Jassie Rios

Jassie Rios is a Lecturer of Studio and Digital Art at the Department of Art, Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art, Catholic University of America. Her interdisciplinary practice bridges drawing, experimental music, sound art, and instrument design.

• Education
  • Master of Arts in Audio Technology, American University (2018)
  • Master of Fine Arts in Studio Drawing, Maryland Institute College of Art (2011)
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Painting, Texas State University (2002)

Research Interests: Rios explores hybridity, code-switching, and Indigenous Mexican culture through conceptual drawing, sound art, and hacked utilitarian objects. Her work interrogates the intersection of humans, the natural environment, and mobile recording technologies via improvisation and chance systems.

Scientific Awards:

• 2018 Margaret Guthman Award for Instrument Design at Georgia Tech for gramFX

Creative Output & Exhibitions: Rios has performed/exhibited at Katzen Art Center (DC), Torpedo Factory Art Center (VA), Rhizome DC, WaveFarm (NY), ShapeShifter Lab (NY), and the 2016 Pure Data Conference (NJ). She was an Artist in Residence at Signal Culture (NY).