Pamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist who makes solo works combining a wide range of vocal techniques with electronic processing, samples, gesture activated MIDI controllers, and video. She has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan. Her work has been presented at numerous venues including Bang on a Can (NY), the Japan Interlink Festival, The Whitney Museum, Other Minds (SF), The Kitchen in New York, the Venice Biennale and the Dakar Biennale. She’s created installation works and has composed scores for dance, film, and new music chamber ensembles. Her numerous awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the CalArts Alpert Award, The MAP Fund, the ASCAP Award, an Ars Electronica honorable mention and the NEA/JUSFC Fellowship.
Z receives Creative Work Fund grant
Z receives MAP Fund Grant
Z presents with Creative Capital at IdeaFestival in Louisville, KY
Z’s work is featured at the Venice Biennale
Z receives John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
Z receives National Endowment for the Arts grant
Z receives Meet the Composer grant
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