SASHA de KONINCK
studiosdk.net | s.dekoninck@gmail.comEducation
University of Colorado, Boulder, Boudler, CO
PhD Candidate, Intermedia Art, Writing, and Performance 2019-
Advised by Laura Devendorf
Computational Fashion Master Class, Eyebeam, New York City, NY 2015
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, (SAIC), Chicago, IL
MFA Fiber & Materials Studies 2015
Maryland Institute College of Art, (MICA), Baltimore, MD
BFA Fibers Major, Creative Writing Minor, Sound Concentration
Cum Laude 2013
Awards & Grants
2022
Puffin Foundation Grant
B2 Creative Fellowship, CU Boulder
Graduate School Travel Grant, CU Boulder
Graduate School Summer Fellowship, CU Boulder
Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant, CU Boulder
2021
Center for Humanities and the Arts Eaton Graduate Student Research Award, CU Boulder
2020
Beverly Seares Graduate Student Grant, CU Boulder
2018
Nominee, Best Costume Design, Jerry Herman Awards
2017
Nominee, BLOOOM Award by WARSTEINER
Renegade Fiber Juror Award
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Alumni Micro-Grant
2016
DCASE Individual Artist Program, Creative Projects Grant
2015
Macktez Summer Stipend
DCASE Individual Artist Program, Professional Development Grant
Honorable Mention, Graduate Leadership Award
Spoonflower Emerging Designer Grant
Nominee, Edes Fellowship
Idea Generation Grant
2014
Nominee, Gelman Trust Scholar Program
SAIC Grant
2013
SAIC Enrichment Award
Deans Scholarship
MICA Dean’s List, 2010-13
2012
MICA Fibers Departmental Recognition Award
2011
The Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation Scholarship
2009
MICA Scholastic Award Scholarship
MICA Presidential Scholarship
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, American Visions Award, Apparel Design
Residencies
2022
Icelandic Textile Center, Blonduos, Iceland
Praxis Digital Weaving Residency, Cleveland, OH
B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance, University of Colorado Boulder
2021
B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance, University of Colorado Boulder
2019
eTextile Summercamp, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
2018
Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
eTextile Summercamp, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
2017
Studios at MassMoCA, North Adams, MA
eTextile Summercamp, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
2016
eTextile Summercamp, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
2015
TextielLab, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2013
Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2012
STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lectures & Workshops
2022
Future Scenarios: Utopias, Dystopias, Prophecies + Designs for Living, Salisbury University, MD
Wearing Colorado, Aspen Museum of Art, Aspen, CO
Objects of Care, Design Research Society Annual Conference, Bizkaia Aretoa, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU),
Bilbao, Spain
2021
Future Heirlooms Workshop, Responsible Fashion Series: Can Fashion Save the World?, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Textile as Memoir, Center for Heritage, Arts and Textiles, Hong Kong
Future Heirlooms Workshop, Textiles From Home, University of Wisconsin-Madison
eTextiles Workshop, Creative Technology Grad Seminar, Joel Swanson, University of Colorado Boulder
2020
History of Metal Threads, Guest Lecture, Soft Object, Laura Devendorf, University of Colorado Boulder
2019
History of Wearable Technology, Guest Lecture, Approaches to Historical Media Practices, August Black, University of Colorado Boulder
Soft Controllers, Teen Hackathon, New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA
2018
Cyanotype Textiles, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
Block Printing, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
Thermo Printing Demo with Pauline Vierne, eTextile Spring Break Social, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Learn to Weave!, eTextile Spring Break Social, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Weaving Intensive: Rigid Heddle Looms, eTextile Spring Break, The Wassaic project, Wassaic, NY
Unraveling E-Textiles: Reveling in Storytelling, Sustainability, and Sharing, Brooklyn
Fashion + Design Accelerator, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Crafting Impossible Textiles, eTextile Summer Camp, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
2016
Getting Hands On with Soft Circuits: Capacitance, Marwen, Chicago, IL
Getting Hands On with Soft Circuits: Switches, Marwen, Chicago, IL
Getting Hands On with Soft Circuits: Buttons, Marwen, Chicago, IL
Outputs: Metamorphic Color, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Inputs: Responsive Materials, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Conversation: “use”, “usefulness”, “uselessness”, Shapiro Center Research Week, SAIC, Chicago
Getting Hands on with Soft Circuits, Shapiro Center Research Week, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2015
Closer than Your Skin: Networked Wearables Workshop, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Dynamism of a Hand Waving, 2015 World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation, Montreal, QC
Garments for Uncomfortable Social Situations, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Vancouver, BC
Responsive Material, Cultural Multitudes, and Cosmic Imagery: Textile Research and
Collaboration, Shapiro Center Symposium, Fashion Resource Center, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014
It Worked A Minute Ago: Navigating a Practice in Unstable Media, Graduate Lecture, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Make it Work: Soft Circuit Workshop, Graduate Lecture, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Curatorial
2020
No Longer in Existence, S3026, Boulder, CO
A group exhibition featuring work by Brad Gallagher, Sasha de Koninck and Josh Westerman
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Synonyms for Future: An Archive of The Research Lab of Ambiguous Futurology, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland
2021
The Research Lab of Ambiguous Futurology, NFO XPO Booth, Successful Failures: 30 Years of Lumpens,Radical Media and Building
Communities of the Future, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions & Performances
2023
Digital Weaving Residency Alumni Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Cleveland, OH upcoming June
2022
Collective Table, Zine Camp, Worm, Rotterdam, NL upcoming November
2. KHB Buchmesse, Kunsthalle Below, Berlin, DE upcoming October
eTextille Spring Break Exhibition, Prairie Ronde Artist Gallery, Vicksburg, MI
2021
Responsible Fashion Series: Can Fashion Save the World?, Royal Academy of Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Making and Doing Exhibition, Society for Social Studies of Science 2021 Conference, Toronto, Canada
Hypothesis, Target Gallery, Torpedo Art Factory, Alexandria, VA
2020
No Longer in Existence, S3026, Boulder, CO
Brutal Realities, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO
2019
eTextile Spring Break Exhibition, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
HANDS-ON: A Collective Haptic Perspective, Pancake House, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Textiles: A History of Expression, Greenville Center for Creative Art, Greenville, SC
eTextile Spring Break Exhibition, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2017
SOUND / IMAGE 2017, University of Greenwich, London, UK
2017 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
PUMP: Public Urban Multisensory Presentations, Long Beach, CA
Mechanization, Material and the Matrix, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
INTERSECTIONS: Collaborations in Textile Design Research, Loughborough University London, UK
Cuvée 2017, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
Sightlines, South Bend Century Center, South Bend, IN 2017-19
Wear It Festival, Kulturbrauerei Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Renegade Fiber, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Glitch: An Exploration of Digital Media, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2017 Digital Fabrication Symposium Exhibition, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
45th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2016
Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
code/switch, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Show #1, Nook Gallery, Oakland, CA
New Expressions: Women in Music Technology, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
All Together NOW, New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA
2015
DWT Download Conference, Convene 730 Third Ave, New York, NY
World Maker Faire, New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY
Re-Making Patterns, The Seaport, New York, NY
Electronic Workshop Concert, Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practices, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014
The ‘F’ Word: Feminism Now, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Small Expressions, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Waveforms, Columbus Auditorium, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2013
Typhoon Haiyan Philippine Benefit Art Show, LaunchPad, Brooklyn, NY
If As Now Known, Rymer Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Fiber Optics, 1310 Gallery Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite Uterus Project, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Commencement Exhibition, Leidy Atrium, MICA, Baltimore, MD
United, Coward Shoe, Baltimore, MD
Materials Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Unravel The Code, Roodkapje, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2012
Stitches & Switches, Station 101, MICA, Baltimore, MD
SoundBox, City Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Power Hour, Station 101, MICA Baltimore, MD
USA Science Fair and Engineering Expo, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
The Vigil, Cohen Plaza, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Garment Workers, Middendorf Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
STEIM Concept-Stage, STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011
B-MORE SOUNDBOX, The Wind-Up Space, Baltimore, MD
Conglomerations of Infinite Possibilities, Brown 2 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Calibration, InFlux Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011 Entrepreneur Expo, BWI Marriot, Linthicum, MD
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
RobotFest, National Electronic Museum, Linthicum, MD
Final Class Exhibition, InFlux Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Vigil, Cohen Plaza, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Not Your Father’s Trousers, Middendorf Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2010
Foundation Show, Fox Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2009
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Scholastic/Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, New York, NY
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2008
SWAG, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Collections
SampleStudio, TextielLab, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Experience
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Educator
Block Printing on Fabric 4 Week Workshop, upcoming April 2023
1 Page Books 4 Week Workshop, upcoming February 2023
LED Circuit Bracelet 1 Day Workshop, upcoming November 2022
Inputs: Responsive Materials 4 Week Workshop
University of Colorado Boulder
Research Assistant to Laura Devendorf, Fall 2019, Summer 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022
Teaching Assistant CMCI 1020 Images, Spring 2020
Teaching Assistant CMCI 1010 Conversation, Fall 2020
Lead Instructor + Creator, The Body in Space, Fall 2021
Seamstress
Zero Waste Dress, Threads Studio, Denver Art Museum, 2021
Costume Designer
The Fall of Man and Other Tales: A Seminar Series, Ben Morris, B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance, University of Colorado
Boulder
Petite Garcon West Coast Tour, 2022
Tempestries, Jools Gilson, B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance, University of Colorado Boulder 2021
Cowbird, Brad Gallagher, B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance, University of Colorado Boulder 2021
12 Angry Jurors, Sierra Canyon School, CA 2019
Muscle Memory, Sadie Yarrington, REDCAT Theater, Los Angeles, CA 2019
eTextile Spring Break, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY + Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, Vicksburg, MI
Co-Organizer + Active Participant, 2017-
eTextile Summercamp, Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes, Poncé sur le Loir, France
Co-Organizer, Summerfest 2017
New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA
Teacher
Conscious Clothing Workshop, 2018-19
Getting Hands On With Soft Circuits, 2018- 19
Advanced Conceptual Clothing, 2018-19
Conceptual Clothing, 2016-19
Sculpture, 2016-18
Drama Department: Production Design, Costume Design, Wardrobe, 2016-19
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
In The Heights
Saint Joan
Once On This Island
Sweet Charity
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Shrek The Musical
New Roads Literary Journal: Layout, 2017-19
Marwen, Chicago, IL
Assistant Teaching Artist, Fashion Lab: Dream It, Draw It, Make It, Wear It, 2016
Christopher Baker, Chicago, IL,
Research Assistant, 2015-16
Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practices, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist, 2015
ITP Camp, New York University, New York, NY
Instigator, 2015
Textile Technology Research Group, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Research Fellow, 2014-15
Fiber and Material Studies, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Lab Monitor, 2014-15
MSP Fashion Studio , Continuing Studies SAIC, Chicago, IL
Classroom Assistant, Spring - Fall 2014
Exhibitions and Events, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Graduate Production Assistant to J Morgan Puett, Fall 2014
MSP Fashion Camp, Continuing Studies, SAIC, Chicago IL
Classroom Assistant, Summer 2014
Digital Jacquard Weaving: Zeroes and Ones, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2014
Digital Sound 1, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2013
Intro to Smart Textile Techniques, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Spring 2013
FLUCT, Baltimore, MD
Intern, 2012
Gallery KM, Santa Monica, CA
Intern, 2011
Publications
2022
Laura Devendorf, Sasha de Koninck, and Etta Sandry. 2022. An Introduction to Weave Structure for HCI: A How-to and Reflection on Modes of Exchange. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 629–642. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3534567
de Koninck, S., and Devendorf, L. (2022) Objects of care, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.440
2021
de Koninck, Sasha. “We Produce Future Heirlooms.” BIAS: Journal of Fashion Studies, no. 8, 2021, pp. 50–53., https://doi.org/https://issuu.com/dresspracticecollective/docs/bias_journal_of_fashion_studies_2021.
COTTON: RAW MATERIAL & PRECIOUS METAPHOR Exhibiton Catalog, The Weaving Mill, 2021.
De Koninck, Sasha. “Research Lab of Ambiguous Futurology Manifesto.” Bias: Journal of Dress Practice, no. 8, 2021.
2017
Klett, Lena, and Shannon Luddington. Mechanization, Material & the Matrix. Blurb, 2017
Intersections Exhibition . Loughborough University , 2017.
2016
Textiellab Yearbook 2015. Idea Books Amsterdam, 2016.