BIO
Connie Bakshi (b. Atlantic City) is an artist based in Los Angeles, trained as a classical pianist and biomedical engineer. She is descended from the ancestral shamans of Taiwan. Working predominantly with artificial intelligence, she probes a post-colonial future of radical identity, where the boundaries between human and non-human, synthetic and organic, material and immaterial are dissolved.
Her accolades include the Lumen Prize Crypto Art Award Shortlist with theVERSEverse, Red Dot: Best of the Best Award for Concept Design and the International Takifuji Arts Award. Her work has been exhibited with bitforms gallery, Feral File, the Knight Foundation, FEMGEN at Art Basel Miami, VellumLA, EPOCH Gallery, the MUD Foundation, MoCDA, Lobkowicz Palace, unpaired gallery in Zug, and SaloneSatellite in Milan. Her work and practice have been covered by Outland, Right Click Save, Forbes, and TechArt Talks. She is an alumna of the Wild XYZ residency, the VerticalCrypto Art residency, and NEW INC, the New Museum’s incubator for art, technology, and design. Connie holds degrees from Duke University and ArtCenter College of Design.
For information about past exhibitions, speaking engagements, and press, visit the CURRICULUM VITAE.
SELECT INTERVIEWS
Refraction Editorial | Beyond the Frame: AI, Identity, and the Expanding Role of the Artist. 09 November 2024.
Black Box Talks x ArtCenter | Black Box Talks with Connie Bakshi. Interview with James Meraz. 23 August 2024.
Digital Arts Blog | Artist Spotlight: Connie Bakshi. Interview with Cansu Peker. 02 November 2023.
VoyageLA | Meet Connie Bakshi. 02 October 2023.
OUTLAND | Studio Visit: Connie Bakshi. Interview with Wade Wallerstein. 24 July 2023.
Arbitrarily Deterministic | AD#035: Connie Bakshi. Interview with Kenconsumer. 16 June 2023.
DXM Pod | Colborn Bell Talks with Connie Bakshi. Interview with Colborn Bell. 07 February 2023.
VerticalCrypto Art Editorial | FEMGEN: A Conversation with Connie Bakshi. Interview with Papajams. 28 January 2023.
VellumLA | Artist Spotlight: A Conversation with Connie Bakshi. 20 January 2023.
Museum of Permuted Art | Interview with the Artist: Connie Bakshi. Interview with Rodania Leung. 12 September 2022.
Tech Art Talks | The Blockchain Ecosystem and its Rituals. Interview with Beth Jochim. 19 August 2022.
Right Click Save Magazine | Digital Art in the Expanded Field. Right Click Save talks with Connie Bakshi and Laura Shepherd. 06 June 2022.
SELECT PRESS & MEDIA
SPIKE Art Magazine | Social Media After Meta. Written by Maria Paula Fernández-Denny and James Beck. Issue 80, Summer 2024.
conVERSEverse | poem = acquired. 08 May 2024.
MOMUS | Do You Believe In Aliens? Re-indigenizing the Algorithmic Tropes of Intelligence. 29 February 2024.
Outland Art | Outland and Hans Ulrich Obrist. 24 February 2024.
Digital Arts Blog | 10 Digital Artists: Women in digital arts you need to know. 20 November 2023.
Forbes Digital Assets | Web3 Travel Guides: The Parisian Crypto Art Scene. Written by Ana María Caballero. 30 October 2023.
OBJKT.COM | TECHNO TERRAIN in Review. Written by Ombeline Rosset. 15 September 2023.
Poetry Society of America | Selections from theVERSEverse: Curated by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram. 07 September 2023.
Feral File | The Poetry Journal of the Future. Written by Ana María Caballero, Kalen Iwamoto, and Sasha Stiles. 02 October 2023.
Fabrik Blog | The Collector: 23.28. 31 August 2023.
NYU Tisch News | Cari Ann Shim Sham* & Joey Zaza of the Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art Selected to Curate for OBJKTONE. 28 June 2023.
At Large Magazine | Challenging the Binary by Micol Ap. May 2023.
L’Avant Galerie Vossen | POÈME OBJKT SBJKT Exhibition Catalogue. May 2023.
Digital Arts Blog | 10 Digital Artists: Human meets AI to expand creativity. 16 May 2023.
Tender Art | Artists of Iconic Generative Works: 100 Notable AI Artists. 16 February 2023.
Right Click Save Magazine | FEMGEN and the Brave New Art World. 01 February 2023.
YummyColours | “Dear Future___.” Yummy Concept of the Year 2023. 17 January 2023.
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists | AI isn’t choosing our artistic future, we are. Written by Katie Peyton-Hofstadter. 27 October 2022.
Tears in Rain Gallery | Artificial Intelligence _ Analog to Digital Exhibition Catalogue. 05 October 2022. Metaphorphosis.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Project Blank x Optic Nerve | “AI and the Future of Creative Technologies.” Panel with Berit Gilma, Nate Mohler, Erika Weitz. 20 July 2024. Los Angeles, CA.
theVERSEverse x Mad Arts Museum | “National Poetry Month and the Mad Arts Acquisition.” Panel with Anne Spalter, Pierre Gervois, Laurence Fuller, Nicole Tallman, lorepunk, May Naibo, Shannon Chen See, moderated by Elisabeth Sweet and Mark Aptakin. 30 April 2024. Online.
ICA London | “Cybernetic Serendipity: Towards AI.” Panel with Connie Bakshi, Luba Elliot, Lawrence Lek, moderated by Günseli Yalcinkaya. 24 February 2024. London UK.
bitforms gallery x PR for Artists | “INTERREALITY Artist Talk: Connie Bakshi, Mieke Marple, and Katie Peyton-Hofstadter.” 28 October 2023. Los Angeles, CA
BMW Designworks | “INSIGHTS: AI x Creativity.” 28 September 2023. Panel with Hussein al Attar, Connie Bakshi, Michael Fullman, and Hassan Ragab, moderated by Paul Ferraiolo. Santa Monica, CA.
Bright Moments Gallery | “An Experiential Conversation with Connie Bakshi.” Artist talk moderated by Chris Wood. 14 September 2023. Venice Beach, CA.
Expanded.art x OBJKTONE | “TECHNO TERRAIN Artist Talk.” Artist talk moderated by Kika Nicolela and Anika Meier. 30 August 2023. Online.
Serpentine Creative AI Lab x Gray Area x VellumLA | “Creative AI as a Medium in Artistic and Curatorial Practice.” Roundtable discussion moderated by Alasdair Milne and Wade Wallerstein. 14 August 2023. Los Angeles, CA.
VerticalCrypto Art | “Education Fundamentals for Web3.” Panel with Alex Estorick, Linda Dounia, Connie Bakshi, Bernadine Bröcker, Dist Collective, OONA, p1xelfool, and Danielle King, moderated by Micol Ap. 27 July 2023. Online.
DMINTI | “DE(VIRTUAL): Text, AI, and Aesthetics.” Panel with Charlotte Kent, Ana María Caballero, Shivani Mitra, and Connie Bakshi, moderated by Sam Hillmer. 26 July 2023. Online.
NFTuesdayLA | “In Conversation with theVERSEverse.” Panel with Connie Bakshi, Ellie Pritts, Carla Gannis, Katie Peyton Hofstadter, and Chris Wood, moderated by Elisabeth Sweet. 20 June 2023. Los Angeles, CA.
EYEBEAM FOLD | “Algorithmic Imaginaries x Xenospaces.” Panel with Peter Wu+, Libby Heaney, Lawrence Lek, Connie Bakshi, moderated by Nora N. Khan. 15 June 2023. Online.
L’Avant Galerie Vossen x theVERSEverse | “POÈME SBJKT Curatorial Tour”. Hosted by Elisabeth Sweet. 25 May 2023. Paris, France.
DMINTI x Museum of Crypto Art | “Color, Time, and the Blockchain”. Artist talk with Jeff Schroer. 29 April 2023. Online.
Wonderfair 6.0 at NFT.NYC | “Reimagining Artistry: AI’s Influence on the Evolution of Creative Expression.” Artist talk with David Hernandez. 14 April 2023. New York, NY.
Proof of People x RefractionDAO at NFT.NYC | “Art in the Age of AI.” Panel with Sasha Stiles, Connie Bakshi, Adam Berninger, Ira Greenberg, and Chris Ostoich, moderated by Danielle King. 12 April 2023. New York, NY.
Feral File x theVERSEverse | “FeralVerse Exhibition Opening.” Hosted by Elisabeth Sweet. 06 April 2023. Online
MONOLITH Gallery | “Protopian Futures Exhibition Opening.” Hosted by Chikai and Kristyna Archer. 04 April 2023. Online.
EPOCH Gallery | “XENOSPACE: AI, Strange Worlds, and Innovators.” Artist talk with Connie Bakshi, Ana María Caballero, CROSSLUCID, Libby Heaney, Eddie Wong, Peter Wu+, and Ziyang Wu, moderated by Wade Wallerstein. 25 March 2023. Online.
Santa Monica Art Museum | “Expanded.art Crypto Art Salon at Frieze Week LA.” Panel with Gretchen Andrew and Connie Bakshi, moderated by Anika Meier and Margaret Murphy. 18 February 2023. Santa Monica, CA.
VerticalCrypto Art x Elsewhere Gallery | “The Digital Canvas Opening.” Artist talk moderated by Micol Ap. 24 January 2023. Online.
VerticalCrypto Art Residency | “Meet the 5th Cohort Artists.” Artist talk moderated by Micol Ap. 18 January 2023. Online.
FEMGEN at Art Basel Miami | “On Art for a Posthuman Age.” Panel with Connie Bakshi and Sasha Stiles, moderated by Anne Bracegirdle. 03 December 2022. Miami, FL.
VerticalCrypto Art x Right Click Save Magazine | “FEMGEN - Why is Generative Art as Male-Dominated as Traditional Art?” Artist talk moderated by Micol Ap and Ann Marie Alanes. 22 November 2022. Online.
Expanded.art | “Ziyang Wu and Connie Bakshi in Conversation.” Panel with Ziyang Wu and Connie Bakshi, moderated by Margaret Murphy. 16 November 2022. Online.
MOCDA x The Foundry | “CONNECTOME Exhibition Opening.” Artist talk moderated by Chanel Verdult. 15 November 2022. Online.
NFCastle x Crypto Portal | “Artist Spotlight and AMA.” Artist talk with Will Lobkowicz, Jake Al-Haffar, Matthew Stone, Pedro Victor Brandao, Connie Bakshi, and KingVitamin, moderated by Sam Gittis. 24 October 2022. Online.
NFTuesdayLA | “Ex Machina: The Myth of Other, Artist Talk with Connie Bakshi.” Hosted by Cody Edison. 18 October 2022. Los Angeles, CA.
OBJKT.com | “OBJKT Hour: AI_AD Exhibition with the Artists.” Artist talk with Auriea Harvey, Bruta de la Creme, Ivona Tau, Jenni Passanen, ClownVamp, Connie Bakshi, and Von Doyle, moderated by Adam Disbrow and Ganbrood. 05 October 2022. Online.