WOMEN AND THE MACHINE

Julie Wosk is Professor of art history, English, and studio painting at the State University of New York, Maritime College in New York City. Her e-mail address is jwosk@sunymaritime.edu.

She is the author of three books: ALLURING ANDROIDS, ROBOT WOMEN, AND ELECTRONIC EVES (2008); WOMEN AND THE MACHINE: REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE SPINNING WHEEL TO THE ELECTRONIC AGE (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001), and BREAKING FRAME: TECHNOLOGY AND THE VISUAL ARTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (Rutgers University Press, 1992, paperback reprint forthcoming 2009).

She has lectured widely on technology, art, and design to academic, community, and museum audiences. She is a member of the Speakers Program sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities, and presents talks on art and technology to not-for-profit organizations in New York State. To apply for a lecture, see nyhumanities.org.

She has received a 2008 State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities and in 2002 she received a State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

She was the curator and writer of the exhibit "Alluring Androids, Robot Women, and Electronic Eves" which was first held at the New York Hall of Science from June-September 10, 2006 and was also shown at The Cooper Union in New York in 2008. This is a traveling exhibit of large digital images, and more information about it can be obtained by contacting her.

A native of Evanston, Illinois, Dr.Wosk has degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, Harvard University, and the University of Wisconsin. She has twice been a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow in art history, and received early studio art training at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and the Parsons School of Design in New York.

Her articles on art and technology, literature, and design have appeared in DESIGN ISSUES, TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE, ART AND ARTISTS (London), LEONARDO, and others. She is also a painter and photographer whose works have been exhibited in New York and Connecticut galleries.