Jeff Kolar

Jeff Kolar (b. Chicago, USA) is a composer, sound artist, and curator. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Radius, an experimental radio broadcast platform established in 2010. His work, described as “wonderfully strange” (John Corbett) and “characteristically curious” (Marc Weidenbaum), activates sound in unconventional, temporary, and ephemeral ways using appropriation and remix as a critical practice. His solo and collaborative projects, installations, and public performances often investigate the mundane sonic nuances of everyday electronic devices. He has ongoing collaborations with Anna Friz, Jennifer Monson, Zeena Parkins, jonCates, and among others.

He has performed and exhibited widely across the United States, and at international venues and festivals such as the Smithsonian Museum, New Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Moogfest, The Kitchen, CTM Festival for Adventurous Music (Germany), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ORF Radio Kulturhaus (Austria), Radio Revolten International Radio Art Festival (Germany), among others. His work has been broadcasted internationally on radio stations including ORF Kunstradio (Vienna, Austria), Radia Network, WFMU, Deutschlandradio Kultur (Berlin, Germany), Ràdio Web MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Wave Farm (New York, USA), among others. His work has been reviewed and discussed in international print publications and online platforms such as The New York Times, The Wire Magazine, Red Bull Music Academy and Architect Magazine.