The artist labels himself “a maverick hobbyist dabbling at the fringes of robotics, chemistry, writing, pyrotechnics, graffiti, art, tattoos and rock n roll.” Born in 1976 in the US Deep South, Powderly’s loose and versatile self description is indeed proven by his Curriculum Vitae. First teenage experiments with electronic DIY-kits, were soon to be followed by studies in composition and music theory and those followed by a self-relocation to New York and studies in interactive arts. He then worked at Honeybee Robotics, a Manhattan-based NASA contractor, developing the Mars Exploration Rover’s Rock Abrasion Tool. An engagement he soon swapped for activism in the world of subversive arts. Since then Powderly’s arts and design projects can be found on the surface of Mars and other people’s walls throughout the U.S. and Europe. James shares a bed with his cat Schnitzel in Berlin.
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