Info

Rucyl Mills works with sound and systems. Her practice spans performance, installation, and instrument design, using sound to express concepts that are not easily seen, including time, natural forces, emotion, identity, and physics. Her work combines improvisation, algorithmic composition, and interactive technologies to create environments where complex systems can be experienced directly, proving that patterns in data echo our human experience.

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Residencies and Grants

2025 The Hermitage Foundation Greenfield Prize
2025 Simons Foundation, Art & Science Open Interval Winner
2024 The Black Music City Project
2016 Organizmo Design Center Residency, Bogotá, Colombia
2011 Artist U Residency via Creative Capital
2008 Hardware for Hacking: Eyebeam Art & Technology Residency

Education

M.P.S. Interaction Design, ITP Tisch, NYU, Dean’s Scholarship, 2008
B.S. New Media, The New School University, 2006
The New School: Jazz Vocals and Contemporary Music Theory, 1996 - 1998

Awards

2025 iF Design Award Gold - IBM Quantum System Two
2024 Red Dot Best of the Best Award - IBM Quantum System Two
2024 IBM Research Outstanding Accomplishment Award - IBM Quantum System Two
2024 One Show Award - Innovation / Execution in Design
2024 ADC Awards - Innovation in Product Design
2024 D&D Awards - Technological Innovation in Product Design
2023 Red Dot Best of the Best - Product Concept
2023 Fast Design - Innovation in Design
2023 IBM Research Outstanding Accomplishment Award - IBM Quantum System Two
2020 Broadway Black Antonyo Award for Sound Design