The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) at York University has recognized Professor Jane Tingley with the AMPD Research Award for 2024-2025.
An Associate Professor and recently appointed Chair in the Department of Computational Arts, Professor Tingley has made exceptional contributions to the fields of digital media and interdisciplinary research-creation. Her work bridges art, science and technology, and consistently explores pressing global themes, most notably climate change and the environment.
Professor Tingley’s research is rooted in participatory and experiential art. Her acclaimed project Foresta-Inclusive: (ex)tending towards spans sculptural sensor pods, data-driven installations and gallery experiences that visualize the invisible systems of natural ecosystems. This multi-year initiative has exhibited internationally, including shows in Canada and India, and invites viewers to reconsider humanity’s relationship with the natural world through technology-driven reflection and interaction.
About Jane Tingley
Jane Tingley is an Associate Professor and recently appointed Chair in the Department of Computational Arts at AMPD. Her studio work combines traditional studio practice with new media tools - and spans responsive/interactive installation, performative robotics, and telematically connected distributed sculpture. Her current artistic trajectory is interdisciplinary in nature and spans the intersection of art, science and technology. Professor Tingley's work explores the creation of spaces and experiences that push the boundaries between science and magic, interactivity and playfulness, and offer an experience to the viewer that is accessible both intellectually and technologically.
Chair, Department of Computational Arts
She has participated in exhibitions and festivals in the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, including Glasgow and Paris. She received the Kenneth Finkelstein Prize in Sculpture in Manitoba, the first prize in the iNTERFACES – Interactive Art Competition in Porto, Portugal, and has received support from a number of funding agencies, the provincial arts councils, the Canada Council for the arts, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.