Rudolf Frieling is a curator, editor, and educator based in San Francisco, United States. His work has explored notions of collaboration, participation, and performativity, with a focus on digitizing, preserving, and disseminating video art. Frieling is the curator of media arts at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and senior adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts. He previously held the position of researcher and curator at ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe.