143 Ludlow Street (#14)
New York, NY 10002 USA
and
114, Rue de Vaugirard
75006 Paris FRANCE
 

home page:  http://www.nechvatal.net

email: joseph_nechvatal@hotmail.com

Bio Notes:
Dr. Joseph Nechvatal has worked with ubiquitous electronic visual information and computer-robotics since 1986. His computer-robotic assisted paintings and computer animations are shown regularly in galleries and museums throughout the world. From 1991-3 he worked as artist-in-resident at the Louis Pasteur Atelier and the Saline Royale / Ledoux Foundation's computer lab in Arbois, France on 'The Computer Virus Project': an experiment with computer viruses as a creative stratagem. Dr. Nechvatal has exhibited his work widely in Europe and the United States, both in private and public venues. He is collected by the Los Angeles County Museum, the Moderna Musset in Stockholm, Sweden and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Dr. Nechvatal's work was included in Documenta 8.

Dr. Nechvatal earned his Ph.D. in the philosophy of art and new technology as a Ph.D. doctoral fellow researcher with The Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAiiA) (see: http://www.eyewithwings.net/nechvatal/ideals.htm). He served as Parisian editor for "RHIZOME INTERNET" (http://www.rhizome.org) between the years 1996-2001 and now writes regularly for "The THINGą (http://www.thing.net), "NY ARTS Magazine" (http://www.nyartsmagazine.com) and Zing Magazine (http://www.zingmagazine.com/).  Dr. Nechvatal presently teaches ŚTheories of Virtual Realityą at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is a founder of the Tellus Audio Art Project and served as conference coordinator for the 1st International CAiiA  Research Conference entitled "CONSCIOUSNESS REFRAMED: Art  and Consciousness in the Post-Biological Era" (5 & 6 July 1997); an international conference which looked at new developments in art, science, technology  and consciousness which was held at the Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, University of Wales College, Newport, UK.

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Biography
 
1951 Born in Chicago, Illinois
1974 B.F.A. Southern Illinois University
1974-75 M.F.A. Studio Work Cornell University
1977-78 M.Phil Work in Philosophy Columbia University
1999 Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Art at the Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAiiA), University of Wales, Newport, Wales, U.K.
1999-2002 Professor at The School of Visual Arts, NYC

The artist lives in New York and Paris and is a professor at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.


 


Grants
 
1983 Caps Grant, Painting
1985 National Endowment for the Arts, Painting
1985 National Endowment for the Arts, Opera and Musical Theater
1985 Massachusetts Council of the Arts, Performance
1986 National Endowment for the Arts, InterArts
1986 Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc.
1988 New York, NY Foundation for the Arts, Painting
1989 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
1991-1993 Artist-in-Residence, Arbois, France
1992-1993 Artist-in-Resident, Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux's computer lab in Arc-et-Senans, France
1992 New York, NY Foundation for the Arts, Painting
1995 Artist-in Residence, Cite des Art Internationale, Paris
1996-8 Research Fellowship,University of Wales ,CAiiA, Newport, U. K.
1997 New York, NY Foundation for the Arts: Computer Arts
 
 
Selected One-Person-Exhibitions

2002
vOluptuary : an algorithic hermaphornology, Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York City
2001
SilicOn valley : nunciative mOdality and a viral redux, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
Compliant 2.0 Libidinal Bodies in the Bit-stream (Enhanced Corpus Rotundum), Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago
Transformers (with Virus Projects 1.0 & 2.0) Moving Image Gallery, New York City
2000
es-satyricOn 2000,Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York City
1999
Viral Beauty, Boston Cyber Arts, Boston  http://www.bostoncyberarts.org
1997  
Das Neural Netz, (collaboratively with Mathias Groebel) Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
1996
Joseph Nechvatal Retrospective, Galerie Berndt, Köln (catalogue)
1995 Alt.sex, (collaboratively with Mathias Groebel) Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium  (web catalogue at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/MatthiasGroebel/groebel/frmalt.htm)
Les Archons, Galerie Multimedia, Paris
Angels, Broken Hearts and Computer Viruses, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
1994
Computer Virus Project, Espace d'Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris (catalogue)
Information Bruit Culture, Galerie Traje, Besancan, France
Computer Virus Project, Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium (catalogue)
1993
Computer Virus Project, The Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans, France (catalogue)
The Destiny of Painting, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
1992
Joseph Nechvatal, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris  
Tombeaux, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY, NY
1991
Joseph Nechvatal, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
Joseph Nechvatal, Musee des Beaux Arts de Dole, France (CD Rom catalogue)
Joseph Nechvatal, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY (catalogue)
Joseph Nechvatal,Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
Joseph Nechvatal, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris (catalogue)
1989
Joseph Nechvatal,Gallery Fahl, Stockholm
Joseph Nechvatal, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund (catalogue)
Joseph Nechvatal, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1988
Joseph Nechvatal Computer-Robotic Paintings: 1986-1987, Illinois State University, Normal (catalogue)
Joseph Nechvatal, De Selby Gallery, Amsterdam
Joseph Nechvatal, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris
1987
Joseph Nechvatal, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, NeuerAachenerKunstverein, Aachen
Joseph Nechvatal, Gallery Engstrom, Stockholm
1986
Joseph Nechvatal: Photographs,Greathouse, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, Anna Friebe Galerie, Cologne
Joseph Nechvatal, Vanquard Gallery, Philadelphia
1985
Joseph Nechvatal, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
XS: An Installation, Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina Univerity, Greenville (catalogue)
1984
Joseph Nechvatal, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY (catalogue)
Joseph Nechvatal: Grace Under Pressure,Gallery Nature Morte, New York, NY
1983
Joseph Nechvatal, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal, Spiritual America, New York, NY
1982
Joseph Nechvatal, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Ct.
Joseph Nechvatal: The Occult Power of Technology: Part II, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1981
The Occult Power of Technology: Part I, P.S. #1, Long Island City, NY
1980
Methadone Median,  abandoned methadone center on west Canal Street, New York, NY
 
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002
NIGHT VISION, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois (catalogue)
Reality Revisited, IN SITU, Aalst, Belgium
Reality Revisited, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Koln, Germany (web catalogue)
NIGHT VISION, White Columns, New York City (catalogue)
20001  
LE PROJET VIRUS 2001, Mains DąOeuvres, Paris
Cin-o-matic: Memory and Cinematic Perception, T he New Museum, New York City
The Collector, Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery, New York City
1.44 Megs, Moving Image Gallery, New York City
The Graphic Art Biennial, Györ, Hungary
2000
R.E.D. - Remote Experience Dependency, UCU Gallery, New York City
Noise: The Digital and the Discrete,Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge (catalogue, with essay by Bruno Latour)
The Perpetual Well, Samuel Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
The Perpetual Well, Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, NY
Rounders, UCU Gallery, New York City
polyALTERITY, UMF Art Gallery, Farmington, Maine (catalogue)
Lit. Fig. : Work from Words, The SPACE @ MEDIA TRIANGLE, NY NY
1999
REFLEX: Matthias Groebel, Joseph Nechvatal & Endre Tót,Galerie Berndt, Köln
Digital Hybrids, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio (catalogue)
The Techo-Digital Sublime, Central Fine Arts, New York City (web-site)
MA(R)KING, Central Arts, Tuscon, curated by Elaine E. King (catalogue)
Three Computer-related Artists, Galerie Berndt, Köln
Links: Schilderkunst in Extremis? Kunstcentrum Sittard, Maastricht
Diverse Dialogues, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark
Old School, Life, New York City, curated by Carlo McCormick
1998
Body Mécanique, Wexner Center, Columbus Ohio (catalogue)
Thundergulch: Computer Arts Fellows, NYC Technology Center
Chaos and Capacity, Central Fine Arts, Inc. NYC
1997
Art Fractal, Gallerie Ricard, Paris (catalogue and web-site)
Zoom (Fractal), Stae University of New York, NY, Purchase (catalogue)
1995
BLAST Bioinformatica, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Koln (catalogue)
BLAST, Galerie des Archives, Paris (catalogue)
Veered Science, Huntington Beach Art Center, California (catalogue)
In Corpus Machina, Espace d'Art, Paris
BLAST Bioinfomatica, Javier Lopez Gallery, London
Reinventing The Emblem, Yale University Art Gallery (catalogue)
Die Schnheit Der Fraktale, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich
Transiti, Arx Art Gallery, Torino, Italy (catalogue)
Art Fractal: été,Galerie Angle Art Contemporain, St. Paul-Tro Château
1994
Excess in the Techno-Mediacratic Society, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca. (curated by Joseph Nechvatal) (catalogue)
Art & Virus, Gallery Yaki Kornblit, Amsterdam (catalogue)
Tohu-Bohu, Galerie de l' etoile, Paris (catalogue)
Art & Virus, Galleria Del Ventaglio Contemporanea, Udine, Italy (catalogue)
Lo Specchio di Proteo, Perugia, Alessandria, Italy (catalogue)
Figures d'Origines, Chapelle Salpetriere, Paris (catalogue)
1993
Computeruntersttzte Kunst, Kunstlerwerkstatt, Munich (catalogue)
L'Opera Al Femminile, Galleria Arx, Torino
Bodies, Atelier of Philip Pocock, Köln
Excess in the Techno-Mediacratic Society, Musee D'Arbois, France (curated by Joseph Nechvatal) (catalogue)
Excess in the Techno-Mediacratic Society,Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (curated by Joseph Nechvatal)
Erlebnis E Alterita, Galleria Marco Noire, Torino (catalogue)
Hiding / Revealing, Galerie In Situ, Aalst
La Fractalite Dans L'Art, Campus de La Doua, Villeurbanne (catalogue)
1993
Mediale Hamburg (catalogue)
Painting as Paradigm, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
Procedures: Informatiques, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris
Presentation, NeuerAachenerKunstverein, Aachen
1992
Ecstasy, Dooley Le Cappellaine, New York, NY
L'Epreuve Numerique, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
New York, NY Artists, Galerie Bernhard Steinmetz, Bonn
10th Anniversary Visiting Artists Exhibition, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Representation, Reproduction and Photography, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1991
Outside Ameirca: Going into the 90s, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
1990
20th Anniversary Exhibition White Columns, New York, NY
All Quiet on the Western Front, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris (catalogue)
Exchange of Information, New York, NY Telephone New York, NY
Le Tableau des Riches Inventions, Picaron Editions, Amsterdam
The Unique Print: 70s into 90s, Lois & Michael Torf Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1989 
Theater on Paper, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Once upon A Time There Was A Photograph, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami
After Collapse: Rebuilding Expressive Media, State University, Amherst, Ma.
Strange Attractors: Signs of Chaos, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
Standplaats AKI, Akademie Voor Beeldende Kunst, Enschede, The Netherlands
 Moderne Kunst, Malmo Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Malmo Sweden
Erotic America, (curated by Joseph Nechvatal) Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris (catalogue)
1988 
Art at the End of the Social, Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden (catalogue)
New Visions of the Apocalypse, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (catalogue)
New York, NY Now, Guthenberg Art Museum (traveled in Sweden and Finland) (catalogue)
Perpetual Subversions, Bruno Facchetti, New York, NY
Computer Assisted: The Computer in Contemporary Art Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pa.
Committed to Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
1987 
Chemical Field, De Zaak, Groningen
Digital Visions: Computers and Art, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse (catalogue)
Digital Visions: Computers and Art, IBM Gallery NYC (catalogue)
New Coordinates, Simard, Halm and Shee Gallery, Los Angeles
1987 
Documenta 8, Kassel Germany (catalogue)
This is not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale, Photography: 1966-1986, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Fl. (catalogue)
This is not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale, Photography: 1966-1986, Akron Art Museum, Ohio (catalogue)
This is not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale, Photography: 1966-1986, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va. (catalogue)
1986 
Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, University of Alabama Moody Gallery of Art
Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Tuscaloosa Pennsylvania State University
Drawings from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park
Il Cangiante, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Metabody, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY (catalogue)
Spiritual America, CEPA, Buffalo, NY
Pay Attencion, Brandts Palchus Galleri, Copenhagen
Drawings, Piezo Electric, New York, NY
Time after Time, Diane Brown Gallery, New York, NY
Face It, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
1985 
Infotainment,Texas Gallery, Houston (catalogue)
Infotainment, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago (catalogue)
Infotainment, Vanquard Gallery, Philadelphia (catalogue)
Infotainment, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen Colo. (catalogue)
Infotainment, De Selby Gallery, Amsterdam (catalogue)
Infotainment, Galerie Montenay-Delsol, Paris (catalogue)
Correspondences: New York, NY Art Now, Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo (catalogue)
Correspondences: New York, NY Art Now, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
Correspondences: New York, NY Art Now, Tagaki Hall Espace Media, Kobe (catalogue)
Anniottanta Castel Sismondo, Palazzina Moster, Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Nives, Rimini
Anniottanta Castel Sismondo, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Whitney Biennial: Group Material, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Memento Mori, Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia (catalogue)
1984 
Drawings, Paintings, and Sculpture, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Smart Art: New Work from New York, NY, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma. (catalogue)
Disarming Images: Art for Nuclear Disarmament, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (catalogue) (travelled to ten institutions in the United States)
Via Satellite, Amerika-Haus, Cologne (catalogue)
Natural Genre, Fine Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Florida State University (catalogue)
The New Capital, White Columns, New York, NY
Drawings by Contemporary Figurative Artists, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore (catalogue)
Humanism: An Undercurrent, University of South Florida, Tampa
Romance and Catastrophe, Piezo Electric, New York, NY
Contemporary Perspectives, Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.
Motives, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalogue)
New York, NY New: 26 Artists, Studio di Corrado Levi, Milano (catalogue)
Dessins, Gillespie-Laage-Salamin, Paris
1983 
New York, NY,  Kunstmuseum, Aalborg (catalogue)
New York, NY, Randers Kunstmuseum (catalogue)
Contemporary Drawings, Barbara Krakow, Boston
Four New York, NY Artists, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Rotating Group Show, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
Speed Trials, White Columns, New York, NY
Joseph Nechvatal / Not Vital / Robin Weglinski, Gallery Nature Morte, New York, NY
1982 
The Atomic Salon, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, NY
1981
The Positive Show, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
New Drawings, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
The Doomsday Show, Artists Space, New York, NY
The Monumental Art Show, Brooklyn, NY
The Inauguration Show, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
1980 
Collaborative Projects, Brooke Alexander, New York, NY
Murder, Suicid &, Junk, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
Artists for Survival, ABC No Rio,
New York, NY International Workers Day Exhibition, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
The Times Square Show, Times Square, New York, NY
 

Selected Installations and Performances
 
1991
Dilation, performed by the ballerina Lauren Houser at the residence of Bil Ehrlich, New York, NY
1989 
The Man Who Believed He Could Move: A Celebration of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, Collaboration with Yves Musard, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
1987
Not a Door; A Spectacle, a collaboration between Scott B. Billingsley and Joseph Nechvatal, Hallwalls, Buffalo NY
1986
XS: The Opera, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Shakespeare Theatre, Boston
1985
The End of the Night, a video collaboration with with Rhys Chatham,  Los Angeles County Museum of Art
XS: Night of Power, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, 8 BC, New York, NY
XS: Night of Power, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Quando, New York, NY
1984 
XS: The Opera Opus, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Pyramid Club,  New York, NY
XS: The Opera Opus, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Club Danceteria,  New York, NY
XS: The Opera Opus, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, 8 BC Club,  New York, NY
XS: The Opera Opus, a collaboration with with Rhys Chatham, Dannheisser Foundation, New York, NY
1983 
Isle of Dread, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 71 Broadway and 120 Broadway, New York, NY
Future V Installation, 93 Prince Street, New York, NY
1982 
Blame it on the Brain Installation, Zippers Night Club, New York, NY
1981 
Contemporary Psychedelia Installation, Club Inroads, New York, NY
Free Speech on Broadway Performance, Performance with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, New York, NY
1978
European Art/Performance, with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, Tour Centre of Experimental Theatre, Antwerp
European Art/Performance, with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, Ecole d'Architecture , Tournai
European Art/Performance, with Carol Parkinson and Cid Collins, Theatre on the Rijn, Arnhem, The Netherlands



Selected Publications by the Artist

Nechvatal, J. 2001, Artists and War : La beauté tragique: Mapping the Militarization of Spatial Cultural Consciousness in Leonardo 34.1 (2001) 27-29 and at: http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/len/34.1nechvatal.html#authbio

Nechvatal, J.  2001. La Beaute tragique: Olkowski, Deleuze, and the 'Ruin of Representation in _Film-Philosophy_, Deleuze Special Issue vol. 5 no. 36, November 2001 http://www.film-philosophy.com/vol5-2001/n36nechvatal

Nechvatal, J.  2000. Viractualiy Interview by Colin Goldberg. http://www.everbeta.net/txt/110900txtjnint.htm

Nechvatal, J.  2000. "Alterities: Interdisciplinarity and "Feminine" Practices of Space" at: http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/ntic/cyber/netchaval.htm

Nechvatal, J. 1999. Introduction to "Immersive Ideals/Critical Distances : A Study of the Affinity Between Artistic Idealogies Based in Virtual Reality and Previous Immersive Idioms" http://www.insead.fr/calt/Encyclopedia/ComputerSciences/VR/vr.htm

Nechvatal, J. 1999. Immersive Ideals/Critical Distances ; A Study of the Affinity Between Artistic Idealogies Based in Virtual Reality and Previous Immersive Idiom.  Newport : University of Wales College (PhD Thesis)

For a selection of art reviews written from 1993-2000 on other artists by Joseph Nechvatal - primarily for the web-site Rhizome http://www.zhizome.org - see:  http://www.dom.de/arts/artists/jnech/   under the publications link

Nechvatal, J. 1990a. Selected Writings. Paris: Editions Antoine Candau

Nechvatal, J. 1991a. An Ecstasy of Excess.
Mönchengladbach: Juni-Verlag

Nechvatal, J. and Gagneur, D. eds. 1992.
Excess in the Techno-mediacratic Society. Arbois: Musée d'Arbois

Nechvatal, J. 1983.
"Epic Images and Contemporary History" In Real Life Magazine, No.11/12, Winter, 1983

Nechvatal, J. 1984. "Principles of Discord" In Unsound, Vol. 1, No. 2

Nechvatal, J. 1985. "Holding Out the Promise for Pure Regression" In New Observations, No. 28

Nechvatal, J. 1986. "State of the Art / Art of the State" In Spectacle, Fall Issue, 1986

Nechvatal, J. 1987a. "High Style" In Arts Magazine, April Issue 1987

Nechvatal, J. 1987b. "Post-Simulation Decadence" In Arts Magazine, Summer Issue, 1987

Nechvatal, J. 1987c. "Theoretical Statement Concerning Computer Robotic Paintings" In Documenta 8 Catalogue, Vol. 3

Nechvatal, J. 1987d. "A Prophylactic Discourse on Simulated Art" In Code, December Issue, 1987

Nechvatal, J. 1987e. "Simulation and Sublimation: The Law is for All" In Unsound, Vol. 3, No. 1

Nechvatal, J. 1988. "Reorganized Meditations on Mnemonic Threshold" In M/E/A/N/I/N/G  Contemporary Art Issues, No. 4, November, 1988

Nechvatal, J. 1989a. "Artistic Cynicism" In Art Criticism, Vol. 5, No. 3

Nechvatal, J. 1989b. "Cal Arts Lecture: An Excerpt" In Lund Art Press, Vol. 2
 
Nechvatal, J. 1989c. "Re-conceptualizing Drawing" In De Rijksakademie 08, pp. 12-13

Nechvatal, J. 1990b. "Hyper-death and the Scopic Corpse. In Artforum, November Issue, 1990, p. 130

Nechvatal, J. 1990c. "The Urge for Image and the Saturated Eye" on the Public DomaIn Web Site Perforations: http://www.pd.org

Nechvatal, J. 1990d. "Stealing from the Thief's Journal (Extraits traduits du Journal d'un Voleur)" Amsterdam: Picaron

Nechvatal, J. 1991b. "An Ecstasy of Excess" In Nechvatal, J. 1991. An Ecstasy of Excess.
Mönchengladbach: Juni-Verlag, pp. 3-7

Nechvatal, J. 1991c.
"The Artist and Familars" In Blast, Vol. 1, November /December, 1991

Nechvatal, J. 1991d. "The Collapse of the 80's Image" In M/E/A/N/I/N/G  Contemporary Art Issues, May Issue

Nechvatal, J. 1992a. "Outrances dans la Societe Techno-mediacratic" In Nechvatal, J. and Gagneur, D. 1992. Excess in the Techno-mediacratic Society.
Arbois: Musée d'Arbois, p. 1

Nechvatal, J. 1992b.
"Innovations in Image Technology" In M/E/A/N/I/N/G Contemporary Art Issues, No. 11, pp. 38-40

Nechvatal, J. 1993a. "Introduction to The Art of Excess in the Techno-mediacratic Society" In New Observationss, No. 94

Nechvatal, J. 1993b. "The Art of Excess in the Techno-mediacratic Society" In New Observations, No. 94

Nechvatal, J. 1993c. "The Computer and Conceptual Painting" In Gruson, L. ed. 1993. Joseph Nechvatal: Computer Virus Project.
Arc-et-Senans: Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, pp. 29-32

Nechvatal, J. 1994.
"New Territory of Significance" In New Observations, No. 104

Nechvatal, J. 1997a. "Immersive Implications" In Ascott, R. ed. 1997. Consciousness Reframed: Conference Proceedings. Newport: CAiiA/University of Wales College

Nechvatal, J. 1997b. "Sex/MachIne/Art: From Mechanical Repetition to Electronic Flicker" In Intelligent Agent: Interactive Media In Arts and Education Fall Issue, pp. 74-79

Nechvatal, J. 1997c. "Computer Cynicism II" In Intelligent Agent: Interactive Media In Arts and Education Vo. 1, No. 12, pp. 155 and 165-166

Nechvatal, J. 1997d. "Artists and Familiars" In Ke-thar'sis Summer Issue, pp. 3-7

Nechvatal, J. 1997e. "Immersive Implications" In New Observations, No. 116, Fall 1997, pp.46-47

Nechvatal, J. 1998. "Computer Cynicism" Perforations 13, http://www.pd.org/topos/perforations/perf13/compcyn.html

Nechvatal, J., 1999a. "Frame and Excess" on Perforations 19, http://www.MacWeb3D.org/

Nechvatal, J., 1999b. "Henri Michaux's Mescaline Engendered Drawings (and their viral diagrammatic relevance to war)" on Perforations 20, LAST STORIES http://http://www.pd.org/perforations/perf-topics.html

Nechvatal, J., 2000a."La beauté tragique: Mapping the Militarization of Spatial Cultural Consciousness", Leonardo, Winter

Nechvatal, J., 2000b. "Henri Michaux's Mescaline Engendered Drawings (and their diagrammatic relevance to RHIZOME's "STARRYNIGHT" programming)". Zing Magazine, Winter Edition


 
Selected Bibliography on the Artist
 
2000
Robert C. Morgan, "Joseph Nechvatal at Universal Concepts Unlimited ", NY Arts Magazine, December Issue, p.69 - and posted at http://nyartsmagazine.com/bbs2/messages/311.html
David Ebony, "Joseph Nechvatal at Universal Concepts Unlimited", Artnet Magazine - http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/ebony/ebony(3)11-22-00.asp
Joy Garnett, "Newsgrist's Top 3: Nechvatal, Held, Ritchie", Newsgrist, Volume 1, no. 51  (2000)
Robert C. Morgan, "Digital Hybrids", pp. 75-76, in Art Press #255 (March)
1999
John Johnston, "Machinic Vision", p.39, in Critical Inquiry, Vol. 26, No. 1
Richard Krueger, Digital Hybrids Catalogue,  p. 5,Youngstown
Paul D. Miller, The Techno-Digita Sublime, Artbyte, Sept/Oct
1998
Hémery, Annik. "sur les traces de Pasteur" Clone www, http://www.imaginet.fr/clone/nechvat.htm
1996
Wayne Enstice & Melody Peters, Drawing: Space, Form, & Expression, New Jersy: Prentice Hall, pp.312-313
Jay Murphy, "Joseph Nechvatal", Galeries Magazine
staff, "Bilder Zwischen Kulturwert und Schaulust" Kunstmarket Koln
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal: Computervirussen", Aalst Press
1995
staff, "Art Enters The Digital Age", Art News, Sept/Oct
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal's Virus Developement", Cause Toujours #2, Mai
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal", CD-Media, Juin
Cécile Ambert, "Virus Project", Nov Art, Juin,
Annick Hémery, Le Clone Du Trim, Joseph Nechvatal, Clone Mai,
staff.
"Joseph Nechvatal", Liberation (March 24)
Picard, Gilles-Francois "Les Mysteres de l'art Fractal", La Gazette No II (17 Mars)
1994 
staff. "Computer Virus Project", Bomb (Winter)
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal", Gazet Van Antwerpen
staff, "Joseph Nechvatal; Computerbilder", Kunst Munich
1993 
Morgan, Robert C. "Nechvataląs Visionary Computer Virus" In Gruson, L. ed. 1993.
Joseph Nechvatal: Computer Virus Project. Arc-et-Senans: Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, pp. 8-15
staff.
"Digital Diseases", Details (November)
staff. "Joseph Nechvatal, l'art sur ordinateur", Le Progress (August)
Conde, Susan "La Fractalite dans l'Art" (June)
Morgan, Robert C. "Joseph Nechvatal: Lamentations of the Soul" After the Deluge
Pagel, David "Techno Domination", Los Angeles Times (September)
Gruson, L. "A Case of Contamination" In Gruson, L. ed. 1993. Joseph Nechvatal: Computer Virus Project. Arc-et-Senans: Fondation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, pp. 6-7
1992 
Andre, Michael "Joseph Nechvatal", Cover (April) 
Hagen, Charles  "A Show of Five Artists Who Use the Look of Photo Reproduction", The New York, NY Times (May 18)
Pocock, Philip "Interview with Joseph Nechvatal", Journal of Contemporary Art (Fall)
1991 
Crockett, Tobey "I, Robot", Village View (March 1-7)
Frank, Peter "Art Pick of the Week", LA Weekly (March 22-28)
Mennetrier, J.L. "Joseph Nechvatal nouveau ' locataire' de la residence d'artiste", La Voit du Jura (September)
Tonkinson, Carole "Footloose", Elle Magazine (May)
1990 
Amine, Patrick "Joseph Nechvatal, Galerie Antoine Candau", Art Press
Borum, Jenifer P. "Joseph Nechvatal", Artforum (October)
Cyphers, Peggy "Joseph Nechvatal", Arts (September)
Engelhorn, Patrizia "Landspace of Points", Prinz Magazine (November)
Groome, Carle VP. "Ex Statis by Joseph Nechvatal", Ear (October)
Pallentin, Christian "Kunst", Siam (December)
Steinlechner, Carin "Joseph Nechvatal", Donnerstag (October)
1989
staff "Joseph Nechvatal", Los Angeles Times (March 10)
Collins,Tricia & Milazzo, Richard "Hyperframes: A Post-Appropriation Discourse", Vol 1
Ehinger, Asa "Joseph malar med dator", Sydsvenskan, Lund
Frank, Peter "Pick of the Week", LA Weekly (April 7-13)
French, David "Joseph Nechvatal", Artscene (March)
Geer, Suvan "Joseph Nechvatal", L. A. Times, (December 15)
Lovejoy, Margot "Postmodern Currents : Art and Artists in the Age of  Electronic Media", UMI Research
Kandel, Susan "Joseph Nechvatal", Arts (Summer)
Marks, Ben "A Technology Under Control", Artweek (March)
1988 
Bromberg, Craig "The Collaborative Itch", ArtNews (November)
McCormick, Carlo "Joseph Nechvatal", Artforum (March)
Miller, John "Joseph Nechvatal", Artscribe (Summer)
Morgan, Robert C. "Joseph Nechvatal", Arts (March)
Sem-Sandberg, Steve "Vart Visuella Kaos" (Our Visual Chaos) Svenska Dagladet (December 2)
Smith, Lawrence R.- and Hagley, Doug "An Interview with Joseph Nechvatal", Caliban 5
Zellen, Jody "Joseph Nechvatal at Shoshana Wayne", Art Issues (Summer)
1987 
Hoog, Eckhard "Im Dschungel der Bilder Joseph Nechvatal im Aachener
Kunstverein", Aachener Volkszeitung (May 22)
Levi, Corrado "Joseph Nechvatal", Cover (February)
Lottmann, Joachim "Documenta-Eindr¸cke von der Er–ffnung" Wolkenkratzer Art Journal (summer)
Malsch, Friedemann "Joseph Nechvatal Galerie Anna Friebe" Kunstforum (January)
Siffrin-Peters, Annette "Gewirr aus feinen Linien. Documenta-Teilnehmer
Joseph Nechvatal vorab in Aachen zu sehen, Aachener Nachrichten (May 22)
1986 
Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard "New York, NY: Tropical Codes", Kunstforum (March)
Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard "Joseph Nechvatal: Grace Under Pressure", Differentia (Fall)
McCormick, Carlo " Joseph Nechvatal", Unsound Magazine (Vol.3 No.1)
Larson, Kay "The Flash of Truth", New York, NY Magazine" (October 27)
Levin, Kim "Artwalk", Village Voice (October 21)
Levin, Kim "Joseph Nechvatal" The Village Voice (October 14)
Morlung, Ursula "Pollock als Vorbild: Joseph Nechvatal in der Galerie Anna Friebe", Külner Stadt (October 24)
Raab, Jörgen "Humanisierung der Technik: Joseph Nechvatal bei Anna Friebe", Külner Illustrierte (November)
1985 
Collins, Tricia and Milazzo, Richard "The New Sleep: Stasis and the Image-Bound Environment", Art Journal (Fall)
Crary, Jonathan "Joseph Nechvatal at Brooke Alexander",Art in America (January)
1985 
Moore, Alan and Miler, Marc "ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of a Lower East Side Art Gallery", Published by ABC No Rio with Collaborative Projects Inc. New York, NY
Pincus-Witten, Robert "The New Irascibles", Arts (September)
Raynor, Vivian "Joseph Nechvatal", The New York, NY Times (October 18)
1984 
Brooks, Rosetta "Interview-Rhys Chatham & Joseph Nechvatal", ZG, (#12 Fall)
Cotter, Holland "Joseph Nechvatal", Arts (November)
Deak, Edit "The Critic Sees through the Cabbage Patch", Artforum, (April)
Fisher, Jean "Joseph Nechvatal", Artforum, (January)
Glueck, Grace "Joseph Nechvatal", The New York, NY Times (September 21)
Jones, Ronald "Joseph Nechvatal", Arts (December)
Kleyn, Robert "The Shadow Reflected", ZG (#12 Fall)
Kleyn, Robert "Protective Mimicry", Vanquard (March)
Kuspit, Donald "Joseph Nechvatal", Artforum (December)
Masheck, Joseph Smart Art, Published by Willis, Locker & Owens, New York, NY
Robinson, Walter and McCormick, Carlo "Slouching Toward Avenue D", Art in America (Summer)
1983 
Fine, Kimberly "Joseph Nechvatal East Village Eye (October15)
Levin, Kim " Shock of the Old", Village Voice (September 27)
Levin, Kim "Joseph Nechvatal / Not Vital / Robin Weglinski", The Village Voice (May 17)
McCormick, Carlo "Joseph Nechvatal", New York, NY Beat (December)
1982 
Lawson, Thomas "Joseph Nechvatal (The Kitchen)", Artforum (April)
Raynor, Vivian "The Automatic Salon", The New York, NY Times (June 18)
Russell, John "Inaugural Show-Jack Tilton Gallery", The New York, NY Times (October 7)



Public Collections
 
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Musee Leon Dierx, La Reunion, France
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; USA
Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans, France
Musee de Dole, France
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
The Schyl Foundation, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden
Dannheiser Foundation, New York, NY, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY USA
Moderna Muset, Stockholm, Sweden
The Municipal Museum of Art, Györ, Hungary
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
RobertShiffler Foundation, Greenville Ohio, USA