curriculum vitae

 

EDUCATION
MFA in Electronic Arts, 2008
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

BA in Media Production, 1996
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 - Present, Digital Dome Director and Faculty
Institute of American Indian Arts: College of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM
2009 - 2010, Adjunct Faculty, New Media Arts
2005 – 2006, Adjunct Faculty, Visual Communications 

2008 - 2010 Adjunct Faculty, Film                                                                                      
Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM

2007  - 2009 Adjunct Faculty, Summer Programs/Arts Department                          
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

2009 Adjunct Faculty, New Media Arts
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM

Courses Taught:
Digital Dome Production I, Creating for the Dome, Future Trends in New Media, Visual Effects and Composition, basic 2D concepts,  Digital Editing I & II, Video Production, DVD Studio Pro, Native Foundations I & II,  Moving Images and independent study.


SOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES
Final Cut Suite: FCP, Color, DVD Studio Pro, Sound Track Pro, Motion;
Abode: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Media Encoder;
PTGUI, Photomatix, ffmpegX, MPEG Streamclip, iLife, iWork, Handbrake, Microsoft Office,
Modul8, VDVX, QT Broadcaster, Apple Remote Desktop, VLC, DigitalSky2

Other skills: multicamera shoots with live mix and broadband broadcasting, fulldome operation, social media networking and marketing

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
The Royal Road, New Mexico Centennial Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
2010
Retrieving Humanity, Santa Fe Complex, Santa Fe, NM
2009
Into the Unknown, MOV-iN Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Translations,  NW Film Forum Lobby, Seattle, WA   

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2012
Fine Arts in the Dome, New Media Caucus/College Arts Association, Los Angeles, CA
Digital Impressions, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2011
Currents 2011, Santa Fe, NM
Dynamic Formulations, Dekalp, Il
2010
The Arts and Cultural Alliance, Knoxville, TN 
Electrocuciones Electrocutions, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
Bangalore Queer Film Festival, Bangalore, India
Transreel, www.transreel.com
2009
Flux, Albany, NY
Projected Light, Santa Fe Complex, Santa Fe, NM
Manipulated Image, Santa Fe Complex, Santa Fe, NM
2008
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN;
Translations, Seattle, WA
2007
A is for Amazing, Williamstown, MA
2005
LISP Art Show, Santa Fe, NM


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
NM Filmmakers Showcase, Albuquerque, NM  
2008
Faculty Showcase, SFCC, Santa Fe, NM
EMPAC, Troy, NY
English Kills Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Free Speech TV, Art ≠ Terrorism, Hudson Mohawk Television
Closet Cinema, Santa Fe, NM Transsomatechnics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Bodies and Alternative Communities, University of Montreal, Montreal, ON
Reclaiming the Pieces, 51 Third Street Gallery, Troy, NY
2007
Involuntary, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Fresh Meat in the Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Southern Comfort, Atlanta, GA
Obsequi, Albany, NY
MFA Show, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2006
Exibitol, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Monday Night Experimental Cabaret, Albany, NY
Fresh Meat in the Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Barcelona Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain                                              
Image Out, Rochester, NY
A Million Different Loves Lodz, Poland & Leipzig, Germany
Glasgay! Glasgow, Scotland
Philidelphia G/L Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Transfabulous Festival, London
Inside Out, Toronto, Canada
Perlen L/G Film Festival, Hannover, Germany
2005
Tranny Fest, San Francisco, CA                                                                               
Gender Odyssey, Seattle, WA
C.N. Gorman Museum, UC Davis, Davis, CA                                                                     
Madrid Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
Cine Kink NYC 2005, New York City, NY
Lisbon Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Pink Screen Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium
DeVargas Theater, Santa Fe, NM
Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
2004
CCA 3-Minute Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM                                                                    
LISP Art Show, Santa Fe, NM
Paris Lesbian/Gay Film Festival, Paris, France                                                                      
Anthropology Film Archives, New York, NY
Cable Car Cinema, Providence, RI
SW Gay/Lesbian Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM
1996
NW International L/G Film Festival, Olympia, WA                                                                                                                              

PANELS/LECTURES/ARTIST TALKS
2012
The Royal Road: process and cultural implications, ISEA2012, TBD, Santa Fe/Albuquerque, NM
The Royal Road: process and cultural implications, Digital Dome @ IAIA, Santa Fe, NM
The Royal Road: process and cultural implications, NM Centennial Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
Fine arts in the dome, New Media Caucus (CAA conference), Los Angeles, CA
2011
Broadband Broadcasting (panel), National Congress of American Indians Annual Conference, Portland, OR
sf_x Wedtech @ IAIA, College of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe,  NM
2010 
Social Media Training Series, Santa Fe Complex, Santa Fe, NM                                           
Social Media Marketing Workshop, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2009
Experimental Video in the Museum, NM Assoc. of Museums Annual Conf.                           
The Graduate School Experience, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
The Importance of Social Media, NM Highlands University, Media Arts, Las Vergas, NM
Transgender Representation in the Moving Image, Translations, Seattle, WA               
Artist Talk, Manipulated Images, Santa Fe Complex, Santa Fe, NM    
2008         
Transgender Representation in the Moving Image, Of Words, Bodies, Politics,        
and Alternative Communities, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC       
2007                      
Artist Talk (panel), Exploring Sexuality and Gender Through Experimental Film, Williamstown, MA
2006
Experimental Video Art, Arts Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY      
2004                                      
Production in Action, Visual Communications Department, IAIA, Santa Fe, NM                    
Transgender Point of View, SW G/L Film Festival, Santa Fe, NM

CURATORIAL
2012
IAIA Digital Dome, Digital Impressions, Santa Fe, NM (with Orlando Leibowitz)
Currents 2012
ISEA 2012
2011
Currents2011/ Digital Dome @ IAIA, Santa Fe, NM
2008
51 Third Street Gallery, Reclaiming the Pieces, Troy, NY                                                   
2007        
RPI iEAR Presents, Troy, NY       
Involuntary                                                                                                                         
We Have DARPA Funding, Get In The Van  
2006
RPI iEAR Presents, Troy, NY                                                                                                 
Exhibitol    
2005                                                                                                                        
Back Road Pizza, LISP Performance Event, Santa Fe, NM          
1996-1998                                                           
The Evergreen State College, NW Intern’l  L/G Film Festival, Olympia, WA

REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS AND PRESS
2010
Pasatiempo, Around the World In Streaming Video, Santa Fe, NM by Casey Sanchez
TimeOut Bangalore, Bangalore, India by Joshua Muyiwa
KSFR, Cinemascope, Santa Fe, NM by Monique Anair                                                       
VeryTogether, www.verytogether.com, by Lissa Reidel                                                      
WRPI, HomoRadio, Troy, NY by Sean McLaughlin
2009                                                                                         
Santa Fe Reporter, Arts & Culture Picks, Santa Fe, NM by Amy Kurhe             
Times Union, Flux Happens, Albany, NY by Susan Holland                                                   
KSFR, Cinemascope, Santa Fe, NM by Monique Anair                                                       
KSFR, Cinemascope, Santa Fe, NM with Steina Valsulka by Matt Page
2007                                                      
Kings and Queens, Photo Book by Athi Mari Magadi                                                             
LMS Images, Ethan Bach, Photo by Lesley Slenning
2006
Times Union, Arts Review, Albany, NY                                                                                  
125 Magazine, My Friendsters, Photos by Joel Miller             
Chronicle, IAIA Students Shoot Commercial, Santa Fe, NM
2005                                         
Friendster.com Home Page, My Friendsters, Photos by Joel Miller                                        
Hochschule der Medien, My Friendsters, Photos by Joel Miller
Hochschule der Medien, meet.me, Documentary by Aline Burkart

COMMITTEES
2011
Curriculum Development
NMAD hiring, IAIA
Senior Projects, IAIA
Lab Technology, IAIA
2010
PRDe (PR and Documentation electronic), Santa Fe Complex
Arts@sf_x, Santa Fe Complex
2009
Arts@sf_x, Santa Fe Complex
2006 - 2008
Graduate Show Curation, RPI
2006
Early Alert, IAIA
New SIS research, IAIA
2005
Early Alert, IAIA

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS        
2011
New Mexico Public Arts, New Mexico Centennial Art Space
Santa Fe Arts Commission, with Santa Fe Complex
2010
Santa Fe Arts Commission,  with Santa Fe Complex
2009
New Mexico Film Visions Grant, Experimental Alternate
2008                                                                      
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Travel Grant
College Art Association, Travel Grant 
2007                                                                                      
New Mexico Governor’s Non-Fiction Competition, finalist
KarMel, Artist Award     

                                 

MEMBERSHIPS
ISEA (International Society of Electronic Arts), since 2011
IMERSA (Immersive Media Education, Research, Science & Arts), since 2010
New Media Caucus, since 2010
MARCEL (Multimedia Art Research Centres and Electronic Laboratories), since 2009
Santa Fe Complex, since 2009
College Arts Association, since 2006
Society of Broadcast Engineers, 2008 - 2010