Jessica Feldman is an intermedia artist with a background in sound, sculpture, and installation. Recent works engage primarily with issues of interactivity and intervention, addressing the tension between the inner and outer worlds and between the private and the public, motivated by an interest in communication and in dissolving the barriers of institutional- and self-censorship. Pieces incorporate sound and language, as well as video, installation, performance, and sculptural elements. The essential moment in the work is the point at which the audience becomes a participant, sometimes through deliberate action, sometimes as part of the creative process, and sometimes simply by choosing to witness the work or not. Pieces have been performed, installed and exhibited internationally at art galleries, museums, concert halls, public parks, city streets, tiny closets and the internet. New York venues include The Kitchen, Roulette, Monkeytown, The Museum of Contextual Amputations (online), the Flux Factory, The Stone, The Tank, Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, and outdoor locations such as bridges, sidewalks, streets, parks and passageways. Her work has received awards from the LMCC, the Max Kade Foundation, Columbia University, the Bronx River Art Center, Meet the Composer, and the Experimental Television Center. She received an MFA in Intermeida Art from the Milton Avery School for the Arts at Bard College (2007), an MA in Experimental Music and Composition from Wesleyan University (2005) and a BA in Music from Columbia University (2001). She lives Harlem, New York and has a studio in the Bronx.