DR. TODD SILER
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),1986, Interdisciplinary Studies in Psychology and Art
AFFILIATIONS
Founder/Director of Psi-Phi Communications
Council on Art, Science and Technology at M.I.T.
Foundation for Human Potential, Chicago, IL
Forum Fellow of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
AWARDS & HONORS
I.B.M. Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to Paris, France (1975-76)
Fulbright Fellowship to India (1985-86)
Meitec Fellowship (1989-91), awarded by the Meitec Corporation, Tokyo
1995 "Artist-of-the-Year" Award from the United Federation of Teachers
1994 Nomination for Grawemeyer Award in Education
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, Moscow
Belsar Verlag Print Archives, Stuttgart and Zurich
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Think Like A Genius by Dr. Todd Siler. Bantam, 1996; Transworld, 1998
Breaking the Mind Barrier by Dr. Todd Siler. Simon and Schuster, 1990
and Touchstone Books, 1992
REPRESENTED BY
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
Todd Siler
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Since early childhood, I’ve embarked on an awesome adventure exploring the nature of the human mind. Such simple, basic questions have inspired my quest: How do we create? How do we learn? How do we communicate? How do we make sense of the world through our senses? How do we understand things? And how do we realize human potential? Nature has set before us this magnificent challenge to know ourselves, and to build on this knowledge wisely, ingeniously and conscientiously. That’s the deeper “beauty” of reflecting on nature.
My works of art embody this humbling journey into the heart of these questions.
I don’t know where they’ll lead me. I don’t know why or how they’ll help improve our world. All I know is they can awaken civilization see itself for what it is: bold expressions of the power and possibilities of our minds working together.
For me, Art is All representations of thought: from the wildest gestures and gravest ideas we use to express ourselves to the expressions of life nature shares with us every second of every single day. Art treats us to the curious joys of simple pleasures, enabling us to live the richest lives imaginable!
Art of Thought
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