Richard Jochum is a Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence at Columbia University. Richard received his MA in Philosophy from the University of Innsbruck, and his PhD from the University of Vienna dealing with strategies of coping with complexity in contemporary Philosophy. He also got his MFA in sculpture and media art from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Richard works as a media artist since the late 1990s setting up exhibitions all over the world and his art practice is accompanied by lectures in the field of contemporary art practice and cultural theory. He has been awarded several grants and prizes. One of his most recent installation - an oversized prayer necklace as a communal sculpture – is exhibited on the roof top of the American University in Cairo, March – 2007.
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