EDUCATION
MFA
2004 Studio (Film, Video, New Media)
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
BFA
1998 Film/ Video/ Animation
Rhode Island School Of Design, RI
EXHIBITION/ SCREENINGS
2010
Saturday Sessions, P.S.1Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City ,NY.
Sacred Geometries, Deep Leap Microcinema, Portland, OR.
2009
As X Approaches Infinity, Krowswork, East Bay, Ca.
Moving Shapes and Colors (curated by Brian Droitcour),179 Canal, New York, NY.
Éspace Video, st-art 14, european contemporary art fair, Strasbourg, France.
Citizen Jane Film Festival, Columbia, MO.
22nd Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX.
Screen Art, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Hot Springs International Documentary Festival, Hot Springs, AR.
Electronic 4 Culture, Seattle, WA.
Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film and Video, Victoria, B.C.
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Frozen Smoke, (2 person show) Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL.
European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany.
PDX Film Festival, Portland, OR.
Migrating Forms, New York, NY.
New Genres, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK.
Northern Exposure, Art VS. Starlight, Madison, WI.
On The Contrary, Scope-Art Fair, New York, NY.
Meilleurs Voeux (Group show) , Galerie Brissot-Linz, Paris, France.
2008
Devenir-Écran, Espace Lucie Aubrac, Le Vigan, France.
21st Annual Dallas Video Festival,Dallas, TX.
Optica Review 2007, Nuit Blanche de l'Art Contemporain, L'Institut Cervantes, Paris, France.
Desired Constellations (curated by Jeanne Liotta), Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA.
Cine-X, Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA.
Hollyweird (curated by Kristen Anchor), Mix NYC: The New York Queer and Experimental Film Festival, New York, NY.
Artists' Televison Access Film & Video Festival, Valencia, CA.
Faketure: The Mountain, (curated by Audrey Peiper and Gabriel Akigawa), Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
Next Art Fair with Roots and culture, Chicago IL.
Juror Screening, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI.
High Risk Citizen, (curated by Mary Billyou and Eva Diaz) Art In General, NY.
PDX Film Festival 2008, Portland, OR.
Video Station, Videoformes 2008, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
46th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI.
24 Hour Riot, (solo) Deadtech, Chicago, IL.
100 dollar Film Festival, The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, Calgary, Alberta.
2007
Show [Title to be Determined by Symbols Not Yet Rendered] (Group Show) Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL.
Optica, Festival International de Video Arte, Gijon, Spain .
The Ataraxians, "The Unknown Part of The World" (Screening),Skolska28,Prague, Czech Republic
The Ataraxians, "The Unknown Part of The World" (Screening), Pierogi-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
20th Instants Video Festival, Aix en Provence and Marseille, France
Berkeley Film and Video Festival, Berkeley, CA.
Takoma Park Film Festival, Takoma Park, MD.
VAD International Video and Digital Arts Festival, Girona, Spain.
Faketure: Molehills, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL.
MadCat Women’s International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA.
Pantheon Xperimental Film Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia.
Future Yonder, Hudson Franklin, New York, NY.
La Cyclo-Cinémathèque (with filmmaker Bill Brown), touring France, Belgium, Switzerland.
Festival Filmer La Musique, Paris, France.
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI.
Image Forum Festival 2007(Touring Festival), Japan.
Liar Lies: Contemporary Performance for the Camera, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL.
45th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI.
On The Collective for Living Cinema, Orchard 47 Gallery, New York, NY.
Saison Video, Espace Croisé Contemporary Arts Center, Roubaix, France.
Laisle Relax, Espaço 27, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Resolutions 07, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY.
2006
11èmes Rencontres Internationales Paris/ Berlin, Paris, France.
LA Freewaves' 10th Festival of New Media Arts: Too Much Freedom?, Los Angeles, CA and www.freewaves.org.
Conversations At The Edge (with filmmaker Ben Russell), Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL.
Pixilerations V.3 , Firstworks Providence Festival, Providence, RI.
9th Annual Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film and Video, Victoria, B.C.
Pedal-Powered Movie Tour (with filmmaker Bill Brown), Multiple Locations, U.S.A.
13th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL.
Detroit In Focus, Detroit Film Center and Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Voom HD Lab Program I, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY.
And So Sings Our Mechanical Bride, Galerie Brissot-Linz, Paris, France. (solo)
The Ataraxians, Strip Film Festival, Paris, France.
S1 Salon, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK.
Laisle Tiete, Paço das artes, (curated by Carlo Sansolo and Erika Fraenkel) Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2005
Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA.
The End is in the Beginning, Spark Video Canada, London, ON.
12th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL.
Speed Is A (Numb)er or Suicide Looped, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.(solo)
Prog:ME, Centro Cultural Telemar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
4th Hull International Short Film Festival, Hull, UK.
The Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival, Portland, OR.
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, Kansas City, MO.
Next Festival of Experimental Film and Video, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Chicago Filmmakers Screening, Chicago, IL.
No Convenient Subway Stops, (curated by Sofía Hernandez and Jeffrey Walkowiak), Art In General, NY.
Visiting Faculty Exhibit, Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO.
2004
Frozen in Light, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film and Video, Victoria, B.C.
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL.
MOOV HD (High Definition Broadcast Satellite Channel)
The Spectacle of Society, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago IL.
“I am yet seized of our Ancient Constitution: Ben Russell & Brian Frye, et al. v.
the Robert(a) Beck Memorial Cinema” – RBMC, NY.
An Evening With Benjamin Russell, Mediascope, MoMA, NY.
Ice Capades Film Video Series, The Ice Factory, Chicago, IL.
Animation Screening, Pacific Switchboard Gallery, Portland OR.
Inordinate Coordinates, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space, Chicago IL.
Version 04 Digital Arts Convergence (several locations), Chicago IL
2003
I Like It When Things Fall Apart, Screening, Texas Ballroom, Chicago IL
Anti-Spacesuit: The Dirty Future, The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago IL.
Anti-Spacesuit: The Dirty Future, Group Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
The Best of Discount Cinema, Law Office, Chicago IL.
Providence Women’s Film Festival, Screening at AS220, Providence RI
Version 03 Digital Arts Convergence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
REPAIR, an Electronic Noise Performance Duo, in collaboration with Aline Cautis.
2002
14th Annual Onion City Film Festival, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
Electronic Noise Performance, Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Reconfiguring Pop, Gallery 2, Chicago IL
Immedia 2002 Digital Arts Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
1998
Abandoned Shores, Downtown Arts Festival, NY
1998
Rhode Island School of Design Film, Video, Animation Festival, RI
1997
Rhode Island School of Design Film, Video and Animation Festival, RION TOUR! FILM/VIDEO AND ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCES
2009
TIME MACHINE (electronic performance with Bill Brown)Tour Dates
08/15/2009 Disjecta, Portland, OR.
08/16/2009 Olympia Film Society, Olympia, WA.
08/18/2009 Northwest Film Forum, Seattle WA.
08/19/2009 Pickford Film Center, Bellingham, WA
08/21/2009 Artists Television Access, San Francisco, CA.
08/22/2009 Unurban Coffeehouse, Los Angeles, CA.
08/23/2009 Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA.
09/13/2009 Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL.
2008
The Free Translators (Two-person electronic performance and screening with Mary Billyou)
Tour Dates
05/10/2008 Gasp Gallery, Boston, MA.
05/17/2008 Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, NY.
05/19/2008 Union Docs, Brooklyn, NY.
05/20/2008 Time and Space Limited, Hudson, NY.
05/21/2008 51 3rd Street, Troy, NY.
05/23/2008 Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD.
05/24/2008 Pyramid Atlantic Center, Silver Springs, MD.
05/25/2008 Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA.
2007
La Cyclo-Cinematheque (Two-person bicycle tour and screening with Bill Brown)
Tour Dates
06/02/2008 CINEMA NOVA, Brussels, Belgium.
06/04/2008 Les Yeux de L’Ouie, MJC Pichon, Nancy, France
06/06/2008 Le Barbizon, Paris, France.
06/08/2008 Mire, Nantes, France
06/14/2008 Lichtspiel/ Kinemathek, Bern, Switzerland.
06/16/2008 Grand Gerland, Lyon, France.
06/26/2008 Monoquini, Bordeaux, France.
07/06/2008 Annexia, Toulouse, France.
LECTURES
2010
Visiting Artist Lecture
Joint Coloquium, Department of Comparative Literature and Film and Intermedia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
2008
Juror, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI.
Guest Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
Guest Critic, 4D Design and Installation, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.
2005
Visiting Artist Lecture
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.
Screening and Presentation of photographic work
2003
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Screening, lecture on motion graphics, After Effects tutorial.
International Academy of Design, Chicago, IL
Screening, lecture on advanced video production, 3D Computer Animation lighting demo.
CURATORIAL
The Media Embassy Series, Project Lodge and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI.
Magic Lantern Film/ Video Series, Cable Car Cinema, Providence RI.
Inordinate Coordinates, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space, Chicago IL
Anti-Spacesuit: The Dirty Future, Gallery 2 and Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago IL
Eye and Ear Film/ Video Screenings, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES
2009
Research Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School, Madison, WI.
Best Experimental Film/Video, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL.
free103.9 Airtime Fellowship, New York, NY.
Best Experimental Film, University Film and Video Association.
2008
Artist Residency, Experimental Television Center, Owego, NY.
2007
Honorable Mention, Berkeley Film and Video Festival, Berkeley, CA.
2006
University of Missouri Research Council (Large) Grant
2005
University of Missouri College of Arts and Humanities Grant
Artist Outreach Program, Lab HD, New York, NY.
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Film, Next Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2004
Graduate Fellowship Award, The Visiting Artists Program at SAIC
Odyssey Travel Grant
2003
Nomination for The Princess Grace Award, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
2001
School of The Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Merit Scholarship (full tuition award)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art, Vol. 14, Fall 2009 (DVD publication with commentary by David Dinnell).
Bill Stamets, "Subterranean with a subversive twist", Chicago Sun Times, September 11, 2009.
Luke Sieczek, "Time Machines, Space Engines: An Interview with Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat", Hot Splice (blog), August 13, 2009.
Molly Gilmore, "Electronic Art Comes To The Capital Theater", The Olympian, August 13, 2009.
Marisa Olsen, "Risky Bidness", Rhizome.org, April 18, 2008.
Justin Sondak, "Must -See Art Exhibits," Chicago Sun Times, April 3rd, 2008.
Tyler Coburn, "Disruptive Media," Rhizome.org, Mar. 23, 2008.
The Journal of Short Film, Vol.8, 2007
This Is Not A Magazine, Compedium #4, 2005.
Fred Camper, “Chicago’s own”, Chicago reader, April 15, 2005.
Michael Workman, “Futuristic Imperfect,” New City, Aug. 21, 2003,Vol 18, No. 794.
Fred Camper, “Anti-Spacesuit: The Dirty Future,” Critic’s Choice, Chicago Reader, Sept. 5, 2003.
Kelley Schei, “Anti-Spacesuit, A look back at the future at Gallery 2,” F News, Oct., 2003.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fall 2007 - presentAssistant Professor of Digital Media, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Hamel Family Professorship in Communication Arts08/2006-07/2007
Senior Lecturer in Digital Art, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Coordinating and applying broad digital arts curriculum. Equipment and hardware purchasing plan and installation. Full time teaching load includes: Digital Imaging, 2D animation, 3D animation with Maya, Sound Design, Video Production and Interactive Multimedia courses.
Film I Instructor, Detroit Film Center, Detroit, MI.
Evening black and white film production class.
08/2004 –07/2006
Visiting Artist Assistant Professor in New Media, University of Missouri, MO
Developing and applying the New Media curriculum, Advising the department on video equipment and computer hardware purchases. Administering equipment checkout procedures. Full time teaching load includes: teaching 3D Computer Modeling and Animation with Maya, Video Production, and 2d Design Fundamentals.
2001- 2004
Teaching Assistant Positions, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
3D Puppet Animation, Fall 2004
Assisted with Puppet animation as well as Puppet making (claymation, sculpting/ casting the puppet, walk cycle, conceptualizing and troubleshooting the final project).
Early College Program, Animation I, Summer 2002 and Summer 2003
Intro to 2D drawn animation (bouncing ball, walk cycle, running cycle, action-anticipation), Intro to Cut-out puppet animation, and a 3 minute claymation exercise.
Basic Video II (Digital Video Production), Spring 2003
Assisted students in all phases of digital video projects including conception, shooting and post-production using Final Cut Pro.
The Moving Image (Film/ Video Seminar), Fall 2002
An Intro to Film/ Video seminar including basic film theory and in-class shoots.
1998-2001
Art Director and DVD Engineer, Zuma Digital (now owned by Postworks), NY
Duties included DVD motion graphic design, kiosk, web design, video compression and complex interactive DVD programming and installation for Museum, Advertising, Film and Television clients. Specific projects include programming and DVD installation for the Whitney Biennial 2000, Yes Yoko Ono at The Japan Society, several Guggenheim Museum exhibitions, an interactive kiosk at Kenneth Cole’s flagship store, Kenneth Cole’s website design (2001 Spring Collection). DVD interface design includes Final Fantasy DVD, Red Shoe Diaries Collection (Showtime), Jennifer Lopez “On the 6” (Sony Music) as well as Powerpoint designs for Nickelodeon.
SKILLS
Film/ Video
Cameras: Bolex, Arri S, Arri SR 16, CP 16, Canon GL2 and XL2, Sony ZIU and FX1
Editing: Steenbeck/ Flatbed, Media 100, Avid 8000, Edit DV, Final Cut Pro HD
Computer Graphic
Adobe Creative Suite 3, Final Cut Studio, Maya 8, Shake, Quark Express,
Sound
Digital Performer, Peak, Soundtrack, Logic.
Interactive
Arduino, Processing,Max/MSP,Jitter, Quartz Composer.
Micro controllers
Pic, Arduino.
Office
Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Filemaker Pro, BBedit.
Languages
Bilingual (English and French), Fluent Spanish, Working Thai
