Education
University of Copenhagen, Denmark // PhD Fellow Human-Centered Computing (Computer Science) // March 1 2021 – Present
Mills College, Oakland, CA USA // MFA Book Arts & Creative Writing // 2013
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA USA // BA Language Arts // 2005
Recent Employment and Teaching Experience
AI Ethics Researcher and Visiting Artist // NovoNordisk AI Center of Excellence // Sept 2022 – Jan 2023
Visiting Researcher // metaLAB (Berkman Klein) // Harvard // March 2022 – April 2022
Research Assistant // Department of Computer Science // University of Copenhagen // July 2020 – March 2021
Instructor: Interactive Art & Technology (Interactive Media Art, LED Programming) // HackadayU // Fall 2020
Instructor: Interactive Art & Technology (Interactive Installations)) // Codame Art & Tech // Fall 2020
Instructor: Interactive Art & Technology (Soft Circuits) // Catch (Helsingør, Denmark) // August 2020
Sr. Designer / Developer of Interactive Technology // Meow Wolf // 2017 – 2019
Awards & Grants
Creative Europe Programme of the European Union // October 2020
Nordic Summer University // Project Grant // August 2020
The Pollination Project // Seed Grant // February 2014
College Book Arts Association // Studio Assistance Grant // October 2013
Public Collections
Center on Contemporary Art (Seattle, WA)
Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
University of Northern Texas Special Collections Library (Denton, TX)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Collections (Chapel Hill, NC)
Syracuse University Special Collections (Syracuse, NY)
Mills College (Oakland, CA)
Joan Flasch Collection at School of the Arts Institute Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The One Archives Foundation at USC (Los Angeles, CA)
Abecedarian Gallery (Denver, CO)
Permanent Exhibitions
Starfield Telescopes, Sentient Slime, Cosmo Floor 2 Interactivity // Meow Wolf Denver Convergence Station // Denver, CO
Ring of Voices // Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum // Albuquerque, NM
Omega Mart Beauty Kiosk, Blood Pressure Machine, Osmositron, Happles // Meow Wolf Omega Mart Area 15 // Las Vegas, NV
Residencies
Catch // Helsingør, Denmark // September 2020 – November 2020
University of Illinois (Unit One) // Champaign, IL // February 15 – 21 2020
University of North Carolina (Arts Everywhere) // Chapel Hill, NC // May 21 – 22 2019
Codame Labs // San Francisco, CA // June 2016 – October 2016
Hive Gallery // Los Angeles, CA // October 2014 – October 2015
Women’s Studio Workshop // Kingston, NY // Fall 2013
The Foundry Nights // Berkeley, CA // January – March 2013
KALA Arts Institute & Gallery // Berkeley, CA // August 2012 – December 2012
ABCO Artspace // Oakland, CA // November 2010 – November 2012
Research
M. Jones, C. Neumayer, I. Shklovski, “Embodying the Algorithm: Exploring Relationships with Large Language Models Through Artistic Performance” CHI ’23: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 Human-Compputer Interaction Conference April 2023 https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580885
M. Jones, N. Griffioen, I. Shklovski, O. Hanteer, “Artificial Intimacy: An Exploration of the Personal and Intimate in Natural Language Processing Models” NordiCHI ’22: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 Nordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference October 2022 https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3547719
M. Sicart, I. Shklovski, and M. Jones, “Can Machine Learning be Moral?” Presentation at the Human Centered AI workshop at NeurIPS, Dec. 13, 2021. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2201.06921
K. Andersen, M. Overgaard, M. Jones, and I. Shklovski, “Collectively Reimagining Technology.” Morals and Machines, no. 2, pp. 86-93, 2021.
K. Andersen, M. Overgaard, M. Jones, and I. Shklovski, “A Joint Expedition into the Future of Soft Tech.” Oct. 9, 2021. doi: 10.14236/ewic/POM2021.9
S. Schwemer, S. Genner, K. Andersen, M. Overgaard, M. Jones, I. Shklovski, T. Beschorner, F. Krause, M. Dahlbeck, I. Wildhaber, I. Ebert, “Please Explain: Key Questions for Explainable AI research from an Organizational Perspective.”
Lectures / Talks / Presentations
Birmingham University // The Data Is Of Us But Not Us // February 2023
Birmingham Open Media // Luminous Shrouds (Projection Art and Mapping) // February 2023
Royal Holloway University of London // Immersive, Digital, and Artificially Intelligent // January 2023
AI Day / Inspiration Day / GoDigital (NovoNordisk) // Participatory Ethics Through AI Art // Sept 2022 – Jan 2023
Electric Wonderland Croatia // Electronic Books Workshop // August 2022
Gray Area Foundation // Portfolio Development Workshop // October 2022
metaLAB Harvard // Exploring Human-Machine Relations Through Participatory Art // April 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology // Virtual Beings and Being Virtual // April 2022
University of Gothenburg & Hasselblad Foundation // Glitch and Photography: Hybrid bodies, remixed archives, posthuman nature // February 2022
Aalborg University // Deep Fake and AI Ethics // February 2022
Processing Foundation Copenhagen // Processing Day // October 2021
IDA Ingeniørforeningen // Women in Hardware Presentation // December 2020
Inter Arts Center – University of Lund // Speaker – Immersive Days – Ethics in Design // December 2020
Women in Hardware // Speaker – Queer Tech // October 2020
Nordic Summer University // Symposium Presenter – AI Text Generation & Creativity // July 2020
Catch: Center for Art, Design, and Technology // Symposium Presenter – Alternate Technology Futures // June 2020
Virtually Maker Faire // Speaker – Interactive Installations During Covid19 // July 2020
Catch (dk) // Symposium Presenter – Alternative Tech Futures // July 2020
University of North Carolina // Guest Speaker and Workshops – AR, HCI, Performance, Social Justice // October 2019
University of Kentucky // Guest Speaker and Workshop – Wearables, Social Justice // April 2019
University of Wisconsin-Madison // Guest Speaker – Wearables, Performance, Social Justice // March 2019
Diablo Valley College // Guest Speaker and Workshop Instructor – Zine Making, Social Justice // April 2018
University of Utah // Guest Speaker and Workshop Instructor – Zine Making, Social Justice // April 2018
Rhode Island School of Design // Guest Speaker – Social Justice Art // April 2017
Syracuse University // Keynote Speaker – Social Justice Art // April 2017
Maryland College Institute of the Art // Visiting Artist – Social Justice Art // April 2017
Open Show LA // Featured Artist – Portfolio // June 2016
Mills College // Visiting Artist – Portfolio // April 2016
Maryland Institute College of the Arts // Visiting Artist – Social Justice Art // April 2016
School of the Art Institute Chicago // Visiting Artist – Social Justice Art // April 2016
Queer Youth Foundation // Featured Writer // September 2015
BIL 2015 Los Angeles // Main Stage Speaker // March 2015
Mindshare Los Angeles // Guest Speaker // February 2014
Academy of Art // Visiting Lecturer Intro to Book Arts // April 2012
CBAA 2012 // New Student Work // January 2012
Publications & Press
Bing! Hvem chatter jeg med? // Foljeton // February 2023
Living By Protocol mediates on the impact of social media and its future // Harvard Law Bulletin // Summer 2022
Ikke helt sa sort-hvid // Seismograf // November 2021
Deep reading meets archaelogy meets tech fab through inclusive science fiction // Makery // June 2021
Technotopia 172: Alternative forestillenger om fremidens tech // IDA // December 2020
AI and journalism ethics: a conversation with Mirabelle Jones // The Fix // October 2020
Transdisciplinary: Code meets art meets technology meets ethics // Ingeniøren Magazine (Danish) // September 2020
Healing arts: Recovering from sexual assault through creativity // PBS Cronkite News // Feb 2020
From Stem to Steam // DAMN Magazine // November 2019
California-Based Multidisciplinary Artist Mirabelle Jones // Roundtable Journal // August 2017
Syracuse presents Mirabelle Jones as Keynote Speaker // Syracuse News // April 2017
An L.A. Artist Created a 600 Square Foot Gay Pride Flag // L.A. Weekly // June 2016
Bearing the Untold: Why We Need to Hear Stories of Sexual Assault // Ms. Magazine // May 2016
The Purpose of Performance Art // Addicted Gallery // April 2016
Mirabelle Jones’ JARRING III Book Collection Redefines Sexual Assault Awareness // Bustle // February 2016
To Skin a Catcaller’ Installation Shows Street Harassment’s Insidious Effects // Bustle // December 2015
What It’s Like to Endure Hours of Catcalling // ATTN // December 2015
This Artist Endured 8 Hours of Catcalling to Fight Street Harassment // Refinery29 // December 2015
Artist Endures 8 Hours of Catcalling to Prove an Important Point // Huffington Post // December 2015
This Artist was Catcalled for 8 Hours to Illustrate the Dangers of Street Harassment // Mic // December 2015
Stop Global Street Harassment by Holly Kearl // Print // Copyright 2015
What to Do in a Domestic Violence Situation // Ms. Magazine // October 2015
10 Must Read Art Essays // ArtNet // March 2015
Indecent Intentions // Pelican Bomb // March 2015
Stitch Fetish Review // Beautiful Bizarre Magazine // February 2015
Playing Dead // Blazenfluff // January 2015
The Woman in the Glass Case in the Window // Ms. Magazine // November 2014
Comfort & Civilization Review // Laughing Squid // November 2014
Comfort & Civilization @ ATA Gallery // Rogue Rave // November 2014
Boat People // Recit Publications, France // November 2014
Mirabelle Jones // We Choose Art . com // October 2014
Kindness Is Love Made Visible // Huffington Post // May 2014
Street Harassment is Not A Compliment in Germ Magazine
Interview with Mirabelle Jones // Feminist Magazine // February 2014
Mirabelle Jones & JARRING III // Bookbinding Now // February 2014
Mirabelle Jones and the Artists’ Book as Activism // Women’s Studio Workshop // January 2014
Select Exhibitions
A Kind of Alchemy’: The Work of Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence // DAHJ: the International Journey for Digital Art History // Opening June 2023
Currents Festival 2023 // Currents, Santa Fe, NM // June 2023
Resonances // Currents 826, Santa Fe, NM // Feb – Apr 2023
Living By Protocol // Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA // May – July 2022
Unseen // Form&Concept (Collaborations with 23 Sandy), Santa Fe, NM // August 2021 – November 2021
Digital Alchemy // Catch: Center for Art, Design, and Technology // December 2020 – Summer 2021
Opera Beyond // Finnish National Opera and Ballet // May 2019
Art of Survival // 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco // August 2018
The Art of Reading // Museum Meermanno, Den Haag Netherlands // November 2017
Degrees of Innovation // San Francisco Center for the Book // October 2017
Vital Hybrids // B4B3L4B Gallery, Oakland // November 2017
Art Against Assault // Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island // April 2017
High Priestess // LA Art Share, Los Angeles // April 2017
Hear Our Voice // Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle // February 2017
Make / Shift // Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, St. Louis // February 2017
Hidden Agenda // Trocadero Gallery, Melbourne (AUS) // February 2017
20 / 20 Vision // San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco // 07/30/16 – 10/16/16
Rainbow Shift 2.0 // Montalban Gallery // 06/16
Center for Performance Research, New York // Beaver the Exhibition // 04/16
PACE University Gallery, New York // Artivisim // 04/16
Spacedust LA // 100 // 09/15
Heart of Art Gallery, LA // SHEzilla // 09/15
The Hive Gallery, LA // Artists’ Books of Mirabelle Jones // 03/15 – 04/15
1230 S Flower St. Gallery, LA // Group Show // 03/15
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art // Snap to Grid Group Show // December 2014
Get Art: Project Angel Food LA // Woman for Sale No. 2 // Group Show // October 2014
The Hive Gallery, LA // Woman for Sale // Group Show // September 2014
The Hive Gallery, LA // Something There is That Doesn’t Love A Wall // Group Show // August 2013
Western New York Book Arts Center, NY // Members Exhibition // To Wave // May – July 2013
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver // Photo Book Works // SF / Berlin // February 2013
SWARM Gallery, Oakland // Book Reads You // Feb. – March 2013
The Foundry, Berkeley // Yuppies vs. Sharks // February 2013
KALA Arts Institute Gallery, Berkeley // Artist’s Annual Exhibition // San Francisco / Berlin // December 2012
Dore Gallery, San Francisco // Codame Art & Tech. Festival // October 2012
Columbia University, Chicago // Immesh / Maquette // Steel Box w. Rob Borges // September 2012
Abecedarian Gallery, Denver // Transparent, Opaque // SF / Berlin // June 2012
Select Performances
Embodying the Algorithm // AIPerformance.space // February 2021 What Happens Next Will Be Documented in Images and Text // ATA Gallery San Francisco // December 2020
Nude Descending Sidewalk // Trocadero Gallery, Melbourne (AUS) // February 2017
109 Seconds // ATA Gallery, San Francisco // November 2016
Violence and Visibility // Montalban Gallery, LA // June 2016
What It’s Like to Be a 3rd Wave Performance Artist // Basic Flowers Gallery, LA // April 2016
BEAVER the Exhibition // Center for Performance Research // New York, NY // April 2016
To Skin a Catcaller // ATA Gallery, San Francisco // November 2015
Push / Pull / Suspend // Adobe Books Gallery // October 2015
NEST // Perform Chinatown Los Angeles // August 2015
The Wedding // Zorthian Ranch // August 2015
Undone By Each Other // East Jesus // March 2015
Shared Breath // The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, February 2015
Comfort & Civilization // ATA Gallery, San Francisco, November 2014
Judgements // Crow & Quill, Asheville NC, August 2014
Digital Ascension II // Koz Collective, Brooklyn // October 2013
Undead Business Lunch // San Francisco // November 2012
I Am Not A Cat // San Francisco Center for the Book // September 2012
IKEA Slumber Party // IKEA, Emeryville // July 2012
Deux Ex Machina // Exit Theatre, San Francisco // May 2012
What Is Real? // Occupy Oakland // January 2012
What It’s Like To Be A Woman // King Kong Club, Berlin // June 2011
Maybe It’s Maybelline // F3 at Cotton Mill Studios, Oakland // February 2011
Miss U-Bahn // Spreewaldplatz, Berlin // August 2010