Ken Rinaldo is internationally recognized for interactive robotic and bio-art installations that create hybrid ecologies among humans, machines, plants, animals, and more-than-human systems. His work explores trans-species communication, animal agency, and emergent biological and machine intelligence through robotics, installation, video, and generative media. Represented by Galeria António Prates (Lisbon), his works are held in major museum and private collections worldwide.

Rinaldo has exhibited extensively at institutions and festivals including Ars Electronica (Austria), the Hermitage Museum (Russia), National Museum of Art (Beijing), Transmediale (Berlin), ARCO (Spain), and the Wexner Center for the Arts, among many others across more than 35 countries. He has received major awards including an Award of Distinction at Ars Electronica, First Prize at VIDA 3.0, and a United Nations Green Leaf Award.

His work is widely published and featured in major media outlets including Antennae, Wired, BBC, and CNN. An Emeritus Professor at The Ohio State University, he continues research on ant-based biosensing and interdisciplinary art-science systems.