Pamela Winfrey

Pamela Winfrey is currently the Scientific Research Curator for Dr. Athena Aktipis' cooperation and conflict lab as well as the Artistic Director for Dr. Carlo Maley's evolution of cancer lab. She is emeritus at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, served as the lead curatorial consultant for the emerging art forms category at Creative Capital, and represented the United States on the interactive arts panel at Ars Electronica in Linz. She is also a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Her published novels include: The Architect Who Changed Our World's View: A Novel Based on the Life of Andrea Palladio and Marconi and His Muses. She is a recipient of a Sloan grant for playwriting, and she has produced and written three short films. She has curated a wide variety of exhibitions including "The C Word" (an exhibition on cancer,)  "The Changing Face of What is Normal", Cognitive Technologies (BCI- Brain computer interface), the West Gallery ( a gallery at the Exploratorium that explores human phenomena), 2nd Skin (analog and digtial clothing) and many other performance and visual arts based exhibitions and events.  She is also a social practice artist and has created art works about cancer and cooperation. She has a BA in theater, an MA in Interdisciplinary arts, and an MFA in television and screen writing.