Seminar: Eric Millikin
Eric Millikin is an American artist based in Baltimore, Maryland, (previously in Detroit, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia) with over 30 years of experience creating computer, internet, video, biological, and artificial intelligence artwork. Millikin comes from a working-class family, growing up in a mobile home in the woods of rural Michigan. He is a first-generation college student and National Merit Scholar who earned his BFA from Michigan State University where he created AI-generated postmodern poetry and interactive video installation art, and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University where he created live-AI-generated computer art installations and political protest art. His artwork has been featured by WIRED, USA Today, Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, and The New York Times Sunday Arts section. He is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Animation and Interactive Media at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.