For me making art is about the exchange of ideas, an epistemology, and a tool for self-discovery.  It is these ideas that have inspired me to become an educator and to look at art as both a means and an end. While I have trained in traditional art media my current interest lies with new media and how these tools can be exploited for use in contemporary art.  It is my goal to teach art practice and theory at the University level.

1998 MFA University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca.
Public Art / Installation / New Media
Collaborative M.F.A., based on a joint thesis, and collaborative course work. 

1991  BFA  San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca.
New Genres / Performance / Video Art

Summary of Qualifications

    I am well-versed in web -programming techniques and methods of how to teach them to non-technical people.  I have researched the field of net.art and have spent time to develop links to the history of Western art to place these emerging forms in an art historical context.

    I explore new media technologies as a medium for my personal art.  I am particularly interested in developing my work in the areas, which are consolidating under the collective term communication art and net.art.  My work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.  I have received an NEA grant for my new media work.

    I am well-versed in traditional art methods and new media techniques, allowing me to communicate efficiently with artists from diverse backgrounds interested in exploring new media or augmenting their art with new media techniques such as digital image manipulation for printmakers or non-linear video editing for film makers

    I have traveled through Europe, the Balkans, Asia Minor and the Middle East, both for personal enrichment and in order to help with international relief efforts.  These experiences have increased my sensitivity to diverse cultures and beliefs and have made me a better and more effective educator, by being able to relate to the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic California student population.

    Student evaluations over the past four years have shown that I am an effective instructor able to share my enthusiasm I have for all arts.  In particular I have been lauded for my ability to explain difficult technical concepts and techniques and for inspiring student to pursue their own ambitions in the arts.  Student comments also have praised my willingness to be available outside of regular classroom hours. 

Teaching Experience

2004, Lecturer, Graphic Arts, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah Women?s College, United Arab Emirates.
2003, Lecturer, Dept. Journalism and Mass Communication American University in Cairo.
2001 to 2003, Lecturer, Department of Art, University of California at Santa Cruz.
2000, Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies Dept., City College San Francisco.
2000, Lecturer, Art Department, San Jose City College.
2000, Instructor, WWW and Dynamic Media Design, Center for Electronic Art.
2000, Instructor ASUC - University California, Berkeley.
1999, Lecturer, Inter Arts Center, San Francisco State University.
1999, Instructor ASUC - University California, Berkeley.
1998, Graduate Instructor, University California, Berkeley
1991-94, Arts activities coordinator, Jewish Home for the Aged.
1988-89, Art Teacher, San Francisco Downtown Senior Center.


Career-Related Work Experience

1998 ? 2003 Freelance web & interface  designer, web architect, web developer, project manager
1999 ? 2003 Web producer, Veriditas, the world wide labyrinth project, grace cathedral, San Francisco
1997 ? 1999 Systems Coordinator/Segment Producer/Production Staff San Francisco Government Television (SFGT)
1993 ? 1997 Art Director/ Playback Facility Manager SF Government Television (SFGT)
1987 ? 1993 Freelance Graphic Design and Window/Display Merchandising

Research Projects

2003 Pilot Connect Project, Cairo Project Director.  Connecting students from 6 universities including Harvard University, American University in Cairo, American University in Beirut via the Internet.  The project has students review, discuss and edit video media, in an attempt to bridge cultural understanding of mass media.

Selected Exhibitions:

2002-2003    ?URValue.com? Faculty Works: 2003, Sesnon Gallery, UC Santa Cruz, California and available online at urvalue.com

2002    ?Detroit- I Feel Good? SoMarts, City of Miracles/Ciudad de Los Milagros, San Francisco, CA

2001    ?Roll Call,? SoMarts, City of Miracles/Ciudad de Los Milagros, San Francisco, CA
     Cemetery Monument for Jeannette Pollock, Berlin, Germany

2000    ?The Shock? Seismic Girl Re-Mix CD, Christchurch, New Zealand
 
1999    ?Departure Lounge? Nightfall, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    ?Dead Air,? Corporeal Sky, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
    "Phantom Line," Sinusoidal...a sound art show, SFSU Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1998     "Among the Missing," Offering Light to the Shadow, New College, San Francisco, CA.
    "Phantom Line," Labyrinths for the Dead, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
    "Phantom Line and www.gardenofeternaltime.com," Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA.
    "Phreak Boxez," The Box Show, Works/San Jos?, San Jos?, CA.
    "www.gardenofeternaltime.com," Work in Progress,2nd Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
 
1997    "Among the Missing," Labyrinth of the Dead, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
    ?Ballad of Expansion," Operation Calm, Venue 9, San Francisco, CA.
    "Transcendental Yellow Rose," Soft, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
    "Bouquet -online," fahrenheit 451,SF Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    "Museum of the Future," Earart, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
    "Bouquet,"  & " Zip Gun," Gun as Image, Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL.
    "Local 411,? Yerba Buena Redevelopment Zone, San Francisco, CA.
 
1996    "50 Stars," Bridges, Annual Artists Committee Exhibition, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    "Ballad of Expansion,? Inter-Galactic..., 4 Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    "Discards,? Secession Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    "Museum of the Future," SoundCulture '96, International Sound Festival, San Francisco, CA.
 
1995    "The Morgue, ? Offerings To Remember/Offrendas Del Recuerdo, New College, San Francisco, CA.
    "At the Gate,? Exploration City Site , Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    "Two Stories,? Bay Area Awards, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
    "Variety is the Spice of Life,? Artists Respond to Prop 187, New College, San Francisco, CA.
    "Bouquet," & " Zip Gun,? Arrested Images, Gallery 400, Chicago, Ill.
    "0 seconds, 12 minutes, 2 hours, 20 days,? Latent August, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
    "Variety is the Spice of Life,? Artists Respond to Prop 187, MACLA, San Jos?, CA.
    "RAW,? Rice, Works/San Jos?, San Jos?, CA.

1994    "Dead Air,? Rooms for the Dead V, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
    "Area Code,? Summer Sound Lab, The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
    "Commodities,? Commodities, Secession, Haynes Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
 
1993    "Cartesian Luminaire,? ATA Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    "Throne,? Corazon del Barrio, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
    "Sail Cats,? 1807 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA.
    "Zip Gun,? Object Show, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
    "The Song of the Shirt,? One Of A Kind, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

1992     "Bouquet,? Rooms for the Dead III, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
    "365?,? The Lab, San Francisco, CA.
    "Eat the Louvre,? Anti-Matter Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Extra-Curricular Activities

President, Board of Directors Secession Gallery 1998 - 2001
Director, Board of Directors Secession Gallery 1996 1998
Curator, Southern Exposure Gallery at Project Artaud 1991-1994
Curatorial Intern, Southern Exposure Gallery at Project Artaud 1989-1991
Founder, 30 Rose Design and Arts Collaborative, San Francisco March-November 1990

Awards

 
2002-03 Excellence in Teaching Awards, Honorable Mention, University of California, Santa Cruz.
1998-Eisner Prize for excellence in the arts, new genres, University of California, Berkeley.
1996-National Endowment for the Arts/Andy Warhol Foundation, new genres, interdisciplinary project grant.
1995-Bay Area Awards Exhibition, New Langton Arts

Publications

Educating the Third Mind,? afterimage vol 27, No. 3, November/December (1999)
?Local 411:  Intimate Conversations in Private Space," Leonardo, 31:4 (1998)
?Local 411:  Intimate Conversations in Private Space," Leonardo, online (1998)
?Intimacy, Concept, Interaction: Artistic Potential of Voice Mail and the Telephone,? Public Culture, Duke University Press, Summer (1998)

Presentations

Art and Spirit series, John F Kennedy University, California
International Symposium on Electronic Art ?96  (September 1996, Rotterdam, NL.)

Selected Reviews and Anthologies
     
Women, Art and Technology, edited by Judy Malloy, MIT Press, 2003

Information Arts:  The intersection of art, science and technology, Steve Wilson, MIT Press, 2002

?Public Art in Cyberspace,? Terri Cohn, Artweek, April, 2001

"In Search of the Telephone Opera," Snap To Grid; A User?s Guide to Digital Arts, Media, and Cultures, Peter Lunenfeld, MIT Press, 2000

 ?The Elements: Earth,? Terri Cohn, Artweek, February, 1999

"Electricity Arcs Both Ways from Heaven," Catalog Essay for Corporeal Sky, Ed Osborn, 1999

"Day of the Dead, TechnoStyle,"  JudyDeMocker, wired.com/news/news/culture/story/14853.html, 1998

"The Precise Location of a Moment: Artists and Time in Public Space," Terri Cohn, Artweek, December, 1997

"In Search of the Telephone Opera," Peter Lunenfeld, Afterimage July/August, 1997

"What is Internet Art?" Art Magazin, http://www.artmagazin.co.yu/diskusija/theme1a.htm, Peter Lunenfeld, 1997

"Hovering in the Multimedia Background," John Potts, RealTime, March 5, 1997
 
Publishing:  

 ?Educating the Third Mind,? afterimage vol. 27, No. 3, November/December 1999

"Local 411: Intimate Conversations in Private Space," Leonardo, 31:4, 1998

"Local 411: Intimate Conversations in Private Space," Leonardo, online, 1998

"Intimacy, Concept, Interaction: Artistic Potential of Voice Mail and the Telephone,? Public Culture, Duke University Press, 26/1998

International Education Projects

2002 University Library Project, Mazar- Sharif, Afghanistan? west coast contact
2000 Computer Training Center, Muslim Youth Society, Iraq ? west coast contact
1993 Bosnian Student Exchange ? West coast coordinator

References available upon request