Mark Skwarek is an artist working to bridge the gap between virtual and physical worlds and augmented reality. His art explores the translation of everyday digital experience into the physical world using mobile augmented reality. Skwarek earned his M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design’s Digital Media Department. He is full-time faculty at New York University’s School of Engineering, the CEO of Semblance Augmented Reality and the director of NYU’s Mobile Augmented Reality Lab. He organized the first augmented reality artist group manifest.AR and arOCCUPYWALLSTREET, and co-organized We AR in MoMA. Skwarek’s practice also fuses art activism with emerging technologies, creating political work and symbols including pieces at Wall St., the U.S.-Mexico border and the White House. His work has been extensively covered in the media. Skwarek has also exhibited in numerous venues, both in the United States and internationally.