It is commonly acknowledged that the career of artist Barry Schwartz began at age five, when he successfully completed his first circuit utilizing the union between a wall socket and kitchen utensils. Based in Phoenix, Arizona and San Francisco, California, Schwartz has toured and performed with his large scale electromechanical structures in sixteen countries since 1986. Some of his selected exhibitions have included: Circuits Du Solénoïde − Mois Multi 'II, Quebec; Electric Eclectics Festival ’08, Ontario; Elektrosonic Interference, Brisbane; Arte-Suporte-Computador, Sao Paulo;Shock Tactics − The Works Festival ‘97, in Alberta; European Cultural City, Copenhagen and Ars Electronica Festival, Linz. He has completed six international artist residencies and has lectured in various countries, including recent lectures at the Chicago Art Institute and the Rotterdam Academy of Art. Schwartz was the recipient of a Rockefeller Grant and Pollack-Krasner merit grant for 1998.

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