KENNETH COLLINS

Kenneth Collins is an Assistant Professor in Film & Media Arts at the University of Utah. He specializes in interdisciplinary work blending digital media, performance, cinema, installation, and artificial intelligence. His career began in New York City with Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater and includes residencies at institutions like EMPAC (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center. He co-founded Temporary Distortion, a non-profit arts organization producing experimental works across 30+ countries.

Collins integrates mindfulness meditation (certified via Jack Kornfield, 2021) and AI into his practice, exploring human-artmaking complexities. His work has been featured in venues like the Aram Art Museum (South Korea), Bakhrushin Museum (Moscow), and exhibited globally. Academic essays on his work appear in Theater, The Drama Review, TheatreForum, and books like Performance & Media: Taxonomies for a Changing Field.

Education: BA (Theatre, Indiana University of Pennsylvania), MA (Theatre, Florida State University), MFA (Directing & Digital Media Design, University of Iowa).