ROZITA SOPHIA FOGELMAN — CURRICULUM VITAE
Conceptual Artist • Graphic Designer • Research Scientist • Eco-Art Innovator
Berkeley, California, USA
www.rozita.com • https://linktr.ee/rozita_com
Founder, ASCII Digital Design Museum (2011–present)
Berkeley, California, USA
www.rozita.com • https://linktr.ee/rozita_com
Founder, ASCII Digital Design Museum (2011–present)
BIO
Rozita S. Fogelman aka Rozita Sophia Fogelman is a Georgian-American conceptual artist, graphic designer, eco-art activist, and educator whose work bridges traditional media with digital innovation. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia and trained in Israel before settling in Berkeley, California, she brings a multidisciplinary foundation in dance, music, fine art, and design to her artistic practice.
Her work spans painting, drawing, digital art, photography, installations, and large-scale typographic compositions. Working extensively with ASCII and Unicode as visual building blocks, Fogelman has spent more than a decade developing a post-materialist design language rooted in sustainability, abstraction, symbolic pattern-making, and environmental consciousness. Her signature kaleidoscopic geometries and color-field explorations appear in international exhibitions and online platforms including Saatchi Art and Fine Art America.
Fogelman is the founder of the ASCII Digital Design Museum (ADDM), established in 2011 as a pioneering social-media-based museum and a radical model for sustainable digital exhibition practices. The museum has received significant recognition, including the A’ Design Award in Idea & Conceptual Design (2021) and an American Institute of Architects (AIA) award for unbuilt work (2022).
Her methodology and museum model were recently the subject of a peer-reviewed open-access study presented at the World Design Intelligence Summit and published through the Advanced Design Conference, positioning ASCII/Unicode art as a viable sustainable design strategy for universities, cultural institutions, and public agencies.
Currently, Fogelman works exclusively in digital media, creating daily typographic paintings for the community canvas at The Paintshop and expanding her evolving ASCII/Unicode pattern bank through ADDM.
A dedicated educator, she founded the first multidisciplinary media art graduate program at California State University, East Bay, and has taught at Laney College, UC Berkeley, and community-based arts programs. She continues to advocate for environmentally conscious visual culture through research, writing, public lectures, and daily digital practice.
STATEMENT OF ART
I am a multimedia artist and designer working with ASCII and Unicode as my core visual language. Using the HTML text field as a live digital canvas, I create real-time typographic compositions, patterns, and architectural models rooted in sustainability and post-materialist design. My practice merges traditional and digital mediums to develop environmentally conscious methodologies and open-access design frameworks. I collaborate with artists and institutions, drawing inspiration from art, technology, philosophy, and language.
EDUCATION
2016 – Research Scientist, Technology, Art & Design — Israeli Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem
2011 – M.A., Multi-Disciplinary Media Arts — California State University, East Bay, USA
2009 – B.A., Graphic Art — California State University, East Bay, USA
2007 – A.A., Graphic & Liberal Arts — Laney College, Oakland, CA
1993 – Graphic Arts — Avni Art Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1990–present — Freelance Art Director & Media Designer
2011–2016 — Art Director & Gallery Manager, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2009–2011 — Teaching Assistant in Art History, CSU East Bay
2008–2009 — Graphic Artist, CSU East Bay (CBAY)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2023 – Roses & Kaleidoscope — NFT Digital Art, Museumio, Laguna Beach, CA
2021 – AI & Loftier Reality — Art Web Gallery, Italy
2017–2016 – The Art of Sound and Movement — Dance & Arts Center, Berkeley, CA
2016 – TAD – Tech, Art & Design — Israel Academy of Art & Design
2014 – FILE Electronic Language Festival — FIESP Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil
2014–2013 – Net-Art and Real-Time Exhibitions, Gallery T (France), Gallery Online, FLOAT Gallery, Berkeley Civic Center
2005–1998 – Exhibitions in Oakland, Tel Aviv, Berkeley, and international venues
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
(Condensed from 200+ entries; full list available upon request)
2025 – ASCII Digital Design Museum, Advanced Design Conference (ADC), Como, Italy
2025 – ASCII Digital Design Museum, Advanced Design Conference (ADC), Como, Italy
2023 – A’ Design Award Exhibitions (India, China, Italy); AIA East Bay; SAY IT LOUD San Francisco
2022 – AIA Design Award Exhibition, USA; 40×40 A’Design Touring Exhibitions (China, Turkey)
2021 – The VERY WRONG Biennale; On My Walks Alumni Exhibition; Wrong Biennale
2020 – ONDA Media Exhibition, Italy; WWW Gallery
2019–2013 – SPAMM, Wrong Biennale, Furtherfield Gallery (UK), International Net Art Projects
2012–2011 – ART TAKES TIMES SQUARE (NY); Hebrew Union College (LA); Van Abbemuseum (Netherlands)
2010–2005 – California exhibitions in Oakland Museum, Rhythmix, ProArts, and universities
1995–1992 – Early exhibitions in Israel, including ceramics and poster design
EVENTS & PUBLIC PROGRAMS (SELECTED)
2023–2011 – SAY IT LOUD (SF); AIA Design Competition; Expressions Gallery; FILE Festival (Brazil); Flourish Studios (Chicago); JWAN National Exhibition (LA); OpenShow SF; Red Cross Relief Exhibition (Japan)
AWARDS & GRANTS (SELECTED)
2023 – AIA Design Award, Great Diverse Designers Library, Museum of Outstanding Design, A’Design Award
2022 – AIA Design Award
2021 – A’Design Award: Facebook ASCII Museum (Idea & Conceptual)
2016 – Research Scientist, Israeli Academy of Sciences & Humanities; Israel Art & Design Academy
2010–2009 – Saatchi Outstanding Artist Award; Graduate Equity Fellowship; GOLDEN KEY Honor
2007–2005 – Dean’s Honors, CAREER BAY Design Award
2006 – Guy & Louise Condrott Scholarship Fund
PRESS APPEARANCES (SELECTED)
Times Higher Education • Creative Divergents • Saatchi Art • The Collector Tribune • Super Art Moderne Musée • African American Quilt Museum • FILE São Paulo • Wired (Italy) • The Creators Project (VICE/Intel) • Furtherfield UK • Copie Copains Club • Perfect Users Collective
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
2015 – ASCII: Graphic Glitch Art Vol. 2
2013 – ASCII: Graphic Glitch Art Vol. 1
2010 – “Bloody Hell – Is That Art?” Times Higher Education (UK)
2009 – Published artworks in Reflections Philosophy Journal (CSU East Bay)
BOOKS
Over 15 published books, including: ASCII: Graphic Glitch Art Vol. 1–2, The Particles Series, Line Drawn Online, EPIC, #000000, TEXT ART, Contemporary Computer Art I–II, Made in Jaffa, Made in California, Body, Land & Water, and several monographs from 2011–2015.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
2025 — Research Publication Certificate, Advanced Design Conference (ADC), World Design Intelligence Summit, Como, Italy
Paper Title: Reimagining Visual Culture: ASCII Art as Sustainable Design in the Digital Age
Published: July 20, 2025
ISBN: 978-88-97977-94-0
ACDROI Identifier: https://acdroi.org/283596/1000483705/20250618230514
Paper Title: Reimagining Visual Culture: ASCII Art as Sustainable Design in the Digital Age
Published: July 20, 2025
ISBN: 978-88-97977-94-0
ACDROI Identifier: https://acdroi.org/283596/1000483705/20250618230514
ACCOLADES
2025 — Advanced Design Conference (ADC), World Design Intelligence Summit
2023 — Library of Congress acquisition; Museum of Outstanding Design; Great Diverse Designers Library
2021 — “A Design Hero,” A’Design Award Competition
2016 — Outstanding Artist & Designer, Israel Art & Design Academy
2010 — Saatchi Outstanding Artist
2009 — Best of the Best Web Design
LANGUAGES
English • Hebrew • Russian • Georgian
TECHNICAL LITERACY
Multi-Disciplinary Media Arts (Digital workflows, ASCII/Unicode composition, real-time HTML design, digital imaging, photography, publishing)
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Great Diverse Designers Library (USA) • World Design Consortium (WDC) • WEAD — Women Eco Artists Dialog • CONTACT – Centre for Israeli Researchers • Women’s Caucus for Art
COLLECTIONS
Books archived in the Library of Congress; artwork held in public and private collections internationally.
JURY MEMBERSHIPS
2024 – A’Design Award Competition (Italy)
2023 – A’Design Award Competition (Italy)
2010–2020 – Online Jury for Computer Arts & Design, Abstract Expressionism, and thematic art competitions
2011–2016 – Expressions Gallery, Berkeley — Art Director & Jury Member
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Photojournalism • Museum Studies • Art & Architecture Research • Teaching • Swimming • Travel • Nature Walks • Dancing
CLIENTELE (SELECTED)
ASCII Digital Design Mecca • Dance and Arts Center, Berkeley • Berkeley Civic Art Center • CSU East Bay • UC Berkeley • Oakland Museum of California • ProArts • Prudential Realty • Philip Morris • Hewlett Packard (Israel & USA) • Cultural institutions (Israel, USA, France, Italy)
WEBSITES / ONLINE PORTFOLIOS
Main: www.rozita.com
Portfolio: https://linktr.ee/rozita_com
Museum: https://www.facebook.com/Museum
RSS: https://linktr.ee/ASCIIDigitalMuseum
Portfolio: https://linktr.ee/rozita_com
Museum: https://www.facebook.com/Museum
RSS: https://linktr.ee/ASCIIDigitalMuseum
Archive: https://www.archive.rozita.com
