My name is Juraj Kojš, and I am an artist from Slovakia and USA, exploring the fields of music, sound art, poetry, mixed media, multimedia, theater and technologies as a maker and performer. Hence, I am an artphibian, my own term for an artist whose practice is defined by migration between art disciplines and strong commitment to engagement. Producing other people’s works, doing scholarly research and teaching also give me joy, while living in Miami, FL.

My works received awards at Europe—A Sound Panorama, Miami New Times Best Off Award, Eastman Electroacoustic Composition and Performance Competition and the Digital Art Award. Miami New Times described my muscle-powered multimedia Neraissance as “striking and unforgettable,” and MiamiArtzine called Signals “enthralling and immersive.” Miami Herald praised Bang for the Train as “the most profound…unexpected and enjoyable.”

Organizations that commissioned works from me include The Knight Foundation, The Quiet Music Ensemble, Miami Light Project, Deering Estate Chamber Ensemble, Meet the Composer, Harvestworks, Miami Theater Center, Miami Live Arts, Deering Estate and Vizcaya Museum & Gardens.

Players who performed my music include Tomoko Mukaiyama, Blair McMillen, Margaret Lancaster, Madeleine Shapiro, Keve Wilson, Robert Black, Jennifer Beattie and Adam Marks, Michael Straus, Susan Fancher, Eugen Prochac, Canticum Ostrava, Atticus Brass Quintet, IKTUS Percussion Quartet, The Quiet Music Ensemble, Ensemble s21, Talujon Percussion, Cassatt String Quartet, Ensemble Pamplemousse, the Now Ensemble, Yale Gamelan Suprabanggo, Splinter Reeds, Switch~ Ensemble and the Deering Estate Chamber Ensemble.

My research articles appeared in journals such as Organized Sound, Digital Creativity, Leonardo Music Journal, Journal of New Music Research, Computer Music Journal and International Journal of Arts and Technology.

I am the director of the Miami-based Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA). My education includes a Ph.D. in Composition and Computer Technologies from University of Virginia. My teaching experience spans from Medialogy Department Aalborg University (Copenhagen, Denmark) to Yale, Stanford, University of Virginia and Miami International University of Art and Design. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.