Short Biography

Artist Statement

Curriculum Vitæ

Installations + Projects

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Curriculum Vitæ

TEACHING/CURATING

Assistant Professor: Electronic Media;
Electronic Gallery Manager

August 2007–Present

Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

Currently Teaching: Intro to Web Art & Design, Video Art

Adjunct Professor: Electronic Media

August 2006–May 2007

Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO

Designed and Taught: Introduction to Computer Art, Video Art

Art Instructor

July 2006–June 2007

Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts, Thornton, CO

Designed and Taught: Painting, Photography, Drawing, and Printmaking

Assistant Curator: AudioFiles

August 2004–September 2005

University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum; Tampa, FL

Work from international sound artists Christian Marclay, Stephen Vitiello and Celeste Boursier-Mougenot. Panel featuring sound art critic Christoph Cox.

Adjunct Professor: Electronic Media

January 2005–May 2005

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL

Designed and Taught: Explorations in Sound; Intermediate Electronic Media; and Beginning Electronic Media
(Digital Video, Web-based Art, Digital Photo, Sound Art)

Graduate Assistant Instructor: Electronic Media

August 2002–December 2004

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL

Instructor of Electronic Media, Fall 2003 – Fall 2004
Assistant Instructor of Electronic Media, Fall 2002 – Spring 2003
(Digital Video, Web-based Art, Digital Photo, Sound Art

Intern: Curator of Contemporary Art

August 2003–January 2004

The University of South Florida Institute for Research in Art
Contemporary Art Museum/Graphicstudio; Tampa, FL

Conceived and Coordinated Electronic Art Exhibition DNA: Art & Science – The Double Helix - January 2004, Juried by Eduardo Kac

Art Instructor

2000–2006

Art Students’ League of Denver; Denver, CO

Instruct summer art classes in various subjects and media including: Collage, Handmade Instruments, Kite Building, Resist, Folk Sculpture, Printmaking, and Photography.

Co-President: Graduate Assistants' Union

2002–2003

United Faculty of Florida Graduate Assistants’ Union; Tampa, FL

Art Instructor

2001

Art Reach, Inc.; Denver, CO

Instructed art classes in various subjects and media including collage
and painting

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts: Multimedia and Video

The University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; 2004

Museum Studies
Certification: Contemporary Art/Curating

The University of South Florida Institute for Research in Art
Contemporary Art Museum/Graphicstudio; Tampa, FL; 2004

Art Education
Certification: K-12

Metropolitan State College; Denver, CO; 2001

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Photography & Video

University of Oklahoma; Norman, OK; 1995

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

20/20 SwanSong
Interactive Installation; Capsule Gallery, Denver, CO

Meat-clad paratroopers descend into piranha-laden pools. Decide to launch
or withdraw.

Atomic Cathedral
Video/Sound Installation; Satellite Gallery, Denver, CO; 2005–2006

Video/Sound Installation; Satellite Gallery, Denver, CO Eight TV monitors disengaged and suspended in mushroom cloud formation.

Riverine:
Multimedia Installation; 2004–2005

Multichannel seven monitor visual installation sound piece.
Centre Gallery, Marshall Center; USF Campus, Tampa, FL

Transience:
Multimedia Installation; 2002

Video/Sculpture Installation incorporating multimedia and sound.
Projects/Oliver Gallery; USF Campus, Tampa, FL

Comfort Women:
Digital Photographic Installation; 2002

Commissioned by the Asian American Professional & Student Association;
exhibition Comfort Women in conjunction with American public awareness exhibit.
Tampa Bay Convention Center, Tampa, FL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 - Idioma-tic – Multimedia artworks on the subjects of language,
expression, and multimedia. Hush—a sound installation emphasizing
non-verbal inadvertent articulation. DAVA Gallery, Downtown Aurora
Visual Arts, Aurora, CO

2006 - Zero Gravity – Exhibition on featuring on technology-based artists exploring and interpreting the idea of space and weightlessness. SomnambuTable—an interactive sound platform through which the
human body becomes a conduit for sound waves. White Gallery,
Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO

2006 - Adding Insult to Imagery– Exhibition on Censorship, Iraq, and
Mass Media, curated by Robert Sweeney, White Noise—Kipp Gallery,
Indiana University, Indiana, PA; Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri
State University, Warrensburg, MO

2005 - MAGA – Special documentary film screening of American Folk
45-Minute Digital Film; MAGA, Macon, GA

2005 - Transcendence – Invitational exhibition curated by Stacey Stormes
Chevaux de Fres—Illuminated Collage; Centre Gallery, University of
South Florida, Tampa, FL

2001 - Annual Open Show - Open group show; Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

2000 - Metamorphosis - Group show; Third Eye Gallery, Denver, CO

1999 - Collage - Juried Group Show; Santa Fe, NM

1996 - Saturnalia Ball - Juried Group Show; Norman, OK

1995 - Annual Student Show - Juried Student Show; Fred Jones, Jr. Art
Museum, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

AWARDS

Florida Studies Scholarship; 2003

Department of Florida Studies; University of South Florida Library, Tampa, FL

James Rosenquist Scholarship Award; 2001

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

AudioFiles

An exhibition from Sound Artists using uncommon materials to recontextualize media, USFCAM, Tampa, FL

DNA: Art & Science – The Double Helix

Conceptualized, designed and coordinated January 2004 multimedia projected images exhibition, USFCAM, Tampa, FL

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