rufino q. jimenez

Curriculum Vitae

Rufino Q. JimenezLondonrufinoqjimenez@gmail.comORCID 0009-0004-3353-6773

Profile

Artist, researcher and art consultant with more than twenty-five years of professional practice spanning conceptual works in drawing, sculpture and browser-based media, museum exhibition work, teaching, and consulting for artists on the material, engineering and engagement planning of site-specific installations. The practice research sits in systems aesthetics and systems theory, reaching into physics and philosophy: through a series of conceptual works I identified formal structures that map onto the alignment problem in artificial intelligence, and the framework applies established tools from physics and information theory (catastrophe theory, tensor networks, hyperbolic geometry) to model alignment as a structural property of cognitive architecture. Goldsmiths accepted the PhD on the strength of the formal framework. I am now moving from theoretical development to computational implementation.

Current position

2026 to present
PhD Researcher (Practice Research), Art and Computational Technology, Goldsmiths, University of LondonThesis: The Ethics of Entropy (Entropy Circulation Topology). Supervisor: Rachel Falconer.

Education

2026 to present
PhD, Art and Computational Technology (in progress), Goldsmiths, University of London
2014 to 2016
MFA, Studio (Low-Residency), School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1993 to 1996
BFA, Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Research interests

Systems aesthetics and systems theory; entropy circulation topology; thermodynamic ethics; AI safety and alignment; practice-research methodology; mathematical formalisation of ethical systems; art as epistemological method.

Presentations and talks

2026, forthcoming
The Ethics of Entropy: The Convection of Validation in Machine EthicsAccepted talk, Cairo International Workshop: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, British University in Egypt with the University of Porto, Cairo, 25 to 28 November 2026.
2026
The Ethics of Entropy: Persistence, the Cut, and the ProsthesisPeer-reviewed conference paper, presented in person. 5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (5ICEAI 2026), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, 24 to 26 June 2026. Stream 1: Foundations of AI Ethics and Normative Frameworks.
2024
Panellist, "AI as a Creative Collaborator: Exploring AI's Role in Transforming Artistic Practices"DePaul Symposium on AI in the Arts, DePaul University, Chicago.

Exhibitions and practice outputs

2026
The Ethics of Entropy (ECT Entanglement Map, browser-based interactive work)Creative Intelligence, Southbank Centre, London: Exploration Bazaar, Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall, 12 to 13 September 2026 (festival curated with PACT; supported by UKRI). Invited festival presentation, solo work.
2024
Faculty Spotlight, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Glen Ellyn, ILGroup exhibition.
2024
Group exhibition, Manual Studios, Chicago, IL
2018
Re-Happening, Black Mountain College, Asheville, NCGroup exhibition.
2017
Les Illuminations, Mile Square Theater, Hoboken, NJSolo exhibition.
2017
Thawalls, Navy Pier, Chicago, ILGroup exhibition.
2016
SAIC MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, ILGroup exhibition.
2013
New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TXGroup exhibition.
2013
500Xpo, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TXGroup exhibition.

Publications and other writing

2020
"Art in the Time of Covid-19", New Art Examiner
2016
"This Is Not a Book", MFA thesis, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Teaching

2021 to present
Drawing Instructor, College of DuPage
2021 to 2026
Drawing Instructor, DePaul University
2021 to 2026
Drawing Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago

Professional experience

2003 to present
Art Consultant (independent)Material, engineering and engagement planning for site-specific installations, for artists and art professionals, from idea to installed work; formally from Centerline Fine Art Services onward.
2016 to 2021
Art Specialist, The Art Institute of Chicago
2016 to 2021
Curator, Corporate Art Programme, Capital One, Chicago
2003 to 2012
Owner, Centerline Fine Art Services, Dallas, TX

Awards and funding

2026
Graduate School Grant, Goldsmiths, University of LondonConference travel, 5ICEAI 2026.
2014 to 2016
SAIC Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014 to 2015
Norman Paul Memorial Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Service and engagement

2026
Public engagement: two days of drop-in presentation and conversation around The Ethics of EntropyCreative Intelligence, Southbank Centre, London, 12 to 13 September 2026, 12:00 to 19:30 both days.