A bold orange exhibition poster featuring a stylized desert-like landscape with a void where a statue of a Buddha should ber. Small silhouetted figures walk in the foreground. Black text reads “HF gallery – the ART of DISAPPEARING – Elaine Chao, Joseph Morris, Nimrod Astarhan.” A small New Media Caucus logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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Nick Bontrager

ex-President

Associate Professor of Art, Texas Christian University

Nick Bontrager is an interdisciplinary artist whose work and research explores the physical and conceptual nature of the moving image, game-based interactions and exchanges, and the idea of replicas or facsimiles as tools of preservation or understanding.

Nick received his MFA from The Ohio State University for studies in Art & Technology and his BFA at the University of Houston in Photography & Digital Media. His artwork has been exhibited internationally in film festivals, museums, and galleries with a recent focus on interactive electronics workshops for underrepresented and under-served groups.

Nick is currently an Associate Professor of New Media Art at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas