Steina [* 1940, Reykjavik] About Steina | Biography | Works in the Exhibition 1953-1957 Studied violin and music theory in Reykjavik 1959-1963 Received a scholarship from the Czechoslovak Ministry of Culture to attend the State Music Conservatory in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1962 Met Woody Vasulka in Prague 1964 Joined the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Married Woody Vasulka in Prague 1965 Moved to New York City 1965-1970 Worked as a freelance musician 1969 Began working with video 1971 Co-founded The Electronic Kitchen [later shortened to The Kitchen] an Electronic Media Theater in New York [together with Woody and Andres Mannik] 1973 Moved to Buffalo, New York 1977-1979 Taught video at the Department of Media Study, SUNY Buffalo 1976 Took part in the Berlin Film Festival, Forum des jungen Films 1980 Moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico 1988 Artist-in-residence in Tokyo on a U.S./Japan Friendship Committee grant 1992 Received the Maya Deren Award for Independent Film and Video Artists, conferred by the American Film Institute, Los Angeles, California 1992 Co-curated the exhibition Eigenwelt der Apparate-Welt [Pioneers of Electronic Art] for Ars Electronica Linz, Austria 1992 Taught video at the Akademie für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, Austria 1995 Received the Siemens Media Art Prize, conferred by ZKM 1996-1998 Served as artistic co-director and software collaborator at STEIM [Studio for Electronic Instrumental Music] based at the Netherlands Musical Research Center in Amsterdam 2000 Co-founded with Woody Vasulka the Art and Science Laboratory