Harvestworks

Michael Theodore was born and raised in New York City, and has lived in
Boulder, Colorado for the past twenty years. Inspired by observations and
experiences of both the mechanical and the natural world, Theodore creates dynamic
fields of sound, color, and light in a large variety of mediums, including
interactive kinetic installations and moving images. Theodore’s work has been
presented across the United States, and in Mexico, Trinidad y Tobago, Greece, Spain,
Germany, Sweden, France, Australia, Japan, and China, and his artwork is represented
by the David B. Smith Gallery in Denver, Colorado. Theodore holds faculty
appointments at the University of Colorado, Boulder, with the College of Music
(music composition and technology), the Department of Art and Art History, and the
College of Media, Communication, and Information, and is director of the ATLAS
Institute’s Center for Media, Arts and Performance, a venue for experimental media
created with technology. Theodore received degrees from Amherst College, Yale (MM),
and UCSD (PhD), studying with composers Lewis Spratlan, Martin Bresnick, Jon Berger,
Jacob Druckman, Betsy Jolas, and Roger Reynolds. An active and eclectic
collaborator, Theodore has created a series of performance works with acclaimed
dance artist Michelle Ellsworth, received a Timeout Chicago “Top Ten Classical Music
2010” citation for the album Panauromni, created with trumpeter Glen Whitehead, duo
partner in the band “Psychoangelo,” partnered on a number of experimental electronic
releases with Ryan Wurst on Always Human Tapes, performed in a trio setting with Sam
Bardfeld (Bruce Springsteen, The Jazz Passengers) and Oren Bloedow (Elysian Fields,
The Lounge Lizards), and performed in venues ranging from small clubs to the Newport
Folk Festival with “Batteries Die” duo partner and punk-folk legend Tim Eriksen.