Cirriculum Vitae

Work Experience: (see teaching for details)

Boston (presently):
Graduate Research Assistant, Ambient Intelligence Group, MIT Media Lab, 2007-2009

Chicago:
Adjunct Professor of Multimedia Arts, Harold Washington College, 2007
Instructor, Wired Curriculum, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2006
Teaching Assistant, Critical Artware/Radical Software, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2006
Teaching Assistant, Programming for Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2006
Graduate Electronics Assistant for Steve Waldeck, Atlanta Airport Installation, 2005

Virginia:
Digital Arts Visiting Lecturer, University of Virginia, 2005
Projection Designer, Live Arts Theatre Production of Evita, 2005
Adjunct Professor of Digital Arts: University of Virginia, 2003-2004
Multimedia Developer and Instructional Technology Specialist: - University of Virginia: 2001-2004
Digital Arts Consultant: McIntire Art Department, fall 2002
Free-Lance Web Designer & Photographer: (side work) 2002, 2003
Graphic Design and Digital Arts Secondary School Volunteer: Sevilla, Spain, 2000
Multimedia Developer: Darden Business School, Part Time 1999-2000
Digital Media Technical Assistant & Lab Tech: UVA, for Jim Hagan, 1999, 2000
Eastman Kodak Digital Camera Reviewer, 1999
Photography Technical Assistant: UVA, for Holly Wright, 1998
Graphic Design Internship: Charlottesville, Genesis Studios, 1998
Graphic Design Internship: Charlottesville,  Einstein Graphics, 1998


Education:

Currently a first year Candidate, M.S. in Media Arts, The Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ambient Intelligence Group.

MFA in Studio Art, Art and Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Recipient of the Trustee Merit Scholarship.

Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia in Cognitive Science (Concentrating in Perceptual Psychology) and Studio Art (Concentrating in Photography and New Media Art)

Continuing Education:
-Woodworking, Piedmont Virginia Community Collage, spring 2003
-Printmaking, University of Virginia, for the Sacagawea Project, fall 2002
-Watercolor Painting, Piedmont Virginia Community Collage, spring 2002

Virginia Arts Grant- to produce 250 CD ROMs of Downrail (A virtual reality of the Charlottesville Railroad)

Art Exhibitions:

Collision Collective Show, C12, Stata Center, Boston, 2007
Everything Solid Melts into Air, Chasama Gallery, Times Square, NYC, 2007
MFA Thesis Show, G2 Gallery, Chicago, May, 2007
Metadome at Art Chicago, Solo Exhibit , Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 2007
Algorithmic Prints, Chicago City Arts Gallery, Chicago, 2007
Snap to Grid, Digital Representations, C33 Gallery, 33 W. Columbus, Chicago, 2006
Last Stand Show, Project Space, 847 W. Jackson, Chicago, 2006
Programming for Automatic Drawing, NOVA Arts Gallery, Chicago, 2006
Reflections, Work from Southeast Asia, Mercury Gallery, Chicago, 2006
G2 Gallery, Chicago, Meditation Luang Prabang, 2006
Live Arts, Evita and Macro Landscapes Projection, 2005
Virginia Fringe Festival, Eye Response, 2004
McGuffy Art Center, Collage show in association with the Philips Col. 2004
Virginia Fringe Festival: Water art, Photography and Printmaking shows, 2002
Bozart Gallery, Charlottesville VA, Monday Night Nude Exhibition, 2001
Outprints Event, a public walking exhibition, 2000
Newcomb Gallery, University of Virginia, Downrail Exhibition, 2000
Fairweather Gallery, University of Virginia, Thesis Show, 2000


Design Projects:

Fave.com - Local Search Engine Design, Fave Media, Chicago 2007

Good to Great with Jim Collins, XML/Flash Search Engine, 2006
The Atlanta Project, Art Institute of Chicago, 2005
The Beer Game - Multimedia Simulation for the Darden School, 2004
Gazoggle CD ROM, 2004
Hybrid Car Case, Darden School, 2004
BuckCreekNursery.com, 2003
Darden Business Publishing CD, 2003
Lonely Planet Buisness Case, 2002
StevieJay3.com, 2002
Play- Interactive CD ROM for Play Inc. and the Darden School, 2001
Credit Card Simulation, 2001
Edu Link - Marketing Package for Educational Software, 2000
Stars and Strips, the America's Cup CD-ROM, 2000
Virginia Alumni Volunteer CD-ROM, 1999



Technical Proficiency:

Extensive experience (2-5yrs) as a Artist and Developer With:
Design Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, CS3 Sweet
Macromedia Software:   Flash, Director, Freehand, Dreamweaver, and Authorware
Photo Software: QTVR Authoring Studio, RealViz, VR Worx, Adobe PhotoMerge
Programming Languages: ASP, Javascript, VB Script, SQL, Processing, Actionscript, C/C++, PHP, Python
Video Editing: Final Cut Pro, After Effects, DVD Studio Pro
Microcontroller Development: PIC programming in C with CSS Compiler, Arduino, 8051
Other Software: Tribeworks Ishell, Context Free, Max MSP, Chuck, Python

Moderate Experience with:
OpenGL

Analogue Electronics
C++ Software Development
Java Development
AutoCad
Mobile Device Programming

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