Rebecca Allen

Rebecca Allen is an internationally recognized artist who has explored the intersection of art, technology and human perception for over four decades. Allen’s pioneering work spans experimental video, large-scale performances, live simulations and virtual and augmented reality installations.

Guided by a fascination with motion aesthetics and the study of behavior, Allen uses advanced technology as a medium to examine questions of gender, identity, nature and the evolving human experience in an increasingly technological world. Her work humanizes technology, emphasizing artistic quality and conceptual integrity while investigating perceptual and cognitive processes.

Allen has collaborated with artists and musicians such as Kraftwerk, Peter Gabriel and Nam June Paik. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in permanent collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Georges Pompidou and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

With degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Allen moves fluidly between the artist studio and research lab, using her research to inform her art.