Damon Rich

Damon Rich is a designer and artist. In his exhibitions, graphic works, and events, sometimes produced in collaboration with young people and community-based organizations, Rich creates fantastical spaces for imagining the physical and social transformation of the world. His work represented the United States at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale, and has been exhibited at MoMA PS1, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Netherlands Architecture Institute. In 1997, he founded the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit that uses design and art to improve civic engagement, and was Executive Director for 10 years. His work has recently been published in Architectural Inventions, edited by Matt Bua and Max Goldfarb, and in issues of Architectural Design dedicated to "radical postmodernism" and "scarcity."