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BC Biermann holds a PhD from the Universiteit van Amsterdam where his work focused on the intersection of technology, semiotics. He is a futurist and digital artist whose interdisciplinary work explores the intersection of emerging technologies (AR, VR, AI) and semiotics, with a sharp focus on their ethical implications. He is an internationally recognized digital artist specializing in mixed reality and has pioneered innovative digital interactive art experiences. BC has also served as Senior Civic Media Fellow at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. BC's work has been exhibited internationally in cities including Geneva, San Francisco, New York, Miami, San Diego, Tokyo, Brussels, St. Louis, Perth, and Moscow. His work has garnered coverage in prominent outlets such as Fast Company, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, IEEE Spectrum, Creator鈥檚 Project, PC World, C|Net, The Atlantic, and Interior Design magazine. BC is a thought leader in converging technologies, serving on the IEEE Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence Group as part of the Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in the Design of Autonomous Systems. He also contributes to broader civic and cultural initiatives, serving on the boards of CityKids Foundation (NYC) and the Board of the HSE Global Cities Cultural Index at HSE University Institute for Statistical Studies in Moscow. BC is a frequent public speaker since the early 2000s, delivering informal, participatory, and provocative keynotes and talks on augmented/mixed reality in public spaces, interactive street art, tech ethics, and emerging technologies' societal impacts.

Innovations in Design
Motion Design
Mixed Reality
3D Concepts
Visual Design
UI/UX

AI Ethics
Digital Art
Public Space Augmented Reality
Converging Technologies (AR, VR, AI) and the Humanities

University of Missouri - St. Louis
St. Louis University
Fontbonne University
Florida Gulf Coast University

ART INSTALLATIONS (COMMERCIAL)
2025 SD Surf 鈥淗oly Waves and Broken Bones鈥� (San Diego, CA)
2020 JW Marriott 鈥淪himay鈥� (Anaheim, CA)
2017 Google I/O 鈥淪hape Interactions鈥� (Mountain View, CA)
2015 Staples Center (LA Clippers & LA Kings) 鈥淧icture Me鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2015 USC Annenberg 鈥淭angible Storytelling鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2014 IEEE 鈥淪tandards and The City鈥� (Piscataway, NJ)
2014 HGTV 鈥淪anta HQ鈥� (New York, NY)
2013 IEEE + SXSW Interactive 鈥淒riskill Hotel Takeover鈥� (Austin, TX)

ART INSTALLATIONS (COMMISSIONED)
2025 Paris Arts Commission 鈥淚nside Out鈥� (Paris, France)
2025 Laguna Beach 鈥淪essions鈥� (Laguna Beach, CA)
2022 Miami Beach Art Week 鈥淏ecause Liberty is Broken鈥� (Miami, FL)
2022 Deloitte Greenhouse 鈥�80Hz鈥� (Houston, TX)
2021 Infinity Festival 鈥淒igital Neuron鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2019 Thrival @ Carnegie Museum of Art 鈥淢HTH II鈥� (Pittsburgh, PA)
2019 Siggraph 鈥淪quaring Circles鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2019 Venice Design 鈥淰enice x Venice鈥� (Venice, Italy)
2018 Moscow Urban Forum & Arts Festival 鈥淢ore Human Than Human鈥� (Moscow, Russia)
2017 San Francisco Design Week 鈥淧arabola鈥� (San Francisco, CA)
2017 University of Geneva 鈥淒igital Neuron鈥� (Geneva, Switzerland)
2016 Art in Public Places 鈥淟apse鈥� (Ivan Depena collaboration) (Miami, FL)
2015 Qualcomm 鈥淢y Truism Here鈥� (Jenny Holzer collaboration) (San Diego, CA)
2015 ISMAR 鈥淐onsumption Cycle鈥� (Fukuoka, Japan)
2014 Qualcomm 鈥淓volution of an Idea鈥� (Jordan Seiler collaboration) (San Diego, CA)
2015 Austin Museum of Digital Art 鈥淧roductive Consumption鈥� (Austin, TX)
2014 FORM 鈥淧roductive Consumption鈥� (Jordan Seiler collaboration) (Perth, Australia))
2014 SXSW Interactive 鈥淐onsumption Cycle鈥� (Jordan Seiler collaboration) (Austin, TX)
2014 SKYLINE: Architecture, Art, and Technology 鈥淪ilicon Mirage鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2013 Grand Center | Arts & Life Alliance 鈥淢oto Wall鈥� (MOMO collaboration) (St. Louis, MO)
2013 ICT & Art Connect (European Union Commission) 鈥淕rand Place Interactive鈥� (Brussels, Belgium)
2012 Wynwood Walls 鈥淚nteractive Murals @ Wynwood Walls鈥� (Jordan Seiler collaboration) (Miami, FL)
2012 Grandel Theater 鈥淩eal Life鈥� (St. Louis, MO)
2012 NuArt 鈥淢ural Resurrections鈥� (Jordan Seiler collaboration) (Stavanger, Norway)
2012 Williamsburg Art & Design Building 鈥淎ugmented Architecture鈥� (MOMO collaboration) (New York, NY)
2011 Times Square & Goldman Properties 鈥淎R | AD Takeover鈥� (Jordan Seiler collaboration) (New York, NY)

INVITED TALKS
2025 International Public Art Research Exchange 鈥淗oly Waves and Broken Bones: The Cult(ure) of Surf and Skate鈥� (New York, NY)
2025 7th Moscow Interior and Design Week "Flipping Interior Design: Bringing the Outside In鈥� (Moscow, Russia)
2024 Moscow Interior and Design Week 鈥淥utside In: Street Art + Interior Design鈥� (Moscow, Russia)
2024 Intl Conf. on Interior Design 鈥淭ranscending Boundaries: Integrating Urban Vibrancy with Interior Design (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023 CAVAD Forum 鈥淎ristotelian Balance: Academia, Professional Work and Maintaining Sanity鈥� (Riverside, CA)
2022 Miami Beach Art Week 鈥淎rt, Design, & Process鈥� (Miami, FL)
2021 Infinity Festival 鈥淔uture of Immersive Experiences鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2020 CodaWorx Summit 鈥淏lurred Boundaries鈥� (Madison, WI)
2020 AWE 鈥淐onfessions of an Augmented Mind鈥� (Santa Clara, CA)
2019 Giants of Interior Design - 鈥淩ead / Write Spaces鈥� (Denver, CO)
2019 Carnegie Museum of Art - Thrival 鈥淐onfessions of an Augmented Mind鈥� [Keynote] (Pittsburgh, PA)
2019 Carnegie Museum of Art - Thrival 鈥淭he Read / Write City鈥� (Pittsburgh, PA)
2019 Siggraph 鈥淪pace as Interface 鈥� Interactive Street Art Workshop鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 Moscow Urban Forum and Arts Festival 鈥淪pace as Interface 鈥� Interactive Street Art鈥� [Keynote] (Moscow, Russia)
2018 Moscow Urban Forum and Arts Festival 鈥淪pace as Interface 鈥� Augmented Reality Enabled Street Art鈥� (Moscow, Russia)
2017 AWE 鈥淎I, MR, and Ethics - A Dystopian Nirvana?鈥� (Santa Clara, CA)
2016 USC Annenberg 鈥淎ugmented Reality, Art, and Social Commentary鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2016 AWE 鈥淚llusions of Life鈥� [Keynote] (Santa Clara, CA)
2016 IEEE IoT 鈥淚oT is the New Body and AI is the New Brain [Webinar] (Los Angeles, CA)
2016 USC Interactive Media Lab 鈥淎ugmented Reality, Art and Disruption鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2016 CalArts 鈥淒igital Public Art and Emerging Technologies鈥� (Pasadena, CA)
2016 USC Roski School of Fine Art 鈥淚nteractive Digital Art in Public Spaces鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2016 USC Cinema School 鈥淎nimation in Emerging Technologies鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2015 USC Interactive Media Lab 鈥淒igital Art in Urban Spaces鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2014 SXSW Next Stage 鈥淎R and Re+Imagining Public Space (Austin, TX)
2013 European Union Parliament 鈥淧ublic Social Media and New European Narratives鈥� (Brussels, Belgium)
2013 TEDx @ Contemporary Art Museum 鈥淒igitally Re+Imagining Public Space鈥� (St. Louis, MO)
2012 ISMAR 鈥淩e+Public: Augmented Architecture w/ Natural Feature Tracking鈥� (Atlanta, GA)
2012 AWE 鈥淩e+Public: Re+Imagining Public Space鈥� (Santa Clara, CA)
2011 Metaio 鈥淎ugmented Reality: Social Commentary and ARt鈥� (San Francisco, CA)

PANELS
2022 Miami Beach Art Week 鈥淏lockchain and the Arts for Good鈥� (Miami, FL)
2021 AWE 鈥淎udio Reactive AR Experiences鈥� (Santa Clara, CA)
2019 IEEE Standards 鈥淭ech Ethics: Actual Reality vs. Augmented Reality: At the Crossroads: (Piscataway, NJ)
2019 Siggraph 鈥淎rt as Social Engagement鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 Global Cultural Districts Network 鈥淏eyond the Physical in Public Space 鈥� Innovations in VR and AR鈥� (Dubai, UAE)
2018 Siggraph 鈥淎ugmented Reality, Art, and Public Space鈥� (Vancouver, British Columbia)
2018 Moscow Urban Forum and Arts Festival 鈥淪pace as Interface - AR and Re-Imagining the Future City鈥� (Moscow, Russia)
2018 AWE 鈥淚mmersive Experiences, Applications, and Non-technical Impacts (Santa Clara, CA)
2018 Immersive Hollywood 鈥淭he Future of Entertainment: VR/AR Story Architects and Experience Designers (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 University of 91短视频 - Irvine 鈥淒igital Media IP鈥� (Irvine, CA)
2017 Digital Hollywood 鈥淰R/AR as Change Agent: Social, News, Documentary and Political Media (Los Angeles, CA)
2017 Fast Company LA at USC Annenberg 鈥淭he Future City (Los Angeles, CA)
2017 SXSW Interactive 鈥淎rtificial Intelligence and the Suburbanization of the Mind (Austin, TX)
2017 CES 鈥淎I, Mixed Reality and Ethics鈥� (Las Vegas, NV)
2016 Digital Hollywood 鈥淭he Power of VR-AR: A New Language of Artistry鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2016 USC Annenberg [Novus Think Tank] 鈥淚nnovation in Virtual and Augmented Reality鈥� (Los Angeles, CA)
2015 ISMAR 鈥淓xperiencing AR in Public Environments鈥� (Fukuoka, Japan)
2015 University of 91短视频 - Irvine 鈥淒igital Media鈥� (Irvine, CA)
2015 UCLA Cinema School 鈥淗ip Deep in Knowledge: Virtual Museums and Immersive Journalism (Westwood, CA)
2015 SXSW Interactive 鈥淢ixed Reality Habitats: The New Wired Frontier鈥� (Austin, TX)
2013 AWE 鈥淎R for Urban and Architecture (Santa Clara, CA)
2013 SXSW Interactive 鈥淥mnipresent: When Virtual Meets Reality鈥� (Austin, TX)
2012 Vox 4D 鈥淩e-Imagining Public Space: The City Canvas and a New Semiotics鈥� (Long Beach, CA)

AWARDS
2023 Top 50 Public Artists (US) CodaWorx (Minneapolis, MN)
2021 Best Visual Experience Design Program (US). Intelligent.com (Seattle, WA)
2020 Top 100 Design (Parabola). CodaWorx (Minneapolis, MN)
2019 Top 100 Design (Digital Neuron). CodaWorx (Minneapolis, MN)
2019 Design in Education (Digital Neuron). CodaWorx (Minneapolis, MN)
2017 Best Augmented Reality Art Video (Auggie). Augmented World Expo (Santa Clara, CA)
2015 Best Augmented Reality Art Video (Auggie). Augmented World Expo (Santa Clara, CA)
2012 Creative Design Award. University of Missouri College of Fine Arts & Communications Research. (St. Louis, MO)
2009 Prison Book Program Fundraising Award. Prison Book Program. (Boston, MA)
2006 Most Outstanding Work in the Department. Knox Institute. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

GRANTS
2025 Cooperation AI: 鈥淕enerative AI and Interaction鈥� Cooperation AI (London, UK)
2019 CAVAD Microgrant. 鈥淎esthetics of Representation: New Modes of Data Visualization.鈥� College of Architecture, Visual Arts &
Design. (Riverside, CA)
2017 CAVAD Scholarship Grant. 鈥淰isual Genome: Augmented Reality + Artificial Intelligence.鈥� College of Architecture, Visual Arts &
Design. (Riverside, CA)
2004 William A. Swets Memorial Grant. 鈥淗istory of Ideas.鈥� Knox Institute. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)


PUBLICATIONS
Biermann, B. (2025, August). Augmented reality, art, and public space. Retrieved Jan 10, 2026.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3214745.3214747
Biermann, B. (2020, July 10). 鈥淭he Arts鈥� in Extended Reality in A/IS as a part of The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and
Intelligent Systems. Retrieved Aug. 12, 2020,
https://standards.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-standards/standards/web/documents/other/ead/EAD1e_extended_reality.pdf
Biermann, B. (2018). Augmented reality, art, and public space. ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Talks on - SIGGRAPH 18.
doi:10.1145/3214745.3214747
Biermann, B. (2018). AR and Ethics. In What is Augmented Reality. Joni Binstock (ed). New York, NY: Amazon Kindle.
Biermann, B. (2017). Ethically Aligned Design [From the Editor]. IEEE Control Systems, 38(3), 3-4. doi:10.1109/mcs.2018.2810458
Biermann, B. (2016). AR, Art, and Public Space. In Augmented Reality: Innovative Perspectives across Art, Industry, and Academia. Sean
Morey (ed), John Tinnell (ed). Anderson, SC: Parlor Press.
Biermann, B. (2013). Re Public: Re Imagining Public Space. AR[t]: AR, Art, and Technology, 1(3), 7-15.
Biermann, B. (2006). Travelling Philosophy: From Literature to Film (doctoral dissertation). Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam.

PAPERS
Biermann, B. (2025) Holy Waves and Broken Bones: The Cult(ure) of Surf and Skate Rebellion in SoCal. New York: International Public Art
Research Exchange.
Biermann, B. (2012). AR | AD Takeover: Augmented Reality in Public Space. Frankfurt: Sixth International Conference of Critical
Geography.
Biermann, B. (2011). The Battle of L.A. Part II: Graffiti, Self and the Reappropriation of Semiotic Space. Terre Haute: International Crime,
Media & Popular Culture Conference.
Biermann, B. (2010). The Battle of Los Angeles: Graffiti and the Reappropriation of Semiotic Space. St. Louis: International Pop
Culture Association Conference.
Biermann, B. (2009). The Long Road Home: Metanarrative, Structural Realism and the Self. Riverside: Western Regional CCL
Conference.
Biermann, B. (2008).鈥淪patial Distributions of Power: Illegal Billboards as Graffiti in L.A. Terre Haute: International Crime, Media &
Popular Culture Conference.
Biermann, B. (2004).鈥淒iegetic | Non-diegetic Sound: Spatial & Temporal Markers in Solaris. Amsterdam: Amsterdam School for Cultural
Analysis Theory Seminar.

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