Statement
This is a preliminary drawing submitted by one of the kids who participated in the creation of the HOME webproject. HOME was created in collaboration with the kids at IT Kids, a computer learning center based in Bombay, Indie, and commissioned by the Queens Museum, NY for the upcoming exhibition, Crossing the Line.

Bio
Prema Murthy is an artist living and working in New York. She received a Bachelor's degree in art history in 1994 and worked for 3 years as an assistant to an inventor of patented algorithms for digital imaging. Upon learning the technical aspects of creating digital images, she became obsessed with code and the way it materialized as interface and image. This exploration into new media has led her to create interactive installations, web-based projects, and digital prints to explore cultural and technological hybridity within herself and the world. She has exhibited in the US and abroad and was also a core member of the artgroup, Fakeshop. Fakeshop has exhibited at the Ars Electronica Fesival in Linz, Austria and in the Whitney Biennial 2000. Awards for her work include a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Computer art and a grant from the Creative Capital Foundation.