Dusted, scanned, and edited images for web database
Organized and entered data for digital image archive
Worked closely with Professor Kim Yasuda and Web Designer/Programmer Benjamin
Ritter on interface design
Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lower Division Print (digital and traditional) Introduced students to making prints with an emphasis
on technical and conceptual skills
Incorporated hand produced and electronically replicated media
Provided an analysis of historic and contemporary uses of printing technologies
Instructed use of Macintosh platform
Intermediate Print Addressed concerns for print, design, and typography
Examined intermedia aspects of image and text
Developed study of image-making across visual art disciplines, both material
and digital
Incorporated traditional areas of practice, including photography, print,
painting and drawing
Special Topics in Public Art Generated cooperative design and production of a mural
for site-specific area in a corporation
Discussed wall preparation, drawing transfer, and painting
Examined client relations, commercial and alternative opportunities for
artists
Organized field trips
D.I.T. Do It Together (start an art movement) •
www.ditstyle.org Explored collaborative studio projects
Oriented projects around students’ particular cultural, social,
theoretical concerns
Examined historical movements, Situationst International and Fluxus, for
significance to current art strategies
Promoted cooperation beyond the group itself
4D Fundamentals Explored conceptual concerns of space, narrative,
audience, object, chance and rituals
Examined art in relation to time-based activity such as performance, video,
sound, digital media
Generosity as an Art Medium
Supported advance research, production and critical analysis of public
art
Discussed creative functionality in market-oriented society
Designed curriculum that developed art projects in local community
Examined site-specificity, happenings, alternative spaces, sustainable
community, and public art
smallness • www.thesmallists.com
Investigated symbolism and visual culture of the small, the miniature,
and the microscopic
Studio projects addressed cultural, social, theoretical concerns
Organized field trips and film screenings
Surface/Space (Co-taught with Assistant Professor Jane Mulfinger) Generated dialogue between practices of sculpture
and alternative print
Combined studio projects with related critical theory, historical practice,
and current strategies
Worked to enhance students’ installational capacity, whether 2D
or 3D oriented
Instructed use Macintosh platform for projects
Independent Studies Advised graduate studies in video, installation, digital
Directed readings for undergraduate studies in sculpture, print, and video
2001—2003
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara
4D Fundamentals (section leader) Introduced concept of authorship, authenticity, and
narrative in time-based activity
Provided examples of performance, video, sound, digital media and chance
derived work
Organized workshops utilizing digital video tools
Introduction to Contemporary Painting
Offered technical instruction of watercolors, acrylic and oil painting
Delivered slide lectures and skill workshops
Examined contemporary and historical practices
Lower Division Sculpture Introduced students to basic skills in mold-making,
woodworking, and oxy-acetylene welding
Combined studio assignments with related critical theory, historical practice,
current strategies
Supervised woodshop and welding yard work sessions
2D Fundamentals (section leader) Explored principles of 2-dimensional image-making,
both material and digital
Examined composition, color, and visual perception
Integrated studio assignments with related critical theory, historical
practice, current strategies
2005
2004
ARTIST LECTURES
Friendship Manor Retirement Home, Goleta, CA.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.
Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*SOLO
SHOW)
LAXART, LA International Airport, Los Angeles,
CA. Curated by Jay Lizo. Benefit, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY. Spills, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Postcards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY. Open Book, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY. In tandem with Ceci n’est pas.
A Store, Hayes Valley Market Gallery, San
Francisco, CA.
Protubrance(s), Buia Gallery, New York, NY.
Colony, Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, Las
Vegas, NV. On Board and Awake, UCEN, Santa Barbara, CA.
Sympathy Palace, POST Gallery, Los Angles,
CA. Curated by Laurel Beckman.
Meanwhile..., Frumkin-Duvall Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. *Sunbeams of Health, 1434 Gallery, Santa Barbara,
CA.
Girl on Girl, Miller Durazo Contemporary Artists
Projects, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Sherin Guirguis-Barrie. 9 Good Reasons to Take Up Piano Lessons, 1434
Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. I Left My Baby at the Supermarket and All I Got Were These Lousy Prints,
1434 Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
Special, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las
Vegas, NV. Annual Juried Student Art Show, Donna Beam
Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Juried by Michael Reafsynder. Untitled, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las
Vegas, NV. Juried by Libby Lumpkin.
10, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas,
NV. Juried by Anita Jung. * Happy Tails Are Here, Grant Hall Gallery,
Las Vegas, NV.
Annual Juried Student Art Show, Donna Beam
Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Juried by Ingrid
Calame.
2003—2004
2002—2003
2001—2002
1997
1996
1995
GRANTS AND AWARDS
UCSB College of Creative Studies Post-Graduate Fellowship, Santa Barbara,
CA.
Arts Affiliate Award, Santa Barbara, CA.
Steven Cortwright Memorial Award, Santa Barbara, CA.
Doctoral Scholar Fellowship, Santa Barbara, CA.
Mary Alice Devos Fine Art Scholarship, Las Vegas, NV.
Nevada Gaming Foundation Scholarship, Las Vegas, NV.
Boulder City Art Guild Scholarship, Boulder City, NV.
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Summer Seminar, Colorado Springs,
CO.*
2004
2003
CURATORIAL
D.I.T. One Night Art Situation, Storefront,
LA, collaborative undergraduate and graduate work.
Cover Your Hairy Chest (Co-Curated with Eli Neugeboren), 1434 Gallery,
UCSB, student t-shirts.
MEUving Right Along, Mobile Space, Santa Barbara,
student prints and artist’s books. Sunny D’s, 1434 Gallery, diverse range
of works by 4D Fundamental students.
2006—2007
2006
2005
2004
2003—2004
2000
MORE PROFESSIONAL
Assistant Archivist/ Digital Imaging Specialist for Steven Holl Architects, New York, NY.
Organize and assist management of material and digital archives
Provide imaging and printing support as well as vendor negotiation to Publications Department
Update and edit existing website www.stevenholl.com
Freelance Installer/ Preparator for El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY.
Installed/ de-installed multi-media exhibitions
Freelance Installer/ Preparator for Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Installed/ de-installed exhibitions
Assisted in construction of walls for installation
Photographer’s Assistant for Bob Knight Photography, Los Angeles,
CA. Positoned photo subjects
Organized and adjusted sets and props for photo shoot
Artist Assistant for Ingrid Calame Helped paint and draw for major exhibitions
Master Artist for Summer Youth Mural Project, Santa Barbara Museum of
Art Delivered technical instruction of color, composition,
and acrylic painting techniques
Supervised production of mural
Managed budget for food and supplies
Special Events Coordinator, College of Creative Studies at UCSB Organized lecture series with visiting scholars and
artists
Designed and produced promotional materials
Art Fabricator, Suncoast Casino, Las Vegas, NV. Suncoast Inc. Designed and produced ceramic relief tiles for outdoor
signs
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1995
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ventura County Star
“Collide-A-Scope Mural Unveiled,” 93106 (picture)
Charlie Finch, “Christmas Shopping”, artnet, December 21.
www.artnet.com
Sanam Petri, “Sounds Beautiful,” Santa Barbara Independent,
October 7, p 33
Gregory Crosby, “Escaping the Colony,” Las Vegas City Life,
July 15-21, p 46
Ellen Ziegler, “Exhibit Explores Behavior Patterns,” The View,
July 9, p 11
Danny Lewis, “Do It Together,” Daily Nexus, May 20, p 7
Leah Ollman, “No Fuzz and a Few Feathers,” Los Angeles Times,
February 6, pp E31-32
Joseph Woodward, “Interior Speculations,” Santa Barbara News-Press,
June 11, p D3
Steve Roden, “Alisa Ochoa,” Meanwhile... (exhibition catalogue),
pp 20-21 (color photos)
David Pagel, “Women Lost In Their Multimedia Reveries,” Los
Angeles Times, November 22, p. E21
Chuck Twardy, “Art and Lit,” Las Vegas Weekly, June 7, p 39
Alonza Robertson, “Cover Draws Calls,” Las Vegas Review Journal,
July 26, B1-3
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Naomi Arin
Thomas Burke
Colin Gardner
Dave Hickey and Libby Lumpkin
Dimitri Kozyrev
Steve Roden
Richard Ross
James Standford
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in OS X using Adobe Illustrator, In-Design, Photoshop, MS Office.
Skilled in both traditional and computer assisted graphic printing processes.
Extensive knowledge of both MAC and PC platforms. Familiarity with HTML
and Dreamweaver. Comprehensive knowledge of archival materials and storage.
Knowledge of art handling techniques, print production and papers.