EDUCATION
2019 // PhD // Intermedia Art, Writing & Performance // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2013 // Master of Fine Arts // Studio Arts // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2007 // Bachelor of Fine Arts // Studio Arts // Fort Hays State University // Hays KS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Wilson Barn // Oracle AZ
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Grand Ave Records // Phoenix AZ
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Coaxial Arts // Los Angeles CA
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Greater Goods // Ojai CA
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Outsound: Luggage Store Gallery // San Francisco CA
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Beauty Supply Arts // Oakland CA
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Treefort Music Festival // Boise ID
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Utah Museum Of Contemporary Art // Salt Lake City UT
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Back Of The Books // Moab UT
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Interference Series // Flagstaff AZ
2024 // Compersion: Western US Tour '24 // Performance Quartet // Screening Room // Tucson AZ
2023 // Tethered Air Streams // Performance // Indexical Gallery // Santa Cruz CA
2023 // OutSound Series // Performance // Luggage Store Gallery // San Francisco CA
2023 // Protest Musics // Katie Porter+Cecyl Ruehlen+Kelariz Keshavarz // Westminster College // Salt Lake City UT
2023 // Protest Musics // Katie Porter+Cecyl Ruehlen+Kelariz Keshavarz // Utah Museum of Contemporary Art // Salt Lake City UT
2022 // Tropic Of Paranoia // Environmental Transcendentalism Exhibit // Pidgin Palace Arts // Tucson AZ
2021 // High Desert Soundings // Performance Festival // Joshua Tree/Wonder Valley CA
2021 // Co-Incidence Festival // Collaborative Performance Event // Somerville MA
2020 // Georhythmic Drift Music // Group Radio Exhibition // Borealis Festival : Radio Space // Bergen Norway
2018 // Georhythmic Drift Music // Solo Exhibition // Utah Museum of Contemporary Art // Salt Lake City UT
2018 // Visual Music Vortex // Audio-Visual Performance Festival // ATLAS Black Box // Boulder CO
2018 // Techne Lab // Made in NY Media Center by IFP // Brooklyn, NY
2018 // Georhythmic Drift Music // The Tank : Center For Sonic Arts // Rangely CO
2018 // How To Measure The Weather // Emmanuel Gallery // Denver CO
2018 // Counter-Ambience // Flinching Eye Collective // Utah Museum of Contemporary Art // Salt Lake City UT
2018 // Drum Set Situations // Untitled Series // Denver Art Museum // Denver CO
2017 // Noise // Pop-Up exhibit w/ Shadowtrash Tape Group // Breckenridge Creative Arts Center // Breckenridge CO
2017 // Coloradolove // Rumpilots Performance // La Générale // Paris France
2017 // Double Exposure // Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities // Arvada CO
2017 // Labor Sounds // Performance w/ Tobias Fike // Emmanuel Gallery // Denver CO
2016 // Electronic Literature Organization Conference & Sound Exhibition // University of Victoria // Victoria BC
2016 // Medialive 2016 // Flinching Eye Collective // Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art // Boulder CO
2016 // Derivative By Nature // Counterpath // Denver CO
2016 // The Hidden Code // DJ Spooky featuring Rumpilots // Otterbox Digital Dome Theater // Ft. Collins CO
2015 // Denver > Denver // Nothing To See Here // The Dikeou Collection // Denver CO
2015 // The Hidden Code // DJ Spooky featuring Rumpilots // Fiske Planetarium // Boulder CO
2015 // The Paseo: Media Arts Festival // Flinching Eye Collective // Taos NM
2015 // The Biennial of the Americas 2015 // Flinching Eye Collective // Denver CO
2015 // Denver > Denver // Nothing To See Here // Casa Maauad // Mexico City Mexico
2015 // Denver > Denver // Nothing To See Here // Regional Support Network // VideoFag // Toronto ON
2014 // The Aberration Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Central Trak // Dallas TX
2014 // The Aberration Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Church of the Friendly Ghost // Austin TX
2014 // The Aberration Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Longnecker Gallery // Houston TX
2014 // Currents New Media Festival // Flinching Eye Collective // Santa Fe NM
2014 // Bedlam Labor: A Performance Event // The Dead Leaf Art Space // Boulder CO
2014 // Loud!!! // Nothing To See Here // Sidewinder // Denver CO
2014 // Nano Twin: Sensory Preservation Chamber // ATLAS Black Box // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2013 // Launch Pad 2.0 // Group Exhibition // Outdoor site-specific installation // Sunshine Canyon CO
2013 // Digital Artifacts // Flinching Eye Collective // Museum of Natural History // Boulder CO
2013 // The Lossy Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Silent Barn // Brooklyn NY
2013 // The Lossy Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // AS220 // Providence RI
2013 // The Lossy Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Vox Populi Gallery // Philadelphia PA
2013 // The Lossy Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Squeaky Wheel Media // Buffalo NY
2013 // Sound Created The Ear // Pirate Gallery // Denver CO
2013 // Everything Must Go // The Mercury // Denver CO
2013 // Indeterminate Geographies: MFA Thesis Exhibition // CU Art Museum // Boulder CO
2013 // A Night Of Experimental Performance & Installation // Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art // Boulder CO
2013 // Bring Your Own Beamer // Redline // Denver CO
2012 // Invasion // NDIDA Collective // ATLAS Black Box // Boulder CO
2012 // Autogenesis // NDIDA Collective // Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art // Boulder CO
2012 // Atemporal Radio Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art // Tucson AZ
2012 // Atemporal Radio Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // Nox Contemporary // Salt Lake City UT
2012 // Atemporal Radio Tour // Flinching Eye Collective // High Mayhem Art Space // Santa Fe NM
2012 // Relevant 2012 Exhibition // Kimball Art Center // Park City UT
2012 // R/A: Live // GNU: Experience Gallery // Ft. Collins CO
2012 // Caterwauling // The Mercury // Denver CO
2011 // Gorinto on Ice // The Mercury // Denver CO
2011 // Space Invasion // Fiske Planetarium // Boulder CO
2011 // Relevant 2011 Exhibition // Kimball Art Center // Park City UT
2010 // Technomysticism // Solo Exhibition // Sapere Gallery // Chicago IL
2010 // Modern Masters Exhibition // Flat Iron Arts Building // Chicago IL
2009 // smART Show: Flat Iron Arts Exhibition // Sapere Gallery // Chicago IL
2009 // No Borders, No Walls // Chicago ARTillery Organization // Chicago IL
2009 // Naked July: Performance Exhibition // National Pastime Theater // Chicago IL
2009 // Summer Group Exhibition // Hotei Gallery & Arts Center // Chicago IL
2009 // Extra-Dimensionality // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
2008 // Winter Exhibition // Infusion Gallery // Los Angeles CA
2007 // BFA Thesis Exhibition // Solo Exhibition // Hays Arts Center // Hays KS
2006 // 107-A // Hays Public Library Gallery // Hays KS
2006 // The Artwork of Ryan W. Ruehlen and Crystal Hammerschmidt // Gallery Semolino // Hays KS
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2024 // Fall // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 450: Designing Installations // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2024 // Fall // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-202: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2024 // Fall // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-201: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2024 // Spring // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-201: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2024 // Spring // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-202: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2023 // Fall // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-202: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2023 // Fall // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-201: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2023 // Spring // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-202: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2023 // Spring // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-102: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2022 // Autumn // Adjunct Faculty // VC 161: History Of Visual Communication // School Of Communication // Northern Arizona University // Flagstaff AZ
2022 // Autumn // Adjunct Faculty // ESOC 340-102: Information, Multimedia Design & Moving-Image // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2022 // Autumn // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-102: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2022 // Spring // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-102: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2021 // Autumn // Adjunct Faculty // ISTA 302-102: Technology Of Sound // School Of Information // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2019 // Spring // Co-Advisor; Mentor // Independent Study // Ali Tran // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2018 // Autumn // Instructor // Digital Art 2 // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2017 // Autumn // Lab Instructor // Creative Concepts: Storytelling // CMCI // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2017 // Spring // Lab Instructor // Creative Concepts: Images // CMCI // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2016 // Lead Graduate Instructor // Graduate Teacher Program // IAWP Doctoral Program // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2014 // Spring // Adjunct Faculty // Figure Drawing // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2014 // Spring // Adjunct Faculty // Drawing 1 // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2013 // Autumn // Adjunct Faculty // Painting 3: Alt Process // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2012-2013 // Lead Graduate Instructor // Graduate Teacher Program // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2013 // Spring // Instructor // Painting 1 // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2012 // Autumn // Instructor // Painting 1 // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2012 // Spring // Instructor // Figure Drawing // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2011 // Autumn // Instructor // Figure Drawing // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2011 // Spring // Instructor // Non-Majors Painting // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2010 // Autumn // Instructor // Non-Majors Painting // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
ACADEMIC COMMITTEES / GUEST LECTURES
2020 // Fall // Visiting Artist // Prof. John Melillo // Sound + Lit Course // Dept of English // University of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2018 // Spring // Visiting Artist Series // Flinching Eye Collective // Dept of Art & Art History // University of Utah // Salt Lake City UT
2017 // Autumn // Guest Lecturer // Remix Culture // Prof. Mark Amerika // Art & Art History // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2017 // Autumn // Visiting Artist Lecturer // Intro to Practice Based Research // Prof. Lori Emerson // IAWP Doctoral Program // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2017-2020 // Sonic Arts/Experimental Arts Committee // Inter-departmental // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2017 // Autumn // Guest Lecturer // Performance Art Course // Prof. Steven Frost // Art & Art History // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2017 // Summer // Guest Lecturer // 4-D Course Foundations // Prof. Tobias Fike // Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design // Denver CO
2017 // Spring // Guest Lecturer // Performance Course // Prof. Adan De La Garza // Art Dept // Metropolitan State // Denver CO
2017 // Spring // Guest Lecturer // Performance & Installation // Prof. Steven Frost // Art & Art History // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2016 // Autumn // Guest Lecturer // Performance & Installation // Prof. Steven Frost // Art & Art History // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2016 // Spring // Guest Lecturer // Data Visualization & Design // Prof. Tobias Fike // Art Dept // Metropolitan State // Denver CO
2016 // Spring // Guest Lecturer // Performance & Installation // Prof. Steven Frost // Art & Art History // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2015-2019 // Techne Lab Researcher // IAWP Doctoral Program // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2011-2012 // B.F.A. Arts Curriculum Committee // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2010-2011 // Graduate Committee // Studio Arts Representative // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
PUBLICATIONS
2019 // Dissertation Book // Georhythmic Drift Music: A Mobile Experiment // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2018 // Peer Reviewed Audio Work // Narrative Currents: Techne_Lab // Vox Media: Sound in Literature // MATLIT, Vol. 5 // Materials of Literature // http://impactum-journals.uc.pt/matlit/issue/view/248
2016 // Author // Jack Angel // The Lune No. 16 // Lunamopolis Press // Printed in the U.S.A.
2013 // Author // Atemporal Radio Tour // Incite: Journal of Experimental Media // https://incite-online.net/issuefour.html
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 // Graphic Artist // Interim // Full Spectrum Records // Littlefield TX, Oakland CA
2021-Present // Adjunct Faculty // College of Information // University Of Arizona // Tucson AZ
2022 // Radio DJ-Programmer // Crater Community Radio // Flagstaff AZ
2020-Present // Founder, Designer & Co-Operator // Harmonic Ooze Records // Intermedia Music Label // Tucson AZ
2019-Present // Co-Programmer // Golden Saguaro: Experiments in Sound // Performance Series // Tucson AZ
2018 // Workshop/Performance // Making Contact: DIY Microphones // Breckenridge Creative Arts Center // Breckenridge CO
2017 // Workshop // Build Your Own Sound Rig // Breckenridge Music Festival // Breckenridge CO
2017 // Guest Contributor/Interviewer // Virtual Reality w/ Dene Grigar // What Is A Media Lab: Situated Practices In Media Studies // Online Archive // The Lab Book // By Dr. Lori Emerson & Dr. Jussi Parikka // University of Minnesota Press // http://whatisamedialab.com
2016 // Peer Reviewer // Radio Art: A (mass) Medium Becomes An (artistic) Medium // By John F. Barber // Hyperrhiz 17: Essays // http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz17/essays/4-barber-radio-art.html
2016-2019 // Member // BTU Lab // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2015-2020 // Founder, Designer & Co-Operator // Shadowtrash Tape Group // Cassette Label // Boulder CO
2015-2019 // Co-Producer & Archivist // Techne Lab // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2015-2019 // Radio Show Host // The Shadowhuman Hour // Radio 1190AM/98.9FM // Boulder CO
2015 // Sound Design & Composition // Endless Cycle: By William Lewis with Charlie Biscotto // Boulder CO
2014 // Curator // Bedlam Labor: A Performance Event // The Dead Leaf Art Space // Boulder CO
2011-2020 // Founding Member // Flinching Eye Collective // Intermedia Arts Collective // flinchingeyecollective.com
2012 // Musical Sound Design & Score // Nothing // Film by Tracey Snelling // Oakland CA, Berlin Germany
2011 // Lecturer // “Art as Relationship: An experience within a residency” // Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art / Boulder CO
2009 // Art Consultant // Feminist Creative Alliance // Chicago IL
2008-2010 // Curator // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
2010 // Co-Curator, Preparator // Not Your Mother’s Doily: An Examination Of Intimate Spaces // Feminist Creative Alliance // Avram Eisen Gallery // Chicago IL
2009 // Curator // Points of View: Wicker Park-Bucktown Arts Competition // Sapere Gallery // Chicago IL
2008-2010 // Artist Member // Chicago Artists Coalition // http://caconline.org // Chicago IL
2007 // Programmer & Curator // Quadra: Music & Art Spectacle // Ft. Hays State University // Hays KS
2007 // Producer // 2nd Annual Frontier Park Music & Arts Festival: Food Drive-Benefit Concert // Hays KS
2006 // Producer // 1st Annual Frontier Park Music & Arts Festival: Food Drive-Benefit Concert // Hays KS
AWARDS / GRANTS
2018 // Summer Fellowship Award // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2017 // IRISS Grand Challenge Society Grant // Project Society of the Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing Program // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2014 // The Idea Fund // The Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts // Flinching Eye Collective
2013 // Certificate In College Teaching // Graduate Teacher Program // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2013 // Hope Schultz Jozsa Special Award // Beverly Sears Grant Recipient // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2012 // Best Should Teach Silver Award // Graduate Teacher Program // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2011 // Grad Professional Development Award // Art & Art History Dept // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2011 // Paula Singer Award // Graduate Scholarship // University of Colorado // Boulder CO
2010 // Featured-Sponsored Artist // Liquitex Paint Products // www.liquitex.com
RESIDENCIES
2011 // Resident Artist // Relevant 2011 Artist-In-Residence Program // Kimball Art Center // Park City UT
2009-2010 // Resident Artist // Sapere Gallery // Chicago IL
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
-2057: Book + Concept Album // By Cecyl Ruehlen & Mark Amerika // Tate Modern London Special Collections, Whitney Museum/New School, University of Michigan Special Collections, University of Colorado Library, John Barber and Dene Grigar Collection, CU Art Museum, Jenny Odell Collection, Rod Bengston and Joanna Chapin Collection, Andrew Currie Collection, Mark Addison Collection, Theo Downes Le Guin Collection
-Georhythmic Drift Music: Hyper Field Notes // Electronic Literature Organization Permanent Collection
PRESS
2023 // On Location : Cecyl Ruehlen At Luggage Gallery // The Wire Magazine // Issue 476 // United Kingdom
2023 // Album Feature : Deluge Array // Clean Nice Quiet // Radio Blog // Online
2023 // Album Review: Cecyl Ruehlen - Levitation Elixir // I Thought I Heard A Sound // Online
2022 // Real Life Ambient Top 10 // Underscore Magazine // Online
2022 // Wooden Flutes & Boiling Eggs // Late Junction // BBC Radio 3 // United Kingdom
2022 // The Capsule Garden Vol 1.24 // Foxy Digitalis // Online
2022 // AMN Reviews: This Week in Drone – Cecyl Ruehlen, nihiti, Ghosts of Electricity // Avant Music News // Online
2022 // The Best Experimental Music On Bandcamp // March Edition // Bandcamp.com // Online
2021 // Sounds From Dirt Mounds & Dodgems // Late Junction // BBC Radio 3 // United Kingdom
2021 // TOME No. 074 // Podcast Feature // Tome To The Weather Machine // Online
2020 // Cecyl Ruehlen: Nervous/Spintered/Circular/Breath // Tabs Out // Wilmington DE / Online
2020 // A List Of Virtual Concerts To Watch During Corona Virus Shutdown // NPR // Online
2019 // Warm Cookies of the Revolution // Westword Magazine // Denver CO
2019 // Cecyl Ruehlen: Time Agnosia // Special Feature // Tabs Out // Wilmington DE / Online
2018 // Sounds Of The Desert: Georhythmic Drift Music at UMoCA // The Utah Review // Salt Lake City Utah
2018 // The Rest Is Noise: Miscellany // Alex Ross: A Blog By The Music Critic Of The New Yorker // Online
2018 // Best Shows In Denver 5/24-30/18 // Queen City Sound & Art // Denver CO
2018 // Tank : Solstice Today // Rio Blanco Herald Times // Rangely CO
2017 // Month of Photography Off to Strong Start With Two Arvada Center Shows // Westword Magazine // Denver CO
2017 // Photo takeover: 8 picks for Denver’s massive Month of Photography // One Good Eye // Denver Post // Denver CO
2017 // Top 200 Tape Releases of '17 (#13, 30, 144) // Tabs Out // Wilmington DE
2017 // Local Label Day Birthed // Marquee Magazine // Denver CO
2017 // 12 of the Best Colorado Underground Labels // Westword Magazine // Denver CO
2017 // Boulder's Local Label Day Expected To Be An Alternative // Daily Camera // Boulder CO
2015 // Ideophonetic: The Flinching Eye Collective Brings It (And Then Some) // Culture He(Arts) // Online
2015 // Venison Picks: Best of 2015 // Venison Magazine // Quarterly Arts Publication // Online
2015 // Ten Not-To-Miss Events at the 2015 Biennial of the Americas // Westword Magazine // Denver CO
2014 // 16 Standouts of the Fall 2014 Season // Arts and Culture: TX // Online
2014 // Flinching Eye Collective Defies Music Conventions // Dallas Observer // Dallas TX
2014 // Flinching Eye Collective at Nicole Longnecker Gallery // Houston Public Media // Houston TX
2014 // The Flinching Eye Collective Tour Texas // Arts and Culture: TX // Online
2014 // Feeling the Current in Santa Fe // Hyperallergic // Online
2014 // Currents: International New Media Festival // Arts and Culture: TX // Online
2013 // A Night in the Light // Exhibition Preview // Westword Magazine // Denver CO
2012 // Flinching Eye Collective // Zocalo Magazine // Tucson AZ
2011 // Relevant 2011 // Fifteen Bytes: Utah's Art Magazine // Salt Lake City UT
2011 // Relevant 2011 // Promotional Video // Kimball Arts Center // Park City UT
2011 // Kimball Art Center: Relevant 2011 // City Weekly // Salt Lake City UT
2011 // Kimball Art Center Relevant 2011 Artists revealed // The Park Record // Park City UT
2011 // Relevant Artist Program nurtures new talent // The Park Record // Park City UT
2011 // CU-Boulder Student turns memory into sculpture for residency // The Colorado Daily // Boulder CO
2011 // July 2011 Artist Interview // Feminist Creative Alliance // Chicago IL
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Digital/Analog Hybridization, Mobile Artist Laboratories, Art & Technology, Interfaces, Media Archaeology, Zombie Media, Telecommunications Networks, Textual Materialities, Experimental Performance, Free Improvisation, Hauntology, Sonic Geography, Generative & Noise Art, Climate Change, Media Preservation & Design, Post-Studio Practices, Time-Based Media, Installation Art, Land Art