Meredith Hoy

Meredith Hoy is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Media Theory at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Holding a PhD in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley (2010), she bridges art history and studio practice through interdisciplinary research connecting technological, ecological, scientific, and social systems.

• Education
  • PhD 2010, Department of Rhetoric, University of California-Berkeley
  • BA 2001, Program in Humanities with Honors, Stanford University

Her research spans digital aesthetics, data art, and environmental systems, with a focus on intersections between historical art practices (like pointillism) and contemporary digital methodologies. Current projects explore digital memory systems' impact on human cognition and affect.

Key publications include From Point to Pixel: A Genealogy of Digital Aesthetics (2017) and contributions to Leonardo, Media-N, and exhibition catalogs like Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age (2023). She has co-edited journal special issues on art infrastructure and digital culture.

Hoy's creative practice includes curating exhibitions such as Water, Climate, Place (2015) and Mathematical Rhymes (2013). Her expertise areas cover critical theory, animal studies, biosemiotics, and posthumanism.