Thomas Klinkowstein
Tom Klinkowstein born January 23, 1950, in Trenton, New Jersey, USA is an artist, designer and academic[1] and President of Media A, LLC,[2] a design and consulting group.
He is currently a professor at Hofstra University on Long Island, NY and an adjunct professor in the Graduate Communication Design Department at Pratt Institute[3] in New York City. He was previously a docent at the AKV St. Joost academy of art and design in Breda, The Netherlands.
His 10-meter long digital artwork, A Networked Designer's Critical Path: 1990–2090, was shown at the Fifth Avenue (New York City) Gallery of the American Institute of Graphic Design.[4]
The Museum of Modern Art in New York acquired a poster designed by Tom Klinkowstein for a performance by the artist Laurie Anderson to be part of its permanent collection and the Designing Modern Women exhibition.[5]
In July 2015, during the Natan Karczmar's ArtComTec seminars, with other art people, philosophers and other thinkers influenced by Marshall McLuhan, he presented his vision also influenced by Martin Buber.[6]
An installation suggesting the ideational life of a future designer, The Universe Emerges From Information: 10-43 Seconds in the State of Awareness of an Exo-Designer, 2055, was installed at Columbia University's Studio-X in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]
The artist and writer Judy Malloy interviewed Tom Klinkowstein in 2017 about his work till then.[8]
In March of 2026, Klinkowstein's, Not All Whens Are Time, regarding a change in the nature of time, was installed at Design School Kolding, in Kolding Denmark.[9]
He is currently creating Folding Time, a work he will carry to space via a Virgin Galactic sub-orbital space flight in 2028. [10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Articles about Klinkowstein's work".
- ↑ "Klinkowstein mediaa homepage".
- ↑ "Biography on Pratt website".
- ↑ "AIGA National Design Center Exhibitions". AIGA. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Thomas Klinkowstein. Love of Life Orchestra, Laurie Anderson and Glenn Branca (Poster for benefit concert and dance party). 1980". MoMA. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Klinkowstein at ArtComTec 2015". YouTube. 23 July 2015.
- ↑ Greenberg, Ginny (2023-05-18). "Klinkowstein Art Featured in New Book". News | Hofstra University, New York. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
- ↑ "Interview with Tom Klinkowstein". www.narrabase.net. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
- ↑ "World-renowned designer exhibits work at Kolding School of Design". Kolding School of Design. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
- ↑ "Media A". mediaa.com. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
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