Stephanie Rothenberg is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of technology, economics and the life sciences. Using speculative design and visualization her artworks explore the physical and virtual systems of techno utopias. These are realized as interactive sculptures, dynamic networks, performances and installations. Themes in her work have examined the rise of digital labor and virtual economies with recent projects centered on the impact of climate change on ocean ecologies. Her internationally recognized artworks have been represented at Eyebeam (US), Sundance Film Festival (US), House of Electronic Arts/HeK (CH), Transmediale (DE), and ZKM Center for Art & Media (DE) amongst others. Awards include a Creative Capital, Harpo Foundation and New York State Council on the Arts/NYSCA. She has participated in artist residencies such as ZK/U in Berlin, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace/LMCC (US), and Santa Fe Art Institute (US). Her work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art and has been widely reviewed including Artforum and Hyperallergic. She is Professor in the Department of Art at University at Buffalo, SUNY where she teaches classes in design and emerging technologies and co-directs a collaborative design studio with local communities. She is affiliate faculty in the university’s Coalesce Center for Biological Art and convener of the 2024 FEMeeting SisterLabs bringing together women in art, science and technology.