Jason Akira Somma, a Virginia Beach, VA native, is a practicing analog-digital artist and choreographer.
“My work is a rigorous investigation into how we experience, process, and participate in the cultural systems that surround us. Having been called a ‘pioneer of glitch art’ my practice is jointly rooted in an assay of holography, hacking, social platform building, and architectural intervention. I often utilize techniques that make the unseen perceivable via various technology and scientific methods that innately bring an awareness to the spectator themselves. I believe art to be the space between science and spirituality.”
Select EXHIBITIONS
2023
Athens Conservatoire + National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Rolex Arts Festival, Interactive Installation, Film Installation, lecturer
2022
Cork Opera House production, director/choreographer (Cork Ireland)
2019
Times Square Art, Midnight Moment video exhibition on major screens for public art platform in Times Square
2018
Lyon Opera Ballet, Lyon France
Modern Love Club, NYC Solo Exhibition
2017
Tav Gallery , group exhibition, film and sculpture, Tokyo, JP
National Gallery of Ireland , Culture Night Festival, film installation Dublin, IE
2015-2016
Geemente Museum, Netherlands, Solo Museum show
2014-2015
Park Ave. Armory, NYC Solo exhibition and community performance Athens & Epidaurus Festival , video and performance, GR
2013
Aichi Triennale, photography installation and performance, Nagoya, JP, SFMoMA , group show video installation San Francisco, CA
Denver Digerati, public art screening , Downtown Denver, CO 2011
Guggenheim Museum, multiple film commissions by Robert Wilson Chaillot National Theater of Paris, interactive holograph installation
