Brett Phares is an artist and curator working in computer simulation and installation. With 20+ years in interactive media, he has created innovative projects for both startups and international brands alike, all inescapably informing the visual syntax of his personal work. He earned his MFA from Hunter College in Integrated Media Arts, and MA in Art History, Theory and Criticism from SUNY Stony Brook. He has shown in North America, Asia and Australia; has written and taught on our pre-disposed blindness in everyday experience; cofounded and curates Alys Beach’s annual projected art festival Digital Graffiti and its artist residency; and founder and director of lightStruct, a public art consultancy.