Education

Master of Fine Arts, 2005 – Southern Illinois University

Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1994 – Columbus College of Art and Design

Professional Experience

2014 – Present SUNY Fredonia – Associate Professor, Film and Video Arts

2007 – 2014 SUNY Fredonia – Assistant Professor, Film and Video Arts

2006 – 2007 Kenyon College – Visiting Assistant Professor

2005 – 2006 University of Virginia – Lecturer Studio Art

2002 – 2004 Southern Illinois University Carbondale – Teaching Assistantship

2001 – 2002 Southern Illinois University Carbondale – Director, Big Muddy Film Festival

Exhibitions – Curated/Invited

2017

Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media, SIGINT, Stuttgart, Germany

International Video Art House Madrid, IVAHM Festival, SIGINT, Madrid, Spain

IVAHM Festival, We Stood Before Our Decisions Unsure, Madrid, Spain

Univ. of Buffalo, Dept. of Art, Ill at Ease: Dis-ease in Art, 13.1.20.20 [7][13], Buffalo NY

Univ. of Buffalo, SCREEN Projects, Sua Cancroma, Buffalo, NY

SciArt Center, The Void and the Cloud, SIGINT, online show

2016

Paratissima Art Fair, To The Stars, SIGINT, Turin, Italy

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Amid/In WNY Part 7, Morphology Series, Buffalo NY Springville Center for the Arts, Artists of the Southtowns / Southern Tier, Springville NY

2015

Islip Art Museum, Compendium, Morphology Series, East Islip, NY

Weeks Gallery, Southern Tier Biennial, Regional Survey of Contemporary Art Morphology Series, Olean, NY

Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Institute of Electronic Arts residents show Typology/Morphology, Morphology Series, Alfred, NY

2014

Limner Gallery, Biological Show, Morphology Series, Hudson, NY

Hi-Temp Gallery, Mise-en-Scene In Matter and Mind, Threshold Series, Buffalo, NY

Burchfield Penney Art Center, FrontYard, Lake Series, Buffalo, NY

2013

Westbeth Gallery, Re:Formed, Threshold Series, New York, NY

Walsh Gallery, Cell Mates, Threshold Series, South Orange, NJ

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Vascular Modes, Threshold Series, Buffalo, NY

2012

Art Gallery of New South Wales - 18th Biennale of Sydney, Steadfast, Sydney, Australia

Erie Art Museum, 89th Spring Art Show, Removed, Erie, PA

Erie Art Museum, 89th Spring Art Show, Steadfast, Erie, PA

Here We Are: 15+ Buffalo Based Artists Today, Morphology Series, Buffalo, NY

2011

Buffalo Arts Studio – 20th Anniversary Show, Removed, Buffalo, NY

2010

Beyond/In WNY Biennial, Steadfast, Buffalo, NY

2009

Boundary Waters Treaty Celebration, The Third Coast Steadfast, Buffalo, NY

2008

IDEAs Exhibition, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Savannah, GA

Festival Screenings – Juried/Curated

2017 Mobile Innovation Network Australasia [MINA] Festival, Video Sketch 23(B), Melbourne, AU

Buffalo International Film Festival, SIGINT, Buffalo, NY

EPOS Intl. Film Festival, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Reveries from Cistae Memoria Tel Aviv, IL

Montreal Underground Film Festival, SIGINT, Montreal, CA

Noisefloor Festival, SIGINT, Staffordshire, UK

Martinique International Film Festival, SIGINT, official selection – online festival

Lisbon International Film Festival, SIGINT, official selection – online festival

Intl Short Film Festival, Music & Fashion Parachute Light Zero IV Edition, SIGINT, Paris, FR

2016

Romeinse Katakomben Museum, End(less) Intl. Film Festival, SIGINT, Valkenburg, NL

2015

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Adrift, Athens, OH

Athens International Film and Video Festival, I Carried A Walking Stick, Athens, OH

2012

Big Muddy Film Festival, Removed, Carbondale, IL

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Removed, Athens, OH

2011

Big Muddy Film Festival, Steadfast, Carbondale, IL

2010

Athens International Film and video Festival, Steadfast, Athens, OH

2007

Boston Underground Film Festival, Transfiguration, Boston, MA

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Transfiguration, Athens, OH

Humboldt International Film Festival, Transfiguration, Humboldt, CA

S.U.R.G.E. Film Festival, Transfiguration, Olympia, WA

YBOR Festival of the Moving Image, Transfiguration, Tampa, FL

MAKOR, Reveries from Cistae memoria, New York, NY

The Crystal Theatre Missoula, Reveries from Cistae memoria, MT

Out North, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Anchorage, AK

Central Cinema, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Seattle, WA

2006

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Reveries from Cistae memoria Athens, OH

Big Muddy Film Festival, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Carbondale, IL

Black Maria Film/Video Festival, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Jersey City, NJ

Humboldt International Film Festival, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Humboldt, CA

Microcinema’s Independent Exposure, Reveries from Cistae memoria, (Traveling)

Nextframe Film Festival (Traveling), Reveries from Cistae memoria, Philadelphia, PA

Visions Film Festival, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Blacksburg VA

Winnipeg International Film Festival, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Winnipeg Canada

Video Medeja Novi, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Sad Yugoslavia

Rice Cinema: Rice Media Center, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Houston, TX

Modified Arts, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Phoenix, AZ

Central Cinema, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Seattle WA

Hypogean, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Bastrop, LA

111 Minna Gallery, Reveries from Cistae memoria, San Francisco, CA

Axiom Theatre, Reveries from Cistae memoria, Houston, TX

2005

Flicker Film Festival, Soulmaker, Evanston, IL

Virginia Commonwealth Student Film Festival, Day Film #2, Richmond, VA

2004

Humboldt International Film Festival, Soulmaker, Humboldt, VA

2003

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Subtleties of a Life, Athens, OH

2001

Athens International Film and Video Festival, please…no…, Athens, OH

2000

Wexner Center for the Arts - Ohio Short Film Showcase, please…no…, Columbus, OH

1995

Visions of US Festival, communicating media communicating confusion, Los Angeles, CA

Three Rivers Arts Festival, communicating media communicating confusion, Pittsburgh, PA

1992

Athens International Film and Video Festival, communicating media communicating confusion, Athens, OH

Exhibitions and Screenings - Non Curated/Juried

2017 Hallwalls Members Show, Machinations of the Oligarchy, Buffalo NY

2016 Hallwalls Members Show, Morphology Series, Buffalo NY

2015 Hallwalls Members Show, Morphology Series, Buffalo NY

2014 SUNY Fredonia Faculty Exhibition, Threshold Series, Fredonia, NY

2013 Hallwalls Members Show, Threshold Series, Buffalo, NY

2012 Hallwalls Members Show, Lucky 13, Threshold Series, Buffalo, NY

Marion Art Gallery, MARK 11- 2012 Alumni Show, Morphology Series, Fredonia, NY

2011 Marion Art Gallery, Then and Again, Artifacts from the film Criquet, Fredonia, NY

2009 SUNY Fredonia, Faculty Exhibition, Sculpture work, Fredonia, NY

2008 SUNY Fredonia, Faculty Exhibition, Transfiguration, Fredonia, NY

2005 University of Virginia Faculty Exhibition, Day Films # 1-3, Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia Faculty Exhibition, Subtleties of a Life, Charlottesville, VA

2003 Southern Illinois University Soulmaker, Premier, Carbondale, IL

2002 Gallery 1101, Subtleties of a Life, Video/Sculpture Installation, Carbondale, IL

2001 Surplus Glove Factory Gallery Space, Group sculpture show, Carbondale, IL

Licensed Work

2017 Delete-TV, SIGINT, delete-tv.com

2016 Sony Pictures, Baby Baby Baby, Directed by Brian Klugman, Uncle Jack Productions, Praying Mantis material

2014 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, episode title Decoding Desire produced by Merit Motion Pictures Praying Mantis material

New Scientist magazine, The Cure For Love issue

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129560-200-cure-for-love-sex-with-a-mantis-ends-in-dinner/

2013 National Geographic Television show Animal Taboo, Beyond Productions producers International Syndication Praying Mantis material

2012 Huffington Post Image for article on sexual cannibalism

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/sexual-cannibalism-mantis-spider_n_1455276.html

Commissioned Work

2014 Ethos New Music Society promotional video, 3:45 min., High Definition

2012 SUNY Fredonia School of Music Recruitment Video, 9 min., High Definition

2011 Boonies International Film Festival Promo commercial, 30 sec. High Definition

2003 Police Deaf Near Far, David Rush, various video segments for theater production, DV

Residencies and Workshops

2015 Institute for Electronic Arts – Visual Arts Residency

Institute for Electronic Arts – Time-Based Arts

2012 Squeaky Wheel – Regional Artist Access Residency

2011 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) – MARK 11 program

Grants

2016 Individual Development Award, SUNY Fredonia, for Morphology Series

2015 Instructional Incentive Award, SUNY Fredonia, to purchase drone accessories

2014 New York State Council for the Arts Finishing Funds for Morphology Series

New York State Council for the Arts Presentation Funds for SUNYWide Film Festival

2013 Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund for SUNYWide Film Festival

2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Film/Video Fellowship

New York Foundation for the Arts Strategic Opportunity Stipend for travel to Sydney

2011 Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund for SUNYWide Film Festival

Instructional Incentive Award, SUNY Fredonia, to purchase DSLR cameras

2010 Scholarly Incentive Award, SUNY Fredonia, for production of Criquet

Instructional Incentive Award, SUNY Fredonia, to purchase field-recording equipment Individual Development Award, SUNY Fredonia for production of Lake Series films

2009 Carnahan-Jackson Humanities Fund for SUNYWide Film Festival

2008 Individual Development Award, SUNY Fredonia

International Digital Media and Arts Association (IDEAs) Industry Scholarship

2006 Faculty Development Grant for creative project, Kenyon College

Awards and Honors

2012 New York Foundation for the Arts Film/Video Fellowship (see also Grants)

2011 Honorable Mention – Experimental Category, Big Muddy Film Festival, Steadfast

2006 Jury Citation, Black Maria Film/Video Festival, Reveries from Cistae memoria

Melinda Stone’s Juror’s Choice Award, Humboldt ISFF, Reveries from Cistae memoria

1st Place Independent Stop-Motion Graphics Vision Film Festival, RFCM

2nd Place Animation, Athens International Film & Video Festival, RFCM

2nd Place Nextframe Film Festival, RFCM

2004 Honorable Mention, Narrative, Humboldt International Film Festival, Soulmaker

2003 Fotokem grant for lab services, SIUC departmental competition

2002 Robert Dennis Cinematography Award, SIUC departmental competition Soulmaker

2001 Kodak Product Grant, SIUC departmental competition Soulmaker

1995 2nd Place, Visions of US Festival, communicating media communicating confusion

Artist Presentations

2017 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Members’ Show, artist talk, Buffalo, NY

2013 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Vascular Modes, Artist Interview documentary

2012 18th Biennale of Sydney Artist Presentation, Sydney Australia

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art After Hours, artist talk, Sydney Australia

2011 Edinboro University, Screening of Short Films and Q&A, Edinboro, PA

Boonies International Film Festival, Filmmaker screening and Q&A, Warren, PA

Faculty Artist in Discussion and Performance, The Creators Next Door: Fredonia, NY

2010 Buffalo Arts Studio, Beyond/In WNY artist talk, Buffalo, NY

2008 SUNY Fredonia, Visiting Artists Program, Fredonia, NY

2006 University of Virginia, Department of Art guest speaker, Charlottesville, VA

Publications/Catalogs

2017 Labocine SEXUAL SELECTION - February Issue #7, https://www.labocine.com/issue/7

Labocine 10 Short Science Films Celebrating Tiny Details Usually Unseen https://www.labocine.com/spotlight/51

Make8elive ISSUE #11: HA HA, http://make8elieve.com/

2016 Labocine Filmmaker Spotlight: http://labocine.com/spotlight/18

Amid/In Western New York regional survey exhibitions catalog

2015 SciArt in America - Interview and cover image

http://read.uberflip.com/i/488677-saia-april-2015

SciArt in America - Second Anniversary Issue

http://read.uberflip.com/i/550193-saia-august-2015

Institute of Electronic Arts, Typology/Morphology, residents’ show catalog

Islip Museum of Art, Compendium show catalog

2014 Stigmart Video Focus Video Art Review - Interview http://issuu.com/stigmart10press/docs/stigmart_videofocus_autumn_2014

2012 18th Biennale of Sydney All Our Relations show catalog

2011 Buffalo Arts Studio 20th Anniversary Show catalog, Removed, Buffalo NY

Then and Again Show catalog, Artifacts from the film Criquet, Fredonia NY

2010 Beyond/In WNY exhibition catalog, Steadfast, Buffalo NY

2008 iDMAa IDEAS exhibition catalog Reveries from Cistae memoria

2006 The Journal of Short Film DVD Volume 5 Fall Reveries from Cistae memoria

Independent Exposure DVD Fall 2006 Edition Reveries from Cistae memoria

Independent Exposure DVD Best of 2006 Ed Reveries from Cistae memoria

Press and Reviews

2015 New York Times, Islip Exhibition Explores How Science Influences Art http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/nyregion/islip-exhibition-explores-how-science-influences-art.html?ref=topics&_r=0

2013 ArtVoice Issue v12n4,

http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n4/art_scene

Filmthreat.com Review by David Finkelstein, Steadfast

http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/66022/

2012 Buffalo Spree Jan. 2012

http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/January-2013/On-View-Structural-inspiration/

Megaphone Oz, by Goran Tomic,

http://megaphoneoz.com/?p=1574

18th Biennale of Sydney Review, Sharne Wolff

http://theartlife.com.au/2012/bos18-art-gallery-of-nsw/

Sydney Biennale 2012 Review“all our relations”

http://www.fadstudios.com.au/blog/?p=567

18th Biennale of Sydney Review

http://writeresponse.blogspot.com/2012/09/in-finite-blue-planet-continued.html

Top Ten: Sydney Biennale 2012, Dr. Su Ballard, Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

http://www.suballard.net.nz/top-ten-sydney-biennale-2012/

Art Asia Pacific

http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/BiennaleOfSydney

18th Biennale of Sydney Review, Rob Garrett Curator

http://www.robgarrettcfa.com/content/2012/06/30/18th-biennale-of-sydney

Pacific Standard Online Blog review on praying mantis sexual cannibalism video. http://www.psmag.com/blogs/the-101/today-in-research-video-last-tango-in-paris-as-performed-by-praying-mantises-47139/

Press and Reviews continued

2012 Buffalo Spree, Buffalo’s actuelle-garde

http://www.buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/June-2012/Buffalos-actuelle-garde/

2010 Art in America International Review, Steadfast,

“Beyond/In Western New York: Alternating Currents” December 2010

Canadian Art, “Beyond/In Western New York: Buffalo Stance” Online - http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2010/09/30/beyond_in/

Wall Street Journal, “The Show That Ate Buffalo” December 22nd

Buffalo News, “Beyond/In WNY A Mini-Review” December 10th

Buffalo Spree “Bigger! Better! Beyonder-er!” September 2010

2007 Filmthreat.com Review Reveries from Cistae memoria, by David Finkelstein

Filmography

2017 Video Sketch 21(C), 7:00 min., High Definition

Video Sketch 11(A), 3:46 min., High Definition

DESIRE [4]OF Y(U),4:40 min., High Definition

Sua Cancroma, 7:20 min., High Definition

We Stood Before Our Choices Unsure, 15:00 min., 3K resolution

The Scientist Lament – Preproduction Feature Narrative

2016 SIGINT, 3:48 min., High Definition

3.1.22.21.19, 7:20 min., High Definition

Video Sketch 29(B), 6:30 min., High Definition

Video Sketch 13(C), 3:00 min., High Definition

Video Sketch 84(A), 3:15 min., High Definition

2015 I Carried A Walking Stick That Helped Me Go Nowhere, 4 min., High Definition

2014 Adrift, Lake Series, 11 min., High Definition

13.1.20.20[7][13], 5 min., High Definition

Falling Up, 1:45 min., High Definition

2013 5.6.6.12.15, 3 min., High Definition

9.14.8.15.18.18.5.19.3.15, 4 min., High Definition

, 2 min., Morphology Series, High Definition

23.9.16, 8min., Morphology Series, High Definition

, 3 min., Threshold Series, High Definition

, Lake Series, 8 min., High Definition

2007 Transfiguration, 7min., DV

2005 Reveries from Cistae memoria, 11min., 35mm/video

Day Film # 4 06.23.05, 2 min., DV

2004 Day Film #1 01.17.04, 2.5 min., DV

Day Film #2 02.16.04, 3.5 min., DV

Day Film #3 03.04.04, 3.5 min., DV

Handy New Friends, 3 min., High Definition

2003 Soulmaker, 13 min., 16mm

2002 Subtleties of a Life, 9 min., DV

2000 Please…No…, 7 min., DV

1999 O.K.R.A. Test 1, 4 min., DV

3-5, 1 min., DV

1992 communicating media communicating confusion, 6 min., Hi8

1991 Thanksgiving Day, 7 min., Hi8

Countdown News, 30 min., Hi8

1990 Desire Understanding, 5 min., Hi8

Professional Organizations/Membership

2015 – Current SciArts Center

2012 – Current Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center

2008 – 2010 University Film and Video Association

2008 – 2009 Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Arts Center

Professional Service

2017 Arts Services Initiative, Artists Samples, CVs and Resumes, workshop presenter

2016 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Informational workshop presenter

2015 New York Foundation for the Arts, Video and Film fellowship awards panelist

Empire State Development’s Roundtable, Growing the Post-Production and Visual Effects Talent Pipeline in New York State

2011 Boonies International Film Festival, Juror w/ Kevin Jerome Everson & Dorthea Braemer

2010 Carol Fielding Student Grant Juror, University Film and Video Association

2009 Carol Fielding Student Grant Juror, University Film and Video Association

University/Departmental Service

2007- Present – Various Capacities and Durations

SUNYWide Film Festival Director/Founder

SUNYWide Film Festival advisory board member

Film Studies Minor coordinator

Film Studies Minor advisory board member

Media Arts Club/Cinema Alternatives, Faculty Advisor

University Senate – Department Representative and ad hoc subcommittees

Technology Committee Chair

Media Arts Lab Coordinator

Curriculum Committee member

Articulation Liaison

Provided Graphic Design work for Marion Art Gallery

Technology Consultant Marion Art Gallery

Created promotional Videos for Film and Video Arts and Animation programs