Bryan Cera is an artist, designer and maker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin whose practice explores the intimate and often dysfunctional relationships between humans and their technologies. His studio explorations investigate information and data’s reciprocal relationships to matter and ideas, traversing interactive video installation, wearable electronics, kinetics and robotics, and experimental platforms for digital fabrication. He has contributed to international exhibitions in Australia, Canada, China, Great Britain, Switzerland and the United States. Bryan holds a Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Arts, as well as Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Art and Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 2016 he founded the Thing Tank - a digital fabrication laboratory dedicated to exploring the integration of emerging technologies into more “traditional” craft and fine arts practices. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Object Making and Emergent Technologies at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, Alberta.

The Presentation

Personal Artist Trajectory

Art and technology are powerful forces in education, as Bryan Cera will illustrate through his own journey. From his early experiences as a 12-year-old experimenting with computers, Cera’s perception of art, science, and technology expanded in ways that shaped his career. Today, as an artist, designer, inventor, and Professor in Object Making and Emergent Technologies, he shows how creative technologies can spark innovation in young minds. By exploring how technology fosters creativity, Cera highlights its potential to transform education, empowering the next generation of thinkers and creators to bridge the gap between art and science. Through nurturing imagination with digital tools, students can reshape the future, becoming the innovators who lead in both fields. 

Some of the topics covered:

• Why ART and TECHNOLOGY matter in education.

• Learn what happens when you put creative technologies in the hands of youth.

• Explore how nurturing creativity through technology can empower the next generation of innovators, bridging the gap between art, science, and education.

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