Chico MacMurtrie was
born in New Mexico in 1961 and currently resides in San Francisco.
He holds a B.F.A. from the University of Arizona and an M.F.A.
in New Forms and Concepts from the University of California
at Los Angeles. MacMurtrie has been awarded four grants from
the National Endowment for the Arts and has been Artist in
Residence at San Francisco's Exploratorium and at the Chicago
Art Institute.
In 1992 MacMurtrie formed Amorphic Robot Works, a San Francisco-based group of
artists, engineers and technicians working together to create robotic performances
and installations. He describes his vision as ARW’s Artistic Director: "The
work is an ongoing endeavor to uncover the primacy of movement and sound. Each
machine is inspired or influenced both by modern society and what I physically
experience and sense. The whole of this input informs my ideas and work."
The
artist explains how he uses robotics to depict
human compassion. (5.8MB)
Another
view of MacMurtrie in his Studio (high-resolution)
(1.5MB)
Chico MacMurtrie is the Artistic Director of the Amorphic
Robot Works, a San Francsico based group of
artists, engineers, and technicians working together
to create robotic perfomances and installations.
