Marc Tasman (born 1971) is an American Intermedia artist who works in a variety of media, including interactive art, performance art, video art, and photography. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies.
A native Louisvillian, Tasman demonstrated his interest and engagement with new media art, culture, and technology from a young age. In 1984, when Tasman was 12 years old he won a computer programming contest sponsored by the Louisville Free Public Library.[1][2] Local news featured him in a story about a computer whiz.[3] Tasman received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and Photography in 1995 from the Allen R. Hite Art Institute at the University of Louisville where he achieved the Winthrop Allen Award for outstanding graduating B.F.A. Candidate. In 2000 he received his Master of Fine Arts in Photography from The Ohio State University in the Department of Art, also winning the competitive Edith Fergus Gilmore materials grant and scholarship in subsequent years. In 1992 Tasman earned a certificate in Italian language and Art history of the Italian Renaissance at the Università per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy.