Tiffany Trenda is a performance and new media artist based in Los Angeles, with a career spanning over two decades. Her performances have been presented at prestigious venues, including the Broad Art Museum, the World Expo in Shanghai, Architecture + Design Museum, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art & Human Perception. Notably, she was featured in the performance program of Metamorphoses of the Virtual during the 55th Venice Biennale. Trenda's work has also been exhibited at the Faena Art Center in Buenos Aires in the acclaimed show Auto Body and in the special projects section of Context Art Miami. More recently, her art has exhibited at Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City, Art Center Nabi in South Korea, Brand Library and Art Center, and Art in Flux at the Barbican in London. Additionally, her pieces are part of the permanent collections at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Beinecke Library at Yale University. Trenda holds a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MFA from UCLA's Design and Media Arts program.
Tiffany Trenda's work engages with the intersection of the human body and emerging technologies. Rooted in performance and new media, her practice navigates the shifting boundaries between the real and the virtual, prompting viewers to confront the evolving concepts of identity and embodiment in today’s increasingly digital landscape. Trenda challenges the way our presence is mediated by technology, urging us to reconsider the ways we experience and understand the world around us.
Her work investigates how technology is transforming our phenomenological understanding of the body and material reality. She focuses on the subtleties of human experience as mediated through digital constructs, creating a conversation that blurs the lines between traditional and future mediums. Trenda’s practice opens a conversation between human subjectivity and machine perception, encouraging reflection on the ever-evolving relationship between the body, technology, and materiality in the digital age.
Education
2009 – 2011 Master of Fine Arts, UCLA, Design and Media Arts, Los Angeles, California
1998 – 2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Awards
2008 Winner of the London International Creative Competition "Artist of the Year" London, UK
Achievements
2019 Permanent collection of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, CA
2017 Cover image for Perfect Bodies I Rebellious Machines at E-Body: International Meeting of Art & Technology Wearable at Laboratoria Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico catalogue
2017 Permanent collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University (under Women in Photography International)
2015 Ubiquitous States performance was a special project for Context Art Miami, FL
2014 Highlight for Art Silicon Valley, Art Hamptons, Silicon Valley Contemporary Art Fair, and Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
2012 Cover image of the Miami Herald for Context Art Miami
Related Professional Work: Selected Talks, Presentations, Residencies, and Teaching Experience
11/16/2024 Artist Talk at USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
01/22/2022 “Final Taboos, Fleshy Bodies and New Boundaries - Gazing at the Scarlet Woman in 21C American Contemporary Arts Practice” apart of Scarlet Women 2021 - 2022 project at Atelier Melusine in La Trimouille, France
06/23/2020 Art and Tech for the greater good for WITI (Women in Technology International) Virtual Summit
04/03/2020 Artist Presentation for Storytelling Community of Practice for MWX Museums and the Web Conference
11/19/2019 M!sf!ts Labs, Art and Tech Residency at Phase Two, Culver City, CA
10/24/2019 Artist Talk at UCLA Department of Design Media Arts, DESMA 101 class, Intro to Media Arts
04/18/2019 Artist Talk for Future Cinema at USC Holly Willis (Associate Dean of Research in the School of Cinematic Arts), Los Angeles, CA
04/16/2017 Guest at final reviews for Creatives and Entrepreneurship at Parsons, New York, NY
03/29/2017 Artist Talk for STEAM series at Broward College, Coconut Creek, FL
03/12/2017 “Crossover of Future in Art x Tech by Women in Design” at SXSW
03/09/2017 “The Future Body: Memory and Identity” at Museo Soumaya in Mexico City, Mexico
09/14/2016 Lecture The Future Body: Memory and Identity at Dorkbot San Francisco, CA
05/06/2016 Artist Talk at Creative Tech Week with Hyphen Hub New York, NY
09/12/2015 Panel Discussion at 3D Print Show Los Angeles, CA
04/17/2015 Lecture at 3D Print Show Fashion: Digital Fashion Specialist Conference Series at 3D Print Show New York, NY
03/27/2015 FashionTech: The Intersection of Style and Software Mindshare at Cross Campus Santa Monica, CA
09/25/2014 Symposium, Wearable Technology: Redefining the Future of Fashion, Social Media Week LA, Los Angeles
11/09/2013 Panel Discussion MediaLive: Exploring Live Audiovisual Arts 2013, Boulder Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
06/26/2013 Lecture at Codame Fashion Tech + Music in San Francisco, CA
Spring 2011 Created first ever class at UCLA that combined Design and Media Arts & Department of Art, “Collaborative Studio Workshop”, DESMA 199
6/10/2010 - 6/14/2010 Co-created workshops Body and Media at EARTS, Shanghai, China
2/17/2011 Lecture Body, Pain, & Performance at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Art and Science DESMA 9, Los Angeles, CA
11/2009 – 6/2011 Teaching Assistant for Design I Media Arts at University of California Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions
06/21 - 07/2024 Refractions of Materiality at Liquid Art System in Capri, Italy
03/27 - 06/23/2024 Beyond Performance at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
07/11/2019 - 08/03/2019 The Vanishing Portrait, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
03/13/2014 – 04/05/2014 Body Code, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
11/17/2009 – 01/02/2010 Specular, at Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
9/16/2005 Electric, Farmani Gallery Beverly Hills, CA
05/2004 Plastic Rape, Gallery 4016 Los Angeles, CA
Selected Exhibitions & Art Fairs
2024
2/14 - 2/18/2024 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2/14 - 2/18/2024 Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
2023
12/5 - 12/10/2023 CONTEXT Art Miami in Miami, FL
11/21/2023 Beyond Performance at USC Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
05/16/2023 Irrational Exhibits at Track 16 in Los Angeles, CA
2022
11/10/2022 Art in Flux - Radical Embodiment at The Barbican London, UK
2021
11/31 - 03/08/2022 Scarlet Women project at Atelier Melusine / Satellite Venues, La Trimouille, France
11/9 - 11/11/2021 Un/Seen Installation at AWE Conference, Santa Clara, CA
11/02 - 11/4/2021 Un/Seen Installation at Infinity Festival, Los Angeles, CA
07/29 - 08/01/2021 Un/Seen Installation at DIVERSEartLA exhibition / LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2020
06/23/2020 WITI (Women in Technology International) Virtual Summit online 3D gallery
02/19/2020 - 03/13/2020 Nothings Going on Here at Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
02/05/2020 - 02/07/2020 Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Sciences Media Art Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA
01/25/2020 - 03/20/2020 Beyond Embodiment at Brand Library and Art Center, Pasadena, CA
2019
06/08/2019 - 10/06/2019 Mutual Reality: Art on the Edge of Technology, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, CA
2018
02/23/2018 – 02/25/2018 Video program for PhotoFairs, San Francisco, CA
2017
11/01/2017 – 01/31/2018 Neotopia at Art Center Nabi, Seoul, South Korea
03/06/2017 – 04/16/2017 Perfect Bodies I Rebellious Machines at E-Body: International Meeting of Art & Technology Wearable at Laboratoria Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico
01/16/2017 – 02/17/2017 Uprise / Angry Women at The Untitled Space New York, NY
2016
12/8 – 12/31/2016 Featured Video Artists of 2016 at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
11/29 – 12/4/2016 Special Projects at Context Art Miami, Miami, FL
10/15 – 11/15/2016 #GunControl at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
04/14 – 05/06/2016 LACDA 12th Anniversary Members Exhibit Los Angeles, CA
04/06 – 04/09/2016 MWX16 exhibition for the Museums and Web Conference at the Biltmore Los Angeles, CA
2015
6/18/2015 – 7/18/2015 Moving Images, McLoughlin Gallery San Francisco, CA
5/31/2015 – 5/08/2015 Auto Body, Spinello Projects at Faena Art Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1/15 – 1/18/2015 Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA
1/14-1/18/2015 Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2014
12/4 – 12/7/2014 Auto Body during Art Basel, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
10/16 – 12/17/2014 Private! Come In!, Spare Change Artist Space, San Francisco, CA
10/09 – 10/12/2014 Art Silicon Valley, San Francisco, CA
09/17 – 09/21/2014 New York Art, Antiques, and Jewelry Show, Armory New York
07/23 – 7/24/2014 Code, Canvas, Chow Pop-Up, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
07/10 – 4/13/2014 Art Hamptons Art Fair, Bridgehampton, NY
04/10 – 4/13/2014 Silicon Valley Contemporary Art Fair, San Jose, CA
03/06 -03/09/2014 Licht Feld Gallery, Scope Art Fair New York New York, CA
02/13-16/2014 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
01/21 – 4/19/2014 La Petit Mort et la Grande Hystéri, London, England
2013
12/2 – 12/7/2013 Licht Feld Gallery, CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, FL
06/26/2013 Art by Code, Public Works, San Francisco, CA
06/10-16/2013 Licht Feld Gallery, Scope Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
03/6-10/3013 Licht Feld Gallery, Scope Art Fair, New York, NY
02/14 -18/2013 Licht Feld Gallery, Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, FL
2012
12/02/2012 – 12/9/2012 Licht Feld Gallery, CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, Florida
11/09 – 01/13/2012 Zero1 Biennial: The Future Imagined What’s Next? at PAI Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
07/12/2012 New Media Art Festival, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles
04/28/2012 Snap Flash, Create Fixate, Los Angeles, CA
01/12/2012 – 01/16/2012 Photo Los Angeles in Santa Monica, CA
2011
10/06/2011 Eames Exhibit, Video Mapping Project with Los Angeles Art Collective, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA
07/23/2011 – 08/25/2011 Chain Letter curated by Doug Harvey, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
07/09/2011 – 9/02/2011 Analog to Digital, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles
05/12/2011 – 05/23/2011 Tell Them Nothing of the Things I thought About and Created While I was Sleeping, The New Wright Gallery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
03/05/2011 LACMA MUSE’s Young Director’s Night at the A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA
02/01/2011 – 04/24/2011 Have You Seen My Privacy, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2010
10/14/2010 – 10/20/2010 I Am Here Now, The New Wright Gallery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
09/16/2010 – 10/14/2010 Nine Group Show, West Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA
07/08/2010 – 08/07/2010 Feed_Back, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
01/15/2010 – 01/18/2010 Frank Pictures Gallery, Photo Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
2009
08/13/2009 – 08/15/2009 Digital Art LA apart of the Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles
04/18/2009 – 04/19/2009 Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
01/08/2009 – 01/11/2009 Special Projects Artist Installation for Photo Los Angeles, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA
2003 - 2008
11/01/2008 – 11/02/2008 Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
09/20/2008 – 10/04/2008 Not Seen and/or Less Seen, The Museum of Hyperreal Art, Malibu, CA
08/14/2008 – 08/16/2008 Digital Art LA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
07/10/2008 – 07/31/2008 Where The Girls Are FAR (Foundation for Art Resources) at the Continental Building, Los Angeles, CA
04/05/2008 – 04/06/08 Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
11/22/2007 – 23/2007 Untitled, The Museum of Hyperreal Art, Malibu, CA
10/13/2007 FFWD/RWD Hangar 1018, Los Angeles, CA
2/2007-03/2007 Connectivity Across: Time, Across Earth, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles
1/19/2007 – 1/21/2007 Photo Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
4/21/2006- 5/13/2006 Queen of the Night Group Show, Berman/Turner Projects, Santa Monica, CA
3/4/2006- 4/4/2006 Group Show, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
7/22/2005 – 7/25/2005 Brown Bag Contemporary Gallery, Photo San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
12/4/2004 Artist Bound at Soho Gallery, Studio City, CA
7/2004 Skin II Beau Damon Richard’s Gallery, San Pedro, CA
12/7/03 Artist Bound at Soho Gallery Studio City, CA
9/2003 Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
8/2003 Skin Show, Fine Artist’s Factory, Pasadena, CA
Selected Performances
2024
06/21/2024 Body Code at Liquid Art System in Capri, Italy
2023
12/09/2023 Body Code at CONTEXT Art Miami and Art Miami in Miami, FL
12/08/2023 Body Code at the grand opening of Liquid Art System in Miami, FL
09/27/2023 Body Code during ARS Electronica curated by Hyphen Hub in Linz, Austria
05/16/2023 Body Code at Irrational Exhibits at Track 16 in Los Angeles, CA
2022
10/19/2022 Body Code at Masters of Scale Summit, San Francisco, CA
2021
11/9 - 11/11/2021 Un/Seen at AWE Conference, Santa Clara, CA
11/02 - 11/4/2021 Body Code and Un/Seen at Infinity Festival, Los Angeles, CA
07/29 - 08/01/2021 Un/Seen at DIVERSEartLA exhibition / LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2020
03/08/2020 Body Code at Women in Steam, Beverly Hills, CA
02/14/2020 Proximity Cinéma at Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
01/25/2020 Proximity Cinéma at Beyond Embodiment at Brand Library and Art Center, Pasadena, CA
2019
11/19/2019 Body Code at M!sf!ts Labs, Art and Tech Residency at Phase Two, Culver City, CA
02/15/2019 Body Code at StartUp Art Fair, Venice, CA
2017
11/01/2017 Body Code & Proximity Cinéma for Neotopia exhibition at Art Center Nabi, Seoul, South Korea
05/06/2017 Ubiquitous States at Tech Sublime Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
04/14/2017 Proximity Cinéma at M.A.R.S. Festival, Los Angeles, CA
03/30/2017 Proximity Cinéma at STEAM Artist Series, Broward College, Coconut Creek, FL
03/07/2017 Body Code at Perfect Bodies I Rebellious Machines at E-Body: International Meeting of Art & Technology Wearable at Laboratoria Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
05/28/2016 Ubiquitous States at Wearable Art Awards Holland WAAH! Amsterdam, Holland
05/06/2016 Body Code performance at Creative Tech Week with Hyphen Hub and DJ Spooky, New York, NY
04/06/2016 Ubiquitous States at MWX16, The Broad Art Museum Los Angeles, CA
04/07/2016 Body Code at MWX16, Museums and Web Conference at the Biltmore Los Angeles, CA
2015
12/01/2015 – 12/06/2015 Ubiquitous States, Special Projects at Context Art Miami, Miami, FL
11/17/2015 Body Code at LA Auto Show Los Angeles, CA
10/22/2015 Body Code at West Edge Design Fair Los Angeles, CA
6/20/2015 Proximity Cinéma at Zhulong Gallery in Dallas, TX
06/18/2015 Body Code, Moving Images, San Francisco, CA
3/28/2015 A Piece of Me on a Piece of You, Beyond Graffiti II at the A+D Museum Los Angeles, CA
2/14/2015 Proximity Cinéma at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions for Artillery Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
2/12 – 2/15/2015 Proximity Cinéma at Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2014
10/09/2014 Body Code at Art Silicon Valley, San Francisco, CA
09/25/2014 Body Code at Wearable Technology: Redefining the Future of Fashion, Social Media Week LA, Los Angeles, CA
07/23/2014 Proximity Cinéma at Code, Canvas, Chow Pop-Up for The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, CA
07/10 – 4/13/2014 Proximity Cinéma and Body Code at Art Hamptons Art Fair, Bridgehampton, NY
06/31/2014 Body Code at Zero Down at 1019 West Studios Inglewood, CA
04/25/2014 Body Code at Photo Independent, Los Angeles, CA
04/10 – 4/13/2014 Proximity Cinéma at Silicon Valley Contemporary Art Fair, San Jose, CA
03/06 -03/09/2014 Body Code, Licht Feld Gallery, Scope Art Fair New York, New York, CA
02/13-16/2014 Proximity Cinéma at Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2013
12/2 – 12/7/2013 Proximity Cinéma at CONTEXT Art Miami, Licht Feld Gallery, Miami, FL
11/08/2013 Proximity Cinéma at MediaLive Festival: Exploring Live Audiovisual Arts 2013, Boulder Contemporary Art Museum, Boulder, CO
06/26/2013 Proximity Cinéma for Codame Fashion Tech + Music in San Francisco, CA
06/10-16/2013 Proximity Cinéma, Licht Feld Gallery, Scope Art Fair in Basel Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland
05/27/2013 - 10/31/2013 Proximity Cinéma at The Metamorphoses of the Virtual: 100 Years of Art and Freedom, during the 55th Annual Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
05/11/2013 Body Code at A+D Museum Annual Gala, Los Angeles, CA
04/23-24/2013 Body Code at Design West, San Jose, CA
03/09/2013 Body Code at Times Square, New York, NY
03/6-10/3013 Body Code, Licht Feld Gallery, Scope Art Fair, New York, NY
02/14 -18/2013 Body Code, Licht Feld Gallery, Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, FL
01/17/2013 Body Code at Photo Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
01/05/2013 Body Code at Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County, CA
2012
12/02/2012 Body Code, Licht Feld Gallery, CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami, Florida
11/09 – 01/13/2012 Body Code at Zero1 Biennial: “Future Imagined What’s Next?”, PAI The Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
09/22/2012 Body at Autumn Lights, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, CA
08/18/2012 Body Code at the LA Mobile Arts Festival, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
07/21/2012 Body Code at the 4th Annual Perform Chinatown, Coagula Curatorial, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
07/12/2012 Body Code at the New Media Art Festival, Los Angeles, CA
06/17/2012 Body Code Licht Feld Gallery, Scope Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
06/16/2012 Specular at Filter 4 in Basel, Switzerland
04/28/2012 Camera Obscure Snap Flash at Create Fixate, Los Angeles, CA
04/14/2012 Religious Mantis, Women in Hell: Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, Insitituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles, CA
04/07/2012 Urban Devotion Mobile Photography Awards, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Orange County, CA
03/31/2012 Camera Obscure at Month of Photography Los Angeles, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
01/12/2012 Urban Devotion at Photo Los Angeles in Santa Monica, CA
2011
08/04/2011 Urban Devotion, Decompositions, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
07/09/2011 Urban Devotion Analogue to Digital, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles
06/21/2011 Urban Devotion for Museum of Contemporary Art benefit at GUESS? Clothing Store, Santa Monica, CA
04/20/2011 When In Rome, Luigi Ontani’s Amen Hammer Ameno performance at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2010
10/30/2010 Urban Devotion LACMA Muse at Los Angels County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
09/09/2010 Feed_Back collaborative performance with Rex Bruce at Digital Art LA for Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
07/30/2010 Terrarium at Perform Now at Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
07/08/2010 Feed_Back collaborative performance with Rex Bruce at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles
06/17/2010 Face Me at the World Expo, UK Pavilion, Shanghai, China
04/03/2010 Entropy at Month of Photography Los Angeles, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
11/17/ 2009 Specular at Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
08/28/2009 Entropy at the Malibu Annual Contemporary Art Fair, Malibu, CA
08/13/2009 Entropy at Digital Art LA for the Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles
05/30/2009 Entropy at LACMA Muse, Los County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2008
07/10/2008 Death of an Icon at Where The Girls Are, Continental Building, Los Angeles, CA
2007
10/05/2007 Hopelessly Unconscious at Tarfest, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2005
7/22/2005 I Can’t Predict the Future of a Past I Never Lived, Brown Bag Contemporary Gallery, Photo San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
12/31/2005 Written Dream at Sea of Dreams, Los Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
12/14/2005 Written Dream at Pool Trade Show, Los Feliz, CA
12/08/2005 Written Dream for the Fine Art Resources (FAR), Continental Building, Los Angeles, CA
11/19/2005 Condemned Opera at Irrational Exhibitions at Track 16, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles, CA
2001 – 2004
1/16/04 RAW WAR at Hanger 1018, Los Angeles, CA
12/07/03 Breathe of Life at Artist Bound at Soho Gallery Studio City, CA
7/14/2003 Performance at Platinum Oasis for Outfest Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
12/17/2002 Silent Nightmare, collaborative performance with Peter Schroff at Highways, Santa Monica, CA
7/14/2002 Performance at Platinum Oasis for Outfest Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
6/27/2001 Silent Nightmare, collaborative performance with Peter Schroff at Irrational Exhibitions at Track 16, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA