Jessica Gomula-Kruzic
Professor of Video & Time Based Media
California State University Stanislaus, Turlock California
My visual arts research creates collaborative intermedia artwork in diverse public spaces, which addresses socially conscious subject matter. Through video and animation projects, live performances, and responsive systems, my projects creatively respond to the physical and social character of an environment in an effort to bring diverse people together to inspire, and be inspired.
My work revolves around the Central Valley, with recent work focusing upon Modesto, California. While not a native to Modesto, it is where I have been the longest, having lived throughout the country during my childhood and youth. Growing roots in this community has had a profound impact on my artwork, and my sense of personal expression and art activism.
“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.” William Arthur Ward
Distinctions and Involvement
- 2014 International Symposium of Electronic Art artist
- 2012 ArtPlace grant recipient
- 2012 Creative Work Fund grant recipient
- 2012 Outstanding Community Service Award, CSU Stanislaus
Gomula-Kruzic’s video and interactive media works have been showcased internationally at Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada; Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture, Kefalonia Greece; OZU, Monteleone Sabino, outside Rome, Italy; POP Revolution Festival, Lecce, Italy; CST Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology, Zurich; MuseumsQuartier Wien, Vienna, Austria; Institut Intermédií, Prague, Czech republic.
Gomula-Kruzic’s work has also been shown nationally at Quench ArtSpace, Waitsfield, Vermont; Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; ARTS Lab, Albuquerque, New Mexico; CounterPulse, San Francisco, California; Climate Theatre, San Francisco, California; BASIC, San Diego, California; Yerba Beuna Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California; Dance Mission Theatre, San Francisco, California.
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