Jeremy Bailey
Jeremy Bailey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | Syracuse University (MFA, 2006) |
| Known for | New media art, performance art, video art |
| Movement | Satirical net art, post-internet art |
| Website | www |
Jeremy Bailey (born 1979) is a Canadian new media, video, and performance artist. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, and later based in Calgary, Alberta, Bailey is widely recognized for his satirical alter ego, the self-proclaimed "Famous New Media Artist." Since the early 2000s, his work has navigated and critiqued developments in digital communications, consumer software, and corporate technology culture.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Bailey was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1979.[4] He pursued formal training in media arts, culminating in a Master of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in 2006.[5] Alongside his artistic practice, Bailey has worked concurrently within the technology sector as a user experience (UX) designer and creative director, serving in leadership roles at Canadian technology firms such as FreshBooks.[6]
Career
[edit]Operating in character as the "Famous New Media Artist," Bailey produces performative videos, software systems, and interactive installations that mimic the aesthetics and rhetoric of Silicon Valley product launches and tech evangelism.[7] The humorous surface of Bailey's work often acts as a vehicle for structural critique. Baily has extended his corporate parody to critiquing speculative software markets, mobile augmented reality platforms, and the commercialization of the metaverse.[8] His work frequently integrates custom software and scripts to overlay real-time, digital animations onto his body.[8] Marisa Olson characterized his practice as "often confidently self-deprecating in offering hilarious parodies of new media vocabularies."[7] Morgan Quaintance stated that "since the early noughties Bailey has ploughed a compelling, and often hilarious, road through the various developments of digital communications technologies."[9]
Recognition
[edit]Bailey's work has been exhibited globally. His solo and group exhibitions include presentations at:
- Whitechapel Gallery in London[10]
- ZKM Center for Art and Media[10]
- LI-MA in Amsterdam
- MuseumsQuartier in Vienna[10]
- Panke.Gallery in Berlin[10]
Institutional commissions and site-specific projects have been developed for:
- New Museum in New York City[10]
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago[10]
- Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) in Liverpool, United Kingdom[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Bozzi, N. (2024). "Meta's artistic turn: AR face filters, platform art, and the actually existing metaverse". Information, Communication & Society: 1–20. doi:10.1080/1369118x.2024.2427116.
Jeremy Bailey is a new media artist and pioneer of AR in artistic contexts. Inspired by 1970s feminist and queer video art, he started exploring the possibilities of real-time by using video scripting software for artists, which eventually led to a range of performances at new media festivals and venues where he enacts his persona, 'famous new media artist' Jeremy Bailey. The moniker is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the mainstreaming of Silicon Valley speak, which, a lot like artistic movements, relies on manifestos and mission statements. Bailey's work operates structural critiques to both the art system and the tech industry, engaging with technologies that range from browser plug-ins to NFTs. In terms of AR face filters, Bailey has experimented with both Snap and Spark AR software in projects of different kinds, including collaborations with artists from younger generations.
- ↑ "Jeremy Bailey". ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ "Artist: Jeremy Bailey". FACT Liverpool. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ "Artist Profile: Jeremy Bailey". Transmediale Archive. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ "Jeremy Bailey - Patent Drawing #14". Imago Mundi Collection. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
Jeremy Bailey (born in 1979, Toronto ON) received his MFA in 2006 from Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA). Now Toronto- based, he is a self-proclaimed Famous New Media Artist whose work explores custom software in a performative context. Since the early 2000s "Bailey has ploughed a compelling, and often hilarious, road through the various developments of digital communications technologies. Ostensibly a satire on, and parody of, the practices and language of 'new media', the jocose surface of Bailey's work hides an incisive exploration of the critical intersection between video, computing, performance, and the body" (Morgan Quaintance, Rhizome). Recent projects include performances, exhibitions and commissions for Rhizome's Seven on Seven ("Rhizome", New York, USA), Transmediale – Festival for Art and Digital Culture (Berlin, Germany), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Whitechapel Gallery (London, UK), Tate Liverpool (UK) and the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, USA). Bailey is represented by Pari Nadimi Gallery in Toronto (ON) and is also adjunct Faculty in the Mobile Augmented Reality Lab at New York University (USA).
- ↑ "New Media and Digital Economies, with Jeremy Bailey". Never Gallery Ready (Podcast). We Make Media. July 31, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- 1 2 Bailey, Jeremy (February 9, 2013). "Famous New Media Artist Jeremy Bailey Answers FADs Questions". FAD Magazine (Interview). Interviewed by FAD Magazine staff. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- 1 2 "Jeremy Bailey Biography". LaCollection. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ↑ "About – Jeremy Bailey". Jeremy Bailey Official Website. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jeremy Bailey Speaker Profile". MUTEK. Retrieved May 31, 2026.