Biography
Stephanie Dinkins is a transdisciplinary artist and educator whose work intersects emerging technologies and our future histories. Her art practice is deeply committed to creating platforms for dialogue about AI as it intersects with these critical societal issues. As an LG - Guggenheim Awardee, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI (2023), Dinkins leverages technology and storytelling to challenge and reimagine the narratives surrounding marginalized communities, particularly those of Black and brown individuals. Through her installations, digital platforms, and community-based projects, Dinkins seeks not only to question the current paradigms of AI development but also to forge paths toward more equitable and inclusive technological futures. Her work emphasizes the importance of incorporating diverse voices and perspectives into the design and application of AI, advocating for a future where technology uplifts and amplifies underrepresented histories and experiences and fostering a tech ecosystem that is truly beneficial for all.
Dinkins is the Kusama Endowed Chair in Art at Stony Brook University and a Schmitt Futures AI2050 Senior Fellow. Dinkins’ work in AI and other mediums uses emerging technologies and social collaboration to work toward technological ecosystems based on care and social equity. She exhibits and publicly advocates for inclusive AI internationally. at a broad spectrum of community, private, and institutional venues. Dinkins' experiences with and explorations of artificial intelligence have led to a deep interest in how algorithmic systems impact communities of color in particular and our futures more generally. Her experiments with AI have led full circle to the realization that the stories, myths, and cultural perspectives, aka data, that we hold and share form and inform society and have done so for millennia. She has concluded that our stories are our algorithms. We must value, grow, respect, and collaborate with each other's stories (data) to build care and broadly compassionate values into the technological ecosystems that increasingly support our future.
Dinkins previous fellowships and support include the United States Artist Fellowship, Knight Arts & Tech Fellowship, Sundance Artist of Practice Fellowship, Lucas Artists Fellowship in Visual Arts at Montalvo Art Center, the Soros Equality Fellowship, Data and Society Research Institute Fellowship and awards from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Creative Capital, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works Tech Lab, NEW INC, Blue Mountain Center, The Laundromat Project, Santa Fe Art Institute and Art/Omi.
Wired, The New York Times, Art In America, Artsy, Art21, Hyperallergic, the BBC, The Nod Podcast, Rightclicksave.com, and many popular podcasts and online publications have highlighted Dinkins' art and ideas.
Dinkins is the Kusama Endowed Chair in Art at Stony Brook University and a Schmitt Futures AI2050 Senior Fellow. Dinkins’ work in AI and other mediums uses emerging technologies and social collaboration to work toward technological ecosystems based on care and social equity. She exhibits and publicly advocates for inclusive AI internationally. at a broad spectrum of community, private, and institutional venues. Dinkins' experiences with and explorations of artificial intelligence have led to a deep interest in how algorithmic systems impact communities of color in particular and our futures more generally. Her experiments with AI have led full circle to the realization that the stories, myths, and cultural perspectives, aka data, that we hold and share form and inform society and have done so for millennia. She has concluded that our stories are our algorithms. We must value, grow, respect, and collaborate with each other's stories (data) to build care and broadly compassionate values into the technological ecosystems that increasingly support our future.
Dinkins previous fellowships and support include the United States Artist Fellowship, Knight Arts & Tech Fellowship, Sundance Artist of Practice Fellowship, Lucas Artists Fellowship in Visual Arts at Montalvo Art Center, the Soros Equality Fellowship, Data and Society Research Institute Fellowship and awards from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Creative Capital, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works Tech Lab, NEW INC, Blue Mountain Center, The Laundromat Project, Santa Fe Art Institute and Art/Omi.
Wired, The New York Times, Art In America, Artsy, Art21, Hyperallergic, the BBC, The Nod Podcast, Rightclicksave.com, and many popular podcasts and online publications have highlighted Dinkins' art and ideas.
Fellowships , Residencies & AwardsSchmidt Futures Senior Fellowship 2050AI ., 2023
Creative Time Research & Development Fellowship, 2023 LG-Guggenheim Award for artists working at the intersection of art and technology, 2023 Artist of Practice Fellow, Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program (IDP) Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 2021 United States Artist Fellow, United States Artist, Chicago, IL |
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