Biography
Composer and interdisciplinary artist Sean Griffin lives and works in Los Angeles. He has developed compositional and interdisciplinary methodologies positioned at the intersection of sound and performance, creating large and small-scale concert works, collaborative sound and video installations, and film scores. His works have been presented by Los Angeles' REDCAT, the Armand Hammer Museum, June in Buffalo, the Whitney Biennial of American Art 2004, Berlin's Volksbühne, Secession Vienna, London's Tate Modern, the Festival d’Avignon, the Taipei City Arts Festival, the Walker Art Center, and Centre Pompidou.
Griffin has received fellowships and awards from the MacDowell Colony, Meet the Composer Global Connections, American Composer's Forum, the UC Center for Humanities, and the J. Paul Getty Center for Research in the Arts. His research and writings have been published by Bomb Magazine, the Walker, REDCAT, Secession Vienna, Nutida Musik, Lentos Museum, Linz, and the Groves Dictionary of Music.
Griffin is a longtime collaborator with theater artist Catherine Sullivan and has developed new works with artists such as percussionist Aiyun Huang, performance artist Ron Athey, and installation artists Edgar Arceneaux, and Charles Gaines. His current work addresses rhythmic regimentation and conflicting behaviors in performances by instrumentalists, vocalists, and actors. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego.