Education
1998     University of California at Berkeley, California MFA Fine Art
1985     California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California BFA Fine Art

Relevant skills and experience
2005-present    Assistant Chair, Zayed University
    Department of Art and Design, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Identified and scheduled courses and faculty for three campuses.
Trained Faculty Advisors to meet student curriculum requirements.
Coordinated purchase of supplies and texts for faculty and students.
Served as a facilitator for the Chair and Interim Dean of the Art and Design Department.

2005-present  Assistant Professor, Zayed University
    Department of Art and Design, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Taught undergraduate-level art history, theory and studio courses:
Painting II, An Introduction and Exploration of Installation Art, Contemporary Art and Design, Arts of the Modern World, World Cultures in Art and Design, Art Appreciation
Met with students as an independent Advisor for their coursework.

2004    Lecturer, American University in Cairo
    Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Egypt
Taught undergraduate-level art history, theory and studio courses:
Life Drawing and Figure Drawing, An Introduction and Exploration of Installation Art, History of Modern and Contemporary Art
Met with students as an independent Advisor for their coursework.

2001-2000    Teacher and Instructional Guide, South of Market Cultural Center
    San Francisco, California, USA
Art educator and docent for art exhibitions
Lectured to students from diverse cultural background and age differences:  kindergarten through high school age.
Developed educational curriculum following State of California educational objectives.
Taught studio art projects related to exhibition theme.

2000    Lecturer, San Francisco State University
    Inter-Arts Department, California, USA
Taught graduate-level interdisciplinary art course:
History and Theory of Interdisciplinary Art
Developed curriculum and class reader.

1998    Teacher, University of California at Berkeley
    Art Practice Department, California, USA
Taught undergraduate-level studio course:
Introduction to Visual Art, Art Practice Department

1995-1999     Guest Lectures and conference presentations
1999    John F Kennedy University, Berkeley, USA, Art and Spirit Series
            San Francisco State University, USA, Frontier Mythology:  American Science Fiction Film and American                 Landscape Painting
1997    California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, USA, Sound Art, Instructor:  Ed Osborn
1996    International Symposium on Electronic Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1995    San Francisco State University, Introduction to Interdisciplinary Art, Instructor:  Yolanda Lopez
    San Jos? State University, Introduction to Public Art, Instructor: Rupert Jenkins

1987-1998     Research Librarian, Art Manager, Lucasfilm, Ltd., Nicasio, California, USA
Tenure for the following film and television productions:
Star Wars-Episode I:  The Phantom Menace (1999), Radioland Murders (1994), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Willow (1988)
    Research for George Lucas, Lucasfilm team and the special effects artists of Industrial Light and Magic.  Management     and development of film and video collection and production art collection.

Computer Skills
Proficient in both PC and Macintosh platforms, Microsoft Office Suite.
Intermediate level skills in Photoshop and Dreamwearver.
Some HTML and Sound Designer, database design and maintenance, content management systems.

Languages
Native-speaker of English
Elementary Level I Modern Standard Arabic

Volunteer and Related Experience
1996-2000     Secession Gallery-Director, Board of Directors
1998-1999     San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery-Advisory Board Member

Awards and Publishing
Awards
1998     University of California at Berkeley Eisner Prize for Excellence in the Arts
1996    National Endowment for the Arts/Andy Warhol Foundation Regional Initiative Artists Project Grant
1995    New Langton Bay Area Awards

Publishing
?Educating the Third Mind.? afterimage 27: 3 (November-December, 1999)
?Local 411:  Intimate Conversations in Private Space,? Leonardo 31:4 and online (1998)
?Intimacy, Concept, Interaction:  Artistic Potential of Voice Mail and the Telephone,? Public Culture 26 (1998)

Publishing online
"Public Space and Intimacy: Investing the landscape with history through the use of the telephone," UCLA History of Art and Computing Graduate Seminar, Victoria Vesna 1999. University of California, Los Angeles. 4 December 2004
<http://vv.arts.ucla.edu/projects/98-99/HAC/HACgrad_web/pollock/pollock_silk.html>
"Local 411: Private Conversations in Public Space," Words on Works, ed.: Judy Malloy, Leonardo On-line 1998.  MIT Press 1 November 2004
<http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/isast/wow274.html>
"A Conversation with Ian Pollock and Janet Silk," Arts Wire Interactive Art Conference, ed.: Anna Couey, May-November, 1997
<http://www.well.com/~couey/interactive/pollocksilk.html>

Selected Reviews
Cohn, Terri. ?Public Art in Cyberspace.? Artweek April 2001
Cohn, Terri. ?The Elements: Earth,? Artweek, February, 1999
Cohn, Terri. "The Precise Location of a Moment: Artists and Time in Public Space" Artweek. December 1997
DeMocker, Judy. "Day of the Dead, TechnoStyle."  Wired News 1998 14 October 2004 <http://wired.com/news/news/culture/story/14853.html>
Lunenfeld, Peter. ?What is Internet Art?? Artmagazin 10 November 2002 <http://www.artmagazin.co.yu>
Lunenfeld, Peter. "In Search of the Telephone Opera." Snap To Grid; A User?s Guide to Digital Arts, Media, and Cultures. MIT Press 2000
Lunenfeld, Peter. "In Search of the Telephone Opera." afterimage July-August, 1997
Malloy, Judy. Women, Art and Technology. MIT Press, 2003
Potts, John. "Hovering in the Multimedia Background." RealTime, March 5, 1997
Wilson, Steve. Information Arts:  The Intersection of art, science and technology. MIT Press, 2002