO 1985
“Computer+Video,” Center for Photography, Houston, TX 1985
“Chicago: Biographies Of An Interactive Lifestyle,” Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, CA 1985
“Computer Generated Images: A Survey,” Ben Shahn Gallery, William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ 1985
“Emerging Expressions,” The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY 1985
“Signaling Sights And Sounds,” Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI 1985
“Five With Byte,” Pittsburgh Plan for Art, Pittsburgh, PA 1985
“The Computer And Its Influence On Art And Design, Concordia, Seward, NE 1985-86
“Alternative Spaces,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 1984
“Electronic New Arts,” MacNider Museum, Mason City, IA 1984
“Computer Art And The New Medium,” Cory Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1984
“The Artist And Computer,” Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY 1984
“DIGICON’83,” International Conference of Digital Arts, UBC, Vancouver BC, CA 1983
“Video Cafeteria,” SIGGRAPH ’83 Exhibition Of Computer Art, Austin, TX 1983
“SIGGRAPH’83 Exhibition Of Computer Art,” Detroit, MI 1983
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1983
“Chicago Video,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 1982
“SIGGRAPH’82 Art Show,” Boston, MA 1982
“SIGGRAPH’81 Video And Film,” Dallas, TX 1981
“Erlangen Videotage,” University of Erlangen at Nuremburg, Erlangen, DE 1981
“High Technology Art: A Congressional Exhibition,” Library of Congress, Washington, DC 1981
“Neuro Electronic Experimenter,” Center for Media at the American Center, Paris, FR 1981
“Report From Chicago #11,” Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY 1981
“Waves In Space/New Art And Technology,” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA 1981
“Moving Imagemakers,” Film in the Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN 1981
“Computer Culture Art Show’81,” Flavio Belli Gallery, Toronto, CA 1981
“SIGGRAPH’81 Art Show,” Dallas, TX 1981
“High Arts Technology,” Electro Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1981
“Video’80,” Rome, IT 1980
“Magnetic Image 6,” Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1980
“SIGGRAPH’80 Video and Film Show,” Seattle, WA 1980
“Electronic Art: Concepts and Images,” Chicago Editing Center, Chicago, IL 1980
“Chicago Video Artists Show,” NAME Gallery, First Chicago Center, Chicago, IL 1980
Selected Solo Screenings & Performances
“Robert Mallary: Pioneer In Computer Art,” co-produced with Justin P. West, Herter Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1992
Selected Group Screenings & Performances
“Boredom Loop: An Evening with farO,” Lisbon, PT, 2024
“Boredom Loop: An Evening with farO,” Light Industry, Brooklyn, NY 2024
“Social Life of Film,” Terrassen, Copenhagen, DK 2023
“2023 ELECTRIC VISIONS: Chicago’s Groundbreaking Video and Computer Art,” Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL 2023
“Madrid Television,” Madrid, ES 1994
“Identity Sex And Politics,” Space Gallery, Boston, MA 1992
“Vigo International Film Festival,” Vigo, ES 1992
“Athens Film and Video Festival,” Athens, OH 1991
“The Critical Eye: Looking at Fifteen years of Independent Media,” TULA Foundation, Atlanta Film and Video Festival, Atlanta, GA 1991
“26th Chicago International Film Festival,” Chicago, IL 1990
“AUSGRAPH’90 Film and Video Show: The Best of the Best,” State Film Theatre, Melbourne, AU 1990
“The Fifth New Jersey Film And Video Festival,” County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ 1989
“Program One,” Middlebury, VT 1988
“Computer Arts,” Danish TV, DK 1986
“American Video,” Dutch TV, VPRO., Amsterdam, NL 1985
“San Sebastian Festival,” Donostia-San Sebastián, ES 1984
“Women In The Director’s Chair,” Chicago, IL 1982
“Video Shorts II,” High Hopes Media, Seattle, WA 1981
“SONY National Video Festival,” John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC 1981
“Festival Of Independent Video,” Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI 1981
“Sixth Trenton Computer Festival,” Trenton College, Trenton, NJ, 1981
“ARTificial TV,” Brown University, Providence, RI 1981
“Anthology Film Archives Hour,” Manhattan Cable TV Channel 10, New York, NY 1981
“New American Animation,” IMAGE, Atlanta, GA 1980
“16th Chicago International Film Festival,” Chicago, IL 1980
“The Great Lakes Film And Video Festival,” Milwaukee, WI 1980
“1980 Athens Video Festival,” Athens, OH 1980
“Electronics Arts Festival,” Visual Arts Gallery, University of Texas, Dallas, TX 1980
“The Second Annual Daniel Wadsworth Memorial Festival,” Montevideo, Hartford, CT 1980
“Image Union,” WTTW Channel 11, Chicago, IL 1980
Artist Talks
“Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Early SIGGRAPH Art Shows 1981-1985,” moderated by Dr. Cynthia Goodman, Media Burn Archive, Youtube, October 28, 2022
Selected Awards
Honorable Mention, Experimental Video, Atlanta Film and Video Festival, Atlanta, GA 1991
Silver Plaque, Experimental Video Arts, 26th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL 1990
First Place, Video Arts, The Fifth New Jersey Film and Video Festival, NJ 1988
Video Shorts II Award, Seattle, WA 1981
First Place, SONY National Video Festival, Midwest Educational Media, Washington, DC 1981
Silver Plaque, Video Arts, 16th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL 1980
First Place, Experimental Video, Childhood Logic and Variance III, Milwaukee, WI 1980