About

Meason Wiley is a mechatronic engineer, musician, multimedia artist and fabricator based out of New Mexico.  He received both his BFA and MFA in Music Technology (MTIID Program) from California Institute of the Arts, mentored by Dr. Ajay Kapur, Michael Darling, and Trimpin.  Currently, Meason is the Director of Research + Development for the immersive art company Meow Wolf.  He is also a visiting artist/guest lecturer at CalArts (MTIID).  In the seven years prior to Meow Wolf, Meason was a Professor of Music Technology at Austin Community College (MBPT Program) where he taught visual programming, sound design, audio synthesis, and live electronic music performance courses.  He was also the ACC Maker Space Coordinator, training students in electronics, computer programming, and digital fabrication. While at ACC, Meason founded/created the ACC Digital Art + Technology Forum, a monthly lecture/performance series that provided a platform that brought innovative artists and technologists from all over the world to share, engage, and inspire both students and the greater Austin creative community.  

His personal work centers around the exploration of imperceptibility in nature and natural phenomena through various creative processes including mechanical/kinetic design, robotics, generative systems, and physical computing.  In addition to his own work, Meason has been involved with the KarmetiK collective/think tank since 2009, a group of artists and engineers seeking to explore and redefine the boundaries between music, the visual arts, and technology.