Kal Spelletich, born and raised in Davenport, Iowa, earned his Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Iowa and Master of Fine Art from the University of Texas at Austin, both in the field of Media Art. Spelletich has performed, exhibited, and lectured worldwide, collaborating with scientists, musicians, and politicians in Namibia, India, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, France, Czech Republic, England, Slovakia, and Austria.
In 2019, he was a resident artist at Recology SF. He built artificial organs during a residency at Stochastic Labs, Berkeley, California. Spelletich was also included in the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria.
Spelletich’s work appeared in numerous exhibitions over the past three decades including the de Young Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Exploratorium, San Francisco; and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, among others. In 2019, Spelletich was the subject of a major mid-career survey exhibition curated by April Bojorquez, Kal Spelletich: Significance Machines and Purposeful Robots, at St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, California. The exhibition was accompanied by an attendant monograph with essays by Tanya Zimbardo, Assistant Curator of New Media at SFMOMA, and by Anuradha Vikram, as well as a forword by Lauren McDonald, Museum of Art Director at St. Mary’s College Museum of Art. Spelletich lives and works in San Francisco, California.
