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Unthough: Somewhere and Elsewhere, /Reid R. Surmeier
Featuring artist solo show,
Opening Reception — August 29, 2025.
Loc/ 1719 S. Clinton St, Chicago
17:00-20:00
PRESS RELEASE (PDF):
(b. Chicago, 2005) is an American multidisciplinary artist working across computation, painting, and sculpture. His work explores the evolving relationship between humans and computers, focusing on how both are increasingly intertwined in the processes of creating, perceiving, and interpreting reality.
© 2025 RRS.
— Reidsurmeier.design
Education:
BFA Computation and Culture + PT, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
(2024), New York Academy of Art, Summer UG Residency, NYC
Exbitions:
From What is Design Autonomous? Waterman Gallery, EFS Show, Waterman Gallery, Providence, RI (2025), After Dinner Coffee at Memorial Hall, Providence (2025), Reframing Representation at Center for Integrative Technologies (CIT) (2024), Technical Touch at 111 Franklin Street, NYC (2024).
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NO WIFI (CV)
NO WIFI GROUP LEAD Experience:
Cracked Earth Mornings, w/ Wind and DustSilent Monastery,
in-house Sand SweeperAsh Lantern Shrine,
w/ Old Man KoanWanderer — Guide for Lost TravelersAshwood Grove Commune, internshipRustwell Vault, apprenticeship relic cleanerL-37
NO WIFI GROUP TEACHINGS:
Dried Leaf School of Stillness, Wastes (Breath Practice)Echo Crater Temple (Assistant for Silence and Stone)
NO WIFI SELECTED CLIENTS :
Whispering Oaks Hermitage,
Old ProvinceWanderer’s Reprieve BunkerStillframe Records,
Dead RidgeYuki the Glimmerer,
Ash CoastRed Ember Press,
Ghost CityEcho Crater Temple
(Wastes)Mothlight Bazaar,
Ruined MarketsSilent Signal Cinema,
Drifted TownVine of Bone, Forgotten
FarmlandsScattered Leaves Society,
South CliffsPerimeter Tea House, Drowned Bay
NO WIFI TALKS & WORKSHOPS:
2025 Cloudless Sky Talk, whisper, Wastes (??)
(Upcoming)2025 Echoed Silence Session, hum w/ Old Man Koan (Ash Lantern Shrine), Ghost Ridge (??)2025 Dustpath Commune, chant w/ Old Man Koan (Ash Lantern Shrine), West Sprawl (??)
2024 Zendo Drift, story, Sky Basin (??)2024 Zendo Drift, breathwork, Sky Basin (??)2024 Dust Circle Gathering, murmur w/ Whispered Leaf, Hushed Steps (Silent Monastery), East Hollow (??)2024 Faded Path Open, Young Pilgrims, tale, Rustwell (??)
2024 Dried Leaf School of Stillness, echo, Wastes (??)2023 Forgotten Temple Days, vision, Hollow Lake (??)2022 Broken Signal Hall, transmission, online
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