Born: February 4, 1948, Denver, Colorado (USA)

Education:

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

2004

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Group Exhibitions (selected)

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Project Participation, Sponsorships, and Grants

2005-06

2005

2000

1998-99

1993

1989

1987-89

Performances/ Lectures/ Papers (selected)

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Visiting Artist, Research Fellowships, and Board of Directors/Editorial Boards

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2006- present

2003

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2002-present

2000-present

1999-2001

1999-2003

1993

1987-2000

Teaching Positions and Residencies

2006

1986

1984

1983

Articles by Ox

with Peter Frank, "The Systemic Translation of Musical Compositions into Paintings", Leonardo, Fall 1984 [vol. 17 nr. 3], Pergamon Press

"Editorial: Intellectual Versus Property Rights", Leonardo, January 1993 [vol. 26 nr.1] MIT Press.

"The Systematic Translation of Anton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony into a Series of Thirteen Paintings (slide lecture)", Bruckner-Symposion 1990 Berichte, Linz 1993 [Anton Bruckner Institut Linz, Linzer Veranstaltungsgesellschaft  mbH]

"Bilder nach Kompositionen", Positionen, Nov. 1993.

"Creating a Visual Translation of Kurt Schwitters's URSONATE, Leonardo Music Journal, 1993 [vol. 3, pp. 59-61], MIT Press.

Hossmann, Gisele and Jack OX, “Jack Ox-From Merz to Ur; Kurt Schwitters Hanover Merzbau and Ursonate, Visual reinterpretation and realization”, New Architecture The End of Innovation in Artchitecture [1998 [Number 2, pp.116-119], Papadakis.

reprint "Creating a Visual Translation of Kurt Schwitters's URSONATE (from LMJ) in Ylem Aritst Using Scienc and Technology newsletter, Jan/Feb 1999 [Vol 19/Number 2, pp. 13 & 15]

“Color Me Synesthesia”, Leonardo, 1999 [Vol.32, No. 1, pp.7-8}

Introduction “Synesthetic Fusion in the Digital Age”, Leonardo, Digital Salon Issue,1999 [vol 32, No. 5, pp. 391-92]

Jack Ox and David Britton, “The 21st Century  Virtual Reality Color Organ”, IEEE MultiMedia,  Journa. of IEEE Computer Society, July-September 2000

“2 Performances in the 21st. Century Virtual Color Organ: Gridjam and Im  Januar am Nil”,  Proceedings of the 7th International Conferece on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia , IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, Calif., 2000.

“Visualization and the Art of Metaphor in the 21st C. Virtual Organ”, YLEM   newsletter  “Visual Vicissitudes: Digital and Otherwise”, Numbers 10 and 12, Vol. 21, Nov/Dec 2001.

“Editorial: The Global Artists’ Diaspora and the LambdaRail” Leonardo , [Vol. 39, No. 5, p 389, 2006]

Campana Stefano, and Forte Maruizio, editors of “From Space to Place,  proceedings of the 2nd Int. Workshop, Rome, Italy. “Space and Time: Virtual Reality and the Art of Experience”, by Jack Ox and Judith v. der Elst, 2006.

Paul Hertz and Jack Ox,"Intermedia Patterns: Notes for Building a Toolkit", CAA's New Media Caucas, Online Journal; Journal: Media-N, Spring 2008 [v.04n.01].

 

 

 

Books/ Video Documentaries

Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Klangkunst, Munich, Prestel-Verlag, 1996.

AXA  Ar:t Corporate Collecting Today, AXA Art Versicherung AG, Cologne, 2001.

Butsch, Daniela, Jack Ox-Intermedia Artist, Berlin, 1997.

Candy, Linda and Edmonds, Ernest, Explorations in Art and Technology, Springer Verlag London, 2002.

Éditions du Centre Pompidou,  Kurt Schwitters, Paris, 1994.

Het Apollohuis 1980 - 1990, Eindhoven: About Apollo Art, 1991.

Festschrift für Konrad Oberuber, Electa, Milano, 2000

Junod, Philippe. La Musique vue par les Peintres. Lausanne: Edita S.A., 1988.

Junod, Philippe, Contrepoints Dialigues Entre Musique et Peinture, Editions contrechamps,  Geneva , 2006.

Mahlow, Dietrich, -auf ein Wort!  Aspekte visueller Poesie und visueller Musik, Brausdruck GmbH, Heidelberg, 1987.

von Maur, Karin. Vom Klang der Bilder, Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1985.

v. Maur, Karin The Sound of Painting Music in Modern Art, Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1999

de la Motte-Haber, Helga. Musik und bildende Kunst: von der Tonmalerei zur Klangskulptur. Laaber Verlag, 1990

Ocvirk, Otto [et al], ART FUNDAMENTALS; Theory and Practice, 10th Edition, McGrqw-Hill Higher Education.

Stadtmüller, Klaus, Schwitters in Norwegen, Postskriptum, 1997.

Wellershoff, Dieter, Pan und die Engel: Ansichten von Köln, Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1990.

Wilson, Stephen, information arts: intersecions of art, science , and technology, Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press, 2002

Bibliography (selected)

[ author unknown], “Play It Again...in Blue”, Vasari diary, ARTnews, Jan. 1996, [pg. 34]
Bonfiglioli, Rossella, "Sonorita Prospettiche," Flash Art (Italian
edition), March 1982
Brandes, Uta, "Jack Ox: Frozen Music," Apex, Heft 4/88
Brody, Jacqueline, review, The Print Collector's Newsletter, May-June 1985 [vol. XVI nr. 2]
Bookhardt, D. Eric, "New Orleans, Louisiana" ,ART PAPERS, November/December 2004.
Cleigh, Zenia, "Taking a Bite Out Of the Big Apple," San Diego Tribune, June 30, 1986
Curtis, Cathy, "For Jack Ox, Much Is Found In Music-To-Art Interface", "Los Angeles Times, October 3, 1988
Delk, Laurie, "Jack Ox & Music", THE NEW ORLEANS ART REVIEW, Sept./Oct./Nove 2004.
Eickhoff, Beate, "Der Ton macht hier das Bild (Arbeiten von Jack Ox zuSchwitters; "Ursonate")", Kölner Stadt- Anzeiger,Aug. 31, 1993
Engelhard, Günter, "Musik für das Auge, Malerei für das Ohr," Art, December 1989
Frank, Peter, "Unslick in L.A.,"Art in America, Sept.-Oct. 1978 [Vol. 66 nr.5]
Frank, Peter, "What's Happening in Contemporary Art,: Diversion, April 1980 [Vol. 8 nr. 4]
von Frank, Susanne, "Visuelle Konzerte", Nike, March-April 1990
Schrader-von Frank, Susanne, "Partitur zur Ursonate von Kurt Schwitters". Kunst Köln (Berlin) September, 1993 [2/93]
Friedman, Ken, "Happenings," National Arts Guide, July-August 1979[Vol. 1 nr. 4]
Fuhrmann, Axel, "Klang und Bild; Die visuell-musikalischen Konzepte der Jac Ox", Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, July, 1994
Glueck, Grace, "Drawing a Bead on Public Monuments," New York Times, [section 2: Arts & Leisure], Ocotber 2, 1982
Glueck, Grace, "Art: Isaac Witkin's Lyrical Sculpture," New York Times, May 3, 1985
Haase, Amine, "Mühsal beim Aufbruch (Kunstmesse Art Frankfurt zwischen "Grüner Vernunft" und teurer Klassik)", Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger,April 26, 1993
Horny, Henriette, "Jack Ox," Falter (Vienna), February 10, 1988 [nr.6]
Kemp, John, "Jack Ox, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, ART NEWS, March 2005.
Kixmüller, Jan, “Wie stoppt man das Verschwinden Bachs?” Klang-und Bildexperimente im Podewil” Berliner Zeitung, March 12, 1998
Laufmann, Heike, "Jack Ox 8. Symphonie von Anton Bruckner, Köln", Arte Factum, Feb-Mar, 1990
Law, Stuart "The halls are alive with the sight of music," Rochester [N.Y.] Times-Union, December 12, 1984
Lawton, Michael, "Eating art in a car park" The European, 17-20 Sept, 1992
Lebrero Stals, José, "Jack Ox" in Reviews Cologne, Flash Art, [Vol. XXVI-N.170]May-June 1993
M___,W____, "Bruckner in Öl, " Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Sept. 15-16,1984
Morgan, Robert C., “Doric Column”, Cover, Nov., 1995 [Volume 9, Number 8]
de la Motte, Helga,"Übersetzungen-Transormationen", Positionen, Nov.,1993.
Murdock, Robert M., “Jack Ox: Visualization of Kurt Schwitters’ Ursonate “, Review, November 15, 1997
Nobis, Beatrice "Nennen Sie es Ausschlachtung" Süddeutscher Zeitung, May 26, 1993
O____,T____, "Augenmusik," Aachener Journal, May, 1990
Pardee, Hearn, "The New American Landscape", Arts Magazine, May, 1984 [Vol. 58 nr. 9]
Peters, Susan Dodge, "Sight & Sound", (Rochester) City Newspaper, January 10, 1982
Phillips, Christopher, "Schwitters's Greatest Hit Resurfaces," Art in America, May, 1994
Pfleder, Adam, "Optical technology aids in internet collaboration. Orchestras could broadcast in real time", 1/24/08 Section Entertainment

Porges, Maria, Reviews: San Francisco, “Jack Ox at Catharine Clark Gallery, Art Forum, Summer 1996
Ratcliff, Carter, "Looking At Sound", Art in America, March-April, 1980 [Vol. 68 nr. 3]
Reichart, G., “Klang, zum Bild geworden”, Volksblatt (Linz), Sept. 5, 1996
Rice, Shelley, "System Inquiry Translation" in "Reviews", Artforum, September, 1980 [Vol. XIX nr. 1]
Rickey, Carrie, "Voice Centerfold--Art", Village Voice, June 18-24, 1980
Runge, Petra, "Raubkopie bewahrte Stimme des MERZ-Künstlers (Quellenfund: Die Malerin Jack Ox fand das Original der Ursonate")", ART (German), October , 1993 [Nr. 10]
Sachsenmaier, Ingrid, "Erlebniswelt 'Kunst' mit hörbaren Formen und sichtbaren Klängen", Fellbacher Zeitung, Oct27, 1990
Schatz, Sibylle, "Begegnung mit Anton Bruckner", Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, September 21, 1989
Schatz, Sibylle, "Klänge schaffen den leeren Raum, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, January 26, 1988
Siffrin-Peters, Annette, "Musik und Malerei vereint," Aachener N, April 28, 1982
"Sonorita Prospettiche da domani a Rimini," Gazzetta di Parma, January 29, 1982
Stahl, Enno, "Das große Fragezeichen, Vor der Köner Fluxus-Ausstellung: Gespäch mit der Künstlerin Jack Ox, dem Zeitzeugen Al Hansen und der Galeristin Christel Schüppenhauer, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger August 29/30, 1992"
"Ein Auto am Spieß-- Fluxus 1962-Virus 1992",Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Sept. 1, 1992
"Schwitters' Ursonate ins Bild gerückt", Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Feb. 19, 1993
Tauber, Reinhold, “Bruckners Achte als faszinierendes Schau-Abenteuer in Linz”, Oberösterreichische Nachrichten,
Sept. 5, 1996
Tuchman, Laura, "Painter Puts Art to Music of Bruckner," Orange County Register, October 2, 1988
Ü_____, D____, "Die Farbe der Musik wird sichtbar,: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, December, 13, 1985
Woodard, Josef, "Translations and Transformations", Artweek, November 12, 1988 [Vol. 19 nr. 38]
[unidentified], "Jack Ox schildert acht jaar Achstte Symfonie Bruckner", De Limburger, April 20, 1990
[unidentified], "Jack Ox - Anton Bruckner - Symfonie Nr. 8", Apex, Heft Nr. 10/88
[unidentified], "Musik-Kunst: Bruckner in Farbe (Gespräch mit der Kölner U.S. Künstlerin Jack Ox)", Tageszeitung (Kultur Bremen), June 20, 1990
Vowell, Sarah, "Recordings: Kurt Schwitters, URSONATE", Art Papers, Jan. & Feb., 1995 [Volume 19, Number

Broadcast Reviews/ Interviews

Apple, Jackie, "Soundings," KPFK Los Angeles, May 24, 1994
Baumsteiger, Cornelia, "European Journal",Deutsche Welle Fernsehen (English service), Cologne, Fall-Winter 1984
Bendelow, Paul, "Interview; Jack Ox", Radio Deutsche Welle, (English for Europe), Sept. 24, 1993
Benesch, Marlene, "Arts on the Air:, Radio Deutsche Welle (English service), Cologne, Fall 1984
Busmann, Gerrit, "Kulturfenster: Portrait Jack Ox", West Deutscher Fundfunk,Cologne, March 9 1988, Redaktion: Dr. P. Fuhrmann
Eda, Christa, "Leporelo", ORF Ö1, October 13, 1993.
Fuhrmann, Axel, "Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu, oder Wer es einmal hörte Der glaubt es nicht", DS-Kultur, Berlin, Nov. 16, 1993
Gaertner, Joachim, "Kultur Aktuell: Kurt Schwitters "URSONATE" in der Originallaufnahme auf CD", Bayerischer Rundfunk, Tuesday, Aug. 17,1993 [8:35-8:45, Bayern 2]
______________, and Monika Schuck, "Actuelle Stunde", West Deutscher Rundfunk, Cologne, fall 1989
Leukert, Bernd, "Rund um die URSONATE",[2nd Program, 10:00 PM], Dec. 7,1993, Hessischer Rundfunk.
Mahlow, Dieter, "Chaosordnung", Südwestfunk, Baden-Baden, Feb. 1992
Meyer, Peter, "The Chelsea Tapes", Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, Summer 1986
Mießgang, Thomas, Diagonal, "Schwitters's Ursonate", Ö1, October 30, 1993
ORF ö1 Morgenjournal, “eine Meldund mit O-ton”, Sept. 5, 1996
Perneczky, Gêza, "Jack Ox's durch Musik strukturierte Bilder bei der Galerie Geilsdörfer in Köln ausgestellt", Radio deutsche Welle (Hungarian service), Cologne, November 1985
Riehl, Friedrich, "Mosaik" (live interview), West Deutcher Rundfunk, 8:00 AM, Oct. 4, 1993.
Schenk, Christian, "Jingle 38", ORF Radio, Linz, September 20 1990

Cover Reproductions

Creativity and Cognition 2002 proceedings, Loughborough University, UK 13-16 October

Donald Crockett/Stephen Hartke, Orion Recordings ORS 84470

Fanfare Magazine, March-April 1980 [vol. 3 nr. 4]

Franklin, Joseph, Settling Scores A life in the margins of American Music. 2006.

In Performance, November 1982 [vol. 1 nr. 3]

Leonardo, 1991 [vol. 24 nr. 4]

THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, Second Edition, Ralph Turek, 1996, McGraw-Hill, New York.


Collections (selected)

AXA Nordstern Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG, Cologne
AXA Nordstern/Colonia, Wien
Atlantic-Richfield Corporation, Dallas, Texas
Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Art, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Sonja Henie og Nils Onstad Stiftelser, Hövikodden, Norway
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C.
Graphisch Sammlung Albertina, Wien
General Electric Corporation, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Herbert and Virginia Lust Collection
Madison Green corporation, New York City
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz, Austria
Morgan Guaranty Trust, Inc., New York City
Northern Trust Bank, Dallas, Texas
Pritzker and Pritzker (Hyatt Regency), Chicago
RCA Records / Bertlesmann Group, Inc., New York City
Ruth & Marvin Sackner Collection, Miami Beach, Florida
Gilbert & Lila Silverman Collection, Southfield, Michigan
Xerox Engineering Systems, Germany