Ariel Garten

Ariel Garten
Ariel Garten Playing Quintephone at ICMC2007
Ariel Garten Playing Quintephone
Born (1979-09-24) September 24, 1979 (age 45)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)artist, fashion designer, executive
Known forco-founder of InteraXon

Ariel Garten (born September 24, 1979) is a Canadian artist, scientist and intellectual[1][2][3] known for her work in integrating art and science.[4] She is the co-founder and former CEO of InteraXon.

Early life and education

Garten was born in Toronto. She is the daughter of Irving Garten and visual artist Vivian Reiss, who is known for her large scale oil on canvas works. Her brother is Joel Garten.[5] Her grandmother was a holocaust survivor.[6] Garten attended Northern Secondary School in Toronto and completed the school's biotechnology program. In 2002, she graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in biology and psychology with a neuroscience designation.[5]

Career

Garten began designing and selling t-shirts when she was 17.[7] After graduating university, she opened Flavour Hall, a clothing store on College Street.[5] She designed clothes for her eponymous clothing line, Ariel,[8] which debuted at Toronto Fashion Week in 2003.[7] Garten closed Flavour Hall in 2005 to open a private psychotherapy practice.[9]

While running Flavour Hall, Garten began working with Steve Mann on an idea that would eventually become The Muse headband. Through Mann, she met Chris Aimone, with whom she would later co-found InteraXon. In 2009, Garten, Mann, and Trevor Coleman teamed up to work on their first contract. The trio founded InteraXon,[5] a Canadian company specializing in software for Non-invasive Brain-computer interfaces.[10][11] She served as the company's CEO until stepping down in 2015 due to her pregnancy.[12]

Garten lectures about interdisciplinary neuroscience topics, such as "The Neuroscience of Morals" (on TVO's Big Ideas televised lecture series), "The Neuroscience of Molecular Gastronomy" and others), as well as psychotherapy and mental health.[13]

Garten is also a psychotherapist trained in Neuro-linguistic programming.[14]

She has performed in many venues, including The Power Plant, and shown at the Art Gallery of Ontario and Banff Center for the Arts. She gave a TEDx Talk in Toronto in 2011.[15] She has sold her fashion across North America, including Holt Renfrew in Toronto, and lectured in North America and Europe.[citation needed]

Personal life

In 2016, Garten gave birth to her first child with Chris de Castro.[5]

References

  1. ^ Donovan Vincent (2016-01-03). "Muse meditation device melds science and style for Toronto co-creator". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-01-03. Born and raised in Toronto, Garten — who as InteraXon's "chief evangelist officer" is the main face of Muse — has a wide-ranging background that encompasses neuroscience, a psychotherapy practice and fashion design.
  2. ^ "Ariel Garten: full bio". Future. Innovation. Technology. Creativity. 2008-01-11. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-01-03. Garten lectures about Molecular Gastronomy, the hottest topic in the world of cuisine. It uses science to explore how food is transformed and allows flavours and textures to be isolated and recombined in surprising and delightful ways.
  3. ^ The National Post "Creative Chemistry' Sept 9, 2003
  4. ^ Jennifer McIntyre (Spring 2013). "Renaissance Woman: Wearable computing maven Ariel Garten". University of Toronto magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2016-01-03. Due out on the market in mid-2013, Muse is the brainchild (so to speak) of the multi-talented Ariel Garten (BSc 2002 UC) and her colleagues at Toronto's InteraXon Inc.
  5. ^ a b c d e Vincent, Donovan (2016-01-03). "Muse meditation device melds science and style for Toronto co-creator". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  6. ^ Venkatraman, Arun (2015-06-21). "A Fashionable Tale". Press Reader. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  7. ^ a b Webb, Margaret (2004-06-10). "Ariel Garten, Fashion Designer". University of Toronto Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  8. ^ Sirant, Zenya (2004-03-18). "By Design Right". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  9. ^ Hansen, Darah (2014-10-07). "Mind-controlled computing: Look, Ma, no hands". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  10. ^ "Canadian company develops technology controlled by brain waves, which recently was honored at the Premier's Innovations Awards". The Globe and Mail. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2016-01-03. Garten predicts the headset will eventually become as small as a wireless bluetooth device and the technology will be available in big-box stores, like Best Buy, within two years.
  11. ^ "The Toronto Star" Feb 26, 2009
  12. ^ Soltys, Douglas (2015-12-23). "Ariel Garten shares reasons behind decision to step down as InteraXon CEO". Beta Kit. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  13. ^ "Winterlicious Event - "Art Sense-ational: The Neuroscience of Molecular Gastronomy" - Ariel Garten and Vivian Reiss". Reiss Gallery. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2016-01-03. Garten lectures about Molecular Gastronomy, the hottest topic in the world of cuisine. It uses science to explore how food is transformed and allows flavours and textures to be isolated and recombined in surprising and delightful ways.
  14. ^ "The Globe and Mail Toronto" April 21, 2007
  15. ^ Hansen, Darah (2014-10-07). "Mind-controlled computing: Look, Ma, no hands". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-01-06.