Michael Trigilio

Michael Trigilio is a multimedia artist living in San Diego, CA. Born and raised in San Antonio, TX, he received his B.A. in Humanities from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His fear of religion notwithstanding, he was ordained as a lay Buddhist priest in 1997, a role from which he resigned five years later. He received his M.F.A. from Mills College in 2003. His work has been presented at the Anthology Film Archives in New York, Southern Exposure Gallery and New Langton Arts in San Francisco, and the Muse d'Art Moderne et Contemporain in Strasbourg. Michael is a founding member of the independent radio project Neighborhood Public Radio and a co-creator with Heike Liss of complaintproject.org. He has taught experimental media and multimedia art at Stanford University, California College of the Arts, and Diablo Valley College. Michael was recently appointed to the Visual Arts faculty at UC San Diego. Visit starve.org for more information