Mac Pierce
PDF Statement and resume
(includes detailed info about each major work)
Mac Pierce critically engages with weaponized emerging technologies via coding, 3D printing, data automation, and cryptography. Pierce examines issues surrounding government power and its nemesis, the exposure of classified information. Pierce presents this capture and storage of strategically important information as a metaphor for a contemporary redefinition of sacred icons and objects.
Mac Pierce (He/Him) (b. 1993, Seattle, WA) is a Chicago based artist and creative technologist. Raised in Idaho, he studied fine arts at the University of Idaho and self-taught various digital technologies to incorporate into his artistic practice. Refining his practice, he received his MFA in studio arts from the Art and Technology Studies department at the School of the Art institute of Chicago.
Limited Edition Sculpture
Real Toys for Real Boys
Plywood
Edition of 6
44 x 8 x 1"
2024
$400
Original Works and Editions
Vein of an Angel
Chrome plated steel hydraulic joint, hydraulic oil, glass, viton gasketing, 3D printed PA12 glass fiber nylon, aluminum gilding, mil-spec hardware.
17 x 6 x 6"
2024
Price on Request
Sciamachy (Shadow Boxing)
Printed bond paper, transparent polycarbonate, staples, cardboard.
Transparent Box: 17 x 13 x 11", Installation: dimensions variable
2024
Price on Request
C/S/TS
Linoleum print on paper
Edition of 64
12 x 9”
2023
C/S/TS consists of the 225 confidential, secret, and top-secret markings present on the 64 classified documents that were leaked onto the gaming chat service Discord.
$64
Available framed for $125
U+1F54A (Dove)
Plastic
Edition of 3
6 x 6 x 0.5"
2023
$250
U+1F4A3 (Bomb)
Cast Iron
1/1
6 x 6 x 0.5"
2023
$1,000
Other Works by Mac Pierce
Castle Doctrine Mini
3D printed plastic, brass hardware
Edition of 12
7 x 6 x 13”
2022
$200
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