Chris Combs is an artist working with technology in Washington, D.C.
About Chris
Chris Combs's artworks respond to pressing themes of surveillance, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic failure—and to the viewer, using facial recognition and motion sensing.
He employs a wide range of practices to create circuit boards, software, and enclosures for interactive and time-based wood, metal, and found-object sculptures, which both embrace and question technology.
Pollination, 2023
Updates
- I'm the second resident artist at MoCA Arlington's "Innovation Studio and Store" in Crystal City! For my residency, I built
“The Next Big Thing”
, a wall-sized recreation of Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" made with blue Ethernet cables, small screens, cameras, and surplus electronics. Come visit the space and see a few of my previous works during their open hours through April 25.
- My solo show, "OUTSIZED EFFECTS," is open at Gradient Project Space in Thomas, WV through May
1218th (EXTENDED—MUST CLOSE). Featuring a new, large-scale installation: "Allegheny Data Company." -
“Campfire”
is included in "Art After Duchamp," through May 16 at Corcoran/GWU's Gallery 102. -
“One-to-Many”
will be part of "Art of Accumulation" at Anne Arundel Community College's Cade Center for Fine Arts: April 24–May 22.
Artwork
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The Next Big Thing
Art Machines | 17 Apr 2024
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Allegheny Data Company
Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023
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Beeswax/Bits
Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023
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Cotyledon (Transmission VI)
Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023
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Flux (Deprecated)
Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023
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Shut This Door (After Vance)
Art | 16 Dec 2023
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POET.EXE
Art Machines | 07 Sep 2023
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An Hour with ELIZA
Art | 07 Jul 2023
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Cryptid Currencies
Art | 07 Jul 2023
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MacAffy’s Anti-Viral "Revigorator"
Art Machines | 07 Jul 2023
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Pollination
Art Machines | 07 Jul 2023
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Targeting
Art Machines | 07 Jul 2023
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Booleans (Flanders Bay)
Art Machines | 28 Jun 2023
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Reinvention Garage
Art Machines | 01 Jun 2023
Daybreak
Art Machines | 09 May 2023
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S(p)lash
Art Machines | 09 May 2023
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Backdriven (Driven Back)
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Birdsight (Develop/Validate/Acquire)
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Black Box
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Enigma #QAL
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Honeypot
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Margins (JTNP)
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Shy Light
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Sync/Desync MARL-3
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Takes
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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This Machine Hates Kids
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Uncontrollable Light
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Vaporware
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
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Cluster
Art Machines | 25 Feb 2023
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Hammond BIVALVE
Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022
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Hammond COCOON
Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022
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Hammond GEODE
Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022
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Rootball INSPECTION
Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022
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Rootball INTROSPECTION
Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022
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Demon Core
Art Machines | 24 Aug 2022
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Plans
Art Machines | 24 Aug 2022
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Data Chains
Art | 09 Jul 2022
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Feedback Loop
Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022
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Illegal in Illinois
Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022
Morale is Mandatory (Algorithm Livery)
Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022
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Print/Shred
Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022
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Probing DALL-E Mini
Art | 09 Jul 2022
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Probing GauGAN2
Art | 09 Jul 2022
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Probing ImageNet
Art | 09 Jul 2022
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Snap Judgment
Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022
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F2G (Spoon Theory)
Art Machines | 01 Jun 2022
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Lepidopterism
Art Machines | 05 May 2022
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Stump/Sandia
Art Machines | 28 Apr 2022
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Blurred Words
Art Machines | 20 Mar 2022
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Forces
Art Machines | 20 Mar 2022
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Alight
Art Machines | 15 Feb 2022
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Clear-Cut
Art Machines | 20 Jan 2022
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Bulkhead
Art Machines | 03 Dec 2021
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65 Failures
Art Machines | 18 Nov 2021
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Sync/Desync Micro
Art Machines | 06 Nov 2021
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Sync/Desync R/G/B Micro
Art Machines | 06 Nov 2021
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DataWorld 2021: booth 313, Maelstrom Networks, Inc.
Art Machines | 25 Sep 2021
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Bayering
Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021
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One-to-Many
Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021
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Orchestration (Beeswax)
Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021
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Subset
Art Machines | 03 Sep 2021
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16 Bits (9:06:08) I
Art Machines | 15 Jun 2021
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Sync/Desync I
Art Machines | 15 Jun 2021
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Madness Method
Art Machines | 09 Apr 2021
Maelstrom
Art Machines | 16 Jan 2021
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Iteration (Transmission IV)
Art Machines | 03 Oct 2020
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Gateway (Transmission III)
Art Machines | 02 Oct 2020
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Side Guide Control
Art Machines | 02 Oct 2020
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Resolution (Transmission II)
Art Machines | 01 Oct 2020
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16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-A
Art Machines | 07 Aug 2020
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16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-B
Art Machines | 07 Aug 2020
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8 Bits (2:08) Micro-B
Art Machines | 07 Aug 2020
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Closely Held
Online Art | 27 Jun 2020
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Loopback (Transmission I)
Art Machines | 28 May 2020
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Morale is Mandatory
Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020
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Point of Sale
Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020
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Thermoelectric Candle I
Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020
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Road Ahead
Art Machines | 29 Dec 2019
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Impressions
Art Machines | 28 Dec 2019
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Rxsqtta-Stzne
Art Machines | 10 Oct 2019
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Naked Mueller
Art Machines | 25 Jul 2019
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Campfire
Art Machines | 01 Jul 2019
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Publish/Perish
Art Machines | 02 Apr 2019
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Fireflies
Art Machines | 04 Nov 2018
The Heart Says...
Art Machines | 07 Jul 2018
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I see you there.
Art Machine | 26 Apr 2018
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Two Minutes Hate
Art Machines | 26 Apr 2018
Feeling Lucky
Art Machines | 25 Apr 2018
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Eyes
Art Machines | 22 Apr 2018
Extraction Potential
Art Machines | 20 Apr 2018
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Our Time Together II
Art Machines | 20 Apr 2018
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Bureautron
Art Machines | 25 Mar 2018
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Wave/Wave
Art Machines | 15 Mar 2018
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Security Theater?
Art Machines | 15 Feb 2018
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Just Helping
Art Machines | 10 Jan 2018
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Digital Daguerreotype
Art Machines | 24 Jul 2017
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ZIP/ZCTA Deaccessioning Console
Art Machines | 27 Feb 2017
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Markov Radio
Art Machines | 19 Jan 2017
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