Education

M.F.A. Computer Art  2006  Syracuse University

B.S. Broadcast Production   1995  Eastern New Mexico University (summa cum laude)




Teaching Experience

Fall 2009 – Present
Assistant Professor – Department of Visual Arts, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
     ART-110: Visualization I – Develop critical thinking skills to identify, generate and implement ideas
     GDN-201: Type & Design I – Introduction, history and exploration of typography in design
     GDN-217: Digital Imaging I – Using the computer as a digital art, design and illustration tool
     GDN-305: Interactive Design I – Design and prepare media and images for distribution on the Web
     GDN-306: Interactive Design II – Design/production of interactive and animated elements for the Web
     GDN-348: Topics in Graphic Design – Solutions with Data Visualization, Motion Graphics and Time Arts
     GDN-405/406: Senior Capstone I & II – Year-long, senior thesis project for the BFA in Graphic Design
     GDN-415: Motion Graphics – Fundamentals of time-based media to enhance visual communication

Fall 2007 – Spring 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor – College of Visual & Performance Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
     CAR 131: Intro to Multimedia – Using technology to make art with the specifics of time and interactivity
     CAR 132: Procedural Composition – Intro to programming for art/animation using Processing and Flash
     CAR 232: 2D Computer Gaming – Production and programming for “games as art” using ActionScript
     CAR 430: Computer Art Research – Senior projects for studio, critique and exhibition experience
     CAR 530: Physical Computing – Interactive installations combining hardware, software and objects

2007
Adjunct Faculty – CAR 232: Intro to 3D Animation – Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Adjunct Faculty – SA 161: Photography I – Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
Adjunct Faculty – PHO 111: Digital Photography – Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
Teaching Assistant – CAR 530: Digital Audio Production for Visual Artists - Syracuse University

2006
Adjunct Faculty – SA 161: Photography I - Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
Instructor of Record – CAR 132: Procedural Composition - Syracuse University
Teaching Assistant – CAR 530: Digital Audio Production for Visual Artists - Syracuse University
Video Lab Technician – Art Video program: Dept of Transmedia - Syracuse University

2005
Instructor of Record – CAR 132: Procedural Composition - Syracuse University
Video Lab Technician – Art Video program: Dept of Transmedia - Syracuse University
Instructor of Record – CAR 231: Introduction to Computer Art - Syracuse University

2004
Adjunct Faculty – CAR 231: Introduction to Computer Art, Syracuse University
Instructor – Black and White Photography Summer Camp, Light Work/Community Darkrooms

2002-09
Instructor of Record – Web Design, Flash - Light Work/Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY




Exhibition Record

2012
The Other New York: 2012, Multi-venue biennial exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Faster Forward, Group media art exhibition, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
The Gender Show, Video art exhibition, Tompkins Projects Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011
Mass Distractions & Cultural Decay, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Snap to Grid, Group exhibition, LACDA: Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
No Comment! Group multimedia exhibition in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, New York, NY
Wired Kingdom, Group electronic art exhibition, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Digital Creativity & New Visual Forms, Intl. Conf. on LA Cybercultural Studies, University of Liverpool, UK
Net.art Workshop, Collaborative lecture, FACT: Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool, UK

2010
EdgeLogue: CologneOFF VI, Group video art screening, Delhi International Arts Festival, New Delhi, India
Celebrate! 10 Years of Net Art, Group net art exhibition, JavaMuseum, Cologne, Germany
2010 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Regional juried exhibition, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
Wired Kingdom, Group digital & electronic art exhibition, The Arts Center, Troy, NY
Festival Miden 2010 – Video Channel, Media art festival, Amfeia’s Square, Kalamata, Greece
DKG Artist Collective Summer Review, Group exhibition, Dutch Kills Gallery, Long Island City, NY
X by Y: Digital Art in 2010, International juried exhibition, A.D. Gallery, UNC Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
32nd Photo Regional, Group photography salon exhibition, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
Sexpectations, Group exhibition, MA College of Liberal Arts, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Zeros+Ones: The Digital Era, Group new media exhibition, climate/gallery, Long Island City, NY
Practice: The Sage Colleges Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Group exhibition, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY

2009
Found Footage Festival, International video art exhibition, VideoChannel, Cologne, Germany
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, St. Petersburg Intl. Cyber Art Festival, State Hermitage Museum, Russia
ConfluxCity 2009 - part of the Conflux Festival, group urban environment exhibition, New York, NY
Festival Miden 2009 - Urban (R)evolutions project, Media art festival, Amfeia’s Square, Kalamata, Greece
The Vitreous: Of Eyes and Optics, National juried exhibition, Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Big Switch, Group new media exhibition, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
Electric Art 4.0, Computer art group exhibition, XL Projects Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring video art installation, U. of Georgia Art Galleries, Athens, GA
Made in NY 2009, Juried group exhibition, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
undetermined measurements, Solo photography exhibition, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
Inside Out / Outside In, Recent work by Sean Hovendick and Aimee Tarasek, Gannett Art Gallery, Utica, NY

2008
DNC Slideshow, Group urban projection exhibition, Service for Artists’, Denver CO
FutureSonic: International Festival of Art, Music & Ideas, Autonomous Village, Manchester, UK
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring interactive video art installation, Utsikten Art Center, Utsikten, Norway
The Bedford Windows Project, Group new media and video art exhibition, Spikehill, Brooklyn, NY
Electric Art III: 100 Million Years of Progress, Computer art group exhibition, Taskale Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Made in NY 2008, Juried group exhibition, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring video art installation, Second Nature Festival, Aix-en-Provence, France
Networked, Group digital art exhibition curated by Donna Kessinger, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
ESP: Enclosed Sonic Performance, Sound art installation (invitation), Redhouse Arts Center, Syracuse, NY
Experiencing the War in Iraq, National exhibition, The Arts Exchange/Cable Car Cinema, Providence, RI
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring interactive video art installation, MOV-in Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Peepshow '08, Group media art exhibition, Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
First London International Creative Competition, Juried exhibition, Alma Enterprises Gallery, London, UK
61st Exhibition of CNY Artists, Juried exhibition, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

2007
SEFF07: Sound Experimental Film Festival, Sound Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, Laredo, TX
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring video art installation, Robodock Festival, Amsterdam, Holland
Tech Art III - National digital art exhibition juried by Carl Fudge, Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA
At the Intersection: A Conversation Between Art and Science on Data Visualization, SUNY Oswego, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring video art installation, Chelsea Art Museum, New York ,NY
Ice Out: Art, Design & Transmedia Faculty Exhibition, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
Snap to Grid, Group exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring video art installation, XII Intl Media Art Biennale, Warsaw, Poland
Construction Destruction, Video art group exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
A+D Faculty Art Exhibition, Group exhibition, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY

2006
Made in NY 2006, Juried group exhibition, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
2006 Everson Biennial: Beauty is in the Eye of the Artist, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring interactive video art installation, SCOPE Art Fair, London, UK
Side Show, Recent work by Ben Entner & Sean Hovendick, Delavan Art Center, Syracuse, NY
The Lowe Gallery Annual MFA Group Exhibition, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring interactive video art installation, Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia
Video Now! 2006, Video art exhibition curated by Tom Sherman, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Electric Art II: The Electric Boogaloo, Computer art group exhibition, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY
[PAM] Perpetual Art Machine, Touring interactive video art installation, Le Name Festival, Lille France
SparkVideo: Pop Chart, video art group exhibition, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
It Moves/It Moves Me!, Juried exhibition of video and animation, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2005
La 7th Bienal De Video Y Nuevos Medios De Santiago, Video art group exhibition, Santiago Chile
Super fun_d, Collaborative multimedia installation, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
Transmedia, Computer art/video art group exhibition, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
Tech Art II - National media art exhibition juried by Mary Flanagan, Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA
Lower West Side Film Festival, National juried film festival, Collective: Unconscious, New York, NY
The Future of Digital Art, Group exhibition, ARTSwego Visiting Artist Series, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
Emerging Artists: Current Work, Group photo exhibition, Light Work/Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY
Speak Out!, Print making group exhibition, Art Gallery of the Utica Public Library, Utica, NY
A Life Almost Buried, Solo multimedia installation, Zoid Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Digital Art Extravaganza, 2D digital group exhibition, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, NY
Electric Art, Computer art/multimedia group exhibition, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY
To Never Forget: Faces of the Fallen, National traveling exhibition, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY
SPARKVIDEO 4.4, Group video art screening, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY

2004
Luminous Synclines: The Lubin Project, Physical computing exhibition, Lubin House, New York, NY
Around the Room, 2D group exhibition, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Physical Computing Art Review, Computer art group exhibition, Galley 120, Syracuse, NY
Super fun_d, Collaborative multimedia installation, Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY

2003
SPARK Home Video, Group video art screening, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
The CAR Show, Computer art group exhibition, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
About Face, Solo photo exhibition, Light Work/Community Darkrooms Member Gallery, Syracuse, NY
6th Annual SPARK Open, 2D group exhibition, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY




Curatorial Record

2009
Techno_Culture, Group digital art exhibition (Curator), Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY

Techno_Culture, Group digital art exhibition (Curator), Redhouse Arts Center Gallery, Syracuse, NY

2005
The Future of Digital Art, (Co-curator), ARTSwego Visiting Artist Lecture Series, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY




Guest Lectures/Visiting Artist

2012
"[R]evolution of a Program: Repositioning the Graphic + Media Design program and the Sage College of Albany" – Invited speaker and participant of the discussion panel Design Education 2.0: Teaching in a Techno-Cultural Reality, 100th annual College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA

2011
"Digital Creativity & New Visual Forms" Co-presenter – Intl. Conf. on Latin American Cybercultural Studies, University of Liverpool, UK
"Net.art Workshop" Co-presenter – FACT: Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool, UK
"Be What You Are" Visiting artist lecture – State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

2010
"undetermined measurements" Visiting artist lecture – University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS

2009
"Searching For What's Not There..." Visiting artist talk – Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
"Searching For What's Not There..." Visiting artist talk – SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY
"Art, Gender and Media" Visiting artist lecture – George Washington University, Washington, DC
"Pictures, Portfolios and Process" Visiting artist lecture – Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY

2008
"After the Patriot Act: Art and Activism" Artist talk – Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
"Citizen Maker: Media Art and Gender" Artist lecture – Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

2007
"Art as Machine—Machine as Art" Visiting artist lecture – Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

2006
"Becoming Transmedia: A Recent Paradigmatic Shift in Media Art at Syracuse University" – Co-presented with Professor Douglas Easterly as part of the session Current Issues in New Media Art and Design, 94th annual College Art Association Conference, Boston, MA

2005
"The Future of Digital Art" Co-curator of two-day media art exhibition which included gallery tour and workshops as part of the 05/06 ARTSwego Visiting Artist Lecture Series. SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY

"Exploring Gray Space" Visiting artist talk – Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

"The Art of Collaboration" Artist lecture – APH 340: Topics in Art Photography, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

"Portfolios" Artist lecture – ARC 585: Professional Practices, School of Architecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2003
"Your Image Speaks for Itself" Art Workshops Series, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY




Academic Service

2011–2012
Coordinator, Graphic + Media Design program, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Speaker, Design Education 2.0: Teaching in a Techno-Cultural Reality – 100th CAA Conference, Los Angeles
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, The Sage Colleges, Campuses of Albany and Troy, NY
Member, Committee for Academic and Instructional Technology, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Member, Graphic Design Curriculum Committee, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, AIGA Student Organization (Upstate New York Chapter) Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, Vernacular, Annual Arts and Literary Journal, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, Graphic Design Program Student Advising, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, National Student Portfolio Review, Art Director's Club, New York, NY

2010–2011
Member, Committee for Academic and Instructional Technology, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Member, Graphic Design Curriculum Committee, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, Vernacular, Annual Arts and Literary Journal, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, Graphic Design Program Student Advising, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, National Student Portfolio Review, Art Director's Club, New York, NY
Faculty advisor, NYC Tour, AIGA Student Organization (Upstate New York Chapter) New York, NY

2009–2010
Faculty advisor, Vernacular, Annual Arts and Literary Journal, Sage College of Albany
Member, Graphic Design Curriculum Committee, Sage College of Albany, Albany, NY
Faculty advisor, Let's Get Physical - Computer Art exhibition, Gallery 120, Syracuse University
Co-chair, SkillsUSA: 3D Visualization and Animation Competition, SkillsUSA Conference, Syracuse, NY
Member, Transmedia Core curriculum development committee, Syracuse University
Member, Computer Art program curriculum development committee, Syracuse University
Faculty advisor, BFA and MFA Computer Art students, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Office of Orientation and Off-Campus Programs, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Department of Transmedia, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University

2008
Faculty advisor, BETA:ca08 - Computer Art BFA student exhibition, Gallery 120, Syracuse, NY
Co-chair, SkillsUSA: 3D Visualization and Animation Competition, SkillsUSA Conference, Syracuse, NY
Member, Transmedia Core curriculum development committee, Syracuse University
Member, Computer Art program curriculum development committee, Syracuse University
Faculty advisor, BFA and MFA Computer Art students, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Office of Orientation and Off-Campus Programs, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Department of Transmedia, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University

2007
Faculty advisor, PLUG-IN: Computer Art BFA student exhibition, Redhouse Arts Center Gallery, Syracuse
Co-chair, SkillsUSA: 3D Visualization and Animation Competition, SkillsUSA Conference, Syracuse, NY
Member, Computer Art program curriculum development committee, Syracuse University
Faculty advisor, BFA and MFA Computer Art students, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Department of Transmedia, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Department of Art, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University

2006
Co-presenter, Current Issues in New Media Art and Design – 94th annual CAA Conference, Boston, MA
Member, Computer Art program curriculum development committee, Syracuse University
Faculty advisor, BFA and MFA Computer Art students, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Department of Art, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University

2005
Member, Computer Art program curriculum development committee, Syracuse University
Faculty advisor, BFA and MFA Computer Art students, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University
Web Consultant, Department of Art, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University y

Publications and Reviews

Grants/Awards

2008     Faculty Development Grant, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University
2006     Juror's Commendation, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center
2006     Graduate Fellowship, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
2005     Teaching Fellowship, TA Orientation Program of the Graduate School, Syracuse University
2005     Graduate Fellowship, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
1997     1st Place, Multi-Media, New Mexico Marketing Association
1995     Best of Show, ENMU Artists Exhibition, Eastern New Mexico University
1994     Published Finalist, Best of College Photography, Santa Barbara, CA
1994     Published Finalist, New Mexico Photographer, Portales, NM

Related Professional Experience

1998 - 2010
Creative Director / Multimedia Designer – Studio Fusion - Syracuse, NY
Founded and managed design firm that provided creative direction, web design and development, identities, motion graphics, interactive media, graphic design and video services.

1995 - 1998
Art Director / Computer Animator – Thirty Second Street, Ltd. - Albuquerque, NM
Designed and directed projects including television advertising, web sites, training materials and multimedia presentations for educational and commercial purposes.

1994 -1995
Assistant Video Editor / Production Crew – KENW TV 3 - Portales, NM
Assisted with production and editing of programs, promotions and public service announcements during live and recorded programming for PBS affiliated TV station.

1994 - 1995
Program Director – KZIA Radio ENMU - Portales, NM
Directed daily programming and production. Trained and supervised personnel, established music rotations, advised marketing team and maintained equipment.

1993 - 1994
Photographer / Darkroom Specialist – Media Services - Portales, NM
Responsible for production and reproduction of black and white and color photography, slides and negatives. Operated cameras, enlargers, slide duplicator and tube processor.

1988 - 1992
Team Leader / Radio Operator – US Army, 82nd Airborne Division - Fort Bragg, NC
Supervised and trained radio communication paratroopers to support 82nd Airborne Division Headquarters with worldwide, assault communications.