DC Spensley Bio 2021 Artist, writer, technologist, and musician best known for pioneering art and performances in social virtual worlds that push the boundaries of art experience by inventing new ways to use code, theater, and performance to transform simulated space into a more human place. DC’s work has been exhibited internationally at venues like Ars Electronica, where he received a UNESCO award for virtual architecture, Boston Cyber Arts, Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, ISEA, and many others. A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, and alum of the CADRE Laboratory for New Media in Silicon Valley, Spensley’s work has been written about in the New York Times, Reuters, Fibre Culture Journal, Step Inside Design, and myriad blogs, books, and academic journals. Professional engagements include Principle Illustrator for The Center for Science Education at Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley, Co-chair of NASA’s Sun Earth Connection Education Forum, contributing writer for Art21 online, and most recently as artistic director for the 2020 Lumen Prize virtual exhibition catalog presented by Leonardo.
