Leonardo Selvaggio is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist whose work examines the entanglement between identity and technology. He has shown work internationally in France, Canada, and Switzerland, and he exhibits broadly in the United States. He has been awarded an Albert P. Weisman grant for his work, URME Surveillance, and a DCASE IAP Professional Grant to present supporting research. In 2015, Selvaggio was a featured artist as part of Chicago Artist Month. His work was selected for the Art Souterrain festival in Montreal, the ISEA conference in Vancouver, and the Saint-Etienne Design Biennial in France. URME Surveillance was also adapted for television in an episode of CSI: Cyber titled “Selfie 2.0.”  Selvaggio’s work has been featured in notable publications: Hyperallergic,Techcrunch, The Washington Post, CNET, The Verge, The Creator's Project and others. Selvaggio’s academic work has been published in the International Journal for Performance Arts and Digital Media and as part of “Behind the Smart World - Saving, deleting and resurfacing data,” published by LAFKON. He holds a BFA from Rutgers University and an MFA from Columbia College’s Interdisciplinary Arts program. 

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