School of Engineering
Brown-RISD Master of Arts in Design Engineering

Clement Valla

RISD Dean, Experimental and Foundation Studies, Speciality: culture, technology, and design

Biography

Clement Valla is an artist who explores the intricate relationship between humans and computers in the creation and interpretation of images. His art has been featured in solo exhibitions at bitforms gallery, Art Macau, Istanbul Contemporary, PC Galleries, XPO Gallery and Transfer Gallery. His work has also been exhibited at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Seoul, South Korea; ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, Germany; MU, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Stedelijk Museum, Breda, The Netherlands; Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France; the ICA, London, United Kingdom; The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; and Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NY.

His work has been cited in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, El Pais, Huffington Post, Rhizome, Domus, Wired, The Brooklyn Rail, Liberation and on BBC television. Valla received a BA in Architecture from Columbia University and an MFA in Digital + Media from RISD. He is currently a professor at RISD.