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United Media Artists (UMA)
Each UMA artist is internationally acknowledged for their compelling, innovative and inspiring art works. Most of the group started working with moving image prior to the digital age which gives us a unique understanding of new media as we have surfed the changes in technologies. The works of the UMA artists are in the permanent collections of world museums like MoMA NY, Tate London, Centre George Pompidou Paris, V & A London and ZKM in Germany. For information about UMA Projects please contact joint conveners of United Media Artists Terry Flaxton or Will Pappenehimer. UMA artists: Tamiko Thiel, Nina Sobell, Sadia Sadia, Kerry Baldry, Jeane Susplugas, Lisa May Thomas, Agnes Guillaume, Nataša Prosenc Stearns, Fernanda D'Agostino, Jutta Pryor, Will Pappenheimer, Robert Cahen, Van McElwee, John Sanborn, Finn Harvor James Bloom, Arielko, Jaap Drupsteen, Nick Fudge, Terry Flaxton, |
Upcoming Exhibitions: "Wilderness" will be featured for six months during the 2026 Venice Biennale from 9th May until 29th November in the European Cultural Centre at the Palazzo Mora on Strada Nova in Cannaregio, Venice, Italy. Uma artists taking part: Tamiko Thiel, Nataša Prosenc Stearns, Nina Sobell, John Sanborn, James Bloom, Will Pappenheimer, Terry Flaxton,, Fernanda D'Agostino,
Tamiko Thiele, Natasa Prosence Stearns, WIll Pappenheimer, Terry Flaxton - 4 of UMA's 8 artists exhibiting Wilderness in Venice
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Practitioners of Art within an Evolving Technological Landscape
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Upcoming Exhibitions: "UMA REVEAL" will be featured during three two week long exhibitions in May, June and July 2026 during the Venice Biennale under the overall title: Anima Mundi (Soul of the World)
RITUALS from May 20 – June 04 2026 / CONSCIOUSNESS from June 19 – July 03, 2026 / VISIONS from July 17 – 31, 2026
UMA Artists Taking Part: Nataša Prosenc Stearns, Sadia Sadia, Tamiko Thiel, Kerry Baldry, Jutta Pryor, Fernanda D'Agostino, Terry Flaxton,, Arielko, Nina Sobell, John Sanborn, James Bloom, Will Pappenheimer
RITUALS from May 20 – June 04 2026 / CONSCIOUSNESS from June 19 – July 03, 2026 / VISIONS from July 17 – 31, 2026
UMA Artists Taking Part: Nataša Prosenc Stearns, Sadia Sadia, Tamiko Thiel, Kerry Baldry, Jutta Pryor, Fernanda D'Agostino, Terry Flaxton,, Arielko, Nina Sobell, John Sanborn, James Bloom, Will Pappenheimer
NataĊĦa Prosenc Stearns
Agnes Guillaume
Nina Sobell
Jeanne Susplugas
Will Pappeneheimer
John Sanborn
Van McElwee
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Below: Exhibition Venues that UMA Artists have exhibited in – a curated selection:
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Kunstforum, Austria
MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, Italy The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Mexico Palazzina Reale di Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom Museum of Contemporary Art, Urgench, Uzbekistan MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia MAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsrhue, Germany Bangkok Art & Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand Arte Otel, Shoreditch, Frieze Art Faire, London, UK Whitney Museum of American Art New York, USA MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France National Museum of Qatar, Doha, Qatar Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Turkey Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, Mexico Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom The Smithsonian, Washington DC, USA Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany Xi’an Academy of Art, China Vasteras Cathedral Sweden Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria Southwark Cathedral, UK Glastonbury Festival, UK ICA London, London, UK New Museum, NY, USA MUDAM, Luxembourg FACT/Tate Liverpool, UK Worcester Cathedral, UK Stedelijk Museum Den Haag Fabricca dei Vapore, Milan, Italy The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, USA Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, USA The Long Beach Museum of Art, California, USA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, USA The Menil Drawing Institute, Houston, Texas, USA International Center of Photography, New York, USA Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia |
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UMA WILDERNESS ANNOUNCEMENT:
May 11, 14:30-15:30 at Palazzo Mora - In a related event, UMA artist, Nina Sobell in collaboration with Ed Bear, will perform her ongoing participatory project GammaTime which visually represents and sonifies 1-4 participants’ brain waves onto a large scale video projection. Whenever each participant reaches a state of 40 Hz gamma brain activity, their section of the tableau lights up in response with a combination of light, imagery, sound, and real-time data. |
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UMA WILDERNESS ANNOUNCEMENT:
In a related event UMA Artist, Tamiko Thiel's videos were created from her augmented reality installation "What You Sow" (2023, with /p), which is visible in Venice during the 2026 Venice Biennial. Viewing instructions here: https://arpoise.com/deeplinkVenice.html |
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UMA WILDERNESS ANNOUNCEMENT:
Fernanda D’Agostino layering video projections of the convergence of embodiment and environmental science onto urban and natural spaces. Nightly at dusk at surprise locations throughout Venice. |
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