Collins Conference Room
Seminar
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Dario Robleto (artist, storyteller, and “citizen-scientist”)

Dario Robleto is an American transdisciplinary artist, storyteller, and “citizen-scientist.” His research-driven practice results in intricately crafted narratives and objects that reflect his exploration of music, popular culture, science, war, and American history. His presentation will focus on his lifelong commitment to help reestablish the historical connections between the arts and sciences in unexpected ways.

Bio. Dario Robleto is a conceptual artist based in Houston, Texas. He has had numerous solo exhibitions since 1997, most recently at the Menil Collection, Houston, TX (2014) and the Baltimore Museum of Art (2014). In 2013-14 he served as the California College of the Arts Viola Frey Distinguished Visiting Professor, Oakland, CA. He has been a research fellow and resident at institutions such as Rice University (2013-14) and the Smithsonian Museum of American History (2011). In 2015 he joined a distinguished team of scientists as the artistic consultant to “Breakthrough Message”—a multi-national effort that aims to encourage intellectual and technical debate about how and what to communicate if the current search for intelligent beings beyond Earth is successful. He is currently serving as an Artist-in-Residence in Neuroaesthetics at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering and at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA. He was recently appointed as the 2016 Texas State Artist Laureate.

Purpose: 
Research Collaboration
SFI Host: 
Luis Bettencourt

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