Art Image: Circuit Close

Selected Exhibits

2010 Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA: Transpositions
 
  • Curated this exhibition and showed sound-installation Cascade
 
2009 IBM, Cambridge, MA
 
  • Harmonic Cloud: 12-channel, live sound-sculpture installation for Text-Transparency conference; invitational
Microsoft Start-up Labs, Cambridge, MA: Boston CyberArts 2009, The Maker Revolution
  • QuadraTonic and Island: two multi-channel, interactive sound-sculpture installations for group show; invitational
Cannytrophic Design Expo @ Leisure Hive, South Boston, MA
  • QuadraTonic: exhibited in group show; invitational
 
2008 The Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA: All Hallow Even
 
  • When the Veil is Thin: multi-channel, live sound installation between the building's gallery and boiler room; invitational
 
2007 Union Square, Somerville, MA: 2007 Windows Art Project
 
  • Island: outdoor multi-channel sound installation on traffic-island for Somerville Arts Council's 2007 Windows Art Project; invitational
 
2005 Sonotheque, Chicago, IL: Spectacle
 
  • Winter: multi-channel, motion-tracked interactive sound-installation for monthly multimedia event; invitational
 
2004 Consolidated Works Gallery, Seattle, WA: Suspension: Sonic Absorption
 
  • Inoculum: sound-sculpture installation for College Art Association member show; juried (catalogue)
Sonotheque, Chicago, IL: Spectacle
  • Glitch Canopy: multi-channel, motion-tracked interactive sound-installation for monthly multimedia event; invitational
Gallery 2, Chicago, IL: MFA Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Haptigenic: interactive sound-sculpture installation for group show Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
  • Tuning, Version 1: Bridged by a Corner: sound-sculpture installation for group show; juried
 
2003 Spazio Arte, Vicenza, Italy: Shifting
 
  • Outer Earth, Inner Air: sound-sculpture and photography installation for 3 person show; invitational (catalogue)
Gallery 2, Chicago, IL: Anti-Spacesuit, the Dirty Future
  • Outer Earth, Inner Air: sound-sculpture and photography installation for 3 person show; invitational (catalogue)
 
2002 A+D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL: Soundscapes and Interactors
 
  • tech.table: collaborative, interactive sound/animation table for group show; invitational
1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL: Code
  • The Large Glass: sound installation for group show; juried Gallery X, Chicago, IL
Gallery X, Chicago, IL
  • Vis(c)area: solo show, sound-sculpture installation
 
2001 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY
 
  • Mind the Gap: sound installation / architectural intervention
 
2000 80 Washington Sq. East Gallery, New York, NY: MA Graduate Exhibition, New York University
 
  • Untitled Arrangement for Steel and Feedback II: sound-sculpture installation

  • Private Residence, Venice, Italy
  • La Serenissima: collaborative mixed media installation and apartment intervention

Selected Sound Performances

2010 119 Gallery, Lowell, MA
 
  • New England Phonographer's Union ensemble performance
 
2009 Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA
 
  • New England Phonographer's Union ensemble performance
Mobius Artist-Space, Boston, MA
  • electro-acoustic improvisation ensemble performance
Studio Soto, Boston, MA
  • solo and collaborative electronic-music performances
Mobius Artist-Space, Boston, MA
  • collaborative six-channel electronic-music performance with Asher Thal-Nir
 
2008 Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
 
  • solo electronic-music performance
 
2007 Enormous Room, Boston, MA
 
  • solo electronic-music performance for sQuareone Celebrational with Non-Event
Red-Tail Loft, Boston, MA
 
  • solo electro-acoustic performance for Intransitive
 
2006 Wesleyan College, Middletown, CT
 
  • solo electro-acoustic performance
sQuareone, Boston, MA
 
  • electro-acoustic duet with Jonathan Chen for Non-Event
90.3 WZBC, Boston, MA
 
  • solo electro-acoustic performance on live radio for Rare Frequency
 
2005 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
 
  • solo electronic music improvisation for Musicircus event
Sonotheque, Chicago, IL
  • solo electronic music improvisation for monthly event Spectacle
 
2004 Sonotheque, Chicago, IL
 
  • solo electronic music improvisation for monthly event Spectacle
Athenaeum Theater, Chicago, IL
  • solo piece for group show New Sound Works for Performing Art Chicago's Edge festival
 
2003 Open-End Gallery, Chicago, IL
 
  • group performance of the Data Massagers for Inter-Act exhibit
Athenaeum Theater, Chicago, IL
  • solo piece for group show 8 Minutes of Fame for Performing Art Chicago's Edge festival
Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • solo piece for multi-artist performance event Seven on Heaven

Curatorial Projects

2010 Transpostitions: Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA
 
  • sound-installation and inter-media exhibition
 
2007 SMFA Sound Works: Studio Soto, Boston, MA
 
  • sound-performance show of SMFA students
 
2004 New Sound Works: Athenaeum Theater: PAC-Edge festival, Chicago, IL, MA
 
  • sound-performance show organized with Josh Rosenstock
 
2003 Inter-Act: Open-End Gallery, Chicago, IL
 
  • tech-media show co-curated with Andy Bryant

Grants and Fellowships

2005 Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council
 
  • 1 out of 26 recipients chosen out of 845 applicants. Award exemplifies '...outstanding work and commitment within the arts.'
 
2004 D+L Student Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
 
  • funding for Inoculum exhibition in Seattle, WA
 
2003 Road Less-Travelled Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
 
  • for international exhibition in Italy
 
1996 Lundquist International Fellowship, State University of New York at Fredonia
 
  • for international exhibition in Italy

Bibliography

2005 ArtNews; June 2005
  • Haptigenic image used for School of the Art Institute of Chicago advertisement
Art In America; March 2005
  • Haptigenic image used for School of the Art Institute of Chicago advertisement
 
2004 Celina Jeffery, "Consolidated Works"; Drain Online Magazine, Issue01:silence, April, 2004
 
  • review of Inoculum piece in Suspension: Sonic Absorption
Regina Hackett, "ConWorks Shows Deliver Fun and Heartbreak"; Seattle Post, Theater and Fine Arts section, Feb. 27, 2004
  • review of Inoculum piece in Suspension: Sonic Absorption

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    2003 Della Watson, "Robot Act"; Dossier Magazine, issue 2 volume 1
     
    • review of co-curated Inter-Act exhibition Il Giornale di Vicenza; Cultura and Spettacoli section, June 28th
    Il Giornale di Vicenza; Cultura and Spettacoli section, June 28th
    • review of Shifting exhibition

    Public Collections

    2004 Hdurderdh and Hdrdeh Pair: Spazio Arte, Municipality of Sovizzo, Sovizzo, Italy
    • digital prints
     
    1996 Midst: Reed Library, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
    • sculpture installation

    Recent Professional Experience

    Full-Time Visiting Artist Faculty in Sound (current position):
    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2006-Present
    • 3 Classes taught per semester (5 sections) including:
      Sound 1, Sound 4, Sound Sculpture and Installation, Directed Study in Sound, Graduate Critique
    Part-Time Faculty in Studio for Interrelated Media (current position):
    Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Spring Semester 2010
    • Class teaching: Projects in Sound
    • Pozen Center administration and coordination
    Adjunct Faculty in Animation:
    Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Fall Semester 2009
    • Class taught: Sound for Animation
    Adjunct Faculty in Studio for Interrelated Media:
    Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Spring Semester 2009
    • Class taught: Independent Study in Studio for Interrelated Media
    Continuing Education Faculty:
    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2008-2009
    • Class taught: Pre-College Summer Studio in Sound, Introduction to Sound
    Visual Arts Workshop for 21st Century Business Leaders:
    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2007-2008
    • 4 Collaborative Interdisciplinary Arts workshops including MIT business-school Sloan Scholars, and Medici Group Members (MFA fundraisers) organized by David Kelley of SMFA.
    Full-Time Faculty Advisor for Visual Communications Department:
    International Academy of Design and Technology, Schaumburg, IL, 2005-2006
    • Directorship role including advising and scheduling students, curriculum maintenance and scheduling quarterly classes, faculty hiring, leadership and advising, oversight of technical facilities including computer-labs and software, purchasing equipment, and full departmental administrative duties.
    • 2-3 Classes taught per quarter, including:
      Digital Audio 1, Digital Audio Editing, Digital Photography, Special Effects and Compositing, 3D Computer Animation, Computer Graphics for Interior Design, Video and Animation
    Adjunct Professor for Department of Graphic Design and Multimedia:
    Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, 2004-2005
    • Classes taught:
      3D Animation and Multimedia, Multimedia Sound Production
    Studio Technician and Multimedia Designer:
    Improv-Kitchen, Chicago, IL, 2004-2005
    • Audio-Visual and multimedia production, technical equipment maintenance, live audio and video mixing and programming for interactive multimedia theatre.

    Artist Lectures

    2010 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

     
    2009 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
    New England School of Art & Design, Boston, MA

     
    2008 Emerson College, Boston, MA
    University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
    Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

     
    2007 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

     
    2006 Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

     
    2005 Benedictine University, Lisle, IL

    Education

    MFA 2004 Art and Technology
    School of the Art Institute of Chicago

     
    MA 2001 Studio Art
    New York University

     
    BFA 1997 Sculpture and Photography
    State University of New York at Fredonia

     
    Other 2001 Architecture Intensive Summer Program
    Columbia University

    Memberships

    Mobius Artist Group
    New England Phonographer's Union
    College Art Association